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1929: King Alexander I abolished the constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, proclaimed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and ruled dictatorially.
1989: In India, two Sikhs sentenced to death for the murder of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi are executed by hanging.
1994: The American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is the victim of an assassination attempt while training; she is injured with an iron rod. Research reveals that her competitor and new US champion Tonya Harding was involved in the attack. (The case becomes a media spectacle surrounding “Beauty and the Beast”).
2009: The months-long gas dispute between Russia and financially troubled Ukraine is causing Russian supplies to Europe to dry up in the middle of winter. Just one day later, most European customers, including Austria, are dependent on their gas storage facilities.
Birthdays: Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (1859-1938); Erhard Buschbeck, East. dramaturg/writer (1889-1960); Martin Jente, German actor/journalist (1909-1996); Anthony Minghella, British film director (1954-2008); Henry Maske, former German boxer (1964).
Days of death: Gregor Mendel, Eastern heredity researcher (1822-1884); Karl H. Ullstein, German publisher (1893-1964).
Name days: Kaspar, Melchior, Balthasar, Wiltrud, Pia, Bianka, Andreas.
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