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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– 100000 USgal of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
– After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
– The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
– Francis Hughes starves to death in the Maze Prison in a Republican campaign for political prisoner status to be granted to Provisional IRA prisoners.
– Bihar train disaster A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the actual figure is closer to 1,000 killed.
– Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
– Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn
– Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom.
– A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing all 180 people on board.
Who Were Born On ?
– Gil Reyes, American boxer
– Helen Wyman, British cyclist
– Heidi Cortez, American entrepreneur
– Germano, Brazilian footballer
– Ron Hainsey, American ice hockey player
– Hannah Spearritt, British singer and actor
– Martin Havlat, Czech hockey player
– Giannis Taralidis, Greek footballer
– Melissa Gregory, American figure skater
– Kimberley Walsh, English singer (Girls Aloud)