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Events on Sunday 27 January 2008 2
1917 – 2008J. D. SalingerAmerican novelistSalinger wrote The Catcher in the Rye, capturing teenage alienation and postwar disillusionment.
1921 – 2008Suharto (1921-2008)Died 27 January 2008, aged 86Indonesian army general who ruled as president for over three decades after seizing power in 1967. His authoritarian "New Order" regime brought economic growth alongside widespread human rights abuses, and ended amid the 1998 Asian financial crisis.