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Historical Event(s)
– Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the last judicial hanging in America).
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– Dobrinja mortar attack: 13 are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
– The Slackware operating system is first released.
– An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
– An earthquake hits India’s Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada (Aurangabad division) in Maharashtra state leaving tens of thousands of people dead and many more homeless.
– The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
– Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his “dealings” with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
– U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
– Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jeffrey Scaperrotta, American actor
– Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Canadian ice hockey player
– George Sampson, English dancer and actor
– Harry Kane, English footballer
– Zaur Sizo, Russian footballer
– Niall Horan, Member of British/Irish boy band One Direction
– Sean Murray, Irish footballer
– Ivi Adamou, Greek-Cypriot singer
– Kostas Stafylidis, Greek football at PAOK F.C.