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Historical Event(s)
– U.S. President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis’ rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
– In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
– NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the “saddle” region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
– The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
– Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
– The Real IRA detonates a car bomb in Ealing, London, United Kingdom injuring seven people.
– At exactly 01:46:40 UTC, the Unix billenium is reached, marking the beginning of the use of 10-digit decimal Unix timestamps.
– Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the U.S. after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
– U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
Who Were Born On ?
– Christopher Barrios Jr., American murder victim (d. 2007)
– Isabella Acres, American actress
– Sophie Delezio, Australian medical figure
– John Bigelow IV, golf prodigy from North Philadelphia
– Yang Peiyi, Chinese singer
– Zaijian Jaranilla, Filipino actor
– Emily Bear, American pianist and composer
– Princess Elisabeth of Belgium
– Samantha Bailey, American actress
– Ronnie Paris, American child abuse victim (d. 2005)