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Historical Event(s)
– Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61C as a Mission Specialist.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
– The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
– 1 kg hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. These are the heaviest hailstones ever recorded.
– A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), creating the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
– Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
– The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
– The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence from the United States of America.
– USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
Who Were Born On ?
– Hero, South Korean singer (TVXQ)
– Yves Makabu-Makalambay, Belgian footballer
– Michael Orozco Fiscal, American soccer player
– Michael Ammermüller, German racing driver
– Dinara Safina, Russian tennis player
– Bhavana Balachandran, Indian actress
– Shawn Pyfrom, American actor
– Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player
– Luc Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player
– Keeley Hazell, British model