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Historical Event(s)
– Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
– Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rat in Chinese astrology.
– Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
– 6,000 miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.
– STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
– Brighton hotel bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Thatcher escapes but the bomb kills five people and wounds 31.
– “Baby Fae” receives a heart transplant from a baboon.
– 36 top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
– Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
Who Were Born On ?
– Michael Witt, Australian rugby league footballer
– Jon Lester, American baseball player
– Elizabeth Jagger, English model and actress
– Raven Quinn, American musician, singer and songwriter
– Mai Satoda, Japanese singer
– Ian White, Canadian hockey player
– Stewart Downing, English footballer
– Chris Nelson, Scottish Hockey player