Castillo of Spain becomes the first person to have a successful trachea transplant using a tissue-engineered organ. November 26–29 – Members of Lashkar-e-Taiba carry out four days of coordinated bombing and shooting attacks across Mumbai, killing 164 people. December 10 – The Channel Island of Sark, a British Crown dependency, holds its first fully democratic elections under a new constitutional arrangement, becoming the last European territory to abolish feudalism. December 18 – The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Théoneste Bagosora and two other senior Rwandan army officers guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentences them to life imprisonment for their role in the Rwandan genocide. December 23 – A military coup d'état deposes the government of Guinea shortly after the death of longtime President Lansana Conté. December 27 – Israel invades the Gaza Strip, in response to rockets being fired into Israeli territory by Hamas, and due to weapons being smuggled into the area. December 31 – An extra leap second (23:59:60) is added to end the year. The last time this occurred was in 2005. Date unknown European Certification and Qualification Association is founded. National Disaster Recovery Fund, a disaster management fund is established by the Government of Jamaica. Births Rayssa Leal, Brazilian skateboarder April 16 – Princess Eléonore of Belgium June 3 – Harshaali Malhotra, Indian actress and model Deaths January January 2 – Galyani Vadhana, Princess of Naradhiwas and Princess of Thailand (b. 1923) January 3 Aleksandr Abdulov, Soviet/Russian actor (b. 1953) Choi Yo-sam, Korean boxer (b. 1972) January 4 – Jimmy Nah, Singaporean comedian and actor (b. 1967) January 7 – Philip Agee, American spy and writer (b. 1935) January 10 Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967) Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress and television personality (b. 1922) January 11 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist (b. 1919) January 14 – Judah Folkman, American medical scientist (b. 1933) January 15 – Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982) January 16 – Nikola Kljusev, first Prime Minister of Macedonia (b. 1927) January 17 Bobby Fischer, American chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion (b. 1943) Allan Melvin, American actor (b. 1923) January 18 – Lois Nettleton, American actress (b. 1927) January 19 – Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (b. 1937) January 21 – Marie Smith Jones, Native American speaker (b. 1918) January 22 Cao Văn Viên, South Vietnamese general and Chair of