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Jim Gibbons, former Republican Representative in Congress, was sworn in as governor of Nevada. He soon faced FBI investigations over unreported gifts while serving on the House Intelligence and Armed Services committees.
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US markets and federal agencies closed in respect for funeral rites for former Pres. Gerald Ford. Ford’s body was flown to Michigan for burial following services in the National Cathedral.
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New York City commuter Wesley Autrey Sr. saved a 19-year-old student who had fallen onto subway tracks by leaping down and pulling the teen and himself into the trough between the tracks as a train passed over them.
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An Australian Aborigine tribe was granted joint management rights over several state and national parks under a deal that recognizes its traditional ownership of the land.
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In Brazil an explosion in Sao Paulo ripped through a state police warehouse used to store guns and ammunition, killing one officer and injuring five.
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China's foreign minister continued his whistle-stop African tour in Equatorial Guinea, where he cancelled debt, promised aid and opened a new Chinese-built media centre.
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Ethiopian helicopters pursuing Somali Islamists missed their target and bombed a Kenyan border post, prompting Kenyan fighter planes to rush to the area. The gun collection program in Mogadishu began with little response. 2 Ethiopian soldiers were shot dead.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1991 –
Davide Santon, Italian footballer
1991 –
Steele Sidebottom, Australian Rules footballer who plays for Collingwood
1989 –
Danny Jones, English/Spanish legendary matador
1988 –
Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer
1987 –
Loui Batley, British actress
1987 –
Syesha Mercado, American singer
1985 –
Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player
1984 –
Colleen Taylor, American journalist
1983 –
Andrew Ebbett, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 –
Kate Bosworth, American actress
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January, 2
- Births
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2009,
Maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian (b. 1893)
2008,
Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician (b. 1926)
2008,
George MacDonald Fraser, British author (b. 1925)
2008,
Gerry Staley, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2008,
Galyani Vadhana, Princess of Thailand (b. 1923)
2007,
Garry Betty, American CEO of Earthlink (b. 1957)
2007,
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian (b. 1941)
2007,
Mauno Jokipii, Finnish professor and researcher (b. 1924)
2007,
Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
2007,
Don Massengale, American PGA Tour golf player (b. 1937)
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January, 2
- Deaths
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