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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Pig in Chinese astrology.
– Russian helicopters reportedly attack the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later.
– All 114 aboard Kenya Airways Flight 507 die when the pilots lose control of the plane and it crashes in Douala, Cameroon.
– Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
– Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
– An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York State, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
– Hurricane Dean makes its first landfall in Costa Maya, Mexico with winds at 165 mph. Dean is the first storm since Hurricane Andrew to make landfall as a Category 5.
– Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
– A powerful cold front in the Bay of Campeche causes the Usumacinta Jackup rig to collide with Kab 101, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the rig.
– 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