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Historical Event(s)
– More than seven million people from the former Apartheid Homelands, receive South African citizenship.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dog in Chinese astrology.
– The Eurofighter takes its first flight in Manching, Germany.
– Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
– Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
– The U.S. prison population tops 1 million for the first time in American history.
– In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
– Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the perpetrators.
– This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC−11:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC-10:00 to UTC+14:00, respectively.
Who Were Born On ?
– Dakota Fanning, American actress
– Tyler Patrick Jones, American actor
– Elmo Magalona, Filipino singer and actor
– Madeline Duggan, English actress
– Kevin Van Fleet, Notorious bird watcher and friend of Bob Saget
– Alex Etel, English actor
– Jansen Panettiere, American actor
– Morgan Featherstone, Australian model
– Lola Sanchez, Australian actress
– Jake T. Austin, American actor