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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
– The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
– The song “We Are the World” has its international release.
– The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York.
– Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
– Manchester Air Disaster sees 55 people killed when a fire breaks out on a commercial aircraft at Manchester Airport.
– The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.
– Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.
– 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.
– Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria airports.
Who Were Born On ?
– Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian footballer
– Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
– Vassiliki Arvaniti, Greek beach volleyball player
– Patrick Schliwa, German rugby player
– David Nugent, English footballer
– Tim Bridgman, British racing driver
– Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician
– Audrey De Montigny, Canadian singer
– Nicola Silvestri, Italian footballer
– Julia Alexandratou, Greek fashion model and singer