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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labor dispute.
– Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
– Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor’s Guildhall.
– A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons: Nix and Hydra.
– Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat.
– The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
– Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
– Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
– Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines.
Who Were Born On ?
– Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II of Jordan
– Countess Luana of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg
– Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
– Princess Alexia of the Netherlands
– Caylee Anthony, American child murder victim (d. 2008)
– Princess Jalilah bint Ali of Jordan
– Prince Christian of Denmark, Danish royal
– Infanta Leonor of Spain, Spanish royalty
– Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway