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Historical Event(s)
– Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Netherlands.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
– In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.
– Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.
– TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
– In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
– Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
– Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado.
– Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
– Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
Who Were Born On ?
– Joel Courtney, American film actor
– David Castro, American actor
– Jimmy Bennett, American actor
– Allisyn Ashley Arm, American child actress
– Jasper Harris, English actor
– Charlie Jones, British actor
– Ella Cruz, Filipina actress
– Krystal Reyes, Filipina actress
– Stefanie Scott, American actress
– Hailee Steinfeld, American actress