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Historical Event(s)
– Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing 213.
– The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW’s plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America would continue until 2003.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
– Supertanker Amoco Cadiz split in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the 5th-largest oil spill in history.
– The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
– 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
– The Cerro Maravilla incident occurs.
– The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion or FSLN occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
– Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elected to the Papacy.
– The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.
Who Were Born On ?
– January Jones, American actress
– Kimberly Goss, American singer and musician (Sinergy)
– Park Eun-hye, South Korean actress
– James Beattie, English footballer
– Perez Hilton, American blogger and television persona
– Mini Anden, Swedish model
– Marianela González, Venezuelan actress
– Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer
– Steven López, American taekwondo martial artist
– Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer