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Historical Event(s)
– Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
– The North Hollywood shootout takes place, resulting in the injury of 19 people and the deaths of both perpetrators.
– NASA’s Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
– Partido Popular (Spain) member Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
– The fully restored USS Constitution (aka Old Ironsides) celebrates her 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
– About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
– NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
– An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.
Who Were Born On ?
– Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter
– Jack Vidgen, Australian singer who won the Australia’s Got Talent in 2011.
– Ciara Bravo, American actress
– Aidan Davis, English dancer
– Billi Bruno, American actress
– Field Cate, American actor
– Sam Verlinden, New Zealander singer and actor
– Bella Thorne, American actress
– Alex Wolff, American singer and actor
– McCaughey septuplets, world’s first surviving set of septuplets