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Historical Event(s)
– The 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston, Massachusetts from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16 people.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
– Iran-Contra affair: start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
– The Loughgall Ambush: The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
– For the first time in the military history, a civilian target was attacked by chemical weapons when Iraqi warplanes dropped mustard gas bombs on the Iranian town of Sardasht in rwo separate bombing rounds, on four residential areas.
– Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
– Start of Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka that killed few thousand ethnic Tamil civilians, several hundred Tamil Tigers and few hundred Indian Army soldiers.
– Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
– The Alianza Lima air disaster occurs.
Who Were Born On ?
– Marlon Mario Brandao da Silveira, Brazilian footballer
– Erin Burger, South African netballer
– Chris Seitz, American footballer
– Leroy George, Dutch footballer
– Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and model
– Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer
– Chrystina Sayers, American singer and dancer (Girlicious)
– Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer of Moroccan descent
– Orlando Brown, American actor
– Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer