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Historical Event(s)
– The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia’s second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 m deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Pig in Chinese astrology.
– United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
– The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
– A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 104 people and injures thousands. Many people go missing and thousands of buildings are destroyed.
– Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
– Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
– Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
– The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
– ICIMOD is established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal, and legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year.
Who Were Born On ?
– Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
– Rafe Spall, English actor
– Andrea Marcato, Italian rugby player
– Steve Cronin, American footballer
– Duncan Keith, Canadian ice hockey player
– Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player
– Will Blalock, American basketball player
– John Afoa, New Zealand All Black rugby player
– Lin Dan, Chinese badminton player
– Yiannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player