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Historical Event(s)
– Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dog in Chinese astrology.
– Río Negro massacre in Guatemala.
– Soviet probes Venera 14 landed on Venus.
– 57 people are killed by former police officer Woo Bum-kon in a shooting spree in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.
– Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War.
– In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University in Beirut, is kidnapped.
– John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
– “The Jakarta Incident”: British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
– Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization’s withdrawal from Lebanon.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jameer Nelson, American basketball player
– Herculez Gomez, American soccer player
– Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
– Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress
– Lil' Zane, American rapper
– Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
– Jeff Karstens, American baseball player
– Mai Kuraki, Japanese singer
– Borja García, Spanish racing driver
– Iljo Keisse, Belgian cyclist