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Born on Saturday January 5, 2008
- daan smets, maasbree
Died on Saturday January 5, 2008
- Anna Catharina Elisabeth Neijens (81), Harderwijk
- Antoine Versonnen (82), Duffel
- Anna Maria van der Meer (90)
- Adriaan van Willigen (89), Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Casilda de Silva y Fernández de Henestrosa (93)
- Donald Edward Cox (82), Galion, Crawford, Ohio, United States
- Alexander Robert Schenke (78), Rotterdam, 't Dijkzigt ziekenhuis
- Dirk Antoon Derksen (65), niebert
- Arij Solleveld (95)
- Arie Solleveld (95)
Born on January 5
- 1979 » Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 » Deadmau5 (Joel Thomas Zimmerman), Canadian musician
- 1982 » Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
- 1984 » Derrick Atkins, Bahamian sprinter
- 1985 » Diego Vera, Uruguayan footballer
- 1986 » Deepika Padukone, Indian actress
- 1988 » Azizulhasni Awang, Malaysian track cyclist
- 1988 » Luke Daniels, English footballer
- 1989 » Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
- 1990 » Mark Nicholls, Australian rugby league player
Died on January 5
- 2003 » Roy Jenkins, Welsh politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1920)
- 2004 » Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist, co-developed penicillin (b. 1911)
- 2006 » Merlyn Rees, Welsh educator and politician, Home Secretary (b. 1920)
- 2007 » Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods (b. 1910)
- 2009 » Griffin Bell, American lawyer and politician, 72nd United States Attorney General (b. 1918)
- 2010 » Kenneth Noland, American painter (b. 1924)
- 2010 » Willie Mitchell, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer (b. 1928)
- 2012 » Frederica Sagor Maas, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
- 2012 » Isaac Díaz Pardo, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
- 2014 » Eusébio, Mozambican-Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1942)
Names that were popular for boys in 2008
- Thomas
- Benjamin
- Gijs
- Ruben
- Lucas
- Pieter
- Ashton
- Jan
- Daan
- Sem
- Lars
- Noah
- Thijs
- Sam
- Milan
- Albert
Names that were popular for girls in 2008
- Marieke
- Emma
- Julia
- Femke
- Anna
- Sanne
- Sophie
- Lieke
- Lotte
- Jasmijn
- Maria
- Sanneke
- Fleur
- Eva
- 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.
- May 15 » California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
- May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
- June 26 » A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
- September 13 » Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
- September 24 » Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa
- December 27 » Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.
Weather January 5, 2008
The temperature on January 5, 2008 was between 4.6 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.