2008

2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year that started on a Tuesday. In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 2008th year of the Common Era or of Anno Domini; the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 9th of the 2000s.

Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries: 20th century21st century22nd century
Decades: 1970s  1980s  1990s  – 2000s –  2010s  2020s  2030s
Years: 2005 2006 200720082009 2010 2011
2008 by topic:
News by month
Jan – Feb – Mar – Apr – May – Jun
Jul – Aug – Sep – Oct – Nov – Dec
Arts
Architecture – Art – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television
Politics
Elections – Int'l leaders – Politics – State leaders – Sovereign states
Science and technology
Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Science – Spaceflight
Sports
Sport – Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Tennis – Rugby league
By place
Algeria – Argentina – Australia – Canada – People's Republic of China – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – European Union – France – Germany – India – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Zimbabwe
Other topics
Awards – Games – Law – Religious leaders – Video gaming
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works and introductions categories
Works – Introductions

2008 was designated as:

Contents

Events

January

January 2008
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 
28 29 30 31
First-ever photograph of the "unseen side" of Mercury, taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft on January 14

February

February 2008
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 
25 26 27 28 29

March

March 2008
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 
31

April

April 2008
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 
28 29 30

May

May 2008
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 
26 27 28 29 30 31
An earthquake in Sichuan, China killed nearly 80,000 people

June

June 2008
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 
30

July

July 2008
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 
28 29 30 31
34th G8 summit heads of delegations in Tōyako, Japan

August

August 2008
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 
25 26 27 28 29 30 31

September

September 2008
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 
29 30
The CMS experiment of the Large Hadron Collider

October

October 2008
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 
27 28 29 30 31

November

November 2008
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 
24 25 26 27 28 29 30

December

December 2008
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 
29 30 31
Israeli F-16i of the 107th Squadron preparing for take-off, December 2008

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

Irena Sendler

June

Chinghiz Aitmatov
Võ Văn Kiệt

July

Jesse Helms

August

September

October

November

December

Alexy II

Awards

Nobel Prizes

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Major religious holidays

2008 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 2008
MMVIII
Ab urbe condita 2761
Armenian calendar 1457
ԹՎ ՌՆԾԷ
Bahá'í calendar 164 – 165
Bengali calendar 1415
Berber calendar 2958
Buddhist calendar 2552
Burmese calendar 1370
Byzantine calendar 7516 – 7517
Chinese calendar 丁亥年十一月廿三日
(4644/4704-11-23)
— to —
戊子年十二月初五日
(4645/4705-12-5)
Coptic calendar 1724 – 1725
Ethiopian calendar 2000 – 2001
Hebrew calendar 5768 – 5769
Hindu calendars
 - Bikram Samwat 2064 – 2065
 - Shaka Samvat 1930 – 1931
 - Kali Yuga 5109 – 5110
Holocene calendar 12008
Iranian calendar 1386 – 1387
Islamic calendar 1428 – 1430
Japanese calendar Heisei 20
(平成20年)
Korean calendar 4341
Thai solar calendar 2551
Unix time 1199145600 – 1230767999

2008 in fiction

Books

Computer and video games

Set in 2008:

Film

Set in 2008:

Television

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  104. "South Africa president steps down". BBC News. 2008-09-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7627957.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 
  105. "Taro Aso set to become Japan's PM". BBC News. 2008-09-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7632864.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 
  106. "Cabinet bids farewell to Mbeki". http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/government/0,2172,177349,00.html. 
  107. Chinese astronaut walks in space
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  109. "Falcon rocket success for SpaceX". BBC News. 2008-09-29. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7641287.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 
  110. "India stampede death toll rises". BBC News. 2 October. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7648104.stm. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 
  111. "India temple stampede kills 147". CNN. September 30, 2008. http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/29/india.stampede/. Retrieved 2008-10-31. 
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  115. "Deadly earthquake hits Kyrgyzstan". BBC News. 6 October 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7653979.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-08. 
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  119. The Financial Supervisory Authority – Iceland, News: Based on New Legislation, the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) Proceeds to take Control of Kaupþing to ensure Continued Commercial Bank Operations in Iceland (09.10.2008)
  120. Kaupthing Bank, Press release: Kaupthing Bank turns to the Icelandic FSA (2008.10.09)
  121. The Financial Supervisory Authority – Iceland, News: Based on New Legislation, the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority (IFSA) Proceeds to take Control of Landsbanki to ensure Continued Commercial Bank Operations in Iceland (07.10.2008)
  122. Landsbanki Íslands, Press release: Landsbanki's Operations Continued Under Unchanged Management (October 07, 2008)
  123. The Financial Supervisory Authority – Iceland, News: Based on New Legislation, the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) Proceeds to take Control of Glitnir to ensure Continued Commercial Bank Operations in Iceland (08.10.2008)
  124. Glitnir Bank, News: Glitnir's Operations Continued – Lárus Welding to continue as CEO (08.10.2008)
  125. "General assembly elects Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, Uganda". UN General Assembly. October 17, 2008. http://un.org/News/Press/docs//2008/ga10768.doc.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-19. 
  126. "CERN inaugurates the LHC". CERN. October 21, 2008. http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR16.08E.html. Retrieved 2008-10-24. 
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