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Historical Event(s)
– Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– 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.
– A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.
– U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
– The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government.
– A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
– Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, ‘Messiah’of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
– Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
– In American football, the Birmingham Americans would win what would eventually be the only World Bowl in World Football League history.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ulises de la Cruz, Ecuadorian footballer
– D'Angelo, American singer
– Matt Clement, American baseball player
– Sam Endicott, American singer (The Bravery)
– Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner
– Meredith Eaton, American actor
– Jeremy Sisto, American actor
– Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player
– Styles P, American rapper
– Duff Goldman, American chef