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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.
– Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by “off the scale” gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
– Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time.
– SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
– Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
– Iran hostage crisis begins: a group of Iranians, mostly students, invades the US embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages (53 of whom are American).
– Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
– The Hastie fire in Hull, kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
– A major earthquake and tsunami kill 259 people in Colombia.
Who Were Born On ?
– Urmo Aava, Estonian rally driver
– Vyacheslav Malafeev, Russian football goalkeeper
– Baron Davis, American basketball player
– Briana Banks, German-American pornographic actress and model
– LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player
– Eric Johnson, American actor
– Bat for Lashes, British singer
– John Salmons, American basketball player
– George Lamb, English radio and TV presenter
– Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer