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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines’ first woman president.
– Hotel New World Disaster a 1 star hotel collapses in Singapore’s Little India’s district killing 33 people
– The Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years’ War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly ends.
– the game credited as setting the template for role-playing video games, Dragon Quest is released in Japan.
– In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
– Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
– Reinhold Messner becomes the first person to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders.
– Iran-Contra Affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents implicating them in the sale of weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
– Mike Tyson defeats Trevor Berbick to become youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing history.
Who Were Born On ?
– Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer
– Mischa Barton, English-born American actress
– Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer
– Tony McMahon, English footballer
– Scott Sutter, English footballer
– Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
– Raven Riley, American pornographic actress
– Jake Robinson, English footballer
– Oscar Pistorius, South African paralympic athlete
– Kate Voegele, American musician