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Historical Event(s)
– The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Chorzów / Katowice, Poland, collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dog in Chinese astrology.
– A methane explosion in coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
– Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
– Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged Belarusian presidential election, 2006, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
– At least 1 million union members, students, and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government’s proposed First Employment Contract law.
– Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
– The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
– An adult giant squid is caught on video for the first time by Tsunemi Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 km south of Tokyo.
– United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.
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