January 3
People born on this day are Capricorn.
- 1993
In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
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Baikal Airlines Flight 130 crashes near Mamoney, Irkutsk, Russia, resulting in 125 deaths.
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The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
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Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
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Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history.
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Boko Haram militants destroy the entire town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, starting the Baga massacre and killing as many as 2,000 people.
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In response to the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Iran ends its diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.
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Chang'e 4 makes the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, deploying the Yutu-2 lunar rover.
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Iranian General Qasem Soleimani is killed by an American airstrike near Baghdad International Airport, igniting global concerns of a potential armed conflict.
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Singapore's Jurong Bird Park permanently closes.
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At least 91 people are killed in bombings in Kerman, Iran, during a ceremony commemorating the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani four years earlier.
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The United States conducts airstrikes across northern Venezuela, including the capital Caracas and captures Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores.
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2008Raegan Revord, American actor
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2004Carlos Baleba, Cameroonian footballer
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2004Toby Collyer, English footballer
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2004Habib Diarra, Senegalese footballer
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2003Kyle Rittenhouse, American conservative personality
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2003Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist
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2002Nico González, Spanish footballer
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2001Deni Avdija, Israeli-Serbian basketball player
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2000Leandro Barreiro, Luxembourgish footballer
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1998Patrick Cutrone, Italian footballer
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1998Emiru, American online streamer
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1997Fodé Ballo-Touré, French-Senegalese footballer
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