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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Sheep in Chinese astrology.
– Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
– In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
– Depayin massacre: at least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi fled the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
– The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
– NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
– Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34646418 mi distant.
– The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
– Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz.
– President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
Who Were Born On ?
– Alina Foley, American actress
– Marcus Fiesel, American murder victim (d. 2006)
– Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, New Zealander quadruple amputee
– Princess Kritika of Nepal, daughter of Crown Prince Paras
– Lady Louise Windsor, British royal
– Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands