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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
– Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
– Roman Catholic sex abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos.
– Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an “improper physical relationship” with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he “misled people” about the relationship.
– Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
– Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission
– An Air China jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan.
– ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission.
– Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Who Were Born On ?
– Marlene Lawston, American child actress
– Ariel Winter, American actress (Modern Family)
– Brendon Baerg, American actor
– Isabel Suckling, British Choirgirl
– Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal
– Madison Pettis, American actress
– Rico Rodriguez II, American child actor
– Khamani Griffin, American actor
– Ella Guevara, Filipino actress
– Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer