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Historical Event(s)
– British Airways Flight 38 crash lands just short of London Heathrow Airport in England with no fatalities. It is the first complete hull loss of a Boeing 777.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rat in Chinese astrology.
– A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupted in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet.
– Thirty-five countries and over 370 cities join Earth Hour for the first time.
– The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
– U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of workplace and arrests nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
– The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1389 ft, at the time becoming the world’s highest residence above ground-level.
– Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
– The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the US financial system is signed by President Bush.
– The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of crimes including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama’s election to the Presidency.
Who Were Born On ?
– Princess Eléonore of Belgium
– Mia Talerico, American child actress
– Emma Tallulah Behn, member of the extended Norwegian royal family