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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.
– A suicide bomber kills at least 48 at a mosque in the Khyber Agency of Pakistan.
– Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
– Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwe Dollar as their official currency.
– North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device. Following the nuclear test, Pyongyang also conducted several missile tests building tensions in the international community.
– Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
– Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes in northwestern Iran, killing all 153 aboard.
– The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
– An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami.
– Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.
Who Were Born On ?
– Prince Umberto of Savoy
– Prince Henrik of Denmark, Danish royalty