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{{year nav|2008}}
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'''2008''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMVIII]]''') is the current year, and is a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 2008th year of the [[Common Era]] or ''[[Anno Domini]]'' designations, the 8th year of the [[3rd millennium]] and the [[21st century]], and the 9th year of the [[2000s]] decade.

2008 has been designated as:
* [[International Year of Languages]];<ref>[http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/ga10592.doc.htm U.N. General Assembly, Department of Public Information, "General Assembly Proclaims 2008 International Year of Languages, in Effort to Promote Unity in Diversity, Global Understanding" GA/10592]</ref>
* [[International Year of Planet Earth]];<ref>[http://yearofplanetearth.org/index.html International Year of Planet Earth]</ref>
* [[International Year of the Potato]];<ref>[http://www.potato2008.org/ International Year of the Potato 2008].</ref>
* [[International Year of Sanitation]];<ref>[http://esa.un.org/iys/ International Year of Sanitation].</ref>
* [[European Year of Intercultural Dialogue]];<ref>[http://www.interculturaldialogue2008.eu/ European Year of Intercultural Dialogue website]</ref>
* Year of the [[Frog]], as declared by the international conservation initiative [[Amphibian Ark]].<ref>[http://www.amphibianark.org/yearofthefrog.htm Year of the Frog].</ref>
* [[Year of the Dolphin]] (extended from 2007).<ref>[http://www.yod2007.org/ Year of the Dolphin homepage] </ref>

In [[Chinese astrology]], most of 2008, starting with [[February 7]], will overlap with the ''Year of the [[Rat (zodiac)|Rat]]'' (dates before [[February 7]] are ''Year of the [[Pig (zodiac)|Pig]]''). The next ''Year of the Rat'' will be in [[2020]].

This year will be the only year in the [[21st century]] during which two dates correspond to [[perfect numbers]]; one is [[June 28]] (composed of the perfect numbers [[6]] and [[28]]), which is always a date composed of perfect numbers, and the other is [[August 12]] (composed—if one omits inconvenient digits—of the perfect number [[Perfect number#8128|8128]], as in [[August 12]] [[2008]]). The next year during which there will be two dates composed of perfect numbers is the year [[3008]].

==Events==
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===January===
{{Month3|1|1|year=2008}}
* [[January 1]] - Smoking banned in all public places (including bars and restaurants) in [[Portugal]], [[France]] and the U.S. states of [[Illinois]] and [[Arizona]].
* [[January 1]] - [[Cyprus]], [[Malta]], and [[Akrotiri and Dhekelia]] adopt the [[euro]].<ref>[http://www.euractiv.com/en/euro/cyprus-malta-set-join-eurozone-2008/article-163836 Cyprus and Malta set to join eurozone in 2008], EurActiv</ref><ref>[http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1198764121.53/ Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopt the euro], EUbusiness ([[ISO 4217]] code: VEF).</ref>
* [[January 1]] - [[Slovenia]] takes over the presidency of [[European Union]] as the first of new member states.<ref>[http://www.svlr.gov.si/en/eu_presidency/ Slovenian EU presidency]</ref>
* [[January 1]] - The [[Venezuelan bolívar]], as a result of a government decree issued on [[March 7]], [[2007]], is revalued at a ratio of 1 to 1000 and renamed the [[Bolívar fuerte]] ([[ISO 4217]] code: VEF).
* [[January 2]] - The [[price of petroleum]] hits [[US$]]100 per barrel for the first time.
* [[January 2]] - [[Malaysia]]n Health Minister [[Chua Soi Lek]] resigns after admitting to being filmed by [[Closed-circuit television|CCTV]] cameras in a hotel room having sex with a female friend.
* [[January 3]] - A car bomb detonates, killing at least 4 and injuring 68, in [[Diyarbakır]], [[Turkey]]. Police blame [[Kurdistan Workers Party|Kurdish rebels]].
* [[January 4]] - An unforecasted blizzard creates havoc across eastern [[Northern Ireland]], with falls of 8 inches in one hour.
* [[January 4]] - The 30th [[Dakar Rally]] is cancelled due to international political tension and the murder of four French tourists on [[December 24]], [[2007]].
* [[January 8]] - An attempted assassination of [[Maldives|Maldivian]] president [[Maumoon Abdul Gayoom]] is thwarted because a [[Boy Scout]] grabbed the attacker's knife. The Boy Scout was injured, but after a scuffle ensued police arrested the attacker.
* [[January 12]] - The [[Kuomintang]] (KMT)-led [[Pan-Blue Coalition]] wins the [[Republic of China legislative election, 2008|legislative elections]] in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]] with over 70% of the votes.
* [[January 12]] - A [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonian]] Army [[Mil Mi-17]] helicopter [[2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash|crashes]] in thick fog southeast of [[Skopje]], killing all 11 military personnel on board.<ref>[http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hEKv9MBw55ELwc9LGYFjDD_itvfw]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] - Two [[Australia]]ns arrive in [[New Plymouth]], [[New Zealand]] by [[kayak]] and become the first people in history to paddle from Australia to New Zealand.
* [[January 13]] - [[Katsuaki Watanabe]], President and CEO of [[Toyota]], announces that they will deliver a significant fleet of plug-in [[hybrid electric vehicle]]s (PHEVs), powered by lithium-ion batteries, by 2010.
[[Image:MESSENGER Assembly.jpg|thumb|[[MESSENGER]] assembly at Astrotech.]]
*[[January 14]] - At 19:04:39 [[UTC]], the [[MESSENGER]] [[space probe]] is at its closest approach during its first [[Planetary flyby|flyby]] of the planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/mer_flyby1.html |title=Mercury Flyby 1 |accessdate = 2008-01-12 |work=The MESSENGER website |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory]]}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] - [[Federal Court of Australia]] orders a Japanese whaling company to stop research whaling within their [[Exclusive Economic Zone]].
* [[January 16]] - The [[South Korea]]n Presidential Transition Team announces a plan to merge the [[Unification Ministry]], which works toward unification with [[North Korea]], with the Foreign Ministry, but does not follow through on the idea.<ref>[http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/02/116_18645.html Unification Ministry Will Be Retained(The Korea Times)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[January 17]] - [[British Airways Flight 38]] [[Boeing 777]] lands short of runway at [[London Heathrow Airport]], injuring 19 among the 152 people on board.<ref>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iEcRUUK8oqjE-rvRWKq9-XRS6z3wD8U8FLLO0]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref>
* [[January 20]] - [[Serbian presidential election, 2008|Presidential election]] in [[Serbia]].
* [[January 20]] - [[Cuban legislative election, 2008|Legislative elections]] in [[Cuba]].
* [[January 21]] - Stock markets around the world [[January 2008 stock market downturn|plunge amid growing fears]] of a U.S. [[recession]], fueled by the [[2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis]].
* [[January 21]] - The first [[National Fetish Day]] is held in the [[United Kingdom]], promoting the rights of the [[BDSM]] community.
* [[January 22]] - [[Russia]] stages the largest naval exercise since the fall of the [[Soviet Union]] in the [[Bay of Biscay]], amid deteriorating relations with the West. The [[Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov]], along with 11 support vessels and 47 long-range bomber aircraft, practised strike tactics off the coast of [[France]] and [[Spain]], and test-launched nuclear-capable missiles on foreign waters.
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* [[January 23]] - [[Polish Air Force]] [[CASA C-295]] crashes during approach to the 12th Air Base near [[Mirosławiec]]. All 20 personnel on board die.
* [[January 23]] - Thousands of Palestinians cross into [[Egypt]], as the border wall with Gaza in Rafah is blown up by [[2008 Gaza crisis|militants]].
* [[January 24]] - A peace deal ends the [[Kivu conflict]] in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
* [[January 24]] - [[Peter Hain]] resigns as British [[Wales Secretary]] and British [[Work and Pensions Secretary]] after the [[Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)|Electoral Commission]] refers the failure to report donations to the [[Metropolitan Police]]. [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Gordon Brown]] called a quick [[cabinet reshuffle]].
[[Image:Flag of Iraq.svg|thumb|200px|The new flag of [[Iraq]].]]
*[[January 24]] - [[Council of Representatives of Iraq|Iraqi Parliament]] adopts a new [[flag of Iraq|national flag]], removing three stars associated with the Baath Party; a permanent design is expected within the next year.
* [[January 24]] - [[President of the Council of Ministers of Italy|Prime Minister of Italy]] [[Romano Prodi]] resigns his post after losing the [[vote of confidence]] in the [[Italian Senate|Senate]].
* [[January 25]] - [[China]]'s worst snowstorm since [[1954]] kills 133, delays traffic, and causes massive power outages in central and southern parts of the country.<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYjkVz76Icsk&refer=home Bloomberg.com: Worldwide<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[January 26]] - [[Global Call for Action]] to raise awareness and advance the movement for what they call a more equal and just world as part of the [[World Social Forum]] held in [[Davos]], [[Switzerland]]. <ref>[http://wsf2008.net/eng/home Jan. 26, 2008 - Act together for another world! | WSF2008<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[January 26]] - [[Maria Sharapova]] wins 2008 Australian Open in [[Melbourne, Australia| Melbourne]], [[Australia]].
* [[January 27]] - [[Novak Đoković]] wins [[2008 Australian Open]].
* [[January 29]] - [[Iran]]'s judiciary sentences to prison 54 [[Bahá'í Faith|Bahá'í]] religion followers for [[charity work]].<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080129/wl_afp/iranjusticereligionbahai_080129141019 Iran sentences Bahai religious followers for 'anti-regime propaganda'], Yahoo News</ref><ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=84239 Iran sentences Bahais for 'anti-regime propaganda'], Aljazeera</ref>
* [[January 29]] - King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] swears in [[Samak Sundaravej]] as the new [[Prime Minister of Thailand]].<ref>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/01/30/2003399477 Thai king endorses new PM]. Taipei Times website. Retrieved 2008-05-06.</ref>
* [[January 30]] - The Japanese [[Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)|Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare]] warns that traces of [[pesticide]]s in [[Jiaozi|Chinese dumplings]] and other products manufactured in [[Hebei Province]], [[China]] have caused mass [[food poisoning]].<ref>[http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/nearly-500-japan-claim-china-made/story.aspx?guid=%7B5175A5B7-0D1B-4D57-8268-052AFCC44675%7D Nearly 500 in Japan claim China-made food made them ill: reports - MarketWatch<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===February===
{{Month3|0|4|1|year=2008}}
* [[February 1]] - [[Microsoft]] offers $44.6 billion to buy [[Yahoo!]].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-yahoo-microsoft-takeover.html</ref><ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080201/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo;_ylt=Aj86m3fjmUOG95uCDpZtX6qs0NUE</ref>
* [[February 2]] - Rebels [[Battle of N'Djamena (2008)|attack]] the capital of [[Chad]], [[N'Djamena]].
* [[February 2]] - French president [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] married [[Carla Bruni]].<ref> [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5giKcI3QP0XalF1HcFaYMcTi9DWlA AFP Announcement] </ref>
* [[February 3]] - [[Boris Tadić]] is re-elected in the second round of the [[Serbian presidential election, 2008|Serbian presidential elections]].
* [[February 3]] - [[Monegasque parliamentary election, 2008|Parliamentary elections]] in [[Monaco]].
* [[February 3]] - The [[New York Giants]] defeat the [[New England Patriots]], 17-14, in [[Super Bowl XLII]] held at [[University of Phoenix Stadium]] in [[Glendale, Arizona]].<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=4236372 ABC News: Giants Stun 'Perfect' Pats in Super Bowl<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[February 4]] - [[Iran]] opens its first space center and launches a [[rocket]] to space.<ref>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jT51OiEA0SJDaROarScEXi0wEdBQD8UJN86O5 Iran Opens Space Center, Launches Rocket], Associated Press</ref>
* [[February 4]] - A [[Palestinian]] [[suicide bomber]] kills one and wounds thirteen in a [[Dimona]], Israel shopping center.<ref>[http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/05022008/20/dimona-bombing-suicide-attack-israel-first-year.html Dimona bombing: Suicide attack in Israel first in a year], Yahoo News via Associated Press</ref>
* [[February 4]] - [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] Church [[First Presidency]] reorganization is announced. President [[Thomas S. Monson]] and his counselors, [[Henry B. Eyring]] and [[Dieter F. Uchtdorf]], are sustained by the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] the previous day.
[[Image:Image-Super Duper Tuesday 2008.svg|thumb|Primaries and caucuses in [[United States presidential election, 2008|U.S. presidential election]] are held in 24 states.]]
* [[February 5]] - [[Super Tuesday (2008)|Super Tuesday]], massive multi-state primary in [[United States presidential election, 2008|U.S. presidential election]], with primaries and caucuses in 24 states, is held.
* [[February 5]] - U.S. stock market indices plunge more than 3% after a [[Non-Manufacturing ISM Report on Business|report]] showed signs of economic recession in the service-sector. The [[S&P 500]] fell 3.2%. The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] fell 370 points.
* [[February 5]]-[[February 6]] - [[2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak|A tornado outbreak]], the deadliest in 23 years, kills 58 in the [[Southern United States]].
* [[February 7]] - [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]] launches on mission [[STS-122]] to deliver the European-built Columbus science laboratory to the [[International Space Station]].
* [[February 7]] - [[Belizean legislative election, 2008|General election called for Belize's 31 House seats]]; a [[Belize referendum, 2008|referendum]] to be held simultaneously to determine whether the [[Senate of Belize|upper house]] should be elected.
* [[February 9]] - [[Camden Market]] area in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] is devastated by fire, causing evacuations in nearby houses and flats.
* [[February 10]] - Wooden part of [[Namdaemun]], a 600-year-old historic gate located in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]], was [[2008 Namdaemun fire|arsoned]].<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSEO27238420080211 Seoul's iconic ancient city gate destroyed by fire | International | Reuters<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[February 10]] - An [[oil platform]] in the [[North Sea]] is evacuated by helicopter and plane after an apparent security threat.<ref name=Rig>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7237503.stm BBC]</ref>
* [[February 10]] - Worldwide protests against alleged corruption in the [[Church of Scientology]] by the internet group 'Anonymous' as part of [[Chanology|'Project Chanology']].
* [[February 11]] - [[President of East Timor|President]] of [[East Timor]] [[José Ramos-Horta]] is seriously wounded in an attack on his home by rebel soldiers. Rebel leader [[Alfredo Reinado]] is killed by Ramos-Horta's security guards during the attack.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/attack-on-ramoshorta/2008/02/11/1202578640733.html Gunmen attack Timor leader Ramos-Horta], ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', [[February 11]], [[2008]].</ref>
* [[February 12]] - [[PDVSA]], a state oil company in [[Venezuela]], has suspended sales of [[crude oil]] to [[Exxon Mobil]], in response to a legal challenge by them.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSSP10958920080213 UPDATE 9-Oil rises as Venezuela cuts off Exxon Mobil | Reuters<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[February 12]] - [[Steven Spielberg]] announces that he will no longer act as artistic director for opening and closing ceremonies of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]] because the [[Government of the People's Republic of China|Chinese government]] hasn't done enough to help end ethnic conflict in [[Darfur]].<ref>[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jApfZXOIFLFJglTtB4gZVJr1fXKg AFP: Spielberg, luminaries press Olympic China over Darfur<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[February 12]] - [[Bridgestone]], under investigation for an alleged price-fixing cartel, uncovers improper payments of at least 150 million [[Japanese Yen|yen]] to foreign governments and withdrew from the marine hose business.<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aGoTPCIp_S0c&refer=japan Bloomberg.com: Japan<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[February 13]] - Prime Minister [[Kevin Rudd]] of [[Australia]] delivers a formal apology to the [[Stolen Generations]].<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/rudd-says-sorry/2008/02/13/1202760342960.html "Rudd says sorry"], Dylan Welch, ''Sydney Morning Herald'', February 13, 2008</ref>
* [[February 13]] - [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]] [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]] dissolves the [[Malaysia]]n parliament.<ref>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ixXpE3pWHF0m-a8iWcv55g2_XHXwD8UPTE9O0]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref>
* [[February 14]] - [[Steven Kazmierczak]] [[Northern Illinois University shooting|shoots dead five students and injures another 18]] at [[Northern Illinois University]].
* [[February 16]] - [[Václav Klaus]] is [[Czech presidential election, 2008|re-elected]] as the [[List of presidents of the Czech Republic|President]] of the [[Czech Republic]].
[[Image:Flag of Kosovo.svg|thumb|200px|Flag of [[Kosovo]]]]
* [[February 17]] - Complete [[Smoking]] ban including [[nightclub]]s, [[pub]]s, and [[Bar (establishment)|bar]]s, takes in effect in [[Thailand]].<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4118937 Thailand Will Ban Smoking in Nightclubs], ABC News</ref>
* [[February 17]] - A [[suicide bombing]] by a [[Taliban]] member kills up to 80 in [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]]<ref>[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iKEIeybKvU7Vo42SLz_ZF4WjZsQg AFP: Scores dead in one of Afghanistan's deadliest attacks<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[February 17]] - [[Kosovo]] formally [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|declares independence]] from [[Serbia]], despite opposition from Serbia, [[Russia]], [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Spain]], [[Romania]], and other nations. However [[Albania]], [[Belgium]], [[Croatia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[United Kingdom|U.K.]], and [[United States|U.S.]] express support after an emergency meeting of the [[United Nations Security Council]].<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=anGy1wIN83Sg&refer=home Bloomberg.com: Worldwide<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[February 17]] - [[Cypriot presidential election, 2008|Presidential election]] in [[Cyprus]].
* [[February 18]] - [[Athens]] is left paralysed after being hit by its worst snowstorms in more than 50 years.
* [[February 18]] - The [[British government]] introduces emergency legislation temporarily to [[nationalize]] [[Northern Rock]], the fifth largest [[mortgage bank]] in the UK, due to NR's financial crisis.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSL1832258520080218 Brown fights backlash over Northern Rock | Reuters<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[February 18]] - [[Pakistani general election, 2008|General election]] is held in [[Pakistan]], delayed from [[January 8]] due to riots in the wake of the [[assassination of Benazir Bhutto]]. Opposition parties, including Bhutto's, take more than half of the seats, while [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Pervez Musharraf]]'s party suffers a huge defeat.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7254124.stm BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Musharraf rules out resignation<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[February 19]] - [[Fidel Castro]] announces his resignation as President of Cuba, to be effective on February 24.
* [[February 19]] - Crude oil closes above $100 USD per barrel for the first time ever, settling at $100.01.
* [[February 19]] - [[Armenian presidential election, 2008|Presidential election]] in [[Armenia]].
* [[February 20]] - [[United States Navy]] destroys a [[spy satellite]] containing toxic fuel by shooting it down with a [[missile]] launched from [[USS Lake Erie (CG-70)|USS Lake Erie]] in the [[Pacific ocean]].<ref>[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gXfTZB0a8NU_H4vSMdlS6YxBeTow AFP: Satellite strike shows US missile defense works: Gates<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[February 20]] - Total [[lunar eclipse]] - [[North]] and [[South America]], [[Europe]], [[Africa]], and [[Western Asia]].
* [[February 21]] - Hundreds of thousands of [[Serbia|Serbs]] take to the streets in [[Belgrade]] to [[2008 protests in Serbia|protest]] against [[Kosovo]]'s declaration of independence and the [[International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|partial international recognition]] of it.
[[Image:Raúl Castro.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Raúl Castro]]]]
* [[February 21]] - Official launch of [[International Year of Languages]] on [[International Mother Language Day]] at [[UNESCO]].<ref>[http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=36172&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html UNESCO, "Launching of the International Year of Languages in the framework of the International Mother Language Day"]</ref>
* [[February 22]] – The Australian Parliament descends into chaos with opposition frontbenchers ejected, question time suspended and speakers unable to control the house. A cardboard cut-out of the Prime Minister is brought into the parliament by opposition members angry about sitting time on a Friday.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/wheres-kevin-day-pm-was-flat-out/2008/02/22/1203467388856.html Report in Sydney Morning Herald]</ref>
* [[February 22]] - No survivors are found after a rescue helicopter discovers the wreckage of [[Santa Barbara Flight 518]] just northeast of [[Mérida, Mérida|Mérida]], [[Venezuela]]. The commercial plane had 46 people on board, including crew.
* [[February 23]] - A [[B-2 Spirit]] [[B-2 Spirit#Incidents and accidents|crashes shortly after takeoff]] from [[Andersen Air Force Base]] in [[Guam]]. Both pilots eject from the plane before it crashes.
* [[February 24]] - [[Dimitris Christofias]] is elected [[President of Cyprus]] after the second round of voting in the country's [[Cypriot presidential election, 2008|presidential election]].
* [[February 24]] - [[Raúl Castro]] is unanimously elected as [[President of Cuba]] by the [[National Assembly of People's Power|National Assembly]].
* [[February 24]] - The [[80th Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Jon Stewart]], are held at the [[Kodak Theatre]] in [[Hollywood, California]]<ref>{{cite web | title=80th Annual Academy Awards: General Timeline | publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | url=http://www.oscars.org/80academyawards/timetable.html | accessdate=2007-03-22}}</ref>, with ''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].<ref>[http://www.oscars.org/80academyawards/nominees/index.html Nominees | 80th Annual Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[February 25]] - [[Lee Myung-bak]] starts his five-year term as the 17th [[President of South Korea]].
* [[February 26]] - The [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra]] [[New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea|performs in North Korea]].<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKSEO3031620080226 Musical diplomacy as New York Phil plays Pyongyang | World | Reuters<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[February 27]] - [[2008 Lincolnshire earthquake|Earthquake]] hits [[Lincolnshire]], [[United Kingdom]] registering a reading between 4.7 and 5.4 on the [[Richter Scale]].
* [[February 27]] - [[Jemaah Islamiyah]] leader [[Mas Selamat Kastari]] escapes from a detention center in Singapore.<ref>{{cite web | title=Qaeda Suspect Escapes | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/world/asia/28singapore.html?ref=asia | accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] - Former [[List of Prime Ministers of Thailand|Prime Minister of Thailand]] [[Thaksin Shinawatra]] is arrested on corruption charges upon returning to [[Thailand]] after months of exile.<ref>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iGyl8id3WaUZT4V3dWbNkTxKe42QD8V372VG0 The Associated Press: Thaksin Out on Bail in Thailand<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

=== March ===
{{Month3|3|5|year=2008}}
* [[March 1]] - [[Singapore Flyer]], the world's tallest [[observation wheel]] ([[ferris wheel]]), opens to the public.
* [[March 1]] - In [[Gaza Strip]] at least 52 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers are killed in the most intense Israeli air strikes since 2005.
* [[March 2]] - [[Russian presidential election, 2008|2008 Russian presidential election]]: [[Dmitry Medvedev]] is elected [[President of Russia]] with about 70% of the vote. He is scheduled to succeed [[Vladimir Putin]] in May.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/12/14/presedentialelection.shtml|title=Russia’s Presidential Election Set for March, 2008| year=December 14, 2006|publisher=mosnews.com}}</ref>
* [[March 2]] - [[2008 Andean diplomatic crisis]]: [[Venezuela]] and [[Ecuador]] move troops to the [[Colombia]]n border following a Colombian raid against [[FARC]] guerrillas inside Ecuador's national territory in which senior commander [[Raúl Reyes]] was killed.
* [[March 3]] - [[UN Security Council]] Resolution 1803 on [[Iran's Nuclear Program]].<ref>[http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/sc9268.doc.htm], UN Security Council</ref><ref>[http://www.state.gov/t/isn/rls/fs/102891.htm UN Security Council Resolution 1803 on Iran's Nuclear Program], U.S. Department of State</ref>
* [[March 3]] - U.S.-based [[Sea Shepherd]] conservation group injures four Japanese whalers near [[Antarctica]] by throwing bottles of [[butyric acid]] at their vessel.<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=ae22sMBhdoVA&refer=asia Bloomberg.com: Asia<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[March 6]] - No one is injured when a small bomb explodes at an unoccupied U.S. military recruiting station in [[Times Square]], [[New York City]].
* [[March 6]] - Eight [[Israel]]i civilians [[Mercaz HaRav shooting|are killed and nine wounded]] when a [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestinian]] attacker opens fire at a [[Judaism|Jewish]] seminary in [[Jerusalem]].
* [[March 6]] - The [[United States Department of Defense]] banned [[Google]] from taking street-level photographs of [[Military of the United States|US Military]] installations.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-google7mar07,1,6259319.story Google mappers banned from U.S. bases - Los Angeles Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[March 8]] - [[Malaysian general election, 2008|General election]] in [[Malaysia]]: First time since the [[Malaysian general election, 1969|1969 elections]] that the [[Barisan Nasional]] coalition fails to win a two-thirds supermajority in the [[Dewan Rakyat]].
[[Image:MedvedevD.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Dmitry Medvedev]]]]
* [[March 8]] - [[Maltese general election, 2008|General election]] in [[Malta]].
* [[March 9]] - [[Hungarian medical and higher education fees referendum, 2008|Medical and higher education fees referendum]] in [[Hungary]].
* [[March 9]] - [[Spanish general election, 2008|General election]] in [[Spain]]: The governing [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]] led by Prime Minister [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]] is re-elected with the most seats in the [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Congress of Deputies]].
* [[March 9]] - First [[European Space Agency]] [[Automated Transfer Vehicle]], a cargo spacecraft for the [[International Space Station]], launches from [[Guiana Space Centre]] in [[French Guiana]].
* [[March 14]] - [[2008 unrest in Tibet|Demonstrations]] by [[Tibet]]an separatists turn violent as rioters target government and [[Han Chinese]]-owned buildings.
* [[March 14]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] opens the new Terminal 5 at [[London Heathrow Airport]]. It will be available for public use from [[March 27]].
* [[March 14]] - [[Iranian legislative election, 2008|Legislative election]] in [[Iran]].
* [[March 15]] - Second set of international protests against the [[Church of Scientology]] as part of [[Project Chanology]].
* [[March 17]] - In [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]], a 15-day heatwave, a once-in-3,000-years occurrence, comes to an end.<ref>[http://news.theage.com.au/adelaide-heatwave-one-in-3000-years/20080318-2034.html Adelaide heatwave 'one in 3,000 years' - Breaking News - National - Breaking News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[March 19]] - An [[Gamma ray burst|exploding star]] halfway across the visible [[universe]] becomes the farthest known object ever visible to the naked eye.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/03/21/exploding.star.ap/index.html Star explodes halfway across universe - CNN.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[March 20]] - A permanent coalition government agreement is reached in [[Belgium]], ending a [[2007–2008 Belgian government formation|nine-month stalemate]], as [[Yves Leterme]] is sworn in as [[Prime Minister of Belgium|Prime Minister]].
* [[March 20]] - The [[United States]] enacts [[economic sanctions]] against [[Iran]].{{Fact|date=April 2008}}
* [[March 22]] - [[Republic of China presidential election, 2008|Republic of China presidential election]] is held in [[Taiwan]]. The [[Kuomintang]] (KMT) nominee [[Ma Ying-jeou]] won<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_presidential_election,_2008</ref>
* [[March 24]] - [[Bhutan]] holds its [[Bhutanese general election, 2008|first-ever general elections]].<ref>[http://www.france24.com/en/20080324-bhutan-votes-status-quo-jigmi-thinley-election-parliament&navi=MONDE "Bhutan votes for status quo"], [[France 24]], March 24, 2008</ref>
[[Image:Anjouan-invasion-2008.png|thumb|150px|[[2008 invasion of Anjouan|Invasion of Anjouan]]]]
* [[March 25]] - [[Yousaf Raza Gillani]] becomes the 27th [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] of [[Pakistan]].
* [[March 25]] - A 160-square-mile (414 km<sup>2</sup>) chunk of [[Antarctica]]'s [[Wilkins Sound|Wilkins Ice Shelf]] disintegrates, leaving the entire [[Connecticut]]-sized shelf at risk.
* [[March 25]] - [[African Union]] and [[Comoros]] forces [[2008 invasion of Anjouan|invade]] the rebel-held island of [[Anjouan]].
* [[March 29]] - [[Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008|Presidential]] and [[Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2008|parliamentary elections]] in [[Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200801250793.html|title=Election Date Finally Fixed As March 29, 2008}}</ref>
* [[March 29]] - An oil depot in [[Dagestan]], [[Russia]] explodes.<ref>http://russiatoday.ru/news/news/22746</ref>
* [[March 29]] - [[Earth Hour]] (8 - 9 PM local time) in locations worldwide.
* [[March 29]] - [[Brazil]]ian 5-year-old girl [[Isabella Nardoni]] is thrown out of the window of her father's apartment, triggering extensive media coverage throughout the country.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7340797.stm BBC News - Child death raises tough questions]</ref>
* [[March 30]] - A [[2008 Farnborough plane crash|plane crashed]] into a row of houses in [[Farnborough, London]], [[England]], killing two pilots and three passengers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1311171,00.html|title=No Survivors After Jet Slams Into Homes|accessdate=2008-03-30}}</ref>
* [[March 30]] - Smoking is banned in all public places (including bars and restaurants) on the [[Isle of Man]].
* [[March 31]] - [[Milan, Italy]] is selected to host [[Expo 2015]].
* [[March]]-[[April]] - [[World food crises 2007-08|Rising food and fuel prices]] trigger riots and unrest in the [[Third World]].

===April===
{{Month3|4|1|year=2008}}

* [[April 2]] - The [[2008 Bucharest summit|20th NATO summit]] begins in [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]].
* [[April 3]] - [[Jules Verne ATV]] docks to the [[International Space Station]].
* [[April 3]] - [[Albania]] and [[Croatia]] are invited to join [[NATO]] in [[2009]]. The membership bid of the [[Republic of Macedonia]] is rejected due to opposition by [[Greece]].<ref>[http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5716368/NATO-chief-welcomes-Albania-and-Croatia-for-2009]</ref> [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and [[Montenegro]] engage in an [[Intensified Dialogue]] with NATO.
* [[April 6]] - [[Montenegrin presidential election, 2008|Presidential election]] in [[Montenegro]].
* [[April 6]] - The [[Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007]] comes into force in the [[UK]].<ref>{{ cite web | title=Understanding the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 | publisher=Ministry of Justice | url=http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/manslaughterhomicideact07.pdf | format=pdf | accessdate=2007-10-17 }}</ref>
* [[April 9]] - [[South Korean parliamentary election, 2008|Parliamentary elections]] in [[South Korea]].
[[Image:Pope Benedict XVI Waves April 15 2008.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Pope Benedict XVI]] waves to a crowd upon his arrival at [[Andrews Air Force Base]], [[Maryland]], [[United States]].]]
* [[April 10]] - [[Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, 2008|Assembly elections]] in [[Nepal]]: [[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)|Maoists]] win a plurality of seats in the Assembly in the first election in Nepal in nine years.
* [[April 13]] - [[Italian general election, 2008|Elections]] in [[Italy]]: The [[Silvio Berlusconi]]-led coalition, which consists of the [[People of Freedom]], [[Lega Nord]], and [[Movement for Autonomy]] parties, wins a majority of seats in both the [[Italian Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]] and the [[Italian Senate|Senate]].
* [[April 13]] - [[Trevor Immelman]] wins the [[2008 Masters Tournament]].
* [[April 15]] - A [[Hewa Bora Airways]] [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|DC-9]] commercial airplane [[2008 Hewa Bora Airways crash|crashes]] into a residential area of [[Goma]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]].
* [[April 15]]-[[April 20]] - [[Pope Benedict XVI]] visits the [[United States]]. Among his destinations are the [[White House]], [[The Catholic University of America]], the [[United Nations General Assembly]], and the site of the fallen [[World Trade Center]]. Benedict XVI also celebrated [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] at [[Nationals Park]] and [[Yankee Stadium]].
* [[April 18]] - A [[2008 Illinois earthquake|magnitude 5.2 earthquake]] occurs outside of [[West Salem, Illinois]]. It is one of the strongest earthquakes in the [[Midwestern United States|midwestern]] state in 40 years.
* [[April 20]] - [[Fernando Lugo]] is elected [[President of Paraguay]]. This is the first time in 61 years that the [[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|Colorado Party]] has lost a [[Paraguayan general election, 2008|presidential election]].
* [[April 22]] - Surgeons at London's [[Moorfields Eye Hospital]] perform the first operations using [[Visual prosthetic|bionic eyes]], implanting them into two blind patients.
* [[April 23]] - In the Canadian province of [[Ontario]], a bill banning [[pesticides]] is passed, making it the only place in [[North America]] to pass [[pesticide]] restriction laws of this degree. [[Pesticide]] use is permitted only on golf courses and selected other places.
* [[April 24]] - Teachers in England and Wales stage the first [[2008 National Union of Teachers Strike|national strike]] in more than 20 years over issues of pay.
* [[April 27]] - The [[Taliban]] attempts to assassinate [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] President [[Hamid Karzai]] in a military parade in [[Kabul]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7369540.stm Karzai unhurt after parade attack], BBC News</ref>
* [[April 28]] - [[India]] sets a world record by sending 10 [[satellite]]s into orbit in a single launch<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/PSLV-C9_places_10_satellites_into_orbit/articleshow/2989685.cms India setting world record by sending 10 satellites into orbit]</ref>.
* [[April 28]] - [[2008 China Railway train T195 accident|71 die in a train crash]] in [[Shandong]], [[China]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7370375.stm 'Dozens die' in China train crash], BBC News</ref>
* [[April 28]] - The [[Fritzl incest case]] is widely publicized after a 42-year-old Austrian woman tells local authorities that she has been imprisoned and abused by her father, Josef Fritzl, since [[1984]].

===May===
{{Month3|5|3|year=2008}}
[[Image:2008 Sichuan earthquake extent.svg|thumb|[[2008 Sichuan earthquake]] kills over ten thousand]]
* [[May 1]] - [[United Kingdom local elections, 2008|Local elections]], for 137 English councils and all Welsh councils, took place in the United Kingdom.
* [[May 1]] - Elections for the [[London mayoral election, 2008|London Mayor]] and [[London Assembly election, 2008|London Assembly]] took place with [[Boris Johnson]] becoming the second [[Mayor of London]].
* [[May 1]] - Entry into force of the [[London Agreement (2000)|London Agreement]], aimed at reducing the translation costs associated with [[European Patent Convention|European patent]]s.
* [[May 2]] - [[May 3]] - [[Ohrid Summit 2008]]. Meeting of Presidents of Central European States in [[Ohrid]], [[Republic of Macedonia]].
* [[May 3]] - Tens of thousands of people in [[Myanmar]] are killed by [[Cyclone Nargis]], the deadliest [[natural disaster]] since the [[Boxing Day Tsunami]] in [[2004]].
* [[May 7]] - [[Brian Cowen]] is elected the 11th [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach (Prime Minister)]] of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] after a vote in the [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives of Ireland)]]. Cowen replaces [[Bertie Ahern]] who resigned on May 6 after almost 11 years in office as the Taoiseach.
* [[May 7]] - [[Dmitry Medvedev]] is sworn in as the [[President of Russia]].
* [[May 8]] - [[Vladimir Putin]] is confirmed as the 10th [[Prime Minister of Russia]] after a vote in the [[State Duma]].
* [[May 10]] - [[Myanmar]] holds a [[Constitution of Myanmar|constitutional referendum]].
* [[May 11]] - [[Serbian local elections, 2008|Local]] and [[Serbian parliamentary election, 2008|parliamentary elections]] in [[Serbia]].
* [[May 12]] - [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|Thousands are killed]] in central [[China]] in an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the [[Richter scale]]. The epicenter is 90 kilometers (55 miles) west-northwest of [[Chengdu]].
* [[May 13]] - A series of bomb blasts kills at least 63 and injures 216 in [[Jaipur]], [[India]].
* [[May 14]] - [[Russia]]n side [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]] defeat [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] of [[Scotland]] by a score of 2-0 in the [[2008 UEFA Cup Final]].
* [[May 15]] - 100 killed, a NNPC oil pipeline exploded, with blast a primary school at Ijegun, [[Nigeria]].

==Predicted and scheduled events==

===May===
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* [[May 16]] - [[Dominican Republic presidential election, 2008|Presidential election]] in the [[Dominican Republic]].
* [[May 16]] - V Summit of the [[European Union]]-[[Latin America]] and the [[Caribbean]] Leaders in [[Lima]], [[Peru]].
* [[May 17]] - [[Kuwaiti parliamentary election, 2008|Parliamentary elections]] in [[Kuwait]].
* [[May 21]] - The [[UEFA Champions League]] Final to be held at [[Luzhniki Stadium]] in [[Moscow]].
* [[May 21]] - [[Georgian legislative election, 2008|Legislative elections]] in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].
* [[May 24]] - The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008]] Final will take place in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]], following semi-finals on [[May 20]] and [[May 22|22]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=899&Itemid=239|title=Reference Group concludes Belgrade visit|publisher=Eurovision.TV|date=|accessdate=2007-11-13}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] - NASA's [[Phoenix (spacecraft)|Phoenix spacecraft]] will land on Mars.
* [[May 31]] - [[STS-124]], [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] will be launched at 7:26 EST/ 6:26 CT.

===June===
* June - The [[Large Hadron Collider]] (located at CERN, near [[Geneva, Switzerland]]) is to begin operation; it will be the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.
* [[June 1]] - [[Macedonian parliamentary election, 2008|Parliamentary elections]] in the [[Republic of Macedonia]].
* [[June 1]] - First round of local elections in [[Romania]].
* [[June 1]] - Landmark [[Broadway musical]] [[Rent (musical)|''Rent'']] will end its run after 12 years and more than 4,300 shows.
* [[June 1]] - In the [[European Union]], regulations on the [[Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals]] start to come into force
* [[June 3]] - Launch of the The [[Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope]] (GLAST).
* [[June 6]]&ndash;[[June 8]] - [[Rock am Ring and Rock im Park]] rock festival(s) in [[Germany]].
* [[June 7]]&ndash;[[June 29]] - [[Switzerland]] and [[Austria]] host the [[UEFA]] [[Euro 2008]] tournament.<ref>http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/index.html retrieved 22 August 2007</ref>
* [[June 10]] - [[Lebanese presidential election, 2008|Presidential election]] in [[Lebanon]].
* [[June 12]] - [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] votes on the [[Treaty of Lisbon]], in the only [[Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|referendum]] to be held by a [[European Union]] member state on the treaty.
* [[June 14]] - [[Expo 2008]] will begin in [[Zaragoza]], [[Spain]].
* [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]] [[Chandrayaan]] (Lunar Craft), [[orbiter]] and [[impactor]] to the [[Moon]].

===July===
* [[July 1]] - [[Smoking ban|Smoking will be banned]] in all public places (including bars and restaurants) in the Netherlands.<ref>[http://www.nu.nl/news/1106995/11/Horeca_in_juli_2008_rookvrij.html nu.nl/algemeen | Horeca in juli 2008 rookvrij<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The [[United States|US]] [[state]] of [[Iowa]] will also go smoke-free (excluding casinos).
* [[July 7]]&ndash;[[July 9]] - [[34th G8 summit]] will be held in [[Tōyako, Hokkaidō]] in [[Japan]].
* [[July 8]]&ndash;[[July 20]] - [[Gliding|World Gliding Championships]] will be held in [[Rieti]], [[Italy]].<ref>[http://www.wgcrieti.it 30th FAI world Gliding Championship, 8th-20th July 2008 Rieti<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[July 15]]&ndash;[[July 20]] - [[World Youth Day]], the largest youth gathering in the [[Southern Hemisphere]], will take place in [[Sydney, Australia]]. [[Pope Benedict XVI]] will appear at the event.<ref>[http://www.wyd2008.org/index.php/en WYD08 :: Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[July 30]]&ndash;[[August 5]] - The XXII [[World Congress of Philosophy]] will take place in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]].
* [[July 31]] - After three decades as the Chairman of [[Microsoft Corporation]], [[Bill Gates]] will step down from daily duties.<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jun06/06-15CorpNewsPR.mspx Microsoft Announces Plans for July 2008 Transition for Bill Gates: Working full time at Microsoft through June 2008, Gates then will continue as chairman and advisor while increasing Foundation efforts; Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie to assume expanded roles<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===August===
[[Image:Beijing 2008 Tiananmen Square1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing|Beijing.]]]]
* [[August 1]] - [[Beijing south railway station]], the largest passenger station in Asia, will reopen following a reconstruction project.<ref>[http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/olympiccities/beijing/reconstruction/s214239670/n214238138.shtml Beijing South Railway Station to be ready in August - The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[August 1]] - [[Solar eclipse|Total solar eclipse]] visible from northern Canada (Nunavut), northern part of Russia, western Mongolia, and China; and seen as partial elsewhere in eastern North America, Europe, and Asia.
* [[August 2]]&ndash;[[August 16]] - [[Gliding|World Gliding Championships]] will be held in [[:de:Lüsse (Belzig)|Lüsse]], [[Germany]].<ref>[http://www.wgc2008.org WGC 2008, Lüsse Germany : HOME<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[August 6]]&ndash;[[August 10]] - Denvention 3, the 66th [[World Science Fiction Convention]] will be held in [[Denver, Colorado]].<ref>[http://www.denvention.org/ Denvention 3 Home Page - 66th World Science Fiction Convention - Denver, August 6-10, 2008 - Guests of Honor: Lois McMaster Bujold, Rick Sternbach, Tom Whitmore, Wil McCarthy, Kathy Mar, Robert Heinlein (ghost of honor)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[August 8]]&ndash;[[August 24]] - The [[2008 Summer Olympics]] will take place in [[Beijing]], [[China]].
* [[August 11]] - Elections to be held in the [[Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]]: Regional Governor, Regional Vice Governor and Members of the Regional Legislative Assembly following [http://www.comelec.gov.ph/laws/ra9333.html Republic Act No. 9333].
* [[August 14]] - [[2008 Formula Zero Championship]] begins in [[Rotterdam]], [[the Netherlands]].<ref>[http://www.formulazero.nl/ Formula Zero - Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[August 21]] Keenan Stouffer's Birthday
*[[August 25]]&mdash;[[August 28]] - [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Denver, Colorado]] for [[United States presidential election, 2008|U.S. presidential election]].
*[[August 28]] - [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]] will begin mission [[STS-125]], the final maintenance mission to the [[Hubble Space Telescope]].<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/index.html NASA - STS-125: Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===September===
*[[September 1]] to [[September 4]] - [[Republican National Convention]] in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]] for [[United States presidential election, 2008|U.S. presidential election]].
*[[September 27]] - The [[Australian Football League]] [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]] will be played at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]].

===October===
* [[October 16]] - [[STS 126]], [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] will be launched and it will deliver equipment and supplies to the [[International Space Station]].
* [[October 28]] [[NASA]] [[Lunar Precursor Robotic Program|Lunar Reconnaissance]] [[Orbiter]] (LRO) and LCROSS impactor, to the [[Moon]]
* [[October 30]]-[[November 16]] - The inaugural [[FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]] will be held in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/u17womenworldcup/index.html |title=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 |publisher=[[FIFA]] |accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref>

===November===
* [[November 2]] - The [[2008 Formula One season|2008 Formula 1 World Championship]] will end at [[São Paulo, Brazil]].
* [[November 4]] - [[United States presidential election, 2008|Election]] of the 44th [[President of the United States]]. There will also be [[United States general elections, 2008|elections]] for many other US public offices, including the entire [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2008|House of Representatives]], a third of the [[United States Senate elections, 2008|Senate]] and several [[United States gubernatorial elections, 2008|state Governorships]].
* [[November 5]] - First round of the [[AFC Champions League]] final to be held.
* [[November 11]] - [[RMS Queen Elizabeth 2]] departs on her last voyage from [[Southampton]] to [[Dubai]].
* [[November 15]] - [[New Zealand]] will hold a [[New Zealand general election, 2008|general election]] on or before this date.
* [[November 20]] - [[December 7]] - [[2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]] to be held in [[Chile]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.fifa.com/u20womenworldcup/index.html |title=FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=2007-11-26}}</ref>
* [[November 22]] - [[APEC Peru 2008]] Summit in [[Lima]].
* [[November 22]] - Second round of the [[AFC Champions League]] final to be held.
* [[November 25]] - [[Greenland]] holds election for increased autonomy from [[Denmark]].
* [[November 28]] - [[Romanian legislative election, 2008|Legislative election]] in [[Romania]].
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===December===
*[[December 4]] - [[STS-119]], [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] will bring the Integrated Truss Segment to the [[International Space Station]].
*[[December 12]] - [[Twilight (2008 film)]] released in theatres
*[[December 15]] - The [[Electoral College]] meets in 51 locations officially to elect the 44th [[President of the United States]].
*[[December 15]] - The [[Netherlands Antilles]] will be formally abolished.<ref name="endofNA">{{cite news
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* [[December]] - Presidential and Parliamentary elections in [[Ghana]].
* [[December 24]] - The new [[I-35W Mississippi River bridge]] in [[Minneapolis]] will be completed after the bridge collapsed in [[August]] of [[2007]].

===Unknown dates===
* The [[United Nations]] is to review drug policies around the world.<ref>[http://www.un.org/ga/president/57/pages/speeches/statement030408-Vienna-Narcotics.htm President of the UN General Assembly: Statements<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://www.drug-policy.org/modules/countdown_2008</ref>
* The "Simón Bolívar" [[Satellite]], a result of an agreement between [[Venezuela]] and [[China]], will be launched this year.<ref>[http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BB227BE8C-156B-468D-9143-EA0A86EAE9AF%7D)&language=EN The Year of the Chinese Satellite in Venezuela]</ref>

===Ongoing events===
* [[Ongoing conflicts]]
* [[State reform in Belgium|6th Round of the Belgian State Reform]]

==Deaths==
{{main|Deaths in 2008}}
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===January===
[[Image:Vampira in docu SCHLOCK!.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Maila Nurmi]]]]
[[Image:Edmundhillarycropped.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Edmund Hillary]]]]
[[Image:Heath Ledger.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Heath Ledger]]]]
[[Image:Soeharto.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Suharto]]]]
[[Image:Jeremy Beadle.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Jeremy Beadle]]]]
* [[January 1]] - [[Salvatore Bonanno]], American mobster (b. [[1932]])
* [[January 1]] - [[Peter Caffrey]], Irish actor (b. [[1949]])
* [[January 1]] - [[Erich Kästner (World War I veteran)|Erich Kästner]], German veteran of World War I (b. [[1900]])
* [[January 1]] - [[T. Maheswaran|Thiyagarajah Maheswaran]], Sri Lankan Tamil politician (b. [[1960]])
* [[January 2]] - [[Galyani Vadhana]], Thai princess (b. [[1923]])
* [[January 3]] - [[Aleksandr Abdulov]], Russian actor (b. [[1953]])
* [[January 3]] - [[Yo-Sam Choi]], Korean boxer (b. [[1972]])
* [[January 3]] - [[Werner Dollinger]], German politician (b. [[1918]])
* [[January 5]] - [[Raymond Forni]], French politician (b. [[1941]])
* [[January 5]] - [[Clinton Grybas]], Australian sports commentator (b. [[1975]])
* [[January 6]] - [[Fr. John O'Brien]], Irish priest and musician (b. [[1931]])
* [[January 7]] - [[Edward "Buddy" LeRoux]], American businessman (b. [[1930]])
* [[January 7]] - [[Philip Agee]], American spy (b. [[1935]])
* [[January 8]] - [[Moshe Levi]], Israeli military commander (b. [[1936]])
* [[January 9]] - [[John Harvey-Jones]], English businessman (b. [[1924]])
* [[January 10]] - [[Christopher Bowman]], American figure skater (b. [[1967]])
* [[January 10]] - [[Andrés Henestrosa]], Mexican writer and politician (b. [[1906]])
* [[January 10]] - [[Maila Nurmi]], Finnish-American actress and television personality (b. [[1921]])
* [[January 11]] - [[Sir Edmund Hillary]], New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist (b. [[1919]])
* [[January 11]] - [[Carl Karcher]], American businessman (b. [[1917]])
* [[January 12]] - [[Adriano González León]], Venezuelan poet and writer (b. [[1931]])
* [[January 13]] - [[Johnny Podres]], American baseball player (b. [[1932]])
* [[January 15]] - [[Brad Renfro]], American actor (b. [[1982]])
* [[January 15]] - [[Jason MacIntyre]], Scottish racing cyclist (b. [[1973]])
* [[January 16]] - [[Nikola Kljusev]], Macedonian prime minister (b. [[1927]])
* [[January 17]] - [[Bobby Fischer]], American-Icelandic chess grandmaster (b. [[1943]])
* [[January 17]] - [[Ernie Holmes]], American football player (b. [[1948]])
* [[January 17]] - [[Allan Melvin]], American actor (b. [[1922]])
* [[January 18]] - [[Georgia Frontiere]], American businesswoman (b. [[1927]])
* [[January 18]] - [[Lois Nettleton]], American actress (b. [[1927]])
* [[January 19]] - [[Don Wittman]], Canadian sportscaster (b. [[1936]])
* [[January 19]] - [[Suzanne Pleshette]], American actress (b. [[1937]])
* [[January 19]] - [[Frances Lewine]], American journalist (b. [[1921]])
* [[January 19]] - [[Morris Maddocks]], English Anglican priest (b.[[1928]])
* [[January 19]] - [[John Stewart (musician)|John Stewart]], American Singer-Songwriter (b. [[1939]])
* [[January 20]] - [[Louis de Cazenave]], French veteran of World War I (b. [[1897]])
* [[January 22]] - [[Heath Ledger]], Australian actor (b. [[1979]])
* [[January 23]] - [[Andrzej Andrzejewski]], Polish brigadier general (b. [[1961]])
* [[January 24]] - [[Randy Salerno]], American news anchor (b. [[1963]])
* [[January 27]] - [[Anna Loginova]], Russian bodyguard and model (b. [[1979]])
* [[January 27]] - [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], American Mormon leader (b. [[1910]])
* [[January 27]] - [[Suharto]], 2nd President of Indonesia (b. [[1921]])
* [[January 28]] - [[Christodoulos]], Archbishop of Athens (b. [[1939]])
* [[January 29]] - [[Margaret Truman]], American writer (b. [[1924]])
* [[January 30]] - [[Jeremy Beadle]], English television presenter (b. [[1948]])

===February===
[[Image:MaharishiMaheshYogi-04.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]]]]
[[Image:Steve Fossett 10.22.04 287.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Steve Fossett]]]]
[[Image:Janez Drnovsek.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Janez Drnovšek]]]]
[[Image:William F. Buckley, Jr. 1985.jpg|thumb|120px|[[William F. Buckley, Jr.]]]]
* [[February 1]] - [[Beto Carrero]], Brazilian businessman (b. [[1937]])
* [[February 1]] - [[Shell Kepler]], American actress (b. [[1958]])
* [[February 2]] - [[Earl Butz]], American government official (b. [[1909]])
* [[February 2]] - [[Barry Morse]], Canadian actor (b. [[1918]])
* [[February 3]] - [[Sheldon Brown (bicycle mechanic)|Sheldon Brown]], American bicycle mechanic (b. [[1944]])
* [[February 4]] - [[Harry Richard Landis]], American World War I veteran (b. [[1899]])
* [[February 5]] - [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], Indian spiritual leader (b. [[1917]])
* [[February 6]] - [[John McWethy]], American print and television journalist (b. [[1947]])
* [[February 7]] - [[Tamara Desni]], German-born English actress (b. [[1913]])
* [[February 7]] - [[Hoang Minh Chinh]], Vietnamese politician and dissident (b. [[1922]])
* [[February 7]] - [[Guy Severin]], Russian academician and engineer (b. [[1926]])
* [[February 8]] - [[Chua Ek Kay]], Singaporean painter (b. [[1947]])
* [[February 8]] - [[Ah Meng]], Singaporean [[orangutan]] and tourism icon. (b. ([[1960]])
* [[February 8]] - [[Phyllis Whitney]], American mystery writer (b. [[1903]])
* [[February 9]] - [[Jazeh Tabatabai]], Iranian artist and writer (b. [[1931]])
* [[February 9]] - [[Mindrolling Trichen|Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal]], Tibetan spiritual leader (b. [[1930]])
* [[February 10]] - [[Ron Leavitt]], American television producer (b. [[1947]])
* [[February 10]] - [[Roy Scheider]], American actor (b. [[1932]])
* [[February 11]] - [[Alfredo Reinado]], East Timorese rebel (b. [[1967]])
* [[February 11]] - [[Tom Lantos]], American politician (b. [[1928]])
* [[February 12]] - [[Imad Mugniyah]], Lebanese militant (b. [[1962]])
* [[February 12]] - [[Badri Patarkatsishvili]], Georgian businessman and politician (b. [[1955]])
* [[February 13]] - [[Kon Ichikawa]], Japanese film director (b. [[1915]])
* [[February 13]] - [[Henri Salvador]], French singer (b. [[1917]])
* [[February 13]] - [[Roger Voisin]], French-American classical musician (b. [[1918]])
* [[February 15]] - [[Amnon Netzer]], Iranian-Israeli historian (b. [[1934]])
* [[February 15]] - [[Steve Fossett]], American adventurer (b. [[1944]])
* [[February 18]] - [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]], French writer (b. [[1922]])
* [[February 18]] - [[Mihaela Mitrache]], Romanian actress (b. [[1955]])
* [[February 19]] - [[Natalia Bessmertnova]], Russian ballerina (b. [[1941]])
* [[February 19]] - [[Lydia Shum]], Hong Kong comedian and actress (b. [[1945]])
* [[February 21]] - [[Ben Chapman (actor)|Ben Chapman]], American actor (b. [[1928]])
* [[February 23]] - [[Janez Drnovšek]], 2nd President and 2nd Prime Minister of Slovenia (b. [[1950]])
* [[February 23]] - [[Denis Lazure]], Canadian politician (b. [[1925]])
* [[February 24]] - [[Larry Norman]], American musician (b. [[1947]])
* [[February 26]] - [[Buddy Miles]], American musician (b. [[1947]])
* [[February 26]] - [[Dan Shomron]], Israeli military leader (b. [[1937]])
* [[February 27]] - [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]], American author and conservative commentator (b. [[1925]])
* [[February 27]] - [[Myron Cope]], American sportscaster (b. [[1929]])
* [[February 27]] - [[Sujatha]], Tamil writer (b. [[1935]])
* [[February 27]] - [[Boyd Coddington]], American car-builder (b. [[1944]])
* [[February 28]] - [[Joseph M. Juran]], American engineer and philanthropist (b. [[1904]])
* [[February 28]] - [[Philip Rabinowitz (runner)|Philip Rabinowitz]], South African sprinter (b. [[1904]])
* [[February 28]] - [[Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)|Mike Smith]], English singer (b. [[1943]])

===March===
[[Image:Gary Gygax Gen Con 2007.JPG|thumb|120px|[[Gary Gygax]]]]
[[Image:Clarke sm.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Arthur C. Clarke]]]]
[[Image:Ggpg.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Gabriel París Gordillo]]]]
[[Image:Richard Widmark13.JPG|thumb|120px|[[Richard Widmark]]]]
* [[March 1]] - [[Raúl Reyes]], Colombian guerrilla (b. [[1948]])
* [[March 2]] - [[Sofiko Chiaureli]], Georgian actress (b. [[1937]])
* [[March 2]] - [[Jeff Healey]], Canadian musician (b. [[1966]])
* [[March 3]] - [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]], Italian operatic tenor (b. [[1921]])
* [[March 3]] - [[Iván Ríos]], Colombian guerrilla (b. [[1961]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Gary Gygax]], American writer and game designer (b. [[1938]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Elena Nathanael]], Greek film actress (b. [[1941]])
* [[March 5]] - [[Joseph Weizenbaum]], German-American author and computer scientist (b. [[1923]])
* [[March 6]] - [[Gustaw Holoubek]], Polish actor and director (b. [[1923]])
* [[March 7]] - [[Isaías Carrasco]], Basque politician (b. [[1964]])
* [[March 7]] - [[Francis Pym]], British politician (b. [[1922]])
* [[March 8]] - [[Carol Barnes]], English newsreader (b. [[1944]])
* [[March 12]] - [[Lazare Ponticelli]], last French veteran of World War I (b. [[1897]])
* [[March 12]] - [[Erwin Geschonneck]], German actor (b. [[1906]])
* [[March 12]] - [[Howard Metzenbaum]], American politician (b. [[1917]])
* [[March 14]] - [[Chiara Lubich]], Italian Catholic activist (b. [[1920]])
* [[March 15]] - [[Mikey Dread]], Jamaican singer, producer and broadcaster (b. [[1954]])
* [[March 15]] - [[Vytautas Kernagis]], Lithuanian singer-songwriter (b. [[1951]])
* [[March 15]] - [[Vicki Van Meter]], American former child pilot (b. [[1982]])
* [[March 16]] - [[Ivan Dixon]], Emmy nominated African-American TV actor & director (Hogan's Heroes) (b. [[1931]])
* [[March 16]] - [[Gary Hart (wrestler)|Gary Hart]], American wrestler (b. [[1942]])
* [[March 18]] - [[Anthony Minghella]], English film director and screenwriter (b. [[1954]])
* [[March 19]] - [[Arthur C. Clarke]], English author, inventor, and futurist (b. [[1917]])
* [[March 19]] - [[Hugo Claus]], Flemish writer, painter and film director (b.[[1929]])
* [[March 19]] - [[Raghuvaran]], Indian actor (b. [[1948]])
* [[March 19]] - [[Paul Scofield]], English actor (b. [[1922]])
* [[March 20]] - [[Brian Wilde]], English actor (b. [[1927]])
* [[March 21]] - [[Gabriel París Gordillo]], Colombian military governor (b. [[1910]])
* [[March 22]] - [[Cachao López]], Cuban-American musician (b. [[1918]])
* [[March 24]] - [[Neil Aspinall]], British record producer and business executive (b. [[1942]])
* [[March 24]] - [[Rafael Azcona]], Spanish screenwriter (b. [[1926]])
* [[March 24]] - [[Richard Widmark]], American actor (b. [[1914]])
* [[March 27]] - [[George Pruteanu]], Romanian literary critic and politician (b. [[1947]])
* [[March 27]] - [[Jean-Marie Balestre]], French sports executive (b. [[1921]])
* [[March 30]] - [[Dith Pran]], Cambodian-American photojournalist (b. [[1942]])
* [[March 31]] - [[Nikolai Baibakov]], Russian statesman and economist (b. [[1911]])
* [[March 31]] - [[Jules Dassin]], American film director (b. [[1911]])

===April===
[[Image:Charlton Heston Civil Rights March 1963.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Charlton Heston]]]]
[[Image:OLLIE1989.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Ollie Johnston]]]]
[[Image:Albert Hofmann Oct 1993.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Albert Hofmann]]]]
* [[April 1]] - [[Jim Finney]], English football referee (b. [[1924]])
* [[April 1]] - [[Sabin Balasa]], Romanian painter (b. [[1932]])
* [[April 2]] - [[Yakup Satar]], last Turkish veteran of World War I (b. [[1898]])
* [[April 3]] - [[Hrvoje Ćustić]], Croatian footballer (b. [[1983]])
* [[April 3]] - [[Johnny Byrne]], Irish writer (b. [[1935]])
* [[April 5]] - [[Charlton Heston]], American actor (b. [[1923]])
* [[April 8]] - [[John Button]], Australian politician (b. [[1933]])
* [[April 8]] - [[Stanley Kamel]], American actor (b. [[1943]])
* [[April 9]] - [[Cedella Booker]], Jamaican singer and writer (b. [[1926]])
* [[April 10]] - [[Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada]], Mexican cardinal (b. [[1919]])
* [[April 11]] - [[Merlin German]], American soldier and charity founder (b. [[1985]])
* [[April 12]] - [[Patrick Hillery]], 6th President of Ireland (b. [[1923]])
* [[April 13]] - [[Mark Speight]], English television presenter (b. [[1965]])
* [[April 13]] - [[John Archibald Wheeler]], American theoretical physicist (b. [[1911]])
* [[April 14]] - [[Ollie Johnston]], American animator (b. [[1912]])
* [[April 15]] - [[Benoît Lamy]], Belgian motion picture writer-director (b. [[1945]])
* [[April 16]] - [[Edward Norton Lorenz]], American mathematician and meteorologist (b. [[1917]])
* [[April 16]] - [[Joe Feeney]], American-born Irish tenor (b. [[1931]])
* [[April 17]] - [[Aimé Césaire]], French Martinican poet and politician (b. [[1913]])
* [[April 17]] - [[Gwyneth Dunwoody]], British politician (b. [[1930]])
* [[April 17]] - [[Danny Federici]], American musician (b. [[1950]])
* [[April 19]] - [[Germaine Tillion]], French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (b. [[1907]])
* [[April 21]] - [[Al Wilson (singer)|Al Wilson]], American singer (b. [[1939]])
* [[April 22]] - [[Paul Davis (singer)|Paul Davis]], American musician (b. [[1948]])
* [[April 25]] - [[Humphrey Lyttelton]], English musician and broadcaster (b. [[1921]])
* [[April 27]] - [[Marios Tokas]], Cypriot composer (b. [[1954]])
* [[April 29]] - [[Albert Hofmann]], Swiss chemist (b. [[1906]])

===May===
[[Image:Irena Sendler, Warsaw, Poland, 2007.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Irena Sendler]]]]

* [[May 1]] - [[Aden Hashi Farah]], Somali militant (b. unknown)
* [[May 1]] - [[Anthony Mamo]], 1st President of Malta (b. [[1909]])
* [[May 2]] - [[Philipp von Boeselager]], German military officer (b. [[1917]])
* [[May 2]] - [[Beverlee McKinsey]], American actress (b. [[1940]])
* [[May 3]] - [[Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo]], 74th Prime Minister of Spain (b. [[1926]])
* [[May 5]] - [[Irv Robbins]], Canadian-American entrepreneur (b. [[1917]])
* [[May 8]] - [[Eddy Arnold]], American country music singer (b. [[1918]])
* [[May 8]] - [[François Sterchele]], Belgian footballer (b. [[1982]])
* [[May 9]] - [[Jack Gibson (rugby league)|Jack Gibson]], Australian rugby league coach (b. [[1929]])
* [[May 10]] - [[Leyla Gencer]], Turkish soprano (b. [[1928]])
* [[May 10]] - [[Nuala O'Faolain]], Irish journalist (b. [[1940]])
* [[May 11]] - [[Dottie Rambo]], American singer (b. [[1934]])
* [[May 12]] - [[Irena Sendler]], Polish humanitarian (b. [[1910]])
* [[May 13]] - [[Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], Emir of Kuwait (b. [[1930]])
* [[May 15]] - [[Tommy Burns (footballer)|Tommy Burns]], Scottish footballer and manager (b. [[1956]])

==Major religious holidays==
{{Year in other calendars}}
* [[January 7]] - [[Christmas]] in [[Eastern Christianity]]
* [[January 10]] - [[New Year]] by [[Lunar calendar]], celebrated by Muslims
* [[February 5]] - [[Carnival]] ([[Shrove Tuesday]])
* [[February 6]] - [[Ash Wednesday]], observance of [[Lent]] begins
* [[February 7]] - [[Chinese New Year]] (also Lunar New Year / Spring Festival)
* [[March 1]] - [[Saint David's Day]], national holiday of [[Wales]]
* [[March 15]] - [[St. Patrick's Day]], celebrated in [[Ireland]], the [[United States]], and most of the English-speaking world. (Held on March 15 instead of the usual 17th to avoid the second day in [[Holy Week]].<ref>{{cite news|title=St Patrick's 'day' moved to 15th|url=http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0718/breaking85.html|format= |work=[[ireland.com]] Online|publisher=[[Irish Times Trust]]|date=2007-07-18|accessdate=2007-07-21}}</ref>) This March 17th will be the last one to fall within Holy Week until 2160.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=194136 |title=No St. Pat's Day Mass allowed in Holy Week |accessdate=2008-03-13 |author=Nevans-Pederson, Mary |date=2008-03-13 |work= Dubuque Telegraph Herald |publisher= Woodward Communications, Inc. |language=English}}</ref>
* [[March 20]] - March [[Equinox]], also known as [[Ostara]]
* [[March 20]] - [[Purim]]
* [[March 21]] - [[Nowruz]] ([[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[new year]] [[holiday]])
* [[March 22]] - [[Holi]]
* [[March 21]] - [[Good Friday]]
* [[March 23]] - [[Easter]] Sunday, the earliest Easter has fallen since [[1913]]
* [[April 13]] - [[Baisakhi]]
* [[April 20]] - [[Passover]],[[Palm Sunday]] for Eastern Orthodoxy
* [[April 23]] - [[St. George's Day]]
* [[April 27]] - [[Easter|Pascha]] (or Easter) in Eastern Christianity
* [[May 1]] - [[Ascension of Jesus]] in [[Western Christianity]]
* [[May 1]] - [[Beltane]], a [[Cross-quarter day]]
* [[May 19]] or [[May 20]] - [[Vesak]] ([[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] day) in [[Buddhism]]
* [[June 5]] - [[Ascension of Jesus]] in Eastern Christianity
* [[June 9]] - [[Shavuot]]
* [[June 15]] - [[Pentecost]] in Eastern Christianity
* [[June 20]] - June [[Solstice]], also known as [[Midsummer]] or [[Midsummer|Litha]]
* [[June 22]] - [[All Saints' Day]] in Eastern Christianity
* [[August 1]] - [[Lammas]], a [[Cross-quarter day]]
* [[August 15]] - [[Assumption of Mary]]
* [[September 1]] - New Liturgical Year in Eastern Christianity
* [[September 22]] - September [[Equinox]], also known as [[Mabon]]
* [[September 30]] - [[Rosh Hashana]]
* [[October 2]] - [[Eid ul-Fitr]]
* [[October 9]] - [[Yom Kippur]]
* [[October 28]] - [[Diwali]]
* [[November 1]] - [[Samhain]], a [[Cross-quarter day]] and [[Neopaganism|Neopagan]] new year
* [[November 30]] - [[St. Andrew's Day]], Scottish national day
* [[December 8]] - [[Immaculate Conception]]
* [[December 8]] - [[Eid ul-Adha]]
* [[December 21]] - [[Hanukkah]] begins at sundown
* [[December 21]] - December [[Solstice]], also known as [[Yule]]
* [[December 25]] - [[Christmas]] in Western Christianity

==2008 in fiction==
===Books===
<!--THIS SECTION IS FOR BOOKS SET IN 2008, NOT BOOKS PUBLISHED IN 2008. -->
*[[Isaac Asimov]]'s 1955 short story ''[[Franchise (short story)|Franchise]]'' takes place in 2008, the premise being that the U.S. president will be selected by a computer program looking for the "most representative citizen".
*[[John Barnes (author)|John Barnes]], ''Mother of Storms'' (1995) begins with a 2008 UN resolution barring any nation from acquiring nuclear weapons after June 1, 2008, subject to penalty of preemptive strike.
*[[Gregory Benford]]'s books ''The Jupiter War'' and ''The Threads of Time'' are set in 2008.
*The [[Galactic Milieu Series]] by [[Julian May]] features Earth's first contact with an alien race on June 20, 2008.
*In Francis Anderson's 1992 book "Future Undetermined" the UN bans civilians from owning [[handguns]] on March 29.
*[[Ian McDonald (author)|Ian McDonald]]'s "Chaga Saga" (''Evolution's Shore'' and ''Kirinya'') begins with the March 13, 2008 impact arrival of the plant form Chaga from outer space.
*[[Alan E. Nourse]]'s 1957 book ''Rocket to Limbo'' begins with the March 3, 2008 launch of the starship Argonaut on a centuries-long trip to Alpha Centauri.
*''[[The Mote in God's Eye]]'' (1974) by [[Larry Niven]] and [[Jerry Pournelle]] postulates that faster-than-light travel is perfected in 2008.
*''The Next War'', a controversial 1996 novel about the post-Soviet era, co-authored by former U.S. Defense Secretary [[Caspar Weinberger]], looks at a possible 2008 nuclear confrontation between the United States and Russia.

===Computer and video games===
Set in 2008:
<!--THIS SECTION IS FOR GAMES SET IN 2008, NOT GAMES RELEASED IN 2008 -->
<!--THE GAME GTA IV IS SET IN THE SAME YEAR AS IT IS RELEASED -->
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon|Ghost Recon]]'' (2001): Russia attempts to reunite the Soviet Union and invades several Eastern European countries. The UN intervenes with peacekeeping forces.
* ''[[Splinter Cell]]'' series: [[Sam Fisher]] goes undercover.
* ''[[Twisted Metal 3]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Shattered Union]]'' (2005): U.S. President David Jefferson Adams is elected in a sham election, and becomes the most unpopular president in U.S. history.
* ''[[Resident Evil 5]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Mega Man (NES)|Mega Man]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' (2008)<ref>http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3167196</ref>

===Film===
<!-- This is for films that are set in 2008, not films that will be released in 2008. -->
* ''[[Jason X]]'' ([[Friday the 13th (film series)|''Friday the 13th'' series]], 2002): Mass murderer [[Jason Voorhees]] is captured for the 2nd time and sentenced to death. Though the US government is unsure how to execute him, an [[electric chair]], a [[gas chamber]], a [[firing squad]], and [[hanging]] are all tried - none of which work.
* ''[[The Lake House (film)|The Lake House]]'' (2006): The ending takes place on Valentine's Day, 2008.
* ''[[Byousoku 5cm|5 Centimetres Per Second]]'' (2007): The final act takes place in [[Tokyo]] during 2008.
* ''[[Doomsday (film)|Doomsday]]'' (2008): The start of the film is set in 2008 where a virus has infected [[Scotland]].
* '' [[Children of Men (film)|Children of Men]]'' (2006): Pandemic influenza sweeps the planet, claiming the protagonist's young son.
* Set in 2008:
** ''[[Silent Running]]'' (1971)
** ''[[Southland Tales]]'' (2007)
** ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' (2004)
<!-- This is for films that are already set set in 2008, not films that will be released in 2008. -->

===Television===
* ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' (2003 series finale): The characters meet once again. Dawson, now 25 is the creator of a television series, ''The Creek'', based on his life.<ref> {{cite news | title = Amazon.com: Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut) Product Page | publisher = Amazon.com | url = http://www.amazon.com/Dawsons-Creek-Finale-Extended-Cut/dp/B0000AUHQ9 }} </ref>
* The [[List of Doctor Who serials#Series 3 (2007)|2007 series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'': Present time (such as "[[Smith and Jones (Doctor Who)|Smith and Jones]]") is primarily set in 2008.
* The ''[[Future Boy Conan]]'' [[anime]] story begins in July, 2008, when a war results in five continents sinking into the sea.
* ''[[Doraemon]]'': According to the original [[manga]] story, a [[Time travel|time machine]] will be invented in 2008.
* ''[[Heroes (TV Series)|Heroes]]'': According to the episode [[Out of Time (Heroes)|Out of Time]], the [[Shanti virus]] wipes out about 93% of the world's population, from a break out in March of 2008. [[Peter Petrelli]] accidentally teleports himself and Caitlin to sometime around June 14, 2008, when any survivors in New York City are forcibly evacuated.
* According to ''[[Futurama]]'', in the episode "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", Stop 'N Drop [[suicide booth]]s are the most popular of their kind by 2008.
{{Events by month}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.accuracyproject.org/2008calendar.html 2008 Calendar] at Internet Accuracy Project

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2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, and is a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era or Anno Domini designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.

2008 has been designated as:

In Chinese astrology, most of 2008, starting with February 7, will overlap with the Year of the Rat (dates before February 7 are Year of the Pig). The next Year of the Rat will be in 2020.

This year will be the only year in the 21st century during which two dates correspond to perfect numbers; one is June 28 (composed of the perfect numbers 6 and 28), which is always a date composed of perfect numbers, and the other is August 12 (composed—if one omits inconvenient digits—of the perfect number 8128, as in August 12 2008). The next year during which there will be two dates composed of perfect numbers is the year 3008.

Events

January

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MESSENGER assembly at Astrotech.
The new flag of Iraq.

February

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Primaries and caucuses in U.S. presidential election are held in 24 states.
Flag of Kosovo
Raúl Castro

March

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Dmitry Medvedev
Invasion of Anjouan

April

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File:Pope Benedict XVI Waves April 15 2008.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI waves to a crowd upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, United States.

May

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2008 Sichuan earthquake kills over ten thousand

Predicted and scheduled events

May

June

July

August

File:Beijing 2008 Tiananmen Square1.jpg
The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

September

October

November

December

Unknown dates

Ongoing events

Deaths

January

Maila Nurmi
Edmund Hillary
Heath Ledger
Suharto
Jeremy Beadle

February

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Steve Fossett
Janez Drnovšek
William F. Buckley, Jr.

March

Gary Gygax
Arthur C. Clarke
File:Ggpg.jpg
Gabriel París Gordillo
Richard Widmark

April

Charlton Heston
Ollie Johnston
Albert Hofmann

May

Irena Sendler

Major religious holidays

2024 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar2024
MMXXIV
Ab urbe condita2777
Armenian calendar1473
ԹՎ ՌՆՀԳ
Assyrian calendar6774
Baháʼí calendar180–181
Balinese saka calendar1945–1946
Bengali calendar1431
Berber calendar2974
British Regnal yearCha. 3 – 3 Cha. 3
Buddhist calendar2568
Burmese calendar1386
Byzantine calendar7532–7533
Chinese calendar癸卯年 (Water Rabbit)
4721 or 4514
    — to —
甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
4722 or 4515
Coptic calendar1740–1741
Discordian calendar3190
Ethiopian calendar2016–2017
Hebrew calendar5784–5785
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2080–2081
 - Shaka Samvat1945–1946
 - Kali Yuga5124–5125
Holocene calendar12024
Igbo calendar1024–1025
Iranian calendar1402–1403
Islamic calendar1445–1446
Japanese calendarReiwa 6
(令和6年)
Javanese calendar1957–1958
Juche calendar113
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4357
Minguo calendarROC 113
民國113年
Nanakshahi calendar556
Thai solar calendar2567
Tibetan calendar阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
2150 or 1769 or 997
    — to —
阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
2151 or 1770 or 998
Unix time1704067200 – 1735689599

2008 in fiction

Books

  • Isaac Asimov's 1955 short story Franchise takes place in 2008, the premise being that the U.S. president will be selected by a computer program looking for the "most representative citizen".
  • John Barnes, Mother of Storms (1995) begins with a 2008 UN resolution barring any nation from acquiring nuclear weapons after June 1, 2008, subject to penalty of preemptive strike.
  • Gregory Benford's books The Jupiter War and The Threads of Time are set in 2008.
  • The Galactic Milieu Series by Julian May features Earth's first contact with an alien race on June 20, 2008.
  • In Francis Anderson's 1992 book "Future Undetermined" the UN bans civilians from owning handguns on March 29.
  • Ian McDonald's "Chaga Saga" (Evolution's Shore and Kirinya) begins with the March 13, 2008 impact arrival of the plant form Chaga from outer space.
  • Alan E. Nourse's 1957 book Rocket to Limbo begins with the March 3, 2008 launch of the starship Argonaut on a centuries-long trip to Alpha Centauri.
  • The Mote in God's Eye (1974) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle postulates that faster-than-light travel is perfected in 2008.
  • The Next War, a controversial 1996 novel about the post-Soviet era, co-authored by former U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, looks at a possible 2008 nuclear confrontation between the United States and Russia.

Computer and video games

Set in 2008:

Film

Television

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  4. ^ International Year of Sanitation.
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  6. ^ Year of the Frog.
  7. ^ Year of the Dolphin homepage
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