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Historical Event(s)
– A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka’s Temple of the Tooth kills 8 people and injures 25 others.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union’s monetary policy.
– India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
– Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
– Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
– ICANN is formed.
– The Google internet search engine retrospectively claims this as its birthday.
– 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.
– Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland’s parliament.
Who Were Born On ?
– Marlene Lawston, American child actress
– Nathan Gamble, American actor
– Brendon Baerg, American actor
– Elle Fanning, American actress
– Ryan Newman, American actress
– Ariel Waller, Canadian actress
– Hollie Steel, English singer
– Haley Pullos, American actress
– Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal
– China Anne McClain, American actress