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NASA said it lost contact with the Mars spirit rover.
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Ann Miller (81), tap dancing film actress, died in Los Angeles.
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In Cambodia gunmen assassinated Chea Vichea, a prominent labor leader linked to the main opposition party, as he read a newspaper on a capital street.
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The Chinese New Year (Lunar Year 4702) ushered in the Year of the Monkey. In Korea the event is called Solnal and in Vietnam it is called Tet. The Chinese New Year marked a traditional time of settling debts. Migrant workers in the Chinese construction industry were reportedly owed over $40 billion in back pay.
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In Iraq gunmen firing from a van killed two Iraqi policemen and wounded three others in an attack on a checkpoint between Fallujah and Ramadi.
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Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy as he and six other unarmed teenagers tried to sneak from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
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A Philippine tribunal ordered the immediate transfer to the government of $683 million in illegally accumulated funds from Swiss bank accounts of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1988 –
Greg Oden, American basketball player
1987 –
Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier
1987 –
Ray Rice , American football player
1986 –
Daniel Wayne Smith, American actor, reality television personality (d. 2006)
1986 –
Lee Pa-ni, South Korean model
1985 –
Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer
1984 –
Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 –
Leon Powe, American basketball player
1984 –
Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer
1984 –
Raica Oliveira, Brazilian model
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January, 22
- Births
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2009,
Billy Werber, American baseball player (b. 1908)
2008,
Roberto Gari, American actor (b. 1920)
2008,
Heath Ledger, Australian actor (b. 1979)
2008,
Miles Lerman, Polish-American activist (b. 1920)
2007,
Doug Blasdell, American personal trainer (b. 1962)
2007,
Ngô Quang Tru?ng, South Vietnamese general (b. 1929)
2007,
Abbé Pierre, French priest (b. 1912)
2005,
César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1943)
2005,
Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)
2005,
Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (b. 1924)
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January, 22
- Deaths
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