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A 6-year-old Thai boy became Asia's seventh confirmed bird flu fatality.
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Tampa Bay won their first NFL championship over the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl 37. Rioting erupted on Oakland streets following the Raiders' Super Bowl loss to the Tampa Bucs (48-21).
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Secretary of State Colin Powell, citing Iraq's lack of cooperation with U.N. inspectors, said he'd lost faith in the inspectors' ability to conduct a definitive search for banned weapons programs.
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Bill Gates announced that his charitable foundation will spend $200 million for medical research in poor and undeveloped countries.
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In Cameroon an overcrowded bus swerved into oncoming traffic on the nation's main highway, sparking a five-car pileup that killed at least 70.
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In England historian Hugh Trevor-Roper (b.1914) died. His books included "The Last Days of Hitler" (1947), "The Rise of Christian Europe" (1965), and "The European Witch Craze of the 16th and 17th Centuries." His final work “The Invention of Scotland” was published posthumously in 2008.
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Annamarie Schimmel (80), a professor emeritus of Islamic studies at Harvard University who also lectured in Germany and Turkey, publishing more than 100 books died in Bonn.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1993 –
Cameron Bright, Canadian actor
1990 –
Christopher Massey, American actor
1989 –
Emily Hughes, American figure skater
1988 –
Mia Rose, British-Portuguese singer
1987 –
Marlon Mario Brandao da Silveira, Brazilian footballer
1987 –
Vladimir Garin, Russian actor (d. 2003)
1986 –
Gerald Green, American basketball player
1986 –
Hero (singer) , South Korean singer TVXQ
1986 –
Matt Heafy, American musician (Trivium)
1986 –
Shantelle Taylor, Canadian professional wrestler
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January, 26
- Births
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2008,
Christian Brando, actor and son of Marlon Brando (b. 1958)
2007,
Hans J. Wegner, Danish furniture designer (b. 1914)
2007,
Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
2006,
Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani opposition leader and Pashtun nationalist (b. 1917)
2006,
Len Carlson, Canadian actor (b. 1937)
2006,
Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (b. 1920)
2004,
Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
2003,
Valeriy Brumel, Soviet Olympic athlete (b. 1942)
2003,
Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b. 1917)
2003,
George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931)
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January, 26
- Deaths
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