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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
– Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.
– Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
– STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery completes its mission, best remembered for having Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist.
– Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan’s first astronauts.
– Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb’s baseball record for most career hits with his 4,192nd hit
– The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.
– The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.
– Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
– Mafia: In New York City, Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of the Gambino family.
Who Were Born On ?
– Gintaras Janusevicius, Lithuanian pianist
– Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player
– Fernando Llorente, Spanish footballer
– Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter
– Anthony Fedorov, American singer
– Francesca Battistelli, American singer
– Luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer
– Nelson Piquet, Jr., Brazilian race car driver
– Aiko Kayo, Japanese idol singer
– Tom Smith, Welsh rugby union footballer