Wednesday April 02, 2008

Historical Events

• Harriet Harman, Leader of the House of Commons, becomes the first Labour woman to answer Prime Minister's Questions.
• The United States House of Representatives votes for $50 billion in five-year funding to combat AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in Africa and third world countries.
• Kosovo: Suspended Serb prison guards claim that Serbia hasn't paid them the money they promised to leave Kosovo institutions.
• Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern announced that he would resign on May 6 after 11 years of service.
• A strong cold front is moving across south-eastern Australia. It brings severe winds to South Australia and Victoria. A wall that had been built in Mentone, Melbourne was damaged and a woman was killed.
• The European Union has announced an investigation into the rescue of Northern Rock Bank in the United Kingdom.
• George W. Bush, President of the United States, supports Georgia's bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• Cuban citizens now have access to what were formerly ampquottourist-onlyampquot hotels and cellphones.
• Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change beats Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF at the Zimbabean ''parliamentary’'' elections.
• Bal Chandra Poudel, Senior Leader of Nepali Congress, was seriously injured in an attack by Maoists from Nepal during the current electoral period of Nepalese constituent assembly election (2008)
• After being fertilized at Newcastle University in England, a cross human-cow embryo survived for the third consecutive day. The Australian Stem Cell Centre director of embryonic stem cells said that the embryo, which is 99 percent human, could be used to improve research in the field human diseases. However, the Catholic Church of England said that the creation was "monstrous" but that it should be destroyed.
• Pristina begins talks on the demarcation and naming of the border between Macedonia (and Kosovo)
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What was 2008 famous for? Discover everything about 2008

Who was born on April 02, 2008?

• Sofia Cabello

  Family Member

Other April 2nd famous birthdays

• Walter Chrysler

  American industrialist, an auto manufacturer who founded Chrysler Corporation and ran the company from 1925-1935. He began work at Buick in 1912 and became president four years later, then worked at General Motors as vice-president. Chrysler retired at age 45 a millionaire. Four years later, he produced the first automobile with his name.

• Serge Gainsbourg

  French singer, an international sex symbol who gained fame in England with his hit record "Je T'Aime," performed with Jane Birkin. He made a successful career as a record producer and was also an actor and painter. Beloved in France and abroad, he had an amorous reputation with women.

• Michael Fassbender

  German-Irish actor, born to an Irish mother and a German father. The family moved to Ireland in 1979. He is best known for having played Lieutenant Archie Hicox in the war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), Magneto in the superhero film X-Men: First Class (2011), and the android David in the science fiction film Prometheus (2012).

• Thierry Le Luron

  French entertainer, impersonator, and humorist. In 1968 he won an amateur contest and in 15 months he was appearing onstage as a professional and his career was born. In 1972 he appeared with Claude Francois (q.v.) and his audiences' reception was warm on his international tours. He died of AIDS on November 13, 1986. In 2013, his sister Martine published …

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How old am I?

If April 02, 2008 is your birthday you are 14 years old. Find out how old you are in years, months, weeks and days and how long until your next birthday on April 02.

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Who died on April 02, 2008?

• Jacques Berthier
• Jacques Bondon

Other April 2nd famous deaths

• Tommaso Buscetta

  Sicilian Mafiosa, the first major figure in the Sicilian Mafia to break the code of omerta, the traditional vow of silence.

• Rob Pilatus

  American-German singer and dancer (Milli Vanilli and Rob & Fab) (d. 1998).

• Hannes Alfven

  Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetohydrodynamics (MHD).

• Buddy Rich

  American jazz drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at age 69 (born 1917).

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Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Aries

Aries personality

Who should a Aries marry?

Babies born in April are either Aries or Taurus. People born before April 19th are Aries, while people born from April 20th have the sign of Taurus

Personality of April born

Chinese Zodiac

Rat

The day of the week was Wednesday.

April 2nd marks the 92nd day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2008.

There are 273 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

April 2008 calendar

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
2. Usher - Love In This Club
3. Ray J - Sexy Can I
4. Chris Brown - With You
5. Sara Bareilles - Love Song

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Duffy - Mercy
2. H Two O featuring Platnum - What's It Gonna Be
3. Nickelback - Rockstar
4. OneRepublic - Stop And Stare
5. Flo Rida featuring T-Pain - Low

Top #5 R&B songs

1. Keyshia Cole - I Remember
2. Usher Featuring Young Jeezy - Love In This Club
3. The-Dream - Falsetto
4. Alicia Keys - Like You'll Never See Me Again
5. Ray J & Yung Berg - Sexy Can I

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Flex - Te Quiero
2. Juanes - Gotas De Agua Dulce
3. Enrique Iglesias - Donde Estan Corazon
4. La Arrolladora Banda el Limon de Rene Camacho - Sobre Mis Pies
5. Conjunto Primavera - Te Llore

Le Championnat

• Paris SG - Strasbourg : 1 - 0

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