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Died on Wednesday January 2, 2008
- Adriana Anna Maria van Groesen (82), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Cornelia Hendrina Franken (74), Nieuwegein, Nederland
- Darwin K Gensel (81), Franklin County, New York, Verenigde Staten
- Berendina Aleida Johanna ten Dam (79), Borne
- Antje Trijntje Sikkes Wittermans (66)
- Bernard Willem Konings (80), Winterswijk
- Clifton Edwin Blackburn (93), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- Cornelia Aleida Aarsman (76), Almere
- Antje Trijntje (Annie) Wittermans (66), Jutrijp, 8623, Nederland
- Cornelia Anna de Vreugd (52), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Born on January 2
- 1977 » Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1977 » Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
- 1979 » Jonathan Greening English footballer
- 1981 » Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer
- 1983 » Kate Bosworth, American actress
- 1987 » Robert Milsom, English footballer
- 1988 » Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player
- 1992 » Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
- 1992 » Paulo Gazzaniga, Argentinian footballer, goalkeeper
- 1998 » Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer
Died on January 2
- 2006 » Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1913)
- 2006 » Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (b. 1914)
- 2007 » A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (b. 1951)
- 2007 » Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1941)
- 2007 » Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
- 2008 » George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish journalist and author (b. 1925)
- 2008 » Lee S. Dreyfus, American sailor, academic, and politician, 40th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1926)
- 2009 » Dnyaneshwar Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer (b. 1942)
- 2009 » Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (b. 1935)
- 2010 » David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (b. 1958)
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
- Fleur
- Sanneke
- 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.
- February 14 » Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.
- June 27 » In a highly scrutinized election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
- July 2 » Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.
- August 30 » A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.
- October 29 » Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.
- November 25 » Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.
Weather January 2, 2008
The temperature on January 2, 2008 was between -2.4 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.