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Historical Event(s)
– Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.
– At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
– The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.
– Centennial Olympic Park bombing: in Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. One woman (Alice Hawthorne) is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 are injured.
– The Julie N. tanker ship crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
– Antonio Salinass in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33.
– The Oakland, California school board passes a resolution officially declaring “Ebonics” a language or dialect.
– Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.
Who Were Born On ?
– Max Baldry, English actor
– Tyger Drew-Honey, British actor
– Joel Courtney, American film actor
– Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
– Tanay Chheda, Indian actor
– Jordan Romero, American mountaineer
– Rachel G. Fox, American actress
– Zendaya, American actress
– Sungha Jung, South Korean guitar prodigy
– Mizuki Fukumura, 9th generation member of Japanese girl group Morning Musume