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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Sheep in Chinese astrology.
– Brenda Spencer kills two people and wounds eight at the Grover Cleveland Elementary School shootings.
– The Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
– An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
– Don Dunstan resigns as Premier of South Australia, ending a decade of sweeping social liberalisation.
– Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the United States.
– Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.
– The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four. (see: Foreign relations of Pakistan)
– In Cincinnati, Ohio, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.
– Sonia Johnson is formally excommunicated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for her outspoken criticism of the church concerning the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Who Were Born On ?
– Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
– Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
– Cerina Vincent, American actress
– Antonio Chatman, American football player
– Kourtney Kardashian, American reality television star
– Jesse Bradford, American actor
– Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer
– Michael Redd, American basketball player
– Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
– Lampros Choutos, Greek footballer