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Also observed in: Новогодние каникулы (RU)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2011 — The attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in which five... ↗
- 2010 — Gunmen from an offshoot the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on... ↗
- 2009 — A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32. ↗
- 2005 — The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub... ↗
- 2004 — The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 2000 — Noah Cyrus, American actress and singer
- 1998 — Manuel Locatelli Italian footballer
- 1993 — Giovanni Galbieri, Italian sprinter
- 1993 — James Tedesco, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 — Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player
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