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January 4, 2008

On January 4, 2008, a Let L-410 Turbolet crashes in the Los Roques Archipelago in Venezuela, killing 14 people. The year's #1 song was "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain. Hyein, Rio Ngumoha, Hudson Meek would arrive in the same year.

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2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.

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On January 4, 2008

  1. 2008 A Let L-410 Turbolet crashes in the Los Roques Archipelago in Venezuela, killing 14 people.

    Twin-engine short-range transport aircraft

    The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft designed and produced by the Czech aircraft manufacturer Let Kunovice.

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Died on January 4, 2008

Xavier Chamorro Cardenal Nicaraguan newspaper editor

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Hyein 2008– South Korean singer
Rio Ngumoha 2008– English footballer
Hudson Meek 2008– American actor (died 2024)
Ella Gross 2008– American singer, model and actress
Ediz Gürel 2008– Turkish chess grandmaster
Rémi Himbert 2008– French footballer

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