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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
– Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion women’s World Figure Skating Champion.
– The Red River Flood of 1997 overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
– The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.
– The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
– Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev TU-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
– 14 Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea
– Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
– Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria; 43 killed at a fake roadblock.
– The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
Who Were Born On ?
– Dylan Riley Snyder, American film, television and theatre actor
– Ciara Bravo, American actress
– Asa Butterfield, English actor
– Ariel Gade, American actress
– Barbie Forteza, Filipina child actress
– Bella Thorne, American actress
– Alex Wolff, American singer and actor
– McCaughey septuplets, world’s first surviving set of septuplets
– Thor Salden, Belgian singer
– Kylie Fonacier, Maple Creek & Povedan Honor Student and Composer