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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Sheep in Chinese astrology.
– Denis Sassou-Nguesso becomes the President of the Republic of the Congo for the first time.
– The last British soldier leaves the Maltese Islands. Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien).
– White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
– Another section of the Sinai Peninsula is peacefully returned by Israel to Egypt.
– Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to set foot on Irish soil with his pastoral visit to the Republic of Ireland.
– The Hong Kong MTR commences service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line).
– Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
– President of Pakistan, Zia-ul-Haq, confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam.
– Soviet war in Afghanistan: Soviet forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
Who Were Born On ?
– Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
– Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer
– Marios Elia, Greek-Cypriot footballer
– Scott Smith, American mixed martial arts fighter
– Mat McBriar, American football player
– Tian Liang, Chinese diver
– James Allan, Scottish singer (Glasvegas)
– Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player
– Chris Atkinson, Australian rally driver
– Michael Owen, English footballer