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'''2008''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMVIII]]''') is the current year, a [[leap year]] that [[Leap year starting on Tuesday|started on Tuesday]] of the [[Common Era]] (or [[Anno Domini]]), in accordance with the [[Gregorian calendar]].
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>
In [[Chinese astrology]], ''Year of the [[Rat (zodiac)|Rat]]'' began on [[February 7]], succeeding ''Year of the [[Pig (zodiac)|Pig]]''.
==Events==
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===January===
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[[Image:MESSENGER Assembly.jpg|thumb|[[MESSENGER]] assembly at Astrotech.]]
* [[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]] - 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 3]] - A car bomb detonates, killing at least 4 and injuring 68, in [[Diyarbakır]], [[Turkey]]. Police blame [[Kurdistan Workers Party|Kurdish rebels]].
* [[January 8]] - An attempted assassination of [[Maldives|Maldivian]] president [[Maumoon Abdul Gayoom]] is thwarted after a [[Boy Scout]] grabbed the attacker's knife. The Boy Scout was injured, but after a scuffle ensued police arrested the attacker.
* [[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 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 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 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]] - [[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 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 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>
===February===
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[[Image:Raúl Castro.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Raúl Castro]]]]
* [[February 2]] - Rebels [[Battle of N'Djamena (2008)|attack]] the capital of [[Chad]], [[N'Djamena]].
* [[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 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 11]] - [[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]] - [[Bridgestone]], under investigation for an alleged price-fixing cartel, uncovers improper payments of at least 150 million [[Japanese 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 14]] - [[Steven Kazmierczak]] [[Northern Illinois University shooting|shoots dead five students and injures another 18]] at [[Northern Illinois University]].
* [[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]], with support from some countries but opposition from others.<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=anGy1wIN83Sg&refer=home Bloomberg.com: Worldwide<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[February 18]] - The [[British government]] introduces emergency legislation temporarily to [[nationalize]] [[Northern Rock]], the fifth largest [[mortgage bank]] in the UK, due to the bank'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]] - Crude oil closes above $100 USD per barrel for the first time ever, settling at $100.01.
* [[February 19]] - [[Fidel Castro]] announces his resignation as President of Cuba, effective on February 24.
* [[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 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 24]] - [[Raúl Castro]] is unanimously elected as [[President of Cuba]] by the [[National Assembly of People's Power|National Assembly]].
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=== March ===
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[[Image:Anjouan-invasion-2008.png|thumb|150px|[[2008 invasion of Anjouan|Invasion of Anjouan]]]]
* [[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]] - [[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 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 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]] - [[Iranian legislative election, 2008|Legislative election]] in [[Iran]].
* [[March 15]] - In [[Albania]] a huge explosion of a gun factory in [[Gerdec]] kills more than 30 people. Over the following week, [[Albania]], [[Kosovo]] and some surrounding countries supply and support [[Gerdec]]'s population with food, blood etc.
* [[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]] - The [[United States]] enacts [[economic sanctions]] against [[Iran]].{{Fact|date=April 2008}}
* [[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>
* [[March 25]] - A 160-square-mile (414 km<sup>2</sup>) chunk of [[Antarctica]]'s [[Wilkins Sound|Wilkins Ice Shelf]] disintegrates, leaving the entire 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 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]]–[[April]] - [[World food crises 2007-08|Rising food and fuel prices]] trigger riots and unrest in the [[Third World]].
===April===
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* [[April 8]] - [[Sark]] dismantled its [[feudal system]] to comply with the [[European Convention on Human Rights]]. The [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] approved the Sark law reforms,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/7339172.stm Sark democracy plans are approved], ''[[BBC News Online]]'', [[9 April]] [[2008]]</ref> and the first [[elections]] under the new law will be held in December 2008 and the new chamber will first convene in January 2009.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1704703,00.html A Revolution Not Televised], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time.com]]'', [[January 17]], [[2008]]</ref><ref>[http://podcast.timesonline.co.uk/serve.php/1503/thebugle13.mp3 After 443 years, Sark gets democracy], ''[[The Bugle]]'', Episode 13, January 2008. The Bugle is a satirical podcast of the [[Times Online|''Times'' Online]].</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/guernsey/7258214.stm Sark agrees switch to democracy], ''[[BBC News Online]]'', [[22 February]] [[2008]]</ref>
* [[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 22]] - Surgeons at London's [[Moorfields Eye Hospital]] perform the first operations using [[Visual prosthetic|bionic eyes]], implanting them into two blind patients.
* [[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>
===May===
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* [[May 3]] - Over 133,000 people in [[Myanmar]] are killed by [[Cyclone Nargis]], the deadliest [[natural disaster]] since the [[Boxing Day Tsunami]] in [[2004]].
* [[May 7]] - Violence breaks out in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] and spreads to nearby areas over the next few days.
* [[May 10]] - [[Myanmar]] holds a [[Constitution of Myanmar|constitutional referendum]].
* [[May 12]] - Over 69,000 are killed in central [[China]] by [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|an earthquake]] measuring 7.9[[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]]. 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 15]] - An oil pipeline explodes in Ijegun, [[Nigeria]], killing 100.
* [[May 23]] - The [[Union of South American Nations]], a [[supranational union]], is created by a union between the [[Andean Community]] and [[Mercosur]].
* [[May 23]] - The [[International Court of Justice]] awards [[Middle Rocks]] to [[Malaysia]] and [[Pedra Branca, Singapore|Pedra Branca]] to [[Singapore]], ending a 29-year [[Pedra Branca dispute|territorial dispute]] between the two countries.
* [[May 25]] - NASA's [[Phoenix (spacecraft)|Phoenix spacecraft]] lands on [[Mars]].
* [[May 28]] - The [[Nepal|Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal]] is established after the [[Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Assembly]] votes overwhemingly in favor of abolishing the country's [[Nepalese monarchy|240-year-old monarchy]]. [[Girija Prasad Koirala]] becomes temporary [[Head of State]].
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===June===
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* [[June 2]] - A car bomb [[2008 Danish embassy bombing|explodes]] outside the [[Denmark|Danish]] embassy in [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]], killing at least five.
* [[June 8]] - In the [[Akihabara]] area of [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], a 25-year-old man [[Akihabara massacre|stabs 7 to death, and wounds 10]], before being arrested.
* [[June 10]] - Fire engulfs [[Sudan Airways Flight 109]] after landing in [[Khartoum, Sudan]], killing 44.
* [[June 11]] - The [[Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope]] is launched.
* [[June 11]] - [[Canada|Canadian]] Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] apologizes to Canada's [[First Nations]] for the [[Canadian residential school system]].
* [[June 12]] - [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] votes to reject 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]] - A [[2008 Iwate earthquake|6.9 magnitude earthquake]] in [[Iwate Prefecture]], [[Japan]], kills 12 and injures more than 400.
* [[June 21]] - The first [[veneration]] ever held outside [[Vatican City]] is held in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]].
* [[June 22]] - [[Typhoon Fengshen (2008)|Typhoon Fengshen]] hits the [[Philippines]] and capsizes the ferry ''[[MV Princess of the Stars]]'', leaving hundreds dead or missing.
* [[June 27]] - President [[Robert Mugabe]] is re-elected with 85.5% of the vote in the [[Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008#Second round voting and aftermath|second round]] of the controversial [[Zimbabwe]]an [[Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008|presidential election]].
* [[June 27]] - Two ministers of the [[Guatemala]]n government are killed in a helicopter crash in [[Alta Verapaz]].
===July===
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* [[July 2]] - [[Íngrid Betancourt]] and 14 other hostages are [[Operation Jaque|rescued]] from [[FARC]] by [[Colombia]]n security forces.
* [[July 7]] - A suicide-bomber [[2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul|drives an explosives-laden automobile]] into the front gates of the [[India]]n embassy in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], killing 58 and injuring over 150.
* [[July 7]]–[[July 9]] - [[34th G8 summit]] held in [[Tōyako, Hokkaidō]] in [[Japan]].
* [[July 10]] - Former [[Macedonia]]n Interior Minister [[Ljube Boškoski]] is acquitted of all charges by a [[UN]] Tribunal accusing him of war crimes.
* [[July 15]]–[[July 20]] - [[World Youth Day 2008|World Youth Day]], the largest youth gathering in the [[Southern Hemisphere]], takes place in [[Sydney, Australia]]. [[Pope Benedict XVI]] appears at the event.<ref>[http://www.wyd2008.org/index.php/en WYD08 :: Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Predicted and scheduled events==
===July===
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* [[July 30]]–[[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]] - 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]]–[[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]]–[[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 7]] - The [[Large Hadron Collider]] (located at CERN, near [[Geneva, Switzerland]]) is to begin operation; it will be the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.<ref>[http://www.lhcountdown.com Large Hadron Collider Countdown Timer]</ref>
* [[August 8]]–[[August 24]] - The [[2008 Summer Olympics]] will take place in [[Beijing]], [[China]].
* [[August 11]] - Computerized 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].<ref>[http://www.comelec.gov.ph/laws/ra9333.html Republic Act No. 9333]</ref>
* [[August 22]] - [[2008 Formula Zero Championship]] begins in [[Rotterdam]], [[the Netherlands]].<ref>[http://www.formulazero.nl/ Formula Zero - Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[August 25]]–[[August 28]] - [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Denver, Colorado]] for [[United States presidential election, 2008|U.S. presidential election]].
===September===
*[[September 1]] to [[September 4]] - [[Republican National Convention]] in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]] for [[United States presidential election, 2008|U.S. presidential election]].
* [[September 7]] - Landmark [[Broadway musical]] [[Rent (musical)|''Rent'']] will end its run after 12 years and more than 4,300 shows.<ref>http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116252.html</ref>
*[[September 19]] - [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]]'s [[Chandrayaan]] (Lunar Craft) will be launched.
*[[September 21]] - [[Slovenian parliamentary election, 2008|Slovenian parliamentary election]]
*[[September 27]] - The [[Australian Football League]] [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]] will be played at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]].
===October===
* [[October 6]] - [[NASA]]'s [[MESSENGER]] spacecraft makes its second flyby of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] (will be captured into Mercury's orbit on [[March 18]] [[2011]]).
* [[October 8]] - [[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>
* [[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 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 10]] - [[STS 126]], [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] will be launched and it will deliver equipment and supplies to the [[International Space Station]].
* [[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 23]] - [[96th Grey Cup]] to be held at [[Montreal]]'s [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]].
* [[November 24]] - [[NASA]] will launch [[Lunar Precursor Robotic Program|Lunar Reconnaissance]] [[Orbiter]] (LRO) and LCROSS impactor, to the moon.
* [[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 Structure]] to the [[International Space Station]].
*[[December 6]] - [[December 14|14]] - The [[2008 Men's World Floorball Championships]] will take place in the [[Czech Republic]].
*[[December 15]] - The [[Electoral College]] meets in 51 locations officially to elect the 44th [[President of the United States]].
* [[December]] - Presidential and Parliamentary elections in [[Ghana]].
* [[December 24]] - The new [[I-35W Mississippi River bridge]] in [[Minneapolis]] is scheduled to 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]], last German veteran of World War I (b. [[1900]])
* [[January 1]] - [[T. Maheswaran|Thiyagarajah Maheswaran]], Sri Lankan Tamil politician (b. [[1960]])
* [[January 2]] - [[George MacDonald Fraser]], British author (b. [[1925]])
* [[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<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10482156|title=State funeral for Sir Edmund Hillary|accessdate=2008-07-16|date=2008-01-11|work=[[New Zealand Herald]]|author=Martha McKenzie-Minifie, Edward Gay}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7182376.stm|title=Everest hero Edmund Hillary dies|accessdate=2008-07-16|date=2008-01-11|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/10/edmund.hillary/index.html|title=Everest legend Edmund Hillary dies|accessdate=2008-07-16|date=2008-01-21|work=[[CNN]]}}</ref> (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<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/23/2144369.htm|title=Heath Ledger dead|accessdate=2008-07-16|date=2008-01-23|work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7203797.stm|title=Heath Ledger is found dead in US|accessdate=2008-07-16|date=208-01-23|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/heath.ledger.dead/index.html|title=Actor Heath Ledger dies at 28|accessdate=3008-07-16|date=2008-01-22|work=[[CNN]]}}</ref> (b. [[1979]])
* [[January 22]] - [[Roberto Gari]], American actor (b. unknown)
* [[January 22]] - [[Miles Lerman]], Polish-American activist (b. [[1920]])
* [[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. [[1978]])
* [[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:Roy scheider in Krakow.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Roy Scheider]]]]
[[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]] - [[Oscar Brodney]], American screenwriter (b. [[1907]])
* [[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<ref>Fossett was declared legally dead on [[February 15]], having been missing since [[3 September]] [[2007]].</ref> (b. [[1944]])
* [[February 15]] - [[Ashley Callie]], South African Actress (b. [[1976]])
* [[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:Chiara Lubich.JPG|thumb|120px|[[Chiara Lubich]]]]
[[Image:Clarke sm.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Arthur C. Clarke]]]]
[[Image:Richard Widmark13.JPG|thumb|120px|[[Richard Widmark]]]]
[[Image:Dinotirofijo.png|thumb|120px|[[Manuel Marulanda]]]]
* [[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 9]] - [[Gus Giordano]], Jazz dancer (b. [[1923]])
* [[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]], American actor and director (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 23]] - [[Al Copeland]], American entreprenueur (b. 1944)
* [[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 26]] - [[Manuel Marulanda]], Colombian guerrilla (b. [[1930]])
* [[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 12]] - [[Barbara McDermott]], last American survivor of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania (b. [[1912]])
* [[April 13]] - [[Mark Speight]], English television presenter<ref>Speight's body was found on this date after he had been missing since [[April 7]].</ref> (b. [[1965]])
* [[April 13]] - [[John Archibald Wheeler]], American theoretical physicist (b. [[1911]])
* [[April 14]] - [[Ollie Johnston]], American animator (b. [[1912]])
* [[April 14]] - [[Miguel Galván]], Mexican actor and comedian (b. [[1957]])
* [[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:Visita del Excmo. Sr. Don Leopoldo Calvo-Soptelo a El Puerto de Santa María.jpg|120px|thumb|[[Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo]]]]
[[Image:Irena Sendler, Warsaw, Poland, 2007.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Irena Sendler]]]]
[[Image:Willis Lamb.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Willis Lamb]]]]
[[Image:Crispinbeltran2.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Crispin Beltran]]]]
[[Image:Sydney Pollack.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Sydney Pollack]]]]
* [[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 4]] - [[Fredric J. Baur]], American chemist and inventor (b. [[1918]])
* [[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 9]] - [[Sinan Sofuoğlu]], Turkish motocycle racer (b. [[1983]])
* [[May 10]] - [[Leyla Gencer]], Turkish soprano (b. [[1928]])
* [[May 10]] - [[Nuala O'Faolain]], Irish journalist (b. [[1940]])
* [[May 10]] - [[Jessica Jacobs]], Australian actress (b. [[1990]])
* [[May 11]] - [[Dottie Rambo]], American singer (b. [[1934]])
* [[May 11]] - [[John Rutsey]], Canadian drummer (b. [[1953]])
* [[May 12]] - [[Irena Sendler]], Polish humanitarian (b. [[1910]])
* [[May 13]] - [[Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], Emir of Kuwait (b. [[1930]])
* [[May 13]] - [[John Phillip Law]], American actor (b. [[1937]])
* [[May 15]] - [[Tommy Burns (footballer)|Tommy Burns]], Scottish footballer and manager (b. [[1956]])
* [[May 15]] - [[Alexander Courage]], American composer (b. [[1919]])
* [[May 15]] - [[Willis Lamb]], American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1913]])
* [[May 16]] - [[Robert Mondavi]], American winemaker (b. [[1913]])
* [[May 18]] - [[Joseph Pevney]], American director (b. [[1911]])
* [[May 19]] - [[Vijay Tendulkar]], Indian playwright (b. [[1928]])
* [[May 20]] - [[Crispin Beltran]], Filipino politician and labor leader (b. [[1933]])
* [[May 20]] - [[Hamilton Jordan]], American political strategist (b. [[1944]])
* [[May 22]] - [[Robert Asprin]], American science fiction writer (b. [[1946]])
* [[May 23]] - [[David Mitton]], British producer, director, model maker, and author (b. [[1939]])
* [[May 23]] - [[Roberto Freire (psychiatrist)|Roberto Freire]], Brazilian psychiatrist (b. [[1927]])
* [[May 24]] - [[Dick Martin (comedian)|Dick Martin]], American comedian (b. [[1922]])
* [[May 24]] - [[Rob Knox]], British actor (b. [[1989]])
* [[May 25]] - [[Geremi González]], Venezuelan baseball player (b. [[1975]])
* [[May 26]] - [[Earle Hagen]], American composer (b. [[1919]])
* [[May 26]] - [[Sydney Pollack]], American actor, director, and producer (b. [[1934]])
* [[May 27]] - [[Franz Künstler]], last Austrian-Hungarian veteran of World War I (b. [[1900]])
* [[May 28]] - [[Beryl Cook]], English painter (b. [[1926]])
* [[May 28]] - [[Robert Justman]], American producer (b. [[1926]])
* [[May 29]] - [[Luc Bourdon]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1987]])
* [[May 29]] - [[Romeo A. Brawner]], Filipino election official and justice (b. [[1935]])
* [[May 29]] - [[Harvey Korman]], American actor (b. [[1927]])
===June===
[[Image:BoDiddley1997.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Bo Diddley]]]]
[[Image:Tschingis Ajtmatow.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Chinghiz Aitmatov]]]]
[[Image:Vo Van Kiet.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Võ Văn Kiệt]]]]
[[Image:Tim Russert.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Tim Russert]]]]
[[Image:Cyd Charisse 2006 head.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Cyd Charisse]]]]
[[Image:Jesus is coming.. Look Busy (George Carlin).jpg|thumb|120px|[[George Carlin]]]]
* [[June 1]] - [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]], French fashion designer (b. [[1936]])
* [[June 1]] - [[Tommy Lapid]], Israeli television presenter, journalist and politician (b. [[1931]])
* [[June 2]] - [[Bo Diddley]], American musician (b. [[1928]])
* [[June 2]] - [[Ferenc Fejtő]], Hungarian-born French journalist and political scientist (b. [[1909]])
* [[June 3]] - [[Mel Ferrer]], American actor, director, and producer (b. [[1917]])
* [[June 3]] - [[Grigory Romanov]], Russian politician (b. [[1923]])
* [[June 4]] - [[Agata Mróz-Olszewska]], Polish volleyball player (b. [[1982]])
* [[June 6]] - [[Dwight White]], American football player (b. [[1949]])
* [[June 7]] - [[Rudy Fernandez (actor)|Rudy Fernandez]], Filipino actor (b. [[1952]])
* [[June 7]] - [[Dino Risi]], Italian director (b. [[1916]])
* [[June 7]] - [[Jim McKay]], American television sports journalist (b. [[1921]])
* [[June 7]] - [[Mustafa Khalil]], Egyptian prime minister (b. [[1920]])
* [[June 8]] - [[Peter Rühmkorf]], German writer (b. [[1929]])
* [[June 8]] - [[Šaban Bajramović]], Serbian musician (b. [[1936]])
* [[June 9]] - [[Algis Budrys]], American science fiction writer (b. [[1931]])
* [[June 9]] - [[Karen Asrian]], Armenian chess grandmaster (b. [[1980]])
* [[June 10]] - [[Chinghiz Aitmatov]], Kyrgyzstani writer (b. [[1928]])
* [[June 10]] - [[John Rauch]], American football player and coach (b. [[1927]])
* [[June 11]] - [[Ove Andersson]], Swedish rally driver (b. [[1939]])
* [[June 11]] - [[Võ Văn Kiệt]], Vietnamese prime minister (b. [[1922]])
* [[June 11]] - [[Adam Ledwoń]], Polish footballer (b. [[1974]])
* [[June 11]] - [[Taras Kermauner]], Slovenian playwright, historian, and philosopher (b. [[1930]])
* [[June 11]] - [[James Reaney]], Canadian playwright (b. [[1926]])
* [[June 12]] - [[Charlie Jones (sportscaster)|Charlie Jones]], American sportscaster (b. [[1930]])
* [[June 12]] - [[Derek Tapscott]], Welsh footballer (b. [[1932]])
* [[June 13]] - [[Tim Russert]], American journalist (b. [[1950]])
* [[June 14]] - [[Jamelão]], Brazilian singer (b. [[1913]])
* [[June 14]] - [[Esbjörn Svensson]], Swedish jazz musician (b. [[1964]])
* [[June 15]] - [[Johnathan Goddard]], American football player (b. [[1981]])
* [[June 15]] - [[Ray Getliffe]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1914]])
* [[June 15]] - [[Stan Winston]], American special effects and make up artist (b. [[1946]])
* [[June 17]] - [[Tsutomu Miyazaki]], Japanese serial killer (b. [[1962]])
* [[June 17]] - [[Cyd Charisse]], American actress and dancer (b. [[1922]])
* [[June 18]] - [[Jean Delannoy]], French film director (b. [[1908]])
* [[June 19]] - [[Tim Carter (footballer)|Tim Carter]], English footballer (b. [[1967]])
* [[June 21]] - [[Scott Kalitta]], American drag racer (b. [[1962]])
* [[June 21]] - [[Kermit Love]], American costume designer (b. [[1916]])
* [[June 22]] - [[George Carlin]], American author, actor, and comedian (b. [[1937]])
* [[June 22]] - [[Dody Goodman]], American actress (b. [[1914]])
* [[June 22]] - [[Jane McGrath]], British-born Australian activist and philanthropist (b. [[1966]])
* [[June 23]] - [[Arthur Chung]], President of Guyana (b. [[1918]])
* [[June 23]] - [[Ruth Cardoso]], former Brazilian First Lady (b. [[1930]])
* [[June 24]] - [[Leonid Hurwicz]], American economist, mathematician, and Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1917]])
* [[June 25]] - [[Alla Kazanskaya]], Russian actress (b. [[1920]])
* [[June 25]] - [[G. M. Banatwala]], Indian politician (b. [[1933]])
* [[June 27]] - [[Polk Robison]], American basketball coach (b. [[1912]])
* [[June 27]] - [[Sam Manekshaw]], Indian Army officer (b. [[1914]])
* [[June 27]] - [[Michael Turner (comics)|Michael Turner]], American comic book artist (b. [[1971]])
* [[June 27]] - [[Francesco Domenico Chiarello]], Italian World War I survivor (b. [[1898]])
* [[June 27]] - [[Nicolae Linca]], Romanian boxer (b. [[1929]])
* [[June 28]] - [[Ruslana Korshunova]], Kazakhstani model (b. [[1987]])
* [[June 29]] - [[Don S. Davis]], American actor (b. [[1942]])
===July===
[[Image:JesseHelms.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Jesse Helms]]]]
[[Image:Hasan Doğan.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Hasan Doğan]]]]
[[Image:Tony Snow cropped.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Tony Snow]]]]
* [[July 1]] - [[John Pont]], American football coach (b. [[1927]])
* [[July 1]] - [[Mel Galley]], English guitarist (b. [[1948]])
* [[July 1]] - [[Mark Dean Schwab]], American murderer (b. [[1968]])
* [[July 2]] - [[Elizabeth Spriggs]], British actress (b. [[1929]])
* [[July 2]] - [[Natasha Shneider]], Russian musician (b. [[1956]])
* [[July 3]] - [[Harald Heide-Steen Jr.]], Norwegian comedian and actor (b. [[1939]])
* [[July 3]] - [[Larry Harmon]], American entertainer (b. [[1925]])
* [[July 3]] - [[Clive Hornby]], English actor (b. [[1944]])
* [[July 4]] - [[Jesse Helms]], American politician (b. [[1921]])
* [[July 4]] - [[Charles Wheeler (journalist)|Charles Wheeler]], British journalist and broadcaster (b. [[1923]])
* [[July 4]] - [[Terrence Kiel]], American football player (b. [[1980]])
* [[July 5]] - [[Hasan Doğan]], Turkish football administrator (b. [[1956]])
* [[July 5]] - [[Huyen Quang|Thích Huyền Quang]], Vietnamese Buddhist monk and dissident (b. [[1919]])
* [[July 6]] - [[Nonna Mordyukova]], Russian actress (b. [[1925]])
* [[July 6]] - [[Jack C. Collins]], Australian footballer (b. [[1930]])
* [[July 7]] - [[Yitzchok Dovid Groner]], Australian rabbi (b. [[1924]])
* [[July 7]] - [[Dorian Leigh]], American model (b. [[1917]])
* [[July 8]] - [[John Templeton]], British philanthropist (b. [[1912]])
* [[July 8]] - [[Alex d'Arbeloff]], American entrepreneur (b. [[1927]])
* [[July 9]] - [[Séamus Brennan]], Irish politician (b. [[1946]])
* [[July 10]] - [[Mike Souchak]], American golfer (b. [[1927]])
* [[July 10]] - [[Steve Mingori]], American baseball player (b. [[1944]])
* [[July 11]] - [[Michael E. DeBakey]], American surgeon and inventor (b. [[1908]])
* [[July 12]] - [[Tony Snow]], American political commentator (b. [[1955]])
* [[July 12]] - [[Bobby Murcer]], American baseball player and broadcaster (b. [[1946]])
* [[July 15]] – [[György Kolonics]], Hungarian canoeist (b. [[1972]])
==Major religious holidays==
{{Year in other calendars}}
* [[January 7]] - [[Christmas]] in [[Eastern Christianity]]
* [[January 10]] - [[Islamic New Year]] by [[Lunar calendar]]
* [[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]] in Eastern Christianity
* [[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]] (the birthday of the [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]]) 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
* [[July 5]] - [[Saints Cyril and Methodius]] 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 al-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===
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*[[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:
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<!--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 GTA4: What You Really Need to Know from 1UP.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
===Film===
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Set 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, when a virus has infected [[Scotland]].
* '' [[Children of Men (film)|Children of Men]]'' (2006): Pandemic influenza sweeps the planet, claiming the protagonist's young son.
* ''[[Silent Running]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Southland Tales]]'' (2007)
* ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' (2004)
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===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 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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