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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
– Dibbles Bridge Coach Crash near Grassington, North Yorkshire, England kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
– Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public.
– Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
– Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia.
– The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.
– In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Col. Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brig. Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman. The day is occasionally observed as the National Revolution and Solidarity Day.
– The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
– East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
Who Were Born On ?
– Antti Aalto, Finnish ice hockey player
– Coby Bell, American actor
– Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor
– Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby player
– Mike Lamb, American baseball player
– Craig Cumming, New Zealand cricketer
– Tom Dolan, American swimmer
– Nicolai Cleve Broch, Norwegian actor
– Masaki Sumitani, Japanese comedian
– Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer