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Historical Event(s)
– After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
– Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
– India’s Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.
– The Red River Flood of 1997 overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
– In Miami, Florida, serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan guns down Gianni Versace outside his home.
– The United States of America imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.
– In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
– HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.
– Hussein Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ariel Gade, American actress
– Zane Huett, American actor
– Maria Lark, Russian/American actress
– Rebecca Black, American pop star
– Barbie Forteza, Filipina child actress
– Adam Irigoyen, American actor
– Eden Taylor-Draper, English actress
– Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor
– McCaughey septuplets, world’s first surviving set of septuplets
– Kylie Fonacier, Maple Creek & Povedan Honor Student and Composer