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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.
– Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
– Bradford City stadium fire: Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in a flash fire at Valley Parade football ground during a match against Lincoln City in Bradford, England.
– Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
– The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.
– The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
– Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
– 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 Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
Who Were Born On ?
– Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver
– Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress
– Mario Williams, American football player
– Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer
– Ezequiel Lavezzi, Argentinian footballer; plays for Italian team SSC Napoli
– Grega Bole, Slovenian cyclist
– Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player
– Mason Raymond, Canadian hockey player
– Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American writer and actress
– Christian Siriano, American fashion designer