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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.
– The Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
– The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
– The last British soldier leaves the Maltese Islands. Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien).
– Constantine Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
– The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
– In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
– Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service.
– Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
– Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
Who Were Born On ?
– Mena Suvari, American actress
– Simon Webbe, English singer
– Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)
– Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player
– Scott Fujita, American football player
– Tamika Catchings, American basketball player
– Julian Gray, English footballer
– Julie Lund, Danish actress
– Daniel Bedingfield, English singer
– Derek Ramsay, Filipino actor and model