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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.
– The United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.
– BDR massacre in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 74 people are killed, including more than 50 army officials, by Bangladeshi Border Guards inside its headquarters.
– Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
– President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces he will suspend the constitution and assume all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
– Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes in northwestern Iran, killing all 153 aboard.
– The MV Arctic Sea, reportedly carrying a cargo of timber, is allegedly hijacked in the North Sea by pirates, but much speculation remains as to the actual cargo and events.
– A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
– The 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.
– MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.
Who Were Born On ?
– Prince Umberto of Savoy
– Prince Henrik of Denmark, Danish royalty