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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dragon in Chinese astrology.
– The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
– Carrollton bus collision: a drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. The crash and ensuing fire kill 27.
– Soviet war in Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Red Army begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
– The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
– The Troubles: Eight British Army soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by a Provisional Irish Republican Army roadside bomb in Northern Ireland (see Ballygawley bus bombing).
– The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt and a general election is called the following year.
– Ronald Reagan decides to tear down the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow because of Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
– Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian law student in Portland, Oregon is beaten to death by members of the Neo-Nazi group East Side White Pride.
– Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat gives a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in the Swiss city of Geneva after the United States authorities refused to give him a visa to enter New York.
Who Were Born On ?
– Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
– Lee Don-Ku, South Korean ice hockey defenceman player
– Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player
– Laura Siegemund, German tennis player
– Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player
– Michel Alves Baroni, Brazilian footballer
– Robbie Amell, Canadian actor
– Nikki Reed, American actress
– Carla Humphries, Filipino actress
– Dave Taylor, Australian rugby league player