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Born on Sunday January 20, 2008
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- Sara Elly Marie HEYVAERT, Sint-Lucasziekenhuis Straat 2 Kamer 9, Gent, 9000, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgïe
Died on Sunday January 20, 2008
- Catharina de Groote (94), De Kwakel (Uithoorn), Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Cornelis Bernardus Loogman (88), Bovenkerk
- Charles J Charlie Farmer (68)
- Elaine Kittrell LaCoste Henry Jerkins <K 3ObALBu>2 (86)
- Eltjo Bos (79), Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland
- Aaltje Metzelaar (99), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
- Enrique Longoria (88), San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
- Arie van den Oever (78), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Swart (87)
- Anna Maria Hubertina Verheijden (97), Neeroeteren, Belgie
Born on January 20
- 1991 » Ciara Hanna, American actress and model
- 1991 » Jolyon Palmer, English racing driver
- 1991 » Polona Hercog, Slovenian tennis player
- 1991 » Tom Cairney, Scottish footballer, midfielder
- 1992 » Jorge Zárate, Mexican footballer
- 1993 » Lorenzo Crisetig, Italian footballer
- 1994 » Lucas Piazon, Brazilian footballer
- 1994 » Seán Kavanagh, Irish footballer, defender
- 1995 » Calum Chambers, English footballer, defender
- 1995 » Joey Badass, American rapper and actor
Died on January 20
- 2004 » Alan Brown, English racing driver (b. 1919)
- 2004 » T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (b. 1917)
- 2005 » Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist and politician (b. 1913)
- 2005 » Miriam Rothschild, English zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
- 2005 » Per Borten, Norwegian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
- 2009 » Stéphanos II Ghattas, Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920)
- 2012 » Alejandro Rodriguez, Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1918)
- 2012 » Etta James, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
- 2012 » Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior (b. 1933)
- 2012 » John Levy, American bassist and manager (b. 1912)
Names that were popular for boys in 2008
- Thomas
- Gijs
- Benjamin
- Ruben
- Lucas
- Pieter
- Daan
- Ashton
- Jan
- Sem
- Lars
- Noah
- Thijs
- Sam
- Albert
- Milan
Names that were popular for girls in 2008
- Marieke
- Emma
- Julia
- Femke
- Anna
- Sanne
- Sophie
- Lieke
- Lotte
- Jasmijn
- Maria
- Eva
- Fleur
- Sanneke
- Milou
- Nina
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2008
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
- February 29 » Misha Defonseca admits to fabricating her memoir, Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, in which she claims to have lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during the Holocaust.
- May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
- May 30 » Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted.
- June 8 » At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
- July 1 » Riots erupt in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.
- November 10 » Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.
Weather January 20, 2008
The temperature on January 20, 2008 was between 10.4 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.