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*[[International Year of Languages]]<ref name="Ow0tF" /> |
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*[[International Year of Languages]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/ga10592.doc.htm|title=General Assembly Proclaims 2008 International Year of Languages, in Effort to Promote Unity in Diversity, Global Understanding|publisher=United Nations|access-date=2008-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101091611/http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/ga10592.doc.htm|archive-date=November 1, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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*[[International Year of Planet Earth]] |
*[[International Year of Planet Earth]] |
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*[[International Year of Sanitation]] |
*[[International Year of Sanitation]] |
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* [[January 1]] – [[Cyprus]] and [[Malta]] adopt the [[euro]].<ref name="vgEan" /><ref name="qxkbC" /> |
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* [[January 1]] – [[Cyprus]] and [[Malta]] 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] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130041939/http://www.euractiv.com/en/euro/cyprus-malta-set-join-eurozone-2008/article-163836 |date=January 30, 2009 }}, EurActiv</ref><ref>[http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1198764121.53/ Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopt the euro], EUbusiness ([[ISO 4217]] code: VEF). {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706103838/http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1198764121.53/ |date=July 6, 2009 }}</ref> |
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* [[January 14]] – At 19:04:39 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]], the unmanned [[MESSENGER]] [[space probe]] is at its closest approach during its first flyby of the planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].<ref |
* [[January 14]] – At 19:04:39 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]], the unmanned [[MESSENGER]] [[space probe]] is at its closest approach during its first flyby of the planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].<ref name="45JNK" /> |
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* [[January 21]] |
* [[January 21]] |
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**Stock markets around the world plunge amid growing fears of a U.S. [[recession|Great Recession]], fueled by the 2007 [[subprime mortgage crisis]].<ref |
**Stock markets around the world plunge amid growing fears of a U.S. [[recession|Great Recession]], fueled by the 2007 [[subprime mortgage crisis]].<ref name="UdyTv" /> |
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**[[Online activist]] group [[Anonymous (hacker group)|Anonymous]] initiates [[Project Chanology]], after a [[News leak|leaked interview]] of [[Tom Cruise]] by the [[Church of Scientology]] is published on [[YouTube]], and the Church of Scientology issued a [[DMCA takedown|"copyright infringement" claim]]. In response, Anonymous sympathizers took to the streets to [[protest]] outside the church (after February 10th), while the church's websites and centres were getting [[DoS attacks]], [[Prank call|phone line nukes]], and [[black faxes]].<ref name="sx8F7" /><ref name="vOwe0" /><ref name="phLJJ" /><ref name="waVoL" /><ref name="HiOqt" /><ref name="muTyR" /><ref name="LwGGz" /><ref name="LqoSy" /><ref name="yECdo" /> |
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**[[Online activist]] group [[Anonymous (hacker group)|Anonymous]] initiates [[Project Chanology]], after a [[News leak|leaked interview]] of [[Tom Cruise]] by the [[Church of Scientology]] is published on [[YouTube]], and the Church of Scientology issued a [[DMCA takedown|"copyright infringement" claim]]. In response, Anonymous sympathizers took to the streets to [[protest]] outside the church (after February 10th), while the church's websites and centres were getting [[DoS attacks]], [[Prank call|phone line nukes]], and [[black faxes]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-05-10|title=Hackers Declare War on Scientology - Science News {{!}} Science & Technology {{!}} Technology News - FOXNews.com|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325586,00.html|access-date=2021-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510074500/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325586,00.html|archive-date=May 10, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-03-23|title=From The Magazine : Radar Online : Scientology is under attack from a faceless cabal of online activists. Has America's most controversial religion finally met its match?|url=http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2008/03/scientology_anonymous_protests_tom_cruise_01.php|access-date=2021-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323063402/http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2008/03/scientology_anonymous_protests_tom_cruise_01.php|archive-date=March 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-09-21|title="Anonymous" threatens to "dismantle" Church of Scientology via intern…|url=http://archive.ph/EUGe|access-date=2021-03-12|website=archive.ph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-08-21|title=Hacker Group Declares War On Scientology - News Story - KNBC {{!}} Los Angeles|url=http://www.knbc.com/news/15132759/detail.html|access-date=2021-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821132355/http://www.knbc.com/news/15132759/detail.html|archive-date=August 21, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Technology News|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=CNET|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=MAR|title=Online group declares war on Scientology|newspaper=National Post|language=en-CA|url=https://archive.ph/20080128145858/http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=261308|access-date=2021-03-12|issn=1486-8008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=War Breaks Out Between Hackers and Scientology -- There Can Be Only One|language=en-us|work=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2008/01/anonymous-attac/|access-date=2021-03-12|issn=1059-1028}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-07-05|title=Anonymous Versus Scientology: Cyber Criminals or Vigilante Justice? {{!}} The Legality|url=http://www.thelegality.com/archives/22|access-date=2021-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705202321/http://www.thelegality.com/archives/22|archive-date=July 5, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-03-28|title=Group Lines Road To Protest Church Of Scientology - Orlando News Story - WKMG Orlando|url=http://www.local6.com/news/15205679/detail.html|access-date=2021-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328184704/http://www.local6.com/news/15205679/detail.html|archive-date=March 28, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[January 24]] – A peace deal is signed in [[Goma]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], ending the [[Kivu conflict]].<ref |
* [[January 24]] – A peace deal is signed in [[Goma]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], ending the [[Kivu conflict]].<ref name="cAfgG" /> |
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===February=== |
===February=== |
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* [[February 4]] – [[Iran]] opens its first space center and launches a [[rocket]] into space. |
* [[February 4]] – [[Iran]] opens its first space center, and launches a [[rocket]] into space. |
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* [[February 17]] – [[Kosovo]] formally [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|declares independence]] from [[Serbia]], |
* [[February 17]] – [[Kosovo]] formally [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|declares independence]] from [[Serbia]], to a mixed response from the international community.<ref name="4ZgIr" /><ref name="bKUR8" /> |
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*[[February 18]] - [[WikiLeaks]] |
*[[February 18]] - [[WikiLeaks]] releases [[allegations]] of [[Tax evasion|illegal activities]] carried out by the [[Cayman Islands]] branch of [[Swiss banking]] corporation [[Julius Baer Group|Julius Baer]]; a subsequent [[Bank Julius Baer v. WikiLeaks|lawsuit against WikiLeaks]] prompts a [[Web domain|temporary suspension]] of the website, but uproar about violations of [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|freedom of speech]] causes WikiLeaks to be brought back online. <ref name="UHHp2" /><ref name="L7ZF1" /> |
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===March=== |
===March=== |
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* March–April – [[2007–08 world food price crisis|Rising food and fuel prices]] trigger riots and unrest in the [[Third World]]. |
* March–April – [[2007–08 world food price crisis|Rising food and fuel prices]] trigger riots and unrest in the [[Third World]]. |
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* [[March 2]] – [[Venezuela]] and [[Ecuador]] [[2008 Andean diplomatic crisis|move troops to the Colombian border]], following a Colombian raid against [[FARC]] guerrillas inside Ecuadorian territory, in which senior commander [[Raúl Reyes]] is killed.<ref |
* [[March 2]] – [[Venezuela]] and [[Ecuador]] [[2008 Andean diplomatic crisis|move troops to the Colombian border]], following a Colombian raid against [[FARC]] guerrillas inside Ecuadorian territory, in which senior commander [[Raúl Reyes]] is killed.<ref name="2V4dj" /><ref name="WUuhE" /> |
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* [[March 4]] – [[2008 Tibetan unrest|Demonstrations by Tibetans]] turn into unrest in [[Tibet]] and [[Sichuan]]. |
* [[March 4]] – [[2008 Tibetan unrest|Demonstrations by Tibetans]] turn into unrest in [[Tibet]] and [[Sichuan]]. |
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* [[March 8]] – Barisan National |
* [[March 8]] – Barisan National loses [[Supermajority|two-thirds majority]], for the first time since [[1969 Malaysian general election 1969|1969]], to opposition during the [[2008 Malaysian general election]] but still retains control of government. The coalition also loses [[State legislative assembly of Malaysia|majority control]] of five states to the opposition. |
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* [[March 9]] – The first [[European Space Agency]] [[Automated Transfer Vehicle]], a cargo spacecraft for the [[International Space Station]], launches from [[Guiana Space Centre]] in [[French Guiana]].<ref |
* [[March 9]] – The first [[European Space Agency]] [[Automated Transfer Vehicle]], a cargo spacecraft for the [[International Space Station]], launches from [[Guiana Space Centre]] in [[French Guiana]].<ref name="zmjBL" /> |
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*[[19 March|March 19]] – An [[Energy]] release of a [[Gamma-ray burst]] called the [[GRB 080319B]] |
*[[19 March|March 19]] – An [[Energy]] release of a [[Gamma-ray burst]] called the [[GRB 080319B]] is the [[Brightness|brightest]] event ever recorded in the [[Universe]].<ref name="09YRh" /> |
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* [[March 24]] – [[Bhutan]] holds its [[2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election|first-ever general elections]] following the adoption of a new [[Constitution of Bhutan|Constitution]] which changed the country from an [[absolute monarchy]] to a multiparty democracy.<ref |
* [[March 24]] – [[Bhutan]] holds its [[2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election|first-ever general elections]] following the adoption of a new [[Constitution of Bhutan|Constitution]] which changed the country from an [[absolute monarchy]] to a multiparty democracy.<ref name="a339d" /> |
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* [[March 25]] – [[African Union]] and [[Comoros]] forces [[2008 invasion of Anjouan|invade]] the rebel-held island of [[Anjouan]], returning the island to Comorian control.<ref |
* [[March 25]] – [[African Union]] and [[Comoros]] forces [[2008 invasion of Anjouan|invade]] the rebel-held island of [[Anjouan]], returning the island to Comorian control.<ref name="zp1Ze" /> |
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===May=== |
===May=== |
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* [[May 2]] – The [[Chaitén (volcano)|Chaitén]] volcano in [[Chile]] enters a new eruptive phase for the first time since around 1640. |
* [[May 2]] – The [[Chaitén (volcano)|Chaitén]] volcano in [[Chile]] enters a new eruptive phase for the first time since around 1640. |
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* [[May 3]] – [[Cyclone Nargis]] passes through [[Myanmar]], killing more than 138,000 people.<ref |
* [[May 3]] – [[Cyclone Nargis]] passes through [[Myanmar]], killing more than 138,000 people.<ref name="n1gHV" /> |
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* [[May 12]] – An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|strikes Sichuan, China]], killing an estimated 87,000 people.<ref |
* [[May 12]] – An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|strikes Sichuan, China]], killing an estimated 87,000 people.<ref name="qTiUB" /> |
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* [[May 20]]–[[May 24|24]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008]] takes place in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]], and is won by [[Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest|Russian]] entrant [[Dima Bilan]] with the song "[[Believe (Dima Bilan song)|Believe]]". |
* [[May 20]]–[[May 24|24]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008]] takes place in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]], and is won by [[Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest|Russian]] entrant [[Dima Bilan]] with the song "[[Believe (Dima Bilan song)|Believe]]". |
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* [[May 23]] |
* [[May 23]] |
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** The [[Union of South American Nations]], an intergovernmental organization between states in [[South America]], is founded.<ref |
** The [[Union of South American Nations]], an intergovernmental organization between states in [[South America]], is founded.<ref name="ammdU" /> |
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** 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.<ref |
** 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.<ref name="xu7ho" /> |
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* [[May 25]] – [[NASA]]'s unmanned [[Phoenix (spacecraft)|''Phoenix'']] spacecraft becomes the first to land on the northern polar region of [[Mars]].<ref |
* [[May 25]] – [[NASA]]'s unmanned [[Phoenix (spacecraft)|''Phoenix'']] spacecraft becomes the first to land on the northern polar region of [[Mars]].<ref name="Gltzt" /> |
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* [[May 28]] – The [[Legislature Parliament of Nepal]] votes overwhelmingly in favor of abolishing the country's [[Nepalese monarchy|240-year-old monarchy]], turning the country into a republic.<ref |
* [[May 28]] – The [[Legislature Parliament of Nepal]] votes overwhelmingly in favor of abolishing the country's [[Nepalese monarchy|240-year-old monarchy]], turning the country into a republic.<ref name="VCANV" /> |
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* [[May 30]] – The [[Convention on Cluster Munitions]] is adopted in Dublin.<ref name=cluster |
* [[May 30]] – The [[Convention on Cluster Munitions]] is adopted in Dublin.<ref name="cluster" /> |
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===June=== |
===June=== |
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* [[June 7]]–[[June 29|29]] – [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]] jointly host the [[UEFA Euro 2008]] football tournament, which is won by [[Spain national football team|Spain]]. |
* [[June 7]]–[[June 29|29]] – [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]] jointly host the [[UEFA Euro 2008]] football tournament, which is won by [[Spain national football team|Spain]]. |
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* [[June 11]] |
* [[June 11]] |
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** The [[Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope]] is launched.<ref name="PDVLU" /> |
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** The [[Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope]] is launched.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-the-fermi-telescope-k4.html|title=What Is the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope?|last=MSFC|first=Jennifer Wall|date=2015-05-21|newspaper=NASA|language=en|access-date=2017-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025192124/http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-the-fermi-telescope-k4.html|archive-date=October 25, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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** Canadian Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] formally apologizes, on behalf of the Canadian government, to the country's [[First Nations]] for the [[Canadian Indian residential school system]].<ref |
** Canadian Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] formally apologizes, on behalf of the Canadian government, to the country's [[First Nations]] for the [[Canadian Indian residential school system]].<ref name="oFlGQ" /> |
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* [[June 14]] – [[Expo 2008]] opens in [[Zaragoza]], Spain, lasting to September 14, with the topic "Water and sustainable development".<ref |
* [[June 14]] – [[Expo 2008]] opens in [[Zaragoza]], Spain, lasting to September 14, with the topic "Water and sustainable development".<ref name="jPCeD" /> |
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===July=== |
===July=== |
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* [[July 2]] – [[Íngrid Betancourt]] and 14 other hostages are [[Operation Jaque|rescued]] from [[FARC]] rebels by [[Colombia]]n security forces.<ref |
* [[July 2]] – [[Íngrid Betancourt]] and 14 other hostages are [[Operation Jaque|rescued]] from [[FARC]] rebels by [[Colombia]]n security forces.<ref name="rQFjN" /> |
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* [[July 11]] – [[South Korea]] suspends all trips to [[North Korea]]'s [[Mount Kumgang]] after a 53-year-old South Korean tourist |
* [[July 11]] – [[South Korea]] suspends all trips to [[North Korea]]'s [[Mount Kumgang]] after a 53-year-old South Korean tourist is shot and killed by a North Korean sentry.<ref name="bbc march 2010" /> |
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* [[July 21]] – [[Radovan Karadžić]], the first president of the [[Republika Srpska]], is arrested in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]], on allegations of war crimes, following a 12-year-long [[Manhunt (law enforcement)|manhunt]].<ref |
* [[July 21]] – [[Radovan Karadžić]], the first president of the [[Republika Srpska]], is arrested in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]], on allegations of war crimes, following a 12-year-long [[Manhunt (law enforcement)|manhunt]].<ref name="7KMHp" /> |
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===August=== |
===August=== |
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*[[August 1]] – Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions die on [[K2]], the second-highest mountain on Earth in the [[2008 K2 disaster|worst single accident]] in the history of K2 mountaineering. |
*[[August 1]] – Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions die on [[K2]], the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the [[2008 K2 disaster|worst single accident]] in the history of K2 mountaineering. |
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* [[August 6]] – President [[Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi]] of [[Mauritania]] is deposed in a [[2008 Mauritanian coup d'état|military coup d'état]].<ref |
* [[August 6]] – President [[Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi]] of [[Mauritania]] is deposed in a [[2008 Mauritanian coup d'état|military coup d'état]].<ref name="nuVDF" /> |
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* [[August 7]] – [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] invades the breakaway state of [[South Ossetia]], [[Russo-Georgian War|sparking a war]] with [[Russia]] as the latter intervenes in support of |
* [[August 7]] – [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] invades the breakaway state of [[South Ossetia]], [[Russo-Georgian War|sparking a war]] with [[Russia]] as the latter intervenes in support of separatists in both South Ossetia and [[Abkhazia]].<ref name="hedLq" /> |
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* [[August 20]] |
* [[August 20]] – [[Spanair Flight 5022]] crashes at [[Madrid–Barajas Airport]], killing 154 people on board. |
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* [[August 8]]–[[August 24|24]] – The [[2008 Summer Olympics]] take place in Beijing, China.<ref |
* [[August 8]]–[[August 24|24]] – The [[2008 Summer Olympics]] take place in Beijing, China.<ref name="zc8qK" /> |
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===September=== |
===September=== |
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* [[September 2]] – [[Google Chrome]] |
* [[September 2]] – [[Google Chrome]] is first released. |
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* [[September 5]] – [[Quentin Bryce]] becomes the first female [[Governor-General of Australia]]. |
* [[September 5]] – [[Quentin Bryce]] becomes the first female [[Governor-General of Australia]]. |
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* [[September 10]] – The [[proton]] [[Particle beam|beam]] is circulated for the first time in the [[Large Hadron Collider]], the [[List of accelerators in particle physics#Hadron colliders|world's largest and highest-energy]] [[particle accelerator]], located at [[CERN]], near [[Geneva]], under the Franco-Swiss border.<ref |
* [[September 10]] – The [[proton]] [[Particle beam|beam]] is circulated for the first time in the [[Large Hadron Collider]], the [[List of accelerators in particle physics#Hadron colliders|world's largest and highest-energy]] [[particle accelerator]], located at [[CERN]], near [[Geneva]], under the Franco-Swiss border.<ref name="JdQh8" /><ref name="1tfei" /> |
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* [[September 13]] – [[Hurricane Ike]] makes landfall in [[Galveston, Texas]]. |
* [[September 13]] – [[Hurricane Ike]] makes landfall in [[Galveston, Texas]]. |
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* [[September 15]] – Stocks fall sharply Monday on a triptych of Wall Street woe: Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy filing |
* [[September 15]] – Stocks fall sharply Monday on a triptych of Wall Street woe: [[Lehman Brothers]]' bankruptcy filing, [[Merrill Lynch]]'s acquisition by [[Bank of America]], and [[AIG]]'s unprecedented request for short-term financing from the [[Federal Reserve]].<ref name="VxePx" /> |
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* [[September 20]] – A [[Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing|suicide truck bomb explosion]] destroys the [[Marriott International|Marriott Hotel]] in [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]], killing at least 54 and injuring 266.<ref name="mk4OZ" /><ref name="XWUWx" /><ref name="3fIg2" /> |
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* [[September 20]] – A [[Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing|suicide truck bomb explosion]] destroys the [[Marriott International|Marriott Hotel]] in [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]], killing at least 54 and injuring 266.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-pakistan-blast.html|title=At Least 40 Killed in Huge Explosion at Pakistan Hotel | work=The New York Times| access-date= July 8, 2011 }} {{Dead link|date=August 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/pakistan.islamabad.marriott.blast/ | title=Deadly blast targets Marriott Hotel in Islamabad | work=CNN | access-date=April 14, 2010 | date=September 21, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423071958/http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/pakistan.islamabad.marriott.blast/ | archive-date=April 23, 2009 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7627135.stm | title=Dozens killed in Pakistan attack | work=BBC News | date=2008-09-20 | access-date=2010-01-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921075454/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7627135.stm | archive-date=September 21, 2008 | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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* [[September 23]] – [[Android (operating system)|Android]] |
* [[September 23]] – [[Android (operating system)|Android]] is first released. |
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* [[September 28]] – [[SpaceX]] [[Falcon 1]] becomes the world's first privately developed [[Launch vehicle|space launch vehicle]] to successfully [[Falcon 1 Flight 4|make orbit]].<ref |
* [[September 28]] – [[SpaceX]] [[Falcon 1]] becomes the world's first privately developed [[Launch vehicle|space launch vehicle]] to successfully [[Falcon 1 Flight 4|make orbit]].<ref name="bUbIg" /><ref name="mJgTp" /> |
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*[[September 29]] – Following the bankruptcies of |
*[[September 29]] – Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and [[Washington Mutual]], The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] falls 777.68 points, hitherto the largest single-day point loss in its history. |
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===October=== |
===October=== |
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* [[October 3]] – [[Financial crisis of 2007–2008|Global financial crisis]]: [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] signs the revised [[Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008|Emergency Economic Stabilization Act]] into law, creating a [[Troubled Asset Relief Program|700 billion dollar Treasury fund]] to purchase failing bank [[asset]]s.<ref name="Associated Press-Raum-2008-10-03" |
* [[October 3]] – [[Financial crisis of 2007–2008|Global financial crisis]]: [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] signs the revised [[Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008|Emergency Economic Stabilization Act]] into law, creating a [[Troubled Asset Relief Program|700 billion dollar Treasury fund]] to purchase failing bank [[asset]]s.<ref name="Associated Press-Raum-2008-10-03" /> |
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*[[October 6]] - A controversial [[Peruvian]] tape regarding a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[oil company]] causes the [[2008 Peru oil scandal]], sparking [[protests]] which |
*[[October 6]] - A controversial [[Peruvian]] tape regarding a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[oil company]] causes the [[2008 Peru oil scandal]], sparking [[protests]] which cause [[Jorge del Castillo|Jorge de Castillo's]] [[Resignation|resignation from office]].<ref name="s5fxV" /><ref name="4KSLa" /><ref name="1X31j" /><ref name="1xnhk" /> |
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* [[October 7]] – The [[Spotify]] music streaming service is launched in Sweden. |
* [[October 7]] – The [[Spotify]] music streaming service is launched in Sweden. |
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* [[October 21]] – The [[Large Hadron Collider]] (LHC) is officially [[Inauguration|inaugurated]] at [[Geneva]].<ref name="lgOCn" /><ref name="exux6" /><ref name="j2gWy" /><ref name="tnapI" /> |
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* [[October 21]] – The [[Large Hadron Collider]] (LHC) is officially [[Inauguration|inaugurated]] at [[Geneva]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.cern/press-releases/2008/10/cern-inaugurates-lhc|title=CERN inaugurates the LHC|date=October 21, 2008|publisher=CERN|access-date=2016-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110043411/http://press.cern/press-releases/2008/10/cern-inaugurates-lhc|archive-date=November 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.cern/press-releases/2008/10/lhc-be-inaugurated-21-october-2008|title=LHC to be inaugurated on 21 October 2008|access-date=2016-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120150139/http://press.cern/press-releases/2008/10/lhc-be-inaugurated-21-october-2008|archive-date=November 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lhc-first-beam.web.cern.ch/lhc%2Dfirst%2Dbeam/News/FinalLHCsyncTest.html|title=Final LHC Synchronization Test a Success|access-date=July 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830220015/http://lhc-first-beam.web.cern.ch/lhc-first-beam/News/FinalLHCsyncTest.html|archive-date=August 30, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lynn|first=Jonathan|title=Big Bang experiment inaugurated despite glitch|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2008/10/21/us-science-cern-idUKTRE49K5YQ20081021|newspaper=Reuters|date=October 21, 2008|access-date=September 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114022253/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2008/10/21/us-science-cern-idUKTRE49K5YQ20081021|archive-date=January 14, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* [[October 22]] – The [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] successfully launches the [[Chandrayaan-1]] spacecraft on a [[Exploration of the Moon|lunar exploration]] mission.<ref |
* [[October 22]] – The [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] successfully launches the [[Chandrayaan-1]] spacecraft on a [[Exploration of the Moon|lunar exploration]] mission.<ref name="1wmbS" /><ref name="hLQzh" /> |
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===November=== |
===November=== |
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* [[November 1]] – [[Satoshi Nakamoto]] publishes "[[Bitcoin]]: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System".<ref |
* [[November 1]] – [[Satoshi Nakamoto]] publishes "[[Bitcoin]]: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System".<ref name="uHmQu" /> |
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* [[November 4]] – [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] U.S. Senator [[Barack Obama]] is [[2008 United States presidential election|elected]] the 44th [[President of the United States]], making him the first [[African Americans|African-American]] president.<ref |
* [[November 4]] – [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] U.S. Senator [[Barack Obama]] is [[2008 United States presidential election|elected]] the 44th [[President of the United States]], making him the first [[African Americans|African-American]] president.<ref name="4bO8c" /><ref name="ES3XU" /><ref name="os5oq" /> |
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* [[November 19]] – Claudia Castillo of Spain becomes the first person to have a successful [[trachea]] [[Organ transplant|transplant]] using a [[Tissue engineering|tissue-engineered]] [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]].<ref |
* [[November 19]] – Claudia Castillo of Spain becomes the first person to have a successful [[trachea]] [[Organ transplant|transplant]] using a [[Tissue engineering|tissue-engineered]] [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]].<ref name="aVL5l" /> |
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* [[November 26]]–[[November 29|29]] – Members of [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] carry out four days of coordinated bombing and shooting [[2008 Mumbai attacks|attacks]] across [[Mumbai]], killing 164 people.<ref name="Mumbai" |
* [[November 26]]–[[November 29|29]] – Members of [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] carry out four days of coordinated bombing and shooting [[2008 Mumbai attacks|attacks]] across [[Mumbai]], killing 164 people.<ref name="Mumbai" /> |
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===December=== |
===December=== |
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* [[December 5]] – Human remains found in 1991 are identified as [[Tsar]] [[Nicholas II of Russia]], using [[DNA analysis]].{{cn|date=April 2021}} |
* [[December 5]] – Human remains found in 1991 are identified as [[Tsar]] [[Nicholas II of Russia]], using [[DNA analysis]].{{cn|date=April 2021}} |
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* [[December 10]] – The [[Channel Islands|Channel Island]] of [[Sark]], a British [[Crown dependencies|Crown dependency]], holds its [[2008 Sark general election|first fully democratic elections]] under a new constitutional arrangement, becoming the last European territory to abolish [[feudalism]].<ref |
* [[December 10]] – The [[Channel Islands|Channel Island]] of [[Sark]], a British [[Crown dependencies|Crown dependency]], holds its [[2008 Sark general election|first fully democratic elections]] under a new constitutional arrangement, becoming the last European territory to abolish [[feudalism]].<ref name="jGiwP" /> |
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* [[December 18]] – The [[International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda]] finds [[Théoneste Bagosora]] and two other senior Rwandan army officers guilty of [[genocide]], [[crimes against humanity]] and [[war crime]]s and sentences them to [[life imprisonment]] for their role in the [[Rwandan genocide]].<ref |
* [[December 18]] – The [[International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda]] finds [[Théoneste Bagosora]] and two other senior Rwandan army officers guilty of [[genocide]], [[crimes against humanity]] and [[war crime]]s and sentences them to [[life imprisonment]] for their role in the [[Rwandan genocide]].<ref name="o0EEh" /> |
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* [[December 23]] – A [[2008 Guinean coup d'état|military coup d'état]] deposes the government of [[Guinea]] shortly after the death of longtime [[President of Guinea|President]] [[Lansana Conté]].<ref |
* [[December 23]] – A [[2008 Guinean coup d'état|military coup d'état]] deposes the government of [[Guinea]] shortly after the death of longtime [[President of Guinea|President]] [[Lansana Conté]].<ref name="S5uh2" /> |
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* [[December 27]] – Israel [[Gaza War (2008–09)|invades]] the [[Gaza Strip]], in response to rockets being fired into Israeli territory by [[Hamas]], and due to weapons being smuggled into the area.<ref name="47sj5" /><ref name="xKVxz" /><ref name="guardian.co.uk" /> |
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* [[December 27]] – Israel [[Gaza War (2008–09)|invades]] the [[Gaza Strip]] in response to rockets being fired into Israeli territory by [[Hamas]] and due to weapons being smuggled into the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0113/p01s04-wome.html |title=Ilene R. Prusher, 'Hamas remains defiant despite pounding' Christian Science Monitor 13 January 2009 |publisher=Csmonitor.com |date=2009-01-13 |access-date=2010-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220151839/http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0113/p01s04-wome.html |archive-date=February 20, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Bright, Arthur. [http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2008/1226/p99s01-duts.html Israel set to launch ‘limited operation’ in Gaza] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805025058/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2008/1226/p99s01-duts.html |date=August 5, 2011 }}, [[The Christian Science Monitor]], December 26, 2008.</ref><ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{Cite news |author=Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/16/israel-rejects-war-crimes-gaza |title=Israel rejects war crimes findings of UN Gaza inquiry - World news - guardian.co.uk |work=The Guardian |date=September 16, 2009 |access-date=2010-05-08 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118062152/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/16/israel-rejects-war-crimes-gaza |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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* [[December 31]] – An extra [[leap second]] (23:59:60) is added to end the year. The last time this occurred was in [[2005]]. |
* [[December 31]] – An extra [[leap second]] (23:59:60) is added to end the year. The last time this occurred was in [[2005]]. |
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* [[January 24]] – [[Chlaui Malayao]], Filipina child actress |
* [[January 24]] – [[Chlaui Malayao]], Filipina child actress |
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* [[January 26]] – [[Paul the Octopus]] (d. [[2010]]) |
* [[January 26]] – [[Paul the Octopus]] (d. [[2010]]) |
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* [[April 16]] – [[Princess Eléonore of Belgium]]<ref |
* [[April 16]] – [[Princess Eléonore of Belgium]]<ref name="YA46O" /> |
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* [[June 3]] – [[Harshaali Malhotra]], Indian actress<ref name="1rCbt" /> |
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* [[June 3]] – [[Harshaali Malhotra]], Indian actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/these-pictures-of-birthday-girl-harshaali-malhotra-prove-that-she-is-a-born-star-1420178/|title=These pictures of birthday girl Harshaali Malhotra prove that she is a born star|date=3 June 2020|website=Bollywood Life|access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref> |
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*[[June 23]] – [[Lilliana Ketchman]], American dancer and [[YouTuber]]<ref |
*[[June 23]] – [[Lilliana Ketchman]], American dancer and [[YouTuber]]<ref name="lK4Ub" /> |
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*[[July 12]] – [[Sky Brown]], Anglo-Japanese skateboarder |
*[[July 12]] – [[Sky Brown]], Anglo-Japanese skateboarder |
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*[[July 15]] – [[Iain Armitage]], American actor |
*[[July 15]] – [[Iain Armitage]], American actor |
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[[File:Heath Ledger (Berlin Film Festival 2006) revised.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Heath Ledger]]]] |
[[File:Heath Ledger (Berlin Film Festival 2006) revised.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Heath Ledger]]]] |
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[[File:President Suharto, 1993.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Suharto]]]] |
[[File:President Suharto, 1993.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Suharto]]]] |
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* [[January 2]] – [[Galyani Vadhana]], Princess of Naradhiwas |
* [[January 2]] – [[Galyani Vadhana]], Princess of Naradhiwas and Princess of Thailand (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[January 3]] |
* [[January 3]] |
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** [[Aleksandr Abdulov]], Russian actor (b. [[1953]]) |
** [[Aleksandr Abdulov]], Russian actor (b. [[1953]]) |
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* [[January 14]] – [[Judah Folkman]], American medical scientist (b. [[1933]]) |
* [[January 14]] – [[Judah Folkman]], American medical scientist (b. [[1933]]) |
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* [[January 15]] – [[Brad Renfro]], American actor (b. [[1982]]) |
* [[January 15]] – [[Brad Renfro]], American actor (b. [[1982]]) |
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* [[January 16]] – [[Nikola Kljusev]], |
* [[January 16]] – [[Nikola Kljusev]], first [[Prime Minister of Macedonia]] (b. [[1927]]) |
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* [[January 17]] |
* [[January 17]] |
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** [[Bobby Fischer]], American chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion (b. [[1943]]) |
** [[Bobby Fischer]], American chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion (b. [[1943]]) |
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* [[January 27]] |
* [[January 27]] |
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** [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], American Mormon leader (b. [[1910]]) |
** [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], American Mormon leader (b. [[1910]]) |
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** [[Suharto]], |
** [[Suharto]], second [[President of Indonesia]] (b. [[1921]]) |
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* [[January 28]] – Archbishop [[Christodoulos of Athens]] (b. [[1939]]) |
* [[January 28]] – Archbishop [[Christodoulos of Athens]] (b. [[1939]]) |
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* [[January 29]] – [[Margaret Truman]], American singer and writer (b. [[1924]]) |
* [[January 29]] – [[Margaret Truman]], American singer and writer (b. [[1924]]) |
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** [[Yegor Letov]], Russian singer (b. [[1964]]) |
** [[Yegor Letov]], Russian singer (b. [[1964]]) |
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* [[February 23]] |
* [[February 23]] |
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** [[Janez Drnovšek]], |
** [[Janez Drnovšek]], two-time Prime Minister and second President of Slovenia (b. [[1950]]) |
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** [[Paul Frère]], Belgian racing driver (b. [[1917]]) |
** [[Paul Frère]], Belgian racing driver (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[February 25]] – [[Static Major]], American musician (b. [[1974]]) |
* [[February 25]] – [[Static Major]], American musician (b. [[1974]]) |
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* [[March 18]] – [[Anthony Minghella]], English film director and screenwriter (b. [[1954]]) |
* [[March 18]] – [[Anthony Minghella]], English film director and screenwriter (b. [[1954]]) |
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* [[March 19]] |
* [[March 19]] |
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** [[Arthur C. Clarke]], English author, inventor, and futurist (b. [[1917]])<ref |
** [[Arthur C. Clarke]], English author, inventor, and futurist (b. [[1917]])<ref name="yytw0" /> |
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** [[Hugo Claus]], Flemish writer, painter and film director (b. [[1929]]) |
** [[Hugo Claus]], Flemish writer, painter, and film director (b. [[1929]]) |
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** [[Paul Scofield]], English actor (b. [[1922]]) |
** [[Paul Scofield]], English actor (b. [[1922]]) |
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* [[March 21]] – [[Klaus Dinger]], German musician (b. [[1946]]) |
* [[March 21]] – [[Klaus Dinger]], German musician (b. [[1946]]) |
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* [[April 13]] – [[John Archibald Wheeler]], American theoretical physicist (b. [[1911]]) |
* [[April 13]] – [[John Archibald Wheeler]], American theoretical physicist (b. [[1911]]) |
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* [[April 14]] – [[Ollie Johnston]], American animator (b. [[1912]]) |
* [[April 14]] – [[Ollie Johnston]], American animator (b. [[1912]]) |
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* [[April 15]] – [[Benoît Lamy]], Belgian motion picture writer |
* [[April 15]] – [[Benoît Lamy]], Belgian motion picture writer and director (b. [[1945]]) |
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* [[April 16]] – [[Edward Norton Lorenz]], American mathematician and meteorologist (b. [[1917]]) |
* [[April 16]] – [[Edward Norton Lorenz]], American mathematician and meteorologist (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[April 17]] – [[Aimé Césaire]], French Martinican poet and politician (b. [[1913]]) |
* [[April 17]] – [[Aimé Césaire]], French Martinican poet and politician (b. [[1913]]) |
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* [[April 26]] – [[Árpád Orbán]], Hungarian footballer (b. 1938)<ref |
* [[April 26]] – [[Árpád Orbán]], Hungarian footballer (b. 1938)<ref name="A1HLt" /><ref name="TA9m0" /> |
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* [[April 29]] – [[Albert Hofmann]], Swiss chemist and writer (b. [[1906]]) |
* [[April 29]] – [[Albert Hofmann]], Swiss chemist and writer (b. [[1906]]) |
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* [[May 1]] |
* [[May 1]] |
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** [[Anthony Mamo]], 1st President of Malta (b. [[1909]]) |
** [[Anthony Mamo]], 1st President of Malta (b. [[1909]]) |
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** [[Philipp von Boeselager]], German Wehrmacht officer |
** [[Philipp von Boeselager]], German Wehrmacht officer involved in the [[20 July Plot]] (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[May 3]] – [[Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo]], Spanish Prime Minister (b. [[1926]]) |
* [[May 3]] – [[Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo]], Spanish Prime Minister (b. [[1926]]) |
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* [[May 8]] |
* [[May 8]] |
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** [[Irena Sendler]], Polish humanitarian (b. [[1910]]) |
** [[Irena Sendler]], Polish humanitarian (b. [[1910]]) |
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* [[May 13]] |
* [[May 13]] |
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** [[Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], |
** [[Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], fourth Emir of Kuwait (b. [[1930]]) |
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** [[Bernardin Gantin]], Beninese cardinal (b. [[1922]]) |
** [[Bernardin Gantin]], Beninese cardinal (b. [[1922]]) |
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** [[John Phillip Law]], American actor (b. [[1937]]) |
** [[John Phillip Law]], American actor (b. [[1937]]) |
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* [[May 15]] |
* [[May 15]] |
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** [[Willis Lamb]], American Nobel |
** [[Willis Lamb]], American physicist and Nobel laureate (b. [[1913]]) |
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** [[Tommy Burns (footballer)|Tommy Burns]], Scottish footballer and manager (b. [[1956]]) |
** [[Tommy Burns (footballer)|Tommy Burns]], Scottish footballer and manager (b. [[1956]]) |
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* [[May 19]] – [[Vijay Tendulkar]], Indian playwright (b. [[1928]]) |
* [[May 19]] – [[Vijay Tendulkar]], Indian playwright (b. [[1928]]) |
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* [[May 24]] – [[Rob Knox]], English actor (b. [[1989]]) |
* [[May 24]] – [[Rob Knox]], English actor (b. [[1989]]) |
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* [[May 26]] |
* [[May 26]] |
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** [[Sydney Pollack]], American actor, director and producer (b. [[1934]]) |
** [[Sydney Pollack]], American actor, director, and producer (b. [[1934]]) |
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** [[Koloa Talake]], |
** [[Koloa Talake]], seventh Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. [[1934]]) |
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* [[May 28]] – [[Sven Davidson]], Swedish tennis player (b. [[1928]]) |
* [[May 28]] – [[Sven Davidson]], Swedish tennis player (b. [[1928]]) |
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* [[May 29]] |
* [[May 29]] |
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** [[Mel Ferrer]], American actor, director, and producer (b. [[1917]]) |
** [[Mel Ferrer]], American actor, director, and producer (b. [[1917]]) |
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*[[June 4]] – [[Agata Mróz-Olszewska]], Polish volleyball player (b. [[1982]]) |
*[[June 4]] – [[Agata Mróz-Olszewska]], Polish volleyball player (b. [[1982]]) |
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*[[June 5]] – [[Jameson Mbilini Dlamini]], |
*[[June 5]] – [[Jameson Mbilini Dlamini]], seventh Prime Minister of Swaziland (b. [[1932]]) |
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* [[June 7]] |
* [[June 7]] |
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** [[Mustafa Khalil]], 40th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. [[1920]]) |
** [[Mustafa Khalil]], 40th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. [[1920]]) |
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* [[June 18]] – [[Jean Delannoy]], French film director (b. [[1908]]) |
* [[June 18]] – [[Jean Delannoy]], French film director (b. [[1908]]) |
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* [[June 22]] – [[George Carlin]], American author, actor, and comedian (b. [[1937]]) |
* [[June 22]] – [[George Carlin]], American author, actor, and comedian (b. [[1937]]) |
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* [[June 23]] – [[Arthur Chung]], |
* [[June 23]] – [[Arthur Chung]], first President of Guyana (b. [[1918]]) |
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* [[June 24]] – [[Leonid Hurwicz]], American Nobel economist and mathematician (b. [[1917]]) |
* [[June 24]] – [[Leonid Hurwicz]], American Nobel economist and mathematician (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[June 26]] – [[Lilyan Chauvin]], French-American actress, television host, and director (b. [[1925]]) |
* [[June 26]] – [[Lilyan Chauvin]], French-American actress, television host, and director (b. [[1925]]) |
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** [[Jesse Helms]], American politician (b. [[1921]]) |
** [[Jesse Helms]], American politician (b. [[1921]]) |
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** [[Evelyn Keyes]], American actress (b. [[1916]]) |
** [[Evelyn Keyes]], American actress (b. [[1916]]) |
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* [[July 5]] – [[René Harris]], |
* [[July 5]] – [[René Harris]], four-time President of Nauru (b. [[1947]]) |
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* [[July 11]] – [[Michael E. DeBakey]], American surgeon and inventor (b. [[1908]]) |
* [[July 11]] – [[Michael E. DeBakey]], American surgeon and inventor (b. [[1908]]) |
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* [[July 12]] – [[Tony Snow]], American political commentator (b. [[1955]]) |
* [[July 12]] – [[Tony Snow]], American political commentator (b. [[1955]]) |
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** [[Randy Pausch]], American author and computer scientist (b. [[1960]]) |
** [[Randy Pausch]], American author and computer scientist (b. [[1960]]) |
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* [[July 27]] – [[Youssef Chahine]], Egyptian film director (b. [[1926]]) |
* [[July 27]] – [[Youssef Chahine]], Egyptian film director (b. [[1926]]) |
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* [[July 28]] – [[Suzanne Tamim]], Lebanese singer |
* [[July 28]] – [[Suzanne Tamim]], Lebanese singer and actress (b. [[1977]]) |
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* [[July 29]] – [[Mate Parlov]], Croatian boxer (b. [[1948]]) |
* [[July 29]] – [[Mate Parlov]], Croatian boxer (b. [[1948]]) |
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** [[Pauline Baynes]], English illustrator (b. [[1922]]) |
** [[Pauline Baynes]], English illustrator (b. [[1922]]) |
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** [[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]], Indian politician (b. [[1916]]) |
** [[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]], Indian politician (b. [[1916]]) |
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* [[August 3]] – [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]], Russian Nobel |
* [[August 3]] – [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]], Russian writer and Nobel laureate (b. [[1918]]) |
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* [[August 9]] |
* [[August 9]] |
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** [[Mahmoud Darwish]], Palestinian poet (b. [[1941]]) |
** [[Mahmoud Darwish]], Palestinian poet (b. [[1941]]) |
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** [[Masanobu Fukuoka]], Japanese microbiologist (b. [[1913]]) |
** [[Masanobu Fukuoka]], Japanese microbiologist (b. [[1913]]) |
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* [[August 19]] |
* [[August 19]] |
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** [[Levy Mwanawasa]], |
** [[Levy Mwanawasa]], third President of Zambia (b. [[1948]]) |
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** [[LeRoi Moore]], American saxophonist (b. [[1961]]) |
** [[LeRoi Moore]], American saxophonist (b. [[1961]]) |
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* [[August 20]] – [[Hua Guofeng]], Chairman of the Communist Party and Chinese |
* [[August 20]] – [[Hua Guofeng]], Chairman of the Communist Party and Chinese Premier (b. [[1921]]) |
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* [[August 23]] – [[Thomas Huckle Weller]], American Nobel |
* [[August 23]] – [[Thomas Huckle Weller]], American virologist and Nobel laureate (b. [[1915]]) |
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* [[August 28]] – [[Phil Hill]], American race car driver (b. [[1927]]) |
* [[August 28]] – [[Phil Hill]], American race car driver (b. [[1927]]) |
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** [[Don LaFontaine]], American voice actor (b. [[1940]]) |
** [[Don LaFontaine]], American voice actor (b. [[1940]]) |
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** [[Jerry Reed]], American actor and country singer (b. [[1937]]) |
** [[Jerry Reed]], American actor and country singer (b. [[1937]]) |
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* [[September 2]] – [[Bill Melendez]], Mexican-American character animator, film director, voice artist and producer (b. [[1916]]) |
* [[September 2]] – [[Bill Melendez]], Mexican-American character animator, film director, voice artist, and producer (b. [[1916]]) |
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* [[September 6]] – [[Anita Page]], American actress (b. [[1910]]) |
* [[September 6]] – [[Anita Page]], American actress (b. [[1910]]) |
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* [[September 9]] |
* [[September 9]] |
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** [[Nouhak Phoumsavanh]], |
** [[Nouhak Phoumsavanh]], third President of Laos (b. [[1910]]) |
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** [[Warith Deen Mohammed]], American Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher and revivalist (b. [[1933]]) |
** [[Warith Deen Mohammed]], American Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher, and revivalist (b. [[1933]]) |
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* [[September 12]] – [[David Foster Wallace]], American writer (b. [[1962]]) |
* [[September 12]] – [[David Foster Wallace]], American writer (b. [[1962]]) |
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* [[September 15]] – [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], English keyboardist (b. [[1943]]) |
* [[September 15]] – [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], English keyboardist (b. [[1943]]) |
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* [[September 18]] – [[Mauricio Kagel]], Argentine composer (b. [[1931]]) |
* [[September 18]] – [[Mauricio Kagel]], Argentine composer (b. [[1931]]) |
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* [[September 19]] – [[Earl Palmer]], American R&B Drummer (b. [[1924]]) |
* [[September 19]] – [[Earl Palmer]], American R&B Drummer (b. [[1924]]) |
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* [[September 21]] – [[Dingiri Banda Wijetunga]], |
* [[September 21]] – [[Dingiri Banda Wijetunga]], ninth Prime Minister and fourth President of Sri Lanka (b. [[1916]]) |
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* [[September 26]] – [[Paul Newman]], American actor, film director, entrepreneur and philanthropist (b. [[1925]]) |
* [[September 26]] – [[Paul Newman]], American actor, film director, entrepreneur, and philanthropist (b. [[1925]]) |
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===October=== |
===October=== |
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* [[October 1]] – [[Boris Yefimov]], Russian political cartoonist (b. [[1900]]) |
* [[October 1]] – [[Boris Yefimov]], Russian political cartoonist (b. [[1900]]) |
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* [[October 6]] – [[Paavo Haavikko]], Finnish poet (b. [[1931]]) |
* [[October 6]] – [[Paavo Haavikko]], Finnish poet (b. [[1931]]) |
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* [[October 8]] – [[George Emil Palade]], Romanian |
* [[October 8]] – [[George Emil Palade]], Romanian cell biologist and Nobel laureate (b. [[1912]]) |
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* [[October 10]] – [[Alexey Prokurorov]], Russian cross-country skier (b. [[1964]]) |
* [[October 10]] – [[Alexey Prokurorov]], Russian cross-country skier (b. [[1964]]) |
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* [[October 11]] – [[Jörg Haider]], Austrian politician (b. [[1950]]) |
* [[October 11]] – [[Jörg Haider]], Austrian politician (b. [[1950]]) |
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** [[Antonio José González Zumárraga]], Ecuadorian cardinal (b. [[1925]]) |
** [[Antonio José González Zumárraga]], Ecuadorian cardinal (b. [[1925]]) |
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* [[October 15]] |
* [[October 15]] |
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** [[Edie Adams]], American actress, singer and |
** [[Edie Adams]], American actress, singer, and businesswoman (b. [[1927]]) |
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** [[Wang Yung-ching]], Taiwanese entrepreneur (b. [[1917]]) |
** [[Wang Yung-ching]], Taiwanese entrepreneur (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[October 20]] – [[Sœur Emmanuelle]], Belgian-born French nun (b. [[1908]]) |
* [[October 20]] – [[Sœur Emmanuelle]], Belgian-born French nun (b. [[1908]]) |
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** [[Michael Crichton]], American author and producer (b. [[1942]]) |
** [[Michael Crichton]], American author and producer (b. [[1942]]) |
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** [[Juan Camilo Mouriño]], Mexican politician (b. [[1971]]) |
** [[Juan Camilo Mouriño]], Mexican politician (b. [[1971]]) |
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* [[November 6]] – [[Larry James]], American athlete (b. [[1947]])<ref |
* [[November 6]] – [[Larry James]], American athlete (b. [[1947]])<ref name="6BZyn" /> |
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* [[November 8]] – [[Mieczysław Rakowski]], Polish politician, historian and journalist (b. [[1926]]) |
* [[November 8]] – [[Mieczysław Rakowski]], Polish politician, historian, and journalist (b. [[1926]]) |
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* [[November 9]] – [[Miriam Makeba]], South African singer and civil rights activist (b. [[1932]]) |
* [[November 9]] – [[Miriam Makeba]], South African singer and civil rights activist (b. [[1932]]) |
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* [[November 10]] – [[Kiyosi Itô]], Japanese mathematician (b. [[1915]]) |
* [[November 10]] – [[Kiyosi Itô]], Japanese mathematician (b. [[1915]]) |
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* [[November 12]] – [[Mitch Mitchell]], English drummer (b. [[1946]]) |
* [[November 12]] – [[Mitch Mitchell]], English drummer (b. [[1946]]) |
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* [[November 14]] – [[Tsvetanka Khristova]], Bulgarian athlete (b. [[1962]]) |
* [[November 14]] – [[Tsvetanka Khristova]], Bulgarian athlete (b. [[1962]]) |
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* [[November 22]] – [[Ibrahim Nasir]], |
* [[November 22]] – [[Ibrahim Nasir]], second President of the Maldives (b. [[1926]]) |
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* [[November 26]] – [[Edna Parker]], American supercentenarian (b. [[1893]]) |
* [[November 26]] – [[Edna Parker]], American supercentenarian (b. [[1893]]) |
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* [[November 27]] – [[V. P. Singh]], |
* [[November 27]] – [[V. P. Singh]], seventh Prime Minister of India (b. [[1931]]) |
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* [[November 29]] – [[Jørn Utzon]], Danish architect (b. [[1918]]) |
* [[November 29]] – [[Jørn Utzon]], Danish architect (b. [[1918]]) |
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** [[Dražan Jerković]], Croatian football player and manager (b. [[1936]]) |
** [[Dražan Jerković]], Croatian football player and manager (b. [[1936]]) |
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* [[December 11]] |
* [[December 11]] |
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** [[Daniel Carleton Gajdusek]], American Nobel |
** [[Daniel Carleton Gajdusek]], American physician and Nobel laureate (b. [[1923]]) |
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** [[Bettie Page]], American pin-up model (b. [[1923]]) |
** [[Bettie Page]], American pin-up model (b. [[1923]]) |
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** [[Maddie Blaustein]], American voice actress and comic writer (b. [[1960]]) |
** [[Maddie Blaustein]], American voice actress and comic writer (b. [[1960]]) |
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** [[Avery Dulles]], American cardinal (b. [[1918]]) |
** [[Avery Dulles]], American cardinal (b. [[1918]]) |
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** [[Van Johnson]], American actor (b. [[1916]]) |
** [[Van Johnson]], American actor (b. [[1916]]) |
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** [[Tassos Papadopoulos]], |
** [[Tassos Papadopoulos]], fifth President of Cyprus (b. [[1934]]) |
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* [[December 13]] – [[Horst Tappert]], German actor (b. [[1923]]) |
* [[December 13]] – [[Horst Tappert]], German actor (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[December 15]] – [[León Febres Cordero]], 35th President of Ecuador (b. [[1931]]) |
* [[December 15]] – [[León Febres Cordero]], 35th President of Ecuador (b. [[1931]]) |
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* [[December 19]] – [[James Bevel]], American minister and civil rights leader (b. [[1936]]) |
* [[December 19]] – [[James Bevel]], American minister and civil rights leader (b. [[1936]]) |
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* [[December 20]] |
* [[December 20]] |
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** [[Joseph Conombo]], |
** [[Joseph Conombo]], third Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (b. [[1917]]) |
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** [[Olga Lepeshinskaya (dancer)|Olga Lepeshinskaya]], Russian ballerina (b. [[1916]]) |
** [[Olga Lepeshinskaya (dancer)|Olga Lepeshinskaya]], Russian ballerina (b. [[1916]]) |
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** [[Robert Mulligan]], American director (b. [[1925]]) |
** [[Robert Mulligan]], American director (b. [[1925]]) |
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* [[December 24]] |
* [[December 24]] |
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** [[Samuel P. Huntington]], American political scientist (b. [[1927]]) |
** [[Samuel P. Huntington]], American political scientist (b. [[1927]]) |
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** [[Harold Pinter]], English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor (b. [[1930]]) |
** [[Harold Pinter]], English playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor (b. [[1930]]) |
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* [[December 25]] – [[Eartha Kitt]], American singer, actress, activist and author (b. [[1927]])<ref |
* [[December 25]] – [[Eartha Kitt]], American singer, actress, activist, and author (b. [[1927]])<ref name="y60HP" /> |
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* [[December 29]] – [[Freddie Hubbard]], American jazz trumpeter (b. [[1938]]) |
* [[December 29]] – [[Freddie Hubbard]], American jazz trumpeter (b. [[1938]]) |
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*''[[hate-watch]]'' |
*''[[hate-watch]]'' |
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*''[[Mansplaining|mansplain]]'' |
*''[[Mansplaining|mansplain]]'' |
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2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.
2008 was designated as:
- International Year of Languages[1]
- International Year of Planet Earth
- International Year of Sanitation
- International Year of the Potato
Events
January
- January 1 – Cyprus and Malta adopt the euro.[2][3]
- January 14 – At 19:04:39 UTC, the unmanned MESSENGER space probe is at its closest approach during its first flyby of the planet Mercury.[4]
- January 21
- Stock markets around the world plunge amid growing fears of a U.S. Great Recession, fueled by the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis.[5]
- Online activist group Anonymous initiates Project Chanology, after a leaked interview of Tom Cruise by the Church of Scientology is published on YouTube, and the Church of Scientology issued a "copyright infringement" claim. In response, Anonymous sympathizers took to the streets to protest outside the church (after February 10th), while the church's websites and centres were getting DoS attacks, phone line nukes, and black faxes.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
- January 24 – A peace deal is signed in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ending the Kivu conflict.[15]
February
- February 4 – Iran opens its first space center, and launches a rocket into space.
- February 17 – Kosovo formally declares independence from Serbia, to a mixed response from the international community.[16][17]
- February 18 - WikiLeaks releases allegations of illegal activities carried out by the Cayman Islands branch of Swiss banking corporation Julius Baer; a subsequent lawsuit against WikiLeaks prompts a temporary suspension of the website, but uproar about violations of freedom of speech causes WikiLeaks to be brought back online. [18][19]
March
- March–April – Rising food and fuel prices trigger riots and unrest in the Third World.
- March 2 – Venezuela and Ecuador move troops to the Colombian border, following a Colombian raid against FARC guerrillas inside Ecuadorian territory, in which senior commander Raúl Reyes is killed.[20][21]
- March 4 – Demonstrations by Tibetans turn into unrest in Tibet and Sichuan.
- March 8 – Barisan National loses two-thirds majority, for the first time since 1969, to opposition during the 2008 Malaysian general election but still retains control of government. The coalition also loses majority control of five states to the opposition.
- March 9 – The first European Space Agency Automated Transfer Vehicle, a cargo spacecraft for the International Space Station, launches from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.[22]
- March 19 – An Energy release of a Gamma-ray burst called the GRB 080319B is the brightest event ever recorded in the Universe.[23]
- March 24 – Bhutan holds its first-ever general elections following the adoption of a new Constitution which changed the country from an absolute monarchy to a multiparty democracy.[24]
- March 25 – African Union and Comoros forces invade the rebel-held island of Anjouan, returning the island to Comorian control.[25]
May
- May 2 – The Chaitén volcano in Chile enters a new eruptive phase for the first time since around 1640.
- May 3 – Cyclone Nargis passes through Myanmar, killing more than 138,000 people.[26]
- May 12 – An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale strikes Sichuan, China, killing an estimated 87,000 people.[27]
- May 20–24 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 takes place in Belgrade, Serbia, and is won by Russian entrant Dima Bilan with the song "Believe".
- May 23
- The Union of South American Nations, an intergovernmental organization between states in South America, is founded.[28]
- The International Court of Justice awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.[29]
- May 25 – NASA's unmanned Phoenix spacecraft becomes the first to land on the northern polar region of Mars.[30]
- May 28 – The Legislature Parliament of Nepal votes overwhelmingly in favor of abolishing the country's 240-year-old monarchy, turning the country into a republic.[31]
- May 30 – The Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted in Dublin.[32]
June
- June 7–29 – Austria and Switzerland jointly host the UEFA Euro 2008 football tournament, which is won by Spain.
- June 11
- The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched.[33]
- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologizes, on behalf of the Canadian government, to the country's First Nations for the Canadian Indian residential school system.[34]
- June 14 – Expo 2008 opens in Zaragoza, Spain, lasting to September 14, with the topic "Water and sustainable development".[35]
July
- July 2 – Íngrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages are rescued from FARC rebels by Colombian security forces.[36]
- July 11 – South Korea suspends all trips to North Korea's Mount Kumgang after a 53-year-old South Korean tourist is shot and killed by a North Korean sentry.[37]
- July 21 – Radovan Karadžić, the first president of the Republika Srpska, is arrested in Belgrade, Serbia, on allegations of war crimes, following a 12-year-long manhunt.[38]
August
- August 1 – Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions die on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
- August 6 – President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi of Mauritania is deposed in a military coup d'état.[39]
- August 7 – Georgia invades the breakaway state of South Ossetia, sparking a war with Russia as the latter intervenes in support of separatists in both South Ossetia and Abkhazia.[40]
- August 20 – Spanair Flight 5022 crashes at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 154 people on board.
- August 8–24 – The 2008 Summer Olympics take place in Beijing, China.[41]
September
- September 2 – Google Chrome is first released.
- September 5 – Quentin Bryce becomes the first female Governor-General of Australia.
- September 10 – The proton beam is circulated for the first time in the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, located at CERN, near Geneva, under the Franco-Swiss border.[42][43]
- September 13 – Hurricane Ike makes landfall in Galveston, Texas.
- September 15 – Stocks fall sharply Monday on a triptych of Wall Street woe: Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy filing, Merrill Lynch's acquisition by Bank of America, and AIG's unprecedented request for short-term financing from the Federal Reserve.[44]
- September 20 – A suicide truck bomb explosion destroys the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing at least 54 and injuring 266.[45][46][47]
- September 23 – Android is first released.
- September 28 – SpaceX Falcon 1 becomes the world's first privately developed space launch vehicle to successfully make orbit.[48][49]
- September 29 – Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, hitherto the largest single-day point loss in its history.
October
- October 3 – Global financial crisis: U.S. President George W. Bush signs the revised Emergency Economic Stabilization Act into law, creating a 700 billion dollar Treasury fund to purchase failing bank assets.[50]
- October 6 - A controversial Peruvian tape regarding a Norwegian oil company causes the 2008 Peru oil scandal, sparking protests which cause Jorge de Castillo's resignation from office.[51][52][53][54]
- October 7 – The Spotify music streaming service is launched in Sweden.
- October 21 – The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is officially inaugurated at Geneva.[55][56][57][58]
- October 22 – The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launches the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft on a lunar exploration mission.[59][60]
November
- November 1 – Satoshi Nakamoto publishes "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System".[61]
- November 4 – Democratic U.S. Senator Barack Obama is elected the 44th President of the United States, making him the first African-American president.[62][63][64]
- November 19 – Claudia Castillo of Spain becomes the first person to have a successful trachea transplant using a tissue-engineered organ.[65]
- November 26–29 – Members of Lashkar-e-Taiba carry out four days of coordinated bombing and shooting attacks across Mumbai, killing 164 people.[66]
December
- December 5 – Human remains found in 1991 are identified as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, using DNA analysis.[citation needed]
- December 10 – The Channel Island of Sark, a British Crown dependency, holds its first fully democratic elections under a new constitutional arrangement, becoming the last European territory to abolish feudalism.[67]
- December 18 – The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Théoneste Bagosora and two other senior Rwandan army officers guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentences them to life imprisonment for their role in the Rwandan genocide.[68]
- December 23 – A military coup d'état deposes the government of Guinea shortly after the death of longtime President Lansana Conté.[69]
- December 27 – Israel invades the Gaza Strip, in response to rockets being fired into Israeli territory by Hamas, and due to weapons being smuggled into the area.[70][71][72]
- December 31 – An extra leap second (23:59:60) is added to end the year. The last time this occurred was in 2005.
Gallery
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Tibetan monks arrested after the March, 14 unrest
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Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar
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XXIX Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
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South Ossetia war
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November terrorist attacks in Mumbai
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Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the subprime mortgage crisis
Births
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- January 24 – Chlaui Malayao, Filipina child actress
- January 26 – Paul the Octopus (d. 2010)
- April 16 – Princess Eléonore of Belgium[73]
- June 3 – Harshaali Malhotra, Indian actress[74]
- June 23 – Lilliana Ketchman, American dancer and YouTuber[75]
- July 12 – Sky Brown, Anglo-Japanese skateboarder
- July 15 – Iain Armitage, American actor
- August 18 – Gordey Kolesov, Russian-Chinese chess player
Deaths
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January
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- January 2 – Galyani Vadhana, Princess of Naradhiwas and Princess of Thailand (b. 1923)
- January 3
- Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (b. 1953)
- Choi Yo-sam, Korean boxer (b. 1972)
- January 7 – Philip Agee, American spy and writer (b. 1935)
- January 10
- Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
- Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress and television personality (b. 1922)
- January 11 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist (b. 1919)
- January 14 – Judah Folkman, American medical scientist (b. 1933)
- January 15 – Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982)
- January 16 – Nikola Kljusev, first Prime Minister of Macedonia (b. 1927)
- January 17
- Bobby Fischer, American chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion (b. 1943)
- Allan Melvin, American actor (b. 1923)
- January 18 – Lois Nettleton, American actress (b. 1927)
- January 19 – Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (b. 1937)
- January 21 – Marie Smith Jones, Native American speaker (b. 1918)
- January 22
- Heath Ledger, Australian actor and music video director (b. 1979)
- Claude Piron, Swiss linguist and psychologist (b. 1931)
- Cao Văn Viên, General of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (b. 1921)
- January 25 – Aziz Sedky, 36th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1920)
- January 26 – George Habash, Palestinian politician (b. 1926)
- January 27
- Gordon B. Hinckley, American Mormon leader (b. 1910)
- Suharto, second President of Indonesia (b. 1921)
- January 28 – Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens (b. 1939)
- January 29 – Margaret Truman, American singer and writer (b. 1924)
- January 30 – Marcial Maciel, Mexican Catholic priest (b. 1920)
- January 31 – František Čapek, Czechoslovakian canoeist (b. 1914)
February
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- February 2
- Joshua Lederberg, American Nobel molecular biologist (b. 1925)
- Barry Morse, English-Canadian actor (b. 1918)
- February 5 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1918)
- February 6 – John Alvin, American cinematic artist and painter (b. 1948)
- February 7 – Andrew Bertie, 78th Grand Master of the Order of Malta (b. 1929)
- February 9 – Baba Amte, Indian social activist (b. 1914)
- February 10 – Roy Scheider, American actor (b. 1932)
- February 11
- Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American politician (b. 1928)
- Alfredo Reinado, East Timorese rebel (b. 1967)
- February 12
- Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese militant (b. 1962)
- Badri Patarkatsishvili, Georgian businessman and politician (b. 1955)
- February 13
- Kon Ichikawa, Japanese film director (b. 1915)
- Henri Salvador, French singer (b. 1917)
- February 16 – Brendan Hughes, Northern Irish paramilitary leader (b. 1948)
- February 18 – Alain Robbe-Grillet, French writer and filmmaker (b. 1922)
- February 19
- Natalia Bessmertnova, Russian ballerina (b. 1941)
- Yegor Letov, Russian singer (b. 1964)
- February 23
- Janez Drnovšek, two-time Prime Minister and second President of Slovenia (b. 1950)
- Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver (b. 1917)
- February 25 – Static Major, American musician (b. 1974)
- February 27
- William F. Buckley Jr., American author and conservative commentator (b. 1925)
- Ivan Rebroff, German singer (b. 1931)
March
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- March 1 – Raúl Reyes, Colombian guerrilla (b. 1948)
- March 2
- Sofiko Chiaureli, Georgian actress (b. 1937)
- Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966)
- March 3
- Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor (b. 1921)
- Norman Smith, English singer and record producer (b. 1923)
- March 4 – Gary Gygax, American writer and game designer (b. 1938)
- March 5 – Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American author and computer scientist (b. 1923)
- March 6 – Peter Poreku Dery, Ghanaian cardinal (b. 1918)
- March 12 – Howard Metzenbaum, American politician (b. 1917)
- March 14 – Chiara Lubich, Italian Catholic activist (b. 1920)
- March 16
- Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (b. 1912)
- Ivan Dixon, American actor (b. 1931)
- March 18 – Anthony Minghella, English film director and screenwriter (b. 1954)
- March 19
- Arthur C. Clarke, English author, inventor, and futurist (b. 1917)[76]
- Hugo Claus, Flemish writer, painter, and film director (b. 1929)
- Paul Scofield, English actor (b. 1922)
- March 21 – Klaus Dinger, German musician (b. 1946)
- March 22 – Adolfo Suárez Rivera, Mexican cardinal (b. 1927)
- March 24
- Neil Aspinall, British record producer and business executive (b. 1942)
- Richard Widmark, American actor (b. 1914)
- March 26 – Manuel Marulanda, Colombian guerrilla (b. 1930)
- March 27 – Jean-Marie Balestre, French sports executive (b. 1921)
- March 30 – Dith Pran, Cambodian-American photojournalist (b. 1942)
- March 31 – Jules Dassin, American film director (b. 1911)
April
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- April 3 – Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (b. 1983)
- April 5 – Charlton Heston, American actor (b. 1923)
- April 8 – Stanley Kamel, American actor (b. 1943)
- April 10 – Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (b. 1919)
- April 12 – Patrick Hillery, 6th President of Ireland (b. 1923)
- 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 and director (b. 1945)
- April 16 – Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)
- April 17 – Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (b. 1913)
- April 26 – Árpád Orbán, Hungarian footballer (b. 1938)[77][78]
- April 29 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and writer (b. 1906)
May
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- May 1
- Anthony Mamo, 1st President of Malta (b. 1909)
- Philipp von Boeselager, German Wehrmacht officer involved in the 20 July Plot (b. 1917)
- May 3 – Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish Prime Minister (b. 1926)
- May 8
- Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (b. 1918)
- François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (b. 1982)
- May 10 – Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928)
- May 11 – John Rutsey, Canadian musician (b. 1952)
- May 12
- Robert Rauschenberg, American pop artist (b. 1925)
- Irena Sendler, Polish humanitarian (b. 1910)
- May 13
- Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, fourth Emir of Kuwait (b. 1930)
- Bernardin Gantin, Beninese cardinal (b. 1922)
- John Phillip Law, American actor (b. 1937)
- May 15
- Willis Lamb, American physicist and Nobel laureate (b. 1913)
- Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
- May 19 – Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright (b. 1928)
- May 22 – Robert Asprin, American writer (b. 1946)
- May 23 – Cornell Capa, Hungarian-American photographer (b. 1918)
- May 24 – Rob Knox, English actor (b. 1989)
- May 26
- Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1934)
- Koloa Talake, seventh Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1934)
- May 28 – Sven Davidson, Swedish tennis player (b. 1928)
- May 29
- Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (b. 1987)
- Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (b. 1927)
- May 30 – Boris Shakhlin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1932)
June
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- June 1
- Tommy Lapid, Israeli television presenter, journalist, and politician (b. 1931)
- Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b. 1936)
- June 2
- Bo Diddley, American musician (b. 1928)
- Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1917)
- June 4 – Agata Mróz-Olszewska, Polish volleyball player (b. 1982)
- June 5 – Jameson Mbilini Dlamini, seventh Prime Minister of Swaziland (b. 1932)
- June 7
- Mustafa Khalil, 40th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1920)
- Dino Risi, Italian director (b. 1916)
- June 8 – Šaban Bajramović, Serbian musician (b. 1936)
- June 9
- Karen Asrian, Armenian chess grandmaster (b. 1980)
- Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American science fiction writer (b. 1931)
- June 10 – Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani writer (b. 1928)
- June 11
- Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1939)
- Võ Văn Kiệt, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
- June 13 – Tim Russert, American journalist (b. 1950)
- June 15 – Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist (b. 1946)
- June 17 – Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (b. 1922)
- June 18 – Jean Delannoy, French film director (b. 1908)
- June 22 – George Carlin, American author, actor, and comedian (b. 1937)
- June 23 – Arthur Chung, first President of Guyana (b. 1918)
- June 24 – Leonid Hurwicz, American Nobel economist and mathematician (b. 1917)
- June 26 – Lilyan Chauvin, French-American actress, television host, and director (b. 1925)
- June 27 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian Field Marshal (b. 1914)
- June 28 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b. 1987)
- June 29 – Don S. Davis, American actor (b. 1942)
July
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- July 4
- Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)
- Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)
- July 5 – René Harris, four-time President of Nauru (b. 1947)
- July 11 – Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and inventor (b. 1908)
- July 12 – Tony Snow, American political commentator (b. 1955)
- July 13 – Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician (b. 1932)
- July 15 – György Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist (b. 1972)
- July 16 – Jo Stafford, American singer (b. 1917)
- July 20 – Dinko Šakić, Croatian concentration camp commander (b. 1921)
- July 22 – Estelle Getty, American actress (b. 1923)
- July 25
- Johnny Griffin, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
- Tracy Hall, American physical chemist (b. 1919)
- Randy Pausch, American author and computer scientist (b. 1960)
- July 27 – Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director (b. 1926)
- July 28 – Suzanne Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (b. 1977)
- July 29 – Mate Parlov, Croatian boxer (b. 1948)
August
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- August 1
- Pauline Baynes, English illustrator (b. 1922)
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian politician (b. 1916)
- August 3 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer and Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
- August 9
- Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet (b. 1941)
- Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (b. 1957)
- August 10 – Isaac Hayes, American singer, songwriter, and actor (b. 1942)
- August 11 – Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician (b. 1929)
- August 13 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1904)
- August 15 – Jerry Wexler, American music producer (b. 1917)
- August 16
- Ronnie Drew, Irish folk singer and actor (b. 1934)
- Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese microbiologist (b. 1913)
- August 19
- Levy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia (b. 1948)
- LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist (b. 1961)
- August 20 – Hua Guofeng, Chairman of the Communist Party and Chinese Premier (b. 1921)
- August 23 – Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist and Nobel laureate (b. 1915)
- August 28 – Phil Hill, American race car driver (b. 1927)
September
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- September 1
- Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (b. 1940)
- Jerry Reed, American actor and country singer (b. 1937)
- September 2 – Bill Melendez, Mexican-American character animator, film director, voice artist, and producer (b. 1916)
- September 6 – Anita Page, American actress (b. 1910)
- September 9
- Nouhak Phoumsavanh, third President of Laos (b. 1910)
- Warith Deen Mohammed, American Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher, and revivalist (b. 1933)
- September 12 – David Foster Wallace, American writer (b. 1962)
- September 15 – Richard Wright, English keyboardist (b. 1943)
- September 18 – Mauricio Kagel, Argentine composer (b. 1931)
- September 19 – Earl Palmer, American R&B Drummer (b. 1924)
- September 21 – Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, ninth Prime Minister and fourth President of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)
- September 26 – Paul Newman, American actor, film director, entrepreneur, and philanthropist (b. 1925)
October
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- October 1 – Boris Yefimov, Russian political cartoonist (b. 1900)
- October 6 – Paavo Haavikko, Finnish poet (b. 1931)
- October 8 – George Emil Palade, Romanian cell biologist and Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
- October 10 – Alexey Prokurorov, Russian cross-country skier (b. 1964)
- October 11 – Jörg Haider, Austrian politician (b. 1950)
- October 13
- Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1989)
- Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (b. 1971)
- Antonio José González Zumárraga, Ecuadorian cardinal (b. 1925)
- October 15
- Edie Adams, American actress, singer, and businesswoman (b. 1927)
- Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese entrepreneur (b. 1917)
- October 20 – Sœur Emmanuelle, Belgian-born French nun (b. 1908)
- October 25
- Federico Luzzi, Italian tennis player (b. 1980)
- Muslim Magomayev, Azerbaijani singer (b. 1942)
- Estelle Reiner, American actress and singer (b. 1914)
- October 26 – Tony Hillerman, American writer (b. 1925)
- October 29 – William Wharton, American author (b. 1925)
- October 31 – Studs Terkel, American author and liberal commentator (b. 1912)
November
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- November 1
- Jimmy Carl Black, American drummer (b. 1938)
- Jacques Piccard, Swiss explorer and engineer (b. 1922)
- Yma Sumac, Peruvian soprano (b. 1923)
- November 4
- Michael Crichton, American author and producer (b. 1942)
- Juan Camilo Mouriño, Mexican politician (b. 1971)
- November 6 – Larry James, American athlete (b. 1947)[79]
- November 8 – Mieczysław Rakowski, Polish politician, historian, and journalist (b. 1926)
- November 9 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer and civil rights activist (b. 1932)
- November 10 – Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician (b. 1915)
- November 12 – Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (b. 1946)
- November 14 – Tsvetanka Khristova, Bulgarian athlete (b. 1962)
- November 22 – Ibrahim Nasir, second President of the Maldives (b. 1926)
- November 26 – Edna Parker, American supercentenarian (b. 1893)
- November 27 – V. P. Singh, seventh Prime Minister of India (b. 1931)
- November 29 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (b. 1918)
December
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- December 1
- Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
- Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
- December 2
- Frank Crean, Australian politician (b. 1916)
- Odetta, American singer (b. 1930)
- December 4 – Forrest J Ackerman, American magazine editor, science fiction writer, and literary agent (b. 1916)
- December 5
- Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (b. 1928)
- Nina Foch, Dutch-born American actress (b. 1924)
- Beverly Garland, American actress (b. 1926)
- December 9
- Yury Glazkov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1939)
- Dražan Jerković, Croatian football player and manager (b. 1936)
- December 11
- Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American physician and Nobel laureate (b. 1923)
- Bettie Page, American pin-up model (b. 1923)
- Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress and comic writer (b. 1960)
- December 12
- Avery Dulles, American cardinal (b. 1918)
- Van Johnson, American actor (b. 1916)
- Tassos Papadopoulos, fifth President of Cyprus (b. 1934)
- December 13 – Horst Tappert, German actor (b. 1923)
- December 15 – León Febres Cordero, 35th President of Ecuador (b. 1931)
- December 18
- Majel Barrett, American actress (b. 1932)
- Mark Felt, American FBI agent (b. 1913)
- December 19 – James Bevel, American minister and civil rights leader (b. 1936)
- December 20
- Joseph Conombo, third Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (b. 1917)
- Olga Lepeshinskaya, Russian ballerina (b. 1916)
- Robert Mulligan, American director (b. 1925)
- December 22 – Lansana Conté, 2nd President of Guinea (b. 1934)
- December 24
- Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist (b. 1927)
- Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor (b. 1930)
- December 25 – Eartha Kitt, American singer, actress, activist, and author (b. 1927)[80]
- December 29 – Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1938)
Nobel Prizes
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- Chemistry – Martin Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura, and Roger Y. Tsien
- Economics – Paul Krugman
- Literature – Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
- Peace – Martti Ahtisaari
- Physics – Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Maskawa, and Yoichiro Nambu
- Physiology or Medicine – Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Harald zur Hausen, and Luc Montagnier
New English words
- Bitcoin
- burner phone
- dumpster fire
- exome
- hate-watch
- mansplain
- photobomb[81]
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External links
- 2008 Calendar at Internet Accuracy Project