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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
– Disney California Adventure Park opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
– NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the “saddle” region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
– World Championship Wrestling is purchased by the World Wrestling Federation.
– Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
– Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares the existence of “a state of rebellion”, hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
– The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
– A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118.
– In Washington, D.C., U.S. President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday.
– Captain Bill Compton brings Trans World Airlines Flight 220, an MD-83, into St. Louis International Airport bringing to an end 76 years of TWA operations following TWA’s purchase by American Airlines.
Who Were Born On ?
– Isabella Acres, American actress
– Alexandra Obolentseva, Russian chess player
– Zaijian Jaranilla, Filipino actor
– Emily Bear, American pianist and composer
– Taylor Geare, American actress
– Princess Senate Seeiso, daughter of King Letsie III of Lesotho
– Annelise Manojlovic, English actress
– Princess Elisabeth of Belgium
– Aiko, Princess Toshi, Japanese royalty
– Madison De La Garza, American child actress