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Historical Event(s)
– Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dragon in Chinese astrology.
– Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the Canadian House of Commons to come out as gay.
– The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
– U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
– 32 people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Malaysia.
– Peru becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
– The St Jean Bosco massacre takes place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
– U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted for fraud.
– Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down executional style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
Who Were Born On ?
– Anastasios Kissas, Greek footballer
– Vanessa Hessler, Italian model
– Ángel di María, Argentine footballer
– Erik Knudsen, Canadian actor
– Sara Isakovič, Slovenian swimmer
– Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer
– Lukas Rosenthal, German rugby player
– G-Dragon, South Korean musician (Big Bang)
– Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
– Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer