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Historical Event(s)
– The Reavey and O'Dowd killings take place (part of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
– The UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
– In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
– Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
– The Judgement of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
– Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
– Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjeom, Korea.
– A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
– Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
Who Were Born On ?
– Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor, and musician
– Mark McClelland, Northern Irish musician (Degrassi)
– Georg Hólm, Icelandic musician (Sigur Rós)
– Bryan Hughes, English footballer
– Nigel Lappin, Australian rules footballer
– Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-born basketball player
– Pat Burrell, American baseball player
– Joshua Butler, Celebrity Chef
– Chris Booker, American baseball player
– Nir Davidovich, Israeli footballer