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Historical Event(s)
– The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
– Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
– Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as “The Beast”, is arrested in Sicily after three decades as a fugitive.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– Gary Bettman becomes the NHL’s first commissioner
– World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.
– A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King’s civil rights.
– Heavy rains and debris kill 72 in the Kagoshima and Aira areas of Kyūshū, Japan.
– Greysteel massacre: The Ulster Freedom Fighters, a loyalist terrorist group, open fire on a crowded bar in Greysteel, Northern Ireland. Eight civilians are killed and thirteen wounded.
– A China Airlines Boeing 747 overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people.
Who Were Born On ?
– Rio Haryanto, Indonesian racing driver
– Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portuguese tennis player
– Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer
– Lee Ji-eun, Korean singer also known as IU
– Oliver Davis, American actor
– Vita Chambers, Canadian singer-songwriter
– Sarah Hecken, German figure skater
– Liam Payne, Member of British/Irish boy band One Direction
– Megan Corletto, American actress
– Ivi Adamou, Greek-Cypriot singer