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Historical Event(s)
– Ben Ali, former Tunisian president, fled the country to Saudi Arabia after popular protests (dubbed as Jasmine Revolution) requesting his departure.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– Libyan protests begin
– An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
– Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
– Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sunk in Volga near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, leading to 122 deaths.
– London Riot 2011. This took place between 6th August 2011 and 10th August 2011. between the 6th and 7th a peaceful march in Tottenham, London was followed by rioting and looting, first in Tottenham.
– A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
– Legoland Florida in Winter Haven, Florida Opens. This is the world’s largest Legoland theme park
– The world population is now over 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations
Who Was Born On ?
– Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine of Denmark, twin children of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark