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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.
– Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
– Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle “C.B.” Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane’s fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
– The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of space shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
– Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
– Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
– José Canseco of the Oakland Athletics becomes the first member of the 40-40 club.
– The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is “sovereign” but stops short of declaring independence.
– The Australian Capital Territory is granted self-government.
– The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains – one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
Who Were Born On ?
– Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican artist and performer
– Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer
– Amedeo Calliari, Italian footballer
– David Perron, Canadian ice hockey player
– Kelly Vitz, American actress
– Kaci Brown, American singer
– Erika Toda, Japanese actress
– Cariba Heine, Australian actress
– Sébastien Buemi, Swiss racing driver
– Rickie Fowler, American golfer