Are you and your special someone cosmic soulmates? 💫💖 Find out with our free ‘Birthday Compatibility’ report. Based on your birthdays, you can gain insights into your relationship. 🔮✨ Unlock the mystery of your romantic love life today. (Sponsored by MyBirthday.Ninja)
Historical Event(s)
– The English punk rock band Sex Pistols broke up amidst their US tour.
– 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.
– Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
– Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.
– The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
– While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
– Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
– Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-Depression era city to default on its loans, owing $14,000,000 to local banks.
– 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 ?
– Immortal Technique, Peruvian-born American rapper
– Myleene Klass, British singer
– Milton Bradley, American baseball player
– Stella Damasus Aboderin, Nigerian actress
– Brian West, U.S. football player
– Ariel Pink, American recording artist
– Taj Anwar, American model and social activist
– Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer
– Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer
– Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer