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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– The Binh Bridge opens to traffic in Hai Phong, Vietnam.
– A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.
– Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage.
– Tornadoes touch down in a residential areas in south Birmingham and Coventry England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.
– Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
– Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
– Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
– Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
– The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Who Were Born On ?
– Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II of Jordan
– Countess Luana of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg
– Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
– Princess Alexia of the Netherlands
– Caylee Anthony, American child murder victim (d. 2008)
– Princess Jalilah bint Ali of Jordan
– Prince Christian of Denmark, Danish royal
– Infanta Leonor of Spain, Spanish royalty
– Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway