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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Ox in Chinese astrology.
– Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108.
– Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles, California.
– Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
– Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
– The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
– Signature of the European Patent Convention.
– John Paul Getty III’s ear is cut off by his kidnappers and sent to a newspaper in Rome; it doesn't arrive until November 8.
– John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10, 1973.
– Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.
Who Were Born On ?
– Oscar de la Hoya, Mexican-American boxer
– Wim Eyckmans, Belgian racing driver
– Jason Acuña, American television personality
– Stefano Garzelli, Italian cyclist
– Laurits Munch-Petersen, Danish film director
– Mads Rieper, Danish footballer
– Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian athlete
– Keiko Agena, Japanese/American actress
– Dida, Brazilian footballer
– Steven de Jongh, Dutch road bicycle racer