STS 44 Atlantis 10 was launched into space.
It was the US’s 7th spacecraft launch.
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Taylor Swift won six awards at the American Music Awards, including Artist of the Year and Artist of the Decade.
A party boat on Lake Victoria in Uganda capsized and killed 29 people.
From this day until February 10, 1435, London's Thames river completely froze.
A four-day ceasefire in Gaza between HAMAS and Israeli forces began.
D.B. Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 and extorted a ransom of $200,000 before parachuting out of the plane with the money and was never seen again.
