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Historical Event(s)
– The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Pig in Chinese astrology.
– Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
– The Left Front government of West Bengal sends at least 3,000 police to Nandigram in an attempt to break Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee resistance there; the resulting clash leaves 14 dead.
– Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
– The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
– 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident: six US cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads are flown without proper authorization from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base.
– President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
– Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
– Benazir Bhutto, first and only female former Prime Minister of Pakistan, had her PPP Office stormed by unidentified gunmen. Three supporters are killed.
Who Were Born On ?
– Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco
– Prince Abdullah bin Ali of Jordan
– Prince Moritz of Hesse, son of Donatus, Hereditary Prince of Hesse
– Princess Ariane of the Netherlands
– Hayah bint Hamzah, Princess of Jordan
– Princess Isabella of Denmark
– James, Viscount Severn, British royal