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Months in 2008: January February March April May July August September October November December

Historical Events

Results 1 - 10 of 10

1st - A fire at the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood destroys several icons from movies, such as Courthouse Square, the clock tower from Back to the Future, and the King Kong exhibit on the studio tour.
8th - The Akihabara massacre took place on the Sunday-pedestrian-zoned Chūōdōri street. A man killed seven in an attack on a crowd using a truck and a dagger.
10th - The Gora Prai airstrike by the United States reportedly kills 11 Pakistani paramilitary troops.
11th - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an official historic apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children were isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century.
12th - Ireland rejects the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum, thus putting into question the reform programme of the European Union.
17th - First day of legal same-sex marriage in California
25th - Atlantis Plastics shooting, An employee shot and killed five people after an argument, which ended in the gunman's suicide in Henderson, Kentucky.
26th - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. Heller that the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia is unconstitutional.
27th - Bill Gates steps down as Chairman of Microsoft Corporation to work full time for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
29th - Thomas Beatie, the world's first pregnant man, gives birth to a daughter.

Famous Birthdays

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19th - Maddie Aldridge, daughter of Jamie Lynn Spears

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 37 of 37

1st - Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1931)
1st - Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b. 1936)
2nd - Bo Diddley, American musician (b. 1928)
2nd - Mel Ferrer, American actor, film director and film producer (b. 1917)
4th - Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1952)
7th - Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (b. 1953)
7th - Jim McKay, American sportscaster (b. 1921)
8th - Šaban Bajramović, Serbian Romani musician (b. 1936)
9th - Algis Budrys, American writer (b. 1931)
10th - Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani-Soviet writer (b. 1928)
11th - Võ Văn Kiệt, former prime minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
11th - Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1938)
11th - Miroslav Dvořák, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (b. 1951)
12th - Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer (b. 1932)
13th - Tim Russert, American television host, NBC News Meet the Press moderator (b. 1950)
13th - Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (b. 1926)
14th - Jamelão, Brazilian samba singer (b. 1913)
14th - Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist (b. 1964)
15th - Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist, and film director (b. 1946)
16th - Tom Compernolle, Belgian athlete (b. 1975)
16th - Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian writer, World War II veteran and Nazi concentration camp survivor (b. 1921)
17th - Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962)
17th - Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (b. 1922)
18th - Jean Delannoy, French actor and director (b. 1908)
18th - Tasha Tudor, American illustrator (b. 1915)
18th - Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984)
19th - Barun Sengupta, Bengali journalist (b. 1934)
19th - Bennie Swain, American basketball player (b. 1930)
21st - Scott Kalitta, American drag racer (b. 1962)
22nd - George Carlin, American comedian, actor (b. 1937)
22nd - Dody Goodman, American comedienne (b. 1914)
22nd - Jane McGrath, British-born Australian cancer support campaigner (b. 1966)
24th - Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician (b. 1919)
27th - Michael Turner, American comic book artist (b. 1971)
27th - Sam Manekshaw, Indian Field Marshal (b. 1914)
28th - Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b.1987)
29th - Don S. Davis, American actor and artist (b. 1942)