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Historical Event(s)
– The Internet’s Domain Name System is created.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
– The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York.
– Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
– The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.
– The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight. (Mission STS-51-J)
– United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.
– Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union.
– The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
– Mafia: In New York City, Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of the Gambino family.
Who Were Born On ?
– Shawn Sawyer, Canadian Figure Skater
– Rudy Fernández, Spanish basketball player
– Drew Sidora, American actress
– Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer
– Richard Kahui, New Zealand All Black rugby player
– Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer
– Paloma Faith, British singer
– Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
– John Coughlin, American figure skater