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Historical Event(s)
– The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.
– The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous “1984” television commercial.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rat in Chinese astrology.
– Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
– Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announces he will retire as soon as the Liberals can elect another leader.
– William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists and later died in captivity.
– Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia’s national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
– McDonald’s massacre in San Ysidro, California: in a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police.
– Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
– The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that the People’s Republic of China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.
Who Were Born On ?
– Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
– Júlia Liptáková, Slovak model
– Daniel Holdsworth, Australian rugby player
– Benny Dayal, Indian singer
– Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
– David Bentley, English footballer
– Nick Noble, American football player
– Vitaly Petrov, Russian racing driver
– Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer