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In the Grammy Awards Amy Winehouse won five of the six awards for which she was nominated. Album of the Year went to jazzman Herbie Hancock for his Joni Mitchell tribute album. Barack Obama won best spoken word album for the audio version of his book "The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream." (AP, 2/11/08)
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Barack Obama added the Maine Democratic presidential caucus to the three contests he swept a day earlier against rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Steve Gerber (80), the comic book writer and creator whose signature character was the alienated, cigar-chomping Howard the Duck, died in Las Vegas. Gerber, who also co-created Marvel's "Omega the Unknown" and created the 1980s animated series "Thundarr the Barbarian," suffered from pulmonary fibrosis.
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Roy Scheider (b.1932), actor and a one-time boxer, died. His broken nose and pugnacious acting style made him a star in "The French Connection." He later uttered "You're gonna need a bigger boat,” one of cinematic history's most memorable lines in "Jaws.” (AP, 2/11/08)(SFC, 2/11/08
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Ray J. Wu, Chinese-born professor at Cornell Univ. and creator of a transgenic rice, died.
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State media reported that China has lost about one tenth of its forest resources to recent snow storms regarded as the most severe in half a century.
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The Africa Cup of Nations, a biennial soccer tournament held this year in Ghana, ended with Egypt’s defeat of Cameroon 1-0.
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FEB, 9
- Current / Future Events
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1997 –
Chloe Moretz, American actress
1994 –
Makenzie Vega, American actress
1991 –
Emma Roberts, American actress
1987 –
Choi Si Won, Korean singer (Super Junior)
1986 –
Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player
1986 –
Yui Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model
1984 –
Alex Gordon, American baseball player
1984 –
Kim Hyo-jin, South Korean actress
1982 –
Iafeta Paleaaesina, New Zealand rugby league player
1982 –
Justin Gatlin, American sprinter
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February, 10
- Births
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2009,
Jeremy Lusk, American freestyle motocross racer (b. 1984)
2008,
Roy Scheider, American Actor (b. 1932)
2008,
Steve Gerber, American comics writer (b. 1947)
2008,
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis, Long serving Illinois Senator (b. 1918)
2007,
Jung Da Bin, South Korean actress (b. 1980)
2007,
Ned Austin, American character actor (b. 1925)
2006,
J Dilla, American rapper/producer (b. 1974)
2006,
Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (b. 1947)
2005,
Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
2004,
Guy Provost, Quebec actor (b. 1925)
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February, 10
- Deaths
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