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January 8, 2007

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Turnover and Loss Take Jets by Surprise

By Karen Crouse

The Jets’ return to the playoffs was cut short as first-year coach Eric Mangini was outfoxed by his mentor, Bill Belichick, and his players were outclassed in a loss to the New England Patriots.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 3, 2007, covering January 8, 2007.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Hip Hop Is Dead by Nas

    Hip Hop Is Dead

    Nas

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hannah Montana by Soundtrack

    Hannah Montana

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  3. 3
    Album cover for NOW 23 by Various Artists

    NOW 23

    Various Artists

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for Some Hearts by Carrie Underwood

    Some Hearts

    Carrie Underwood

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    58
  5. 5
    Album cover for Love by The Beatles

    Love

    The Beatles

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    5

Notable Deaths

Jane Bolin

2007Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (born 1908)[†]

Jane Matilda Bolin was an American attorney and judge. She was the first black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, the first to join the New York City Bar Association and the first to join the New York City Law Department. Bolin became the first black woman to serve as a judge in the United States when she was sworn into the bench of the New York City Domestic Relations Court in 1939.

Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield

2007Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1916)[†]

Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield PC, was by turns a civil servant, a company director, a Conservative Party politician, and a European Commissioner. He served as Minister of State at the Treasury from 1979 to 1982, as Secretary of State for Trade from 1982 until 1983, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1983 until 1984, and a member of the European Commission from 1984 to 1988. He is known as 'The Father of the Single Market'.

Yvonne De Carlo

2007Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1922)[†]

Margaret Yvonne Middleton, known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Hollywood film star and sex symbol in the 1940s and 1950s, made several musical recordings, and later acted on television and stage.

David Ervine

2007David Ervine, Northern Irish politician and activist (born 1953)[†]

David Ervine was a Northern Irish Ulster Loyalist and politician who served as leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) from 2002 to 2007 and was also a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East from 1998 to 2007. During his youth Ervine was a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and was imprisoned for possessing bomb-making equipment, and planting a bomb on the Lisburn Road. Whilst in jail he became convinced of the benefits of a more political approach for loyalism and became involved with the PUP. As a leading PUP figure, Ervine helped to deliver the loyalist ceasefire of 1994.

2007Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (born 1925)[†]

Iwao Takamoto was a Japanese-American animator, character designer, television producer, and film director. He began his career as a production and character designer for Walt Disney Animation Studios films such as Cinderella (1950), Lady and the Tramp (1955), and Sleeping Beauty (1959). Later, he moved to Hanna-Barbera Productions, where he designed a great majority of the characters, including Scooby-Doo and Astro, and eventually became a director and producer.

Historical Context for January 8, 2007

In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]