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Historical Event(s)
– The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
– The Norwegian Rocket Incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Pig in Chinese astrology.
– Yahoo! is incorporated.
– First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
– The first version of the Java programming language is released.
– In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.
– The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
– An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
– The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
Who Were Born On ?
– Diggy Simmons, American rapper
– Nick Robinson, American actor
– Taylor Atelian, American actress
– Kenton Duty, American actor
– Ksenia Sitnik, Belarusian singer
– Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein
– Georgie Henley, English actress
– Liana Liberato, American actress
– Zhenwei Wang, Chinese actor and martial artist
– Joy Gruttmann, German singer