Goto. December 17 – Gustáv Husák resigns as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. December 20 – In history's worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official). December 21 – Turgut Özal of ANAP forms the new government of Turkey (46th government). December 22 – In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi. December 23 - Nikki Sixx, Mötley Crüe's bassist overdoses on heroin and is reportedly declared clinically dead for two minutes before a paramedic revived him with two syringes full of adrenaline. December 30 – Pope John Paul II issues the encyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis (On Social Concern). Births January January 1 – Meryl Davis, American figure skater January 2 – Shelley Hennig, American actress and model January 5 Kristin Cavallari, American actress, fashion designer, and author Jason Mitchell, American actor January 6 – Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer January 7 Davide Astori, Italian footballer (d. 2018) Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress Sirusho, Armenian singer January 8 – Freddie Stroma, English actor and model January 9 Lucas Leiva, Brazilian football player Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (d. 2006) January 10 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer January 11 Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoeist Jamie Vardy, English footballer January 12 – Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (d. 2020) January 13 – Jack Johnson, American ice hockey player January 14 – Dennis Aogo, German footballer January 15 Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian long-distance runner Kelly Kelly, American professional wrestler Michael Seater, Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer January 17 – Oleksandr Usyk, Ukrainian boxer January 18 Johan Djourou, Ivorian born-Swiss footballer Zane Holtz, Canadian actor and model January 19 – Arkadiy Vasilyev, Russian decathlete January 20 Robert Farah, Colombian tennis player Evan Peters, American actor Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle road racer (d. 2011) Serguey Torres, Cuban canoeist January 21 – Pablo Caballero González, Uruguayan footballer January 23 – Andrea, Bulgarian singer January 24 Ruth Bradley, Irish television and film actress Wayne Hennessey, Welsh football player Luis Suárez, Uruguayan football player January 25 Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player Giselle Salandy, Trinidadian professional boxer (d.2009) January 26 Sebastian Giovinco, Italian football player Gojko Kačar, Serbian