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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– Five people are shot outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia resulting in two murders.
– Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
– Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
– EU - riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets are fired.
– The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
– An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
– Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.
– The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
– The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
Who Were Born On ?
– Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer
– Getter Jaani, Estonian actress and singer
– Oliver Davis, American actor
– Park Ji-yeon, South Korean singer and actress (T-ara)
– Amber Beattie, English actress
– Taylor Momsen, American actress and singer
– Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer
– Sarah Hecken, German figure skater
– Ali Lohan, American singer