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Template:*mp David Paterson is sworn in as the first black Governor of New York (and the fourth ever in the U.S.) after Eliot Spitzer resigns amidst a prostitution scandal. Template:*mp The wreckages of HMAS Sydney and the HSK Kormoran are located off the coast of Western Australia 66 years after their mutual destruction in battle. Template:*mp The U.S. Federal Reserve takes unprecedented action to stem panic on Wall Street, including the provision of funding for JPMorgan Chase's buyout of collapsing rival Bear Stearns (headquarters pictured). Template:*mp At least ten people are killed during protests in Tibet against the Chinese government. Template:*mp Mar Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul who was kidnapped in Iraq last month, is found murdered. Template:*mp Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on an assembly mission to the International Space Station carrying the first Japanese component and Canada's Dextre.