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Historical Events

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2nd - Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat resigns after the 2008 Thailand political crisis.
5th - Human remains previously found in 1991 are finally identified by Russian and American scientists as those of Tsar Nicholas II.
8th - Kirsty Williams elected as Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats. The first female leader of a political party in Wales.
9th - The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of alleged crimes including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama's election to the Presidency..
11th - Bernard Madoff arrested and charged with securities fraud in $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
14th - President George W. Bush made his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and almost got struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a farewell conference in Baghdad.
28th - The Detroit Lions finished the season 0-16 with a 31-21 lost to the Green Bay Packers The first time in National Football League history that a team went winless in a 16-game season.

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 41 of 41

1st - Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
1st - Joseph B. Wirthlin, religious leader, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, businessman (b. 1917)
1st - Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
2nd - Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur (b. 1933)
2nd - Kathleen Baskin-Ball, American United Methodist Pastor
2nd - Odetta, American singer (b. 1930)
3rd - Robert Zajonc, Polish-American social psychologist (b. 1923)
5th - Patriarch Alexy II of Russia, head of the Russian Orthodox Church (b. 1929)
5th - Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu, Romanian politician and president of the Association of Romanian Former Political Prisoners. (b. 1928)
5th - Nina Foch, Dutch-born American actress (b. 1924)
5th - Anca Parghel, Romanian jazz singer and composer (b. 1957)
7th - Marky Cielo, Filipino and Igorot dancer and actor (b. 1988)
8th - Kerryn McCann, Australian athlete (b. 1967)
8th - Oliver Postgate, English animator, puppeteer and writer. (b. 1925)
8th - Robert Prosky, American actor (b. 1930).
9th - Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian football player (b. 1972)
9th - Yuri Glazkov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1939)
10th - Didith Reyes, Filipino singer (b. 1948)
11th - Bettie Page, American model (b. 1923)
11th - Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (b. 1960)
12th - Avery Dulles, Roman Catholic Cardinal, heologian (b. 1918)
12th - Van Johnson, American actor (b. 1916)
12th - Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot former president (b. 1934)
13th - John Drake, New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1959)
15th - León Febres Cordero, Ecuador's former President (b. 1931)
17th - Dave Smith, American baseball player (b. 1955)
17th - Sammy Baugh, American football player (b. 1914)
17th - Freddy Breck, German schlager singer, composer, record producer and news anchor (b. 1942)
18th - Majel Barrett, American actress and producer of Star Trek, also the widow of Gene Roddenberry (b. 1932)
18th - Mark Felt, the infamous Deep Throat, American FBI official and whistle blower during the Watergate Scandal (b. 1932)
19th - James Bevel, 1960s Civil rights movement leader (b. 1936)
19th - Kenny Cox, American jazz musician (b. 1940)
19th - Dock Ellis, American baseball pitcher (b. 1945)
19th - Carol Chomsky, American linguist and education specialist (b. 1930)
24th - Harold Pinter, British playwright (b. 1930)
25th - Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (b. 1927)
26th - Gösta Krantz, Swedish actor (b. 1925)
27th - Delaney Bramlett, American musician (b. 1939)
29th - Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1938)
30th - Dick Green, Canadian actor
31st - Donald E. Westlake, American author (b. 1933)