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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dragon in Chinese astrology.
– Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
– The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
– Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years of it issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Shebaa Farms.
– Melbourne hosts World Economic Forum where S11 protests also took place.
– Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï.
– The first resident crew to the ISS docked in November 2nd on the Soyuz TM-31.
– Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.
– Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
– The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered during the robbery.
Who Were Born On ?
– Noah Cyrus, American actress
– Theo Diconu,footballer
– Jackie Evancho, American singer
– Maxwell Perry Cotton, American actor
– Princess Purnika of Nepal
– Sophie Nyweide, American actress
– Preston Bailey, American actor--
– Maya Bond, Japanese/American singer-songwriter and drummer
– Princess Salma bint Al Abdullah II of Jordan
– Connie Talbot, English singer