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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
– Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
– The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
– The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
– Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
– The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to “all worthy men”, ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.
– World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
– PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727-214, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, California, resulting in the deaths of 144 people.
– Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
– U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People’s Republic of China and cut off all relations with Taiwan
Who Were Born On ?
– Chad Ochocinco, American football player
– Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer
– Ilias Anastasakos, Greek footballer
– Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player
– Dan Wheldon, British race car driver (d. 2011)
– Prodromos Nikolaidis, Greek basketball player
– Josh Hartnett, American actor
– Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
– Devon Gummersall, American actor
– Kieron Dyer, English footballer