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Historical Event(s)
– The interior of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public because of safety concerns.
– AT&T’s long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Horse in Chinese astrology.
– Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
– 92 people are killed aboard Indian Airlines Flight 605 at Bangalore, India.
– The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
– Jim Gary’s “Twentieth Century Dinosaurs” exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
– Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
– The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
– The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
Who Were Born On ?
– Liam Aiken, American actor
– Stefano Lilipaly, Dutch-born Indonesian footballer
– Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer
– Tyson Houseman, Canadian actor
– Matthew Underwood, American actor
– Denzel Whitaker, American actor
– Pietro Baccolo, Italian footballer
– Jeremy Suarez, American actor
– James Maslow, American singer and actor (Big Time Rush)
– Skylar Diggins, American basketball player