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Historical Event(s)
– The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
– Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the “Night Stalker”, commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles, California murder spree.
– Heysel Stadium disaster: At the European Cup final in Brussels, Belgium, 39 association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses after Liverpool F.C. fans breach a fence separating them from Juventus F.C. fans.
– The Nintendo Entertainment System, the best-selling game console of its time, is released in Japan.
– Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
– Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
– The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
– Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
– Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
Who Were Born On ?
– Kwak Ji-min, South Korean actress
– Tim Bresnan, British cricketer
– David Marshall, Scottish footballer
– Ted Ginn, Jr., American football player
– Aaron Laffey, American baseball player
– Graham Harrell, American football player
– Akira Tozawa, Japanese professional wrestler
– Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor
– Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer
– Camile Velasco, Filipino-American singer