What Happened on January 1, 2008

• 74th Sugar Bowl: #5 Georgia beats #10 Hawai'i, 41-10
• 94th Rose Bowl: #6 Southern California beats #13 Illinois, 49-17
• A New Hampshire law legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples comes into effect.

• Malta and Cyprus officially adopt the Euro currency and become the fourteenth and fifteenth Eurozone countries.

• Harold Corsini, American photographer, dies from a stroke at 88
• Peter Caffrey, Irish actor, dies at 58
• Pratap Chandra Chunder, Indian union minister, dies at 88
• Salvatore Bonanno, American mafioso & son of crime boss Joseph Bonanno, dies of a heart attack at 75

Holidays: New Year's Day (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States)

• #1 Song: Low - Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain
• #1 Song: When You Believe - Leon Jackson