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Historical Event(s)
– A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle Discothèque in West Berlin, Germany.
– A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
– Canadian Patrick Morrow became the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
– The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
– A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney.
– In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal’s organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Shabbat services.
– The musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London.
– Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.
Who Were Born On ?
– Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
– Oliver Lee, British actor
– Mark Sztyndera, German rugby player
– Boaz Solossa, Indonesian footballer
– Justin Allgaier, American racing driver
– DeAngelo Smith, American football player
– Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
– Marten Strauch, German rugby player
– Evan Yo, Taiwanese pop singer
– Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Nigerian terrorist suspect