People born on this day are Capricorn.
Aeroflot Flight L-51 crashes near Liepāja International Airport in Liepāja, Latvia, killing 43.
Wikipedia ↗Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker II ends.
Wikipedia ↗Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.
Wikipedia ↗Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
Wikipedia ↗In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
Wikipedia ↗A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 194.
Wikipedia ↗Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
Wikipedia ↗Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed.
Wikipedia ↗The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
Wikipedia ↗Former president of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
Wikipedia ↗A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
Wikipedia ↗More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Wikipedia ↗Igor Shesterkin, Russian hockey goaltender
Wikipedia ↗Joshua, American singer
Wikipedia ↗Ollie Watkins, English footballer
Wikipedia ↗V, South Korean singer
Wikipedia ↗Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer
Wikipedia ↗Carson Wentz, American football player
Wikipedia ↗Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player
Wikipedia ↗Bruno Henrique, Brazilian footballer
Wikipedia ↗Joe Root, English cricketer
Wikipedia ↗C. J. Wilcox, American basketball player
Wikipedia ↗Tyler Anderson, American baseball player
Wikipedia ↗Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and entrepreneur
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