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Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Unable to sell their home, a Connecticut couple borrowed a page from the foreclosure world and opened a five-week auction with bids starting at $19 million.
The shape-up of day laborers at one New York City intersection provides a glimpse of desperation and entrepreneurship.
The death of Esmin Elizabeth Green at Kings County Hospital Center appeared to be a result of systemic failure in two areas: public health and public management.
An American-led effort to impose sanctions against Zimbabwe failed in the Security Council, with Russia and China exercising a rare double veto.
Luis-Leon Sanchez won the seventh stage of the 95th Tour while speculation rose about Manuel Beltran, a Spanish rider who reportedly tested positive for EPO. Kim Kirchen remained the overall leader.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 9, 2008, covering July 12, 2008.
Coldplay
Lil Wayne
Soundtrack
Motley Crue
Three 6 Mafia
2008Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1946)[†]
Bobby Ray Murcer was an American professional baseball outfielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1965 and 1983. He played the majority of his career for the New York Yankees, whom he later rejoined as a longtime broadcaster. A Gold Glove winner and five-time All-Star, and was voted to the Associated Press's American League 1970s All-Decade team. Murcer led the American League in on-base percentage in 1971, and in runs and total bases in 1972.
2008Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (born 1955)[†]
Robert Anthony Snow was an American journalist, political commentator, anchor, columnist, musician, and the 25th White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush, from May 2006 until his resignation in September 2007. Snow also worked for the President George H. W. Bush as chief speechwriter and Deputy Assistant of Media Affairs, from 1991 to 1993.
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]