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Historical Event(s)
– Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in conjunction with the serial killing of at least 10 elderly women.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dog in Chinese astrology.
– Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
– Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country.
– North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
– North Korea launches at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.
– The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
– Fidel Castro hands over power temporarily to brother Raúl Castro.
– Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the massacre of the 148 Shi'as in 1982.
– The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
Who Were Born On ?
– Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg, Member of the Dutch royal family
– Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg, Dutch royal
– Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Japanese imperial family member
– Krista and Tatiana Hogan, Canadian craniopagus conjoined twins