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Historical Event(s)
– A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for 10 of those years.
– The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
– A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer and injuring 21 people.
– Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
– The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
– The musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London.
– In Lebanon, pro-Iranian kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
– Iran Contra Affair: US Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
Who Were Born On ?
– Matt Heafy, American musician (Trivium)
– Ola Svensson, Swedish pop singer
– Tom De Mul, Belgian footballer
– Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter and dancer
– Shunichi Miyamoto, Japanese musician
– Brooke Brodack, American internet celebrity
– Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer
– Adrián Vallés, Spanish racing driver
– Gaël Monfils, French tennis player
– Jeannie Ortega, American actress, dancer, and songwriter.