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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Monkey in Chinese astrology.
– Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered.
– Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agree to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that forms InBev, the world’s largest brewer.
– Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed by a land mine under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya.
– Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
– The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.
– Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
– King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates, replaced by his son Norodom Sihamoni a week later.
– The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq’s external debt.
– Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.
Who Were Born On ?
– Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
– Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg
– Giuliano Stroe, Romanian weightlifter and bodybuilder
– Xyriel Manabat, Filipino actress