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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
– In the early morning hours a fire broke out at the Sunshine mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers.
– Vietnam War – U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announces his order to place mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
– Michelangelo’s Pietà in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
– Vietnam War: Associated Press photographer Nick Ut takes his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of a naked 9-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc running down a road after being burned by napalm.
– A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
– A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.
– Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains, near the border between Argentina and Chile. By December 23, 1972, only 16 out of 45 people lived long enough to be rescued.
– Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
– Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jesse Tobias, American musician
– Earl Va'a, Samoan rugby player
– Doriva, Brazilian footballer
– Matt Horsley, Australian football player
– Shaun Keaveny, British radio DJ
– Robin Tunney, American actress
– Mark Butcher, England cricketer
– Marko Koers, Dutch athlete
– Tammy Lynn Sytch, American professional wrestler