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Historical Event(s)
– The Kälvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden’s history.
– President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Snake in Chinese astrology.
– The 1977 Bucharest Earthquake in southern and eastern Europe kills more than 1,500.
– Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
– Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). 61 survived on the Pan Am flight.
– New York City, amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences a blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
– Johnstown, Pennsylvania is hit by a flash flood that kills eighty and causes $350 million in damage.
– The start of the four day long Libyan-Egyptian War.
– Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad.
Who Were Born On ?
– Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
– Eric Christian Olsen, American actor
– Greg Pattillo, American beatboxing flautist
– Takahiro Yamada, Japanese bassist (Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
– Per Gade, Danish footballer
– Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress
– Gareth Batty, English cricketer
– Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
– Jonas Jennings, American football player
– Samuel Pahlsson, Swedish hockey player