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Historical Event(s)
– President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
– Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered .
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Horse in Chinese astrology.
– NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance.
– The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
– Hebrew University of Jerusalem is attacked when a bomb explodes in a cafeteria, killing 9.
– Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa
– Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment.
– The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 20 million US gallons (76,000 m³) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.
– Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.
Who Were Born On ?
– Davis Cleveland, American actor
– Alexa Gerasimovich, American actress
– Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish prince
– Mason Vale Cotton, American actor
– Prince Felix of Denmark, Danish royalty
– Prince Hridayendra of Nepal, Nepalese royal
– Jason and Kristopher Simmons, American identical twin actors
– Ben Bowen, American brain cancer victim (d. 2005)
– Kelsey Smith-Briggs, American murder victim (d. 2005)