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Historical Event(s)
– Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Sheep in Chinese astrology.
– FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the company’s top executives.
– United States President George W. Bush orders the start of war against Iraq.
– A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112 °F, leaving about 144 people dead.
– Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is fatally stabbed while shopping, and dies the following day.
– David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air, wicker-basket hot air balloon.
– A magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
– Green River Killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of murder.
– Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
Who Were Born On ?
– Alina Foley, American actress
– Marcus Fiesel, American murder victim (d. 2006)
– Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, New Zealander quadruple amputee
– Princess Kritika of Nepal, daughter of Crown Prince Paras
– Lady Louise Windsor, British royal
– Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands