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Historical Event(s)
– United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory.
– M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
– The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
– Northern Ireland’s power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
– Flixborough disaster: an explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people.
– Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband, President Juan Peron, had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later.
– The second Turkish invasion of Cyprus begins; 140,000 to 200,000 Greek Cypriots become refugees. Elsewhere, 126 Turkish Cypriots are massacred.
– 78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after a club official barred the doors after the fire started.
Who Were Born On ?
– Danilo Hondo, German cyclist
– Attilio Nicodemo, Italian footballer
– Tanoai Reed, American stunt performer
– Chris Moyles, English DJ
– Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
– Eddie Lewis, American football (soccer) player
– Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer
– Rachel Simmons, American feminist and author
– Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
– Bill Duggan, American television actor and host