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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.
– Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
– A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
– Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen’s family members.
– Uphaar cinema fire, in New Delhi, India, killed 59 people, and over 100 people injured.
– The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
– The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China.
– Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
– 19-year-old British au pair Louise Woodward, convicted by a Cambridge, Massachusetts, jury of second-degree murder the day before, is sentenced to life in prison.
– The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
Who Were Born On ?
– Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter
– Ariel Gade, American actress
– Zane Huett, American actor
– Maria Lark, Russian/American actress
– Rebecca Black, American pop star
– Eden Taylor-Draper, English actress
– Alex Wolff, American singer and actor
– Bea Binene, Filipina actress
– Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor
– Kylie Fonacier, Maple Creek & Povedan Honor Student and Composer