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Historical Event(s)
– A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Snake in Chinese astrology.
– An Independent Air Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain in the Azores, killing 144.
– Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal Disaster.
– Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a US$3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
– The 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo. Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle, which is later interpreted as foreshadowing the Yugoslav Wars.
– Iran-Contra Affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions are later overturned.
– Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
– The first ring of Neptune is discovered.
– Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
Who Were Born On ?
– Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer
– Alemão, Brazilian footballer
– Josiah Leming, American singer-songwriter
– Freddy Adu, Ghanaian/American footballer
– Keith Aulie, Canadian hockey player
– Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer
– Dustin Tokarski, Canadian ice hockey goalie
– Aimee Teegarden, American actress
– Eliza Taylor-Cotter, Australian actress
– Laura Alleway, Australian football player