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Historical Event(s)
– Turkish Journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper’s office by 17 year old Turkish ultranationalist Ogün Samast.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Pig in Chinese astrology.
– Russian helicopters reportedly attack the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later.
– Boris Yeltsin’s funeral – the first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
– President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
– The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
– Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces.
– The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
– Mercenaries working for Blackwater Worldwide allegedly shoot and kill 17 Iraqi civilians in Nisour Square, Baghdad; all criminal charges against them are later dismissed, sparking outrage in the Arab world.
– Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos. All except one died in this attack. Eight Sri Lankan Air Force planes are destroyed and 10 damaged.
Who Were Born On ?
– Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco
– Prince Abdullah bin Ali of Jordan
– Prince Moritz of Hesse, son of Donatus, Hereditary Prince of Hesse
– Princess Ariane of the Netherlands
– Hayah bint Hamzah, Princess of Jordan
– Princess Isabella of Denmark
– James, Viscount Severn, British royal