Historical Events
Video Music Awards
25th MTV Video Music Awards: Britney Spears & Chris Brown win
Rent
Jonathan Larson's rock musical "Rent", loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera "La Bohème", starring Taye Diggs, closes at the Nederlander Theatre, NYC, after 5,123 performances, winning 4 Tony Awards, 7 Drama Desk Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Famous Deaths
- Don Haskins, American College Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Texas El Paso 1961-99; NCAA Tournament 1966), dies at 78
- Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian actor (Ultimul cartus), dies at 76
- Miljenko "Dino" Dvornik, Croatian singer known as "the Croatian King of Funk", dies of an overdose at 44
- Nagi Noda, Japanese pop artist and director, dies after surgery at 34
- Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, American R&B and soul pianist, bandleader, songwriter, and record producer, dies of congestive heart failure at 69
Died in 2008 2008 Highlights
About September 7, 2008
Day of the Week: Sunday
How Long Ago? 15 years, 7 months and 20 days
Leap Year: Yes
Generation: Generation Z
Chinese Zodiac: Rat
Star Sign: Virgo
Music Charts
#1 Song: Whatever You Like - T.I.
#1 Song: I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry
