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Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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European Cup winners: Juventus (1-1 aet, 4-2 pens v AFC Ajax)
European Footballer of the Year: Ronaldo (PSV Eindhoven/FC Barcelona)
ESM Golden Shoe winner: Zviad Endeladze (FC Margveti Zestafoni)
Eurovision Song Contest winner: Eimear Quinn (Republic of Ireland) singing 'The Voice'
Nobel Peace Prize winner: Bishop Carlos Belo & José Ramos-Horta (for work towards peace in East Timor)
Men's Olympic 100m champion: Donovan Bailey (Canada) running a world record 9.84
Formula One world champion: Damon Hill (United Kingdom) driving a Williams
Oscar for Best Picture: The English Patient
Key events
8 January – Former French president François Mitterrand dies aged 79
5 July – Dolly the sheep is the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland
15 November – Tomb Raider is released for the PC, Sony PlayStation and the Sega Saturn, spawning a series of sequels and movies