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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
– In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
– NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the “saddle” region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
– World Championship Wrestling is purchased by the World Wrestling Federation.
– Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world’s first space tourist.
– In Ghana 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium Disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
– The Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem, Israel, kills 23 and injures over 200
– The September 11 attacks take place in the United States. Airplane hijackings result in the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York City, damage to The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the crashing of a passenger airliner near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
– The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 Attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
– Captain Bill Compton brings Trans World Airlines Flight 220, an MD-83, into St. Louis International Airport bringing to an end 76 years of TWA operations following TWA’s purchase by American Airlines.
Who Were Born On ?
– Christopher Barrios Jr., American murder victim (d. 2007)
– Sophie Delezio, Australian medical figure
– John Bigelow IV, golf prodigy from North Philadelphia
– Yang Peiyi, Chinese singer
– Seishiro Kato, Japanese actor
– Ty Simpkins, American actor
– Zaijian Jaranilla, Filipino actor
– Emily Bear, American pianist and composer
– Raymond Ochoa, American actor
– Annelise Manojlovic, English actress