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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.
– Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en-route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
– President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces he will suspend the constitution and assume all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
– The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
– Greenland assumes self-rule.
– Jakarta double bombings at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels killed 9 people including 4 foreigners.
– An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami.
– The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
– Devastating floods, known as the 2009 Saudi Arabian Floods, following freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. 3,000 cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.
– 43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.
Who Were Born On ?
– Prince Umberto of Savoy
– Prince Henrik of Denmark, Danish royalty