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The White House announced a planned shuffling of military leaders in the Iraq war. Adm. William Fallon ended up replacing Gen. John Abizaid as top US commander in the Middle East; Army Lt. Gen. David Petraeus succeeded Gen. George Casey as top American general in Iraq; Casey replaced retiring Gen. Peter Schoomaker as Army chief of staff.
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US House Democrats approved new budget rules that required new spending or tax cuts to be paid for by other spending cuts or tax increases. The new rules also required lawmakers to disclose which spending items (earmarks), they have added to bills.
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SF signed a contract with EarthLink and Google to install and operate a free wireless Internet service across the city.
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Hitachi announced the 1st 1-terrabyte hard drive, eclipsing Seagate’s 750 gigabyte drives.
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Momofuko Ando (b.1910), inventor of instant noodles (1958), died in Japan.
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In eastern Afghanistan a suicide bomber in a car wounded four soldiers.
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Australia’s Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Australia and China have ratified a nuclear agreement clearing the way for the export of uranium to feed Beijing's giant nuclear power program.
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- Current / Future Events
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1996 –
Max Baldry, English actor
1995 –
Noah Phelps, American footballer
1995 –
Sara Diamond, Canadian singer (Clique Girlz)
1989 –
Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
1988 –
Pauline, French singer
1986 –
Deepika Padukone, Indian model and actress
1986 –
Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer
1985 –
Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
1985 –
Yoon So-Yi, South Korean actress
1984 –
Amanda Hearst, American heiress
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January, 5
- Births
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2008,
Clinton Grybas, Australian sports commentator (b. 1975)
2007,
Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles (b. 1910)
2007,
Chih Ree Sun, Chinese-American physicist and poet (b. 1923)
2006,
Lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (b. 1920)
2005,
Danny Sugerman, American music manager (The Doors) (b. 1954)
2004,
Tug McGraw, American baseball player, father of Tim McGraw (b. 1944)
2003,
Massimo Girotti, Italian film actor (b. 1918)
2003,
Roy Jenkins, British politician (b. 1920)
2003,
Doreen Carwithen, British composer, widow of William Alwyn (b. 1922)
2003,
Jean Kerr, American author (b. 1923)
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January, 5
- Deaths
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