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Died on Tuesday January 22, 2008
- Dorothy Angeline Abbas (81), New Hartford, Butler County, Iowa
- Antonie Alderniesten (81), Dordrecht
- Antje Koornstra (83), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- * Antje Koornstra (83)
- Corrie Oudsen (75), Hengelo
- Cornelia Agnes Catharina de HAAS (70), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Theresia Brenninkmeijer zuster (86), Weert, Lim,Nederland
- Aaltje Klein (91), Hasselt
- Antonie Alderliesten (80), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Colleen Allen (81), Oceanside, San Diego, California, Verenigde Staten
Born on January 22
- 1988 » Asher Allen, American football player
- 1988 » Greg Oden, American basketball player
- 1989 » Theo Robinson, English-Jamaican footballer
- 1990 » Alizé Cornet, French tennis player
- 1990 » Dean Whare, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1990 » Logic, American rapper
- 1990 » Phil Wang, British-Malaysian comedian
- 1991 » Stefan Kolb, German footballer
- 1996 » Joshua Ho-Sang, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1998 » Silento, American rapper, singer and songwriter
Died on January 22
- 2005 » César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1943)
- 2006 » Aydın Güven Gürkan, Turkish academic and politician, Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security (b. 1941)
- 2007 » Abbé Pierre, French priest and activist (b. 1912)
- 2007 » Liz Renay, American actress, author and performer (b. 1926)
- 2007 » Ngô Quang Trưởng, Vietnamese general (b. 1929)
- 2008 » Heath Ledger, Australian actor and director (b. 1979)
- 2008 » Miles Lerman, Polish Holocaust survivor and activist (b. 1920)
- 2009 » Billy Werber, American baseball player (b. 1908)
- 2010 » Jean Simmons, English-American actress (b. 1929)
- 2010 » Louis R. Harlan, American historian and author (b. 1922)
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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 24 » Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
- February 26 » The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
- April 3 » Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
- May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
- May 31 » Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds
- September 12 » The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
Weather January 22, 2008
The temperature on January 22, 2008 was between 0.4 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.