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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– 100000 USgal of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
– After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
– Francis Hughes starves to death in the Maze Prison in a Republican campaign for political prisoner status to be granted to Provisional IRA prisoners.
– A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of Islamic Republic Party.
– U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
– Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.
– The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its strike the previous August.
– El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
Who Were Born On ?
– Shim Eun Jin, South Korean singer (Baby V.O.X.)
– Erin Crocker, American race car driver
– Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer
– Luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer
– Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
– Michael Carrick, English footballer
– Geneviève Jeanson, French Canadian cyclist
– Irina Denezhkina, Russian writer
– Patrick Sharp, Canadian ice hockey player
– Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater