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2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini).

2008 was designated as:

Contents

[edit] Events

[edit] January

January 2008
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First-ever photograph of the "unseen side" of Mercury, taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft on January 14.

[edit] February

February 2008
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[edit] March

March 2008
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[edit] April

April 2008
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[edit] May

May 2008
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An earthquake in Sichuan, China caused nearly 80,000 deaths.

[edit] June

June 2008
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[edit] July

July 2008
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34th G8 summit heads of delegations in Tōyako, Japan.

[edit] August

August 2008
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[edit] September

September 2008
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[edit] October

October 2008
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[edit] November

November 2008
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[edit] December

December 2008
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[edit] Deaths

[edit] January

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] May

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December


[edit] Awards

[edit] Nobel Prizes

[edit] Major religious holidays

2008 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 2008
MMVIII
Ab urbe condita 2761
Armenian calendar 1457
ԹՎ ՌՆԾԷ
Bahá'í calendar 164 – 165
Berber calendar 2958
Buddhist calendar 2552
Burmese calendar 1370
Byzantine calendar 7516 – 7517
Chinese calendar 丁亥年十一月廿三日
(4644/4704-11-23)
— to —
戊子年十二月初五日
(4645/4705-12-5)
Coptic calendar 1724 – 1725
Ethiopian calendar 2000 – 2001
Hebrew calendar 57685769
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2063 – 2064
 - Shaka Samvat 1930 – 1931
 - Kali Yuga 5109 – 5110
Holocene calendar 12008
Iranian calendar 1386 – 1387
Islamic calendar 1428 – 1430
Japanese calendar Heisei 20
(平成20年)
Korean calendar 4341
Thai solar calendar 2551
Unix time 1199145600 – 1230767999

[edit] 2008 in fiction

[edit] 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.
  • 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.

[edit] Computer and video games

Set in 2008:

[edit] Film

Set in 2008:

[edit] Television

  • Doraemon: According to the original manga story, a time machine will be invented in 2008.
  • The Future Boy Conan anime (1978) story begins in July 2008, when a war results in five continents sinking into the sea.
  • According to the Futurama episode "Space Pilot 3000", Stop 'N Drop suicide booths are claimed to have been "America's Favorite" since 2008. Whether this is the use of an advertising hyperbole to indicate that they were introduced in 2008, or that they gained a plurality of market share in 2008 is not concluded.
  • 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.[158]
  • The 2007 series of Doctor Who: Present time (such as "Smith and Jones") is primarily set in 2008.
  • Heroes: A possible future shown in Out of Time features the Shanti virus killing about 93% of the world's population, after a release in March 2008.


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  103. ^ "South Africa president steps down". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7627957.stm. 
  104. ^ "Taro Aso set to become Japan's PM". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7632864.stm. 
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  118. ^ The Financial Supervisory Authority - Iceland, News: Based on New Legislation, the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) Proceeds to take Control of Kaupþing to ensure Continued Commercial Bank Operations in Iceland (09.10.2008)
  119. ^ Kaupthing Bank, Press release: Kaupthing Bank turns to the Icelandic FSA (2008.10.09)
  120. ^ The Financial Supervisory Authority - Iceland, News: Based on New Legislation, the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority (IFSA) Proceeds to take Control of Landsbanki to ensure Continued Commercial Bank Operations in Iceland (07.10.2008)
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