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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.
– A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
– In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
– The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
– A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin’s design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
– The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq’s Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera. The facility could have been used to make nuclear weapons.
– Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
– Belize joins the United Nations.
– Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
– Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt one week after the assassination of the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.
Who Were Born On ?
– Cameron Ling, Australian Rules footballer
– Ana Hickmann, Brazilian supermodel
– Sean Henn, American baseball player
– Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (d. 1987)
– Karolina Sadalska, Polish kayaker
– Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
– Anthony Reyes, American baseball player
– Anushka Shetty, Indian actress
– Trenesha Biggers, American professional wrestler