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Died on Tuesday January 22, 2008
- Anna Maria Theresia Brenninkmeijer zuster (86), Weert, Lim,Nederland
- Derkje Boertien (91), Klazienaveen (gem. Emmen), Drenthe, Nederland
- * Antje Koornstra (83)
- Antje Koornstra (83), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Dorothy Angeline Abbas (81), New Hartford, Butler County, Iowa
- Avis Kathleen Williams (77)
- Antonie Alderniesten (81), Dordrecht
- de Rooij (62), Bergen op Zoom (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
- Els Bouwers (50), Breezand
- Aldo Comito (68), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil
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)
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 13 » Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
- April 3 » Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
- April 30 » Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
- July 31 » East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board.
- November 4 » Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
- December 27 » Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.
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.