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Historical Event(s)
– 66 die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.
– Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is chosen the first female Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the first openly gay head of government in the modern world.
– The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
– Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
– Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
– Over 100 New Zealand Police officers begin a 40-hour siege of a lone gunman in Napier, New Zealand.
– Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
– An accident at the Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
– Administrators at the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia discover their servers had been hacked and thousands of emails and files on climate change had been stolen, which would serve as the basis of the “Climategate” controversy.
Who Were Born On ?
– Prince Umberto of Savoy
– Prince Henrik of Denmark, Danish royalty