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'''2008''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMVIII]]''') is the current year, in accordance with the [[Gregorian calendar]], a [[leap year]] that [[Leap year starting on Tuesday|started on Tuesday]] of the [[Common Era]] (or [[Anno Domini]]). |
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'''2008''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMVIII]]''') was a [[leap year]] that [[leap year starting on Tuesday|started on Tuesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It was the 2008th year of the [[Common Era]] or [[Anno Domini]] designation, the 8th year of the [[3rd millennium]] and [[21st century]], and the 9th of the [[2000s (decade)|2000s]]. |
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2008 was designated the: |
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* [[International Year of |
* [[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|accessdate=2008-11-02}}</ref> |
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* [[International Year of Languages]];<ref>[http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/ga10592.doc.htm U.N. General Assembly, Department of Public Information, "General Assembly Proclaims 2008 International Year of Languages, in Effort to Promote Unity in Diversity, Global Understanding" GA/10592]</ref> |
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* [[International Year of the Potato]];<ref>[http://www.potato2008.org/ International Year of the Potato 2008].</ref> |
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* [[International Year of Sanitation]];<ref>[http://esa.un.org/iys/ International Year of Sanitation].</ref> |
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* [[European Year of Intercultural Dialogue]].<ref>[http://www.interculturaldialogue2008.eu/ European Year of Intercultural Dialogue website]</ref> |
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==Events== |
== Events == |
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=== January === |
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[[File:Mercury in color - Prockter07 centered.jpg|thumb|First-ever photograph of the "unseen side" of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]], taken by the [[MESSENGER]] spacecraft on January 14]] |
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* [[January 1]] |
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** [[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], EurActiv</ref><ref>[http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1198764121.53/ Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopt the euro]{{dead link|date=August 2011}}, EUbusiness ([[ISO 4217]] code: VEF).</ref> |
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** A suicide bombing occurs in [[Zayouna]], [[Baghdad]], killing over 25 people during a funeral over the deaths from the preceding attack.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Partlow, Joshua and Sabah, Zaid|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/01/AR2008010100827.html|title=Suicide Blast at Baghdad Funeral of Bomb Victim Kills Dozens|date=January 2, 2008|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=October 9, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[January 2]] – The [[price of petroleum]] hits [[United States dollar|$]]100 per barrel for the first time. |
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[[Image:MESSENGER Assembly.jpg|thumb|[[MESSENGER]] assembly at Astrotech.]] |
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* [[January 3]] – A car bomb detonates, killing at least 4 and injuring 68, in [[Diyarbakır]], [[Turkey]]. Police blame [[Kurdistan Workers Party|Kurdish rebels]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=Grove, Thomas |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0530931120080105|title=Turkey PM says Diyarbakir bomb shows PKK desperation|date=January 5, 2008|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[January 1]] - [[Cyprus]], [[Malta]], and [[Akrotiri and Dhekelia]] adopt the [[euro]].<ref>[http://www.euractiv.com/en/euro/cyprus-malta-set-join-eurozone-2008/article-163836 Cyprus and Malta set to join eurozone in 2008], EurActiv</ref><ref>[http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1198764121.53/ Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopt the euro], EUbusiness ([[ISO 4217]] code: VEF).</ref> |
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* [[January 8]] – An attempted assassination of [[Maldives|Maldivian]] president [[Maumoon Abdul Gayoom]] is thwarted after a [[Boy Scout]] grabs the attacker's knife. The Boy Scout is injured, but after a scuffle police arrest the attacker.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/08/maldives.assassination.attempt/index.html|title=Boy Scout foils attack on Maldives president|date=January 8, 2008|publisher=CNN|accessdate=November 21, 2008}} {{Dead link|date=August 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> |
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* [[January 2]] - The [[price of petroleum]] hits [[United States dollar|$]]100 per barrel for the first time. |
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* [[January 12]] – A [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonian]] Army [[Mil Mi-17]] helicopter [[2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash|crashes]] in thick fog southeast of [[Skopje]], killing all 11 military personnel on board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://micnews.com.mk/node/12061|title=11 ARM soldiers die in copter crash|publisher=Macedonian Information Centre|accessdate=2008-11-05}}</ref> |
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* [[January 3]] - A car bomb detonates, killing at least 4 and injuring 68, in [[Diyarbakır]], [[Turkey]]. Police blame [[Kurdistan Workers Party|Kurdish rebels]]. |
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* [[January 14]] – At 19:04:39 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]], the [[MESSENGER]] [[space probe]] is at its closest approach during its first flyby of the planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/mer_flyby1.html |title=Mercury Flyby 1 |accessdate = 2008-01-12 |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory]]}}</ref> |
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* [[January 8]] - An attempted assassination of [[Maldives|Maldivian]] president [[Maumoon Abdul Gayoom]] is thwarted after a [[Boy Scout]] grabbed the attacker's knife. The Boy Scout was injured, but after a scuffle ensued police arrested the attacker. |
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* [[January 15]] – The [[Federal Court of Australia]] orders a Japanese whaling company to stop research whaling within their [[Exclusive Economic Zone]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7188674.stm|title=Japan whaling illegal, court says |date=January 15, 2008|publisher=BBC|accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[January 12]] - A [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonian]] Army [[Mil Mi-17]] helicopter [[2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash|crashes]] in thick fog southeast of [[Skopje]], killing all 11 military personnel on board.<ref>[http://micnews.com.mk/node/12061]</ref> |
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* [[January 21]] – Stock markets around the world [[January 2008 stock market volatility|plunge amid growing fears]] of a U.S. [[recession]], fueled by the 2007 [[subprime mortgage crisis]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=Landler, Mark and Timmons, Heather |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/business/22stox-web.html|title=Stocks Plunge Worldwide on Fears of a U.S. Recession |date=January 21, 2008|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[January 22]] – [[Russia]] stages the largest naval exercise since the fall of the [[Soviet Union]] in the [[Bay of Biscay]]. The [[Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov]], along with 11 support vessels and 47 long-range bomber aircraft, practises strike tactics off the coast of [[France]] and [[Spain]], and test-launches nuclear-capable missiles in foreign waters.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Halpin, Tony |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3234607.ece|title=RAF alert as Russia stages huge naval exercise in Bay of Biscay|date=January 23, 2008|publisher=TimesOnline|accessdate=November 21, 2008 | location=London}}</ref> |
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* [[January 15]] - [[Federal Court of Australia]] orders a Japanese whaling company to stop research whaling within their [[Exclusive Economic Zone]]. |
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* [[January 21]] - Stock markets around the world [[January 2008 stock market volatility|plunge amid growing fears]] of a U.S. [[recession]], fueled by the 2007 [[subprime mortgage crisis]]. |
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* [[January 22]] - [[Russia]] stages the largest naval exercise since the fall of the [[Soviet Union]] in the [[Bay of Biscay]]. The [[Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov]], along with 11 support vessels and 47 long-range bomber aircraft, practised strike tactics off the coast of [[France]] and [[Spain]], and test-launched nuclear-capable missiles on foreign waters. |
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* [[January 23]] |
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* [[January 23]] - [[Polish Air Force]] [[EADS CASA C-295]] crashes during approach to the 12th Air Base near [[Mirosławiec]]. All 20 personnel on board die. |
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** [[Polish Air Force]] [[EADS CASA C-295]] crashes on approach to the 12th Air Base near [[Mirosławiec]]. All 20 personnel on board die.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7205810.stm|title=No survivors in Polish air crash |date=January 24, 2008|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[January 23]] - Thousands of Palestinians cross into [[Egypt]], as the border wall with Gaza in Rafah is blown up by [[Breach of the Gaza-Egypt border (2008)|militants]]. |
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** Thousands of Palestinians cross into [[Egypt]], as the border wall with Gaza in Rafah is blown up by [[Breach of the Gaza-Egypt border (2008)|militants]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=McCarthy, Rory |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/24/egypt.israelandthepalestinians|title=Palestinians pour into Egypt after militants blow hole in border barrier|date=January 24, 2008|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=November 21, 2008 | location=London}}</ref> |
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* [[January 24]] - A peace deal ends the [[Kivu conflict]] in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. |
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* [[January 24]] – A peace deal ends the [[Kivu war]] in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7204898.stm|title=Eastern Congo peace deal signed |date=January 23, 2008|publisher=BBC|accessdate=November 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[January 24]] - [[Council of Representatives of Iraq|Iraqi Parliament]] adopts a new [[flag of Iraq|national flag]], removing three stars associated with the [[Baath Party]]; a permanent design is expected within the next year. |
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* [[January 25]] – [[People's Republic of China|China]]'s worst snowstorm since [[1954]] kills 133, delays traffic, and causes massive power outages in central and southern parts of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYjkVz76Icsk&refer=home |title=China Snowstorms Kill 24, Cause Loss of $3 Billion (Update3)|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=2008-11-05}}</ref> |
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* [[January 29]] |
* [[January 29]] – [[Iran]]'s judiciary sentences to prison 54 [[Bahá'í Faith]] followers for "anti-regime propaganda".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080129/wl_afp/iranjusticereligionbahai_080129141019 |title=Iran sentences Bahai religious followers for 'anti-regime propaganda' |publisher=AFP |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080202055728/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080129/wl_afp/iranjusticereligionbahai_080129141019 |archivedate=2008-02-02}}</ref><ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=84239 Iran sentences Bahais for 'anti-regime propaganda']{{dead link|date=August 2011}}, Aljazeera</ref> |
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===February=== |
=== February === |
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[[File:Raúl Castro.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Raúl Castro]]]] |
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* [[February 2]] – Rebels [[Battle of N'Djamena (2008)|attack]] the capital of [[Chad]], [[N'Djamena]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/world/africa/03chad.html|title=Gun Battles in Chad’s Capital as Rebel Forces Storm In | work=The New York Times | first=Lydia | last=Polgreen | date=February 3, 2008 | accessdate=April 14, 2010}}</ref> |
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[[Image:NIU crosses flowers.JPG|thumb|A makeshift memorial in tribute to the victims of the [[Northern Illinois University shooting]]]] |
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* [[February 4]] |
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[[Image:Raúl Castro.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Raúl Castro]]]] |
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** [[Iran]] opens its first space center and launches a [[rocket]] into space.<ref>"Iran Opens Space Center, Launches Rocket", Associated Press</ref> |
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* [[February 2]] - Rebels [[Battle of N'Djamena (2008)|attack]] the capital of [[Chad]], [[N'Djamena]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/world/africa/03chad.html Gun Battles in Chad’s Capital as Rebel Forces Storm In]</ref> |
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** A [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[suicide attack|suicide bomber]] kills 1 and wounds 13 in a [[Dimona]], Israel shopping center.<ref>"Dimona bombing: Suicide attack in Israel first in a year", Associated Press</ref> |
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* [[February 5]] – U.S. stock market indices plunge more than 3% after a [[Non-Manufacturing ISM Report on Business|report]] shows signs of economic recession in the service sector. The [[S&P 500]] fall 3.2%, The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] 370 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080205/wall_street.html|title=Stocks Plunge on Service Sector Weakness |publisher=AFP |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080208145814/http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080205/wall_street.html|archivedate=2008-02-08}}</ref> |
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* [[February 4]] - A [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[suicide attack|suicide bomber]] kills one and wounds thirteen in a [[Dimona]], Israel shopping center.<ref>[http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/05022008/20/dimona-bombing-suicide-attack-israel-first-year.html Dimona bombing: Suicide attack in Israel first in a year], Yahoo News via Associated Press</ref> |
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* [[February 5]]–[[February 6]] – [[2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak|A tornado outbreak]], the deadliest in 23 years, kills 58 in the [[Southern United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mob/020608Storm/|title=Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak |publisher=NOAA|accessdate=November 21, 2008 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080328074053/http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mob/020608Storm/ |archivedate = March 28, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[February 5]] - U.S. stock market indices plunge more than 3% after a [[Non-Manufacturing ISM Report on Business|report]] showed signs of economic recession in the service-sector. The [[S&P 500]] fell 3.2%. The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] fell 370 points. |
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* [[February 7]] – ''[[STS-122]]'': [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]] launches to deliver the European-built Columbus science laboratory to the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts122/main/|title=Mission Information |publisher=NASA|accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[February 5]]–[[February 6|6]] - [[2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak|A tornado outbreak]], the deadliest in 23 years, kills 58 in the [[Southern United States]]. |
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* [[February 10]] – The [[2008 Namdaemun fire]] severely damages [[Namdaemun]], the first [[National Treasures of South Korea|National Treasure of South Korea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2008/02/11/73/0302000000AEN20080211002100315F.HTML|title=Koreans mourn fall of Namdaemun, national treasure No.1 |date=February 11, 2008|publisher=Yonhap News|accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[February 7]] - [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]] launches on mission [[STS-122]] to deliver the European-built Columbus science laboratory to the [[International Space Station]]. |
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* [[February 11]] – [[President of East Timor]] [[José Ramos-Horta]] is seriously wounded in an attack on his home by rebel soldiers. Rebel leader [[Alfredo Reinado]] is killed by Ramos-Horta's security guards during the attack.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/attack-on-ramoshorta/2008/02/11/1202578640733.html | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | first=Jill | last=Jolliffe | title=Critical Ramos Horta on life support | date=February 11, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[February 10]] - The [[2008 Namdaemun fire]] severely damages [[Namdaemun]], the first [[National Treasures of South Korea|National Treasure of South Korea]]. |
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* [[February 12]] |
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* [[February 11]] - [[President of East Timor]] [[José Ramos-Horta]] is seriously wounded in an attack on his home by rebel soldiers. Rebel leader [[Alfredo Reinado]] is killed by Ramos-Horta's security guards during the attack.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/attack-on-ramoshorta/2008/02/11/1202578640733.html Gunmen attack Timor leader Ramos-Horta], ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', [[February 11]], [[2008]].</ref> |
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** [[Petróleos de Venezuela S.A.|PDVSA]], a state oil company in [[Venezuela]], suspends sales of [[petroleum|crude oil]] to [[ExxonMobil]], in response to a legal challenge by them.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSSP10958920080213|title=Update 9-Oil rises as Venezuela cuts off Exxon Mobil|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=2008-11-05 | date=February 13, 2008|first=Matthew|last=Robinson}}</ref> |
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** [[Bridgestone]], under investigation for an alleged price-fixing cartel, uncovers improper payments of at least 150 million [[Japanese yen]] to foreign governments and withdraws from the marine hose business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aGoTPCIp_S0c&refer=japan|title=Bridgestone Uncovers `Improper Payments' in Probe (Update3) |publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=2008-11-05}}</ref> |
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* [[February 13]] – Prime Minister [[Kevin Rudd]] of [[Australia]] delivers a formal apology to the [[Stolen Generations]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/rudd-says-sorry/2008/02/13/1202760342960.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Kevin Rudd says sorry | date=February 13, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[February 17]] – [[Kosovo]] formally [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|declares independence]] from [[Serbia]], with support from some countries but opposition from others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=anGy1wIN83Sg&refer=home|title=BU.S., Europeans at Security Council Back Kosovo's Independence|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=2008-11-05}}</ref> |
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* [[February 14]] - [[Northern Illinois University shooting#Perpetrator|Steven Kazmierczak]] [[Northern Illinois University shooting|shoots dead five students and injures another 18]] at [[Northern Illinois University]] before killing himself.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7246003.stm "Gunman kills six at US university"], BBC, February 15, 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23537444-27702,00.html "Privacy loosened in wake of shootings"], ''The Australian'', April 14, 2008</ref> |
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* [[February 18]] |
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* [[February 17]] - A [[suicide attack|suicide bombing]] by a [[Taliban]] member kills up to 80 in [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]]<ref>[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iKEIeybKvU7Vo42SLz_ZF4WjZsQg AFP: Scores dead in one of Afghanistan's deadliest attacks<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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** The [[Her Majesty's Government|British government]] introduces emergency legislation temporarily to [[nationalization|nationalize]] [[Northern Rock]], the 5th largest [[mortgage bank]] in the UK, due to the bank's financial crisis.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSL1832258520080218|title=Brown fights backlash over Northern Rock|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=2008-11-05 | date=February 18, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[February 17]] - [[Kosovo]] formally [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|declares independence]] from [[Serbia]], with support from some countries but opposition from others.<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=anGy1wIN83Sg&refer=home Bloomberg.com: Worldwide<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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** [[Pakistani general election, 2008|A general election]] is held in [[Pakistan]], delayed from [[January 8]] due to riots in the wake of the [[assassination of Benazir Bhutto]]. Opposition parties, including Bhutto's, take more than half of the seats, while [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Pervez Musharraf]]'s party suffers a huge defeat.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7254124.stm|title=Musharraf rules out resignation|publisher=BBC News|date=Last Updated: |accessdate=2008-11-05}}</ref> |
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* [[February 18]] - The [[Her Majesty's Government|British government]] introduces emergency legislation temporarily to [[nationalization|nationalize]] [[Northern Rock]], the fifth largest [[mortgage bank]] in the UK, due to the bank's financial crisis.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSL1832258520080218 Brown fights backlash over Northern Rock | Reuters<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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* [[February 19]] |
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* [[February 18]] - [[Pakistani general election, 2008|General election]] is held in [[Pakistan]], delayed from [[January 8]] due to riots in the wake of the [[assassination of Benazir Bhutto]]. Opposition parties, including Bhutto's, take more than half of the seats, while [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Pervez Musharraf]]'s party suffers a huge defeat.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7254124.stm BBC News | World | South Asia | Musharraf rules out resignation<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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** [[Fidel Castro]] announces his resignation as President of Cuba, effective February 24.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7252109.stm|title=Castro steps down as Cuban leader|date=February 19, 2008|publisher=BBC|accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[February 20]] |
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* [[February 20]] - [[United States Navy]] destroys a [[spy satellite]] containing toxic fuel by shooting it down with a [[missile]] launched from [[USS Lake Erie (CG-70)|USS Lake Erie]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref>[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gXfTZB0a8NU_H4vSMdlS6YxBeTow AFP: Satellite strike shows US missile defense works: Gates<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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** The [[United States Navy]] destroys a [[spy satellite]] containing toxic fuel, by shooting it down with a [[missile]] launched from the ''[[USS Lake Erie (CG-70)|USS Lake Erie]]'' in the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gXfTZB0a8NU_H4vSMdlS6YxBeTow|title=Satellite strike shows US missile defense works|date=February 21, 2008 |accessdate=2008-11-05}}</ref> |
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* [[February 20]] - Total [[lunar eclipse]] - [[North America|North]] and [[South America]], [[Europe]], [[Africa]], and [[Southwest Asia|Western Asia]]. |
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** A total [[lunar eclipse]] crosses [[North America|North]] and [[South America]], [[Europe]], [[Africa]], and [[Southwest Asia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/TLE2008Feb21.html|title=Total Lunar Eclipse: February 20, 2008|publisher=NASA|accessdate=November 21, 2008 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080604072323/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/TLE2008Feb21.html |archivedate = June 4, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[February 22]] - No survivors are found after a rescue helicopter discovers the wreckage of [[Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518]] just northeast of [[Mérida, Mérida|Mérida]], [[Venezuela]]. The commercial plane had 46 people on board, including crew. |
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* [[February 22]] |
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* [[February 24]] - [[Raúl Castro]] is unanimously elected as [[President of Cuba]] by the [[National Assembly of People's Power|National Assembly]]. |
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** Former building society [[Northern Rock]] is the first bank in Europe to be taken into state control, due to the U.S. subprime mortgage financial crisis.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7258492.stm|title=Northern Rock now in public hands |date=February 22, 2008|publisher=BBC|accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref> |
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** No survivors are found after a rescue helicopter discovers the wreckage of [[Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518]] just northeast of [[Mérida, Mérida|Mérida]], [[Venezuela]]. The commercial plane had 46 people on board, including crew.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5juSV3gb4SkWKbblKA-rYTp6j0CoA|title=Venezuela investigates cause of fatal plane crash: Chavez|date=February 22, 2008|publisher=Agence France Presse (AFP)|accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[February 24]] – [[Raúl Castro]] is unanimously elected as [[President of Cuba]] by the [[National Assembly of People's Power|National Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7261204.stm|title=Raul Castro named Cuban president|date=February 25, 2008|publisher=BBC|accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref> |
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=== March === |
=== March === |
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* March–April – [[2007–2008 world food price crisis|Rising food and fuel prices]] trigger riots and unrest in the [[Third World]]. |
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* [[March 1]] |
* [[March 1]] – In [[Gaza Strip]], at least 52 Palestinians and 2 Israeli soldiers are killed in the most intense Israeli air strikes since 2005.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Witte, Griff|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/02/AR2008030200217.html|title=Palestinian president suspends peace talks|date=March 3, 2008|publisher=The Washington Post|accessdate=March 15, 2009}}</ref> |
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* [[March 2]] |
* [[March 2]] – [[2008 Andean diplomatic crisis]]: [[Venezuela]] and [[Ecuador]] move troops to the [[Colombia]]n border, following a Colombian raid against [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]] guerrillas inside Ecuador's national territory, in which senior commander [[Raúl Reyes]] is killed.<ref>{{Cite news|author=James, Ian |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004255911_webrebel02.html|title=Venezuela, Ecuador sending troops to border with Colombia after rebel leader killed|date=March 3, 2008|publisher=The Seattle Times|accessdate=March 15, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Goodman, Joshua |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=a5HnABwKGrZc&refer=latin_america|title=Colombian Rebel Leader Raul Reyes Killed By Army, Minister Says|date=March 1, 2008|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=March 15, 2009}}</ref> |
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* [[March 6]] |
* [[March 6]] – Eight [[Israel]]i civilians [[Mercaz HaRav massacre|are killed and 9 wounded]] when a [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestinian]] attacker opens fire at a [[Judaism|Jewish]] seminary in [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-03-06-israeli-shooting_N.htm|title=Killing of 8 at Jewish seminary threatens latest truce efforts|date=March 6, 2008|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=March 15, 2009}}</ref> |
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* [[March 9]] |
* [[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>{{cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMDYOK26DF_index_0.html|title=Europe launches its first resupply ship to the ISS|date=March 9, 2008|publisher=European Space Agency|accessdate=March 15, 2009|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5gwsTGNcU|archivedate=2009-05-21|deadurl=no}}</ref> |
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* [[March 14]] |
* [[March 14]] – [[2008 Tibetan unrest|Demonstrations]] by [[Tibet]]an separatists turn violent as rioters target government and [[Han Chinese]]-owned buildings. |
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* [[March 15]] |
* [[March 15]] – A gun factory explosion in [[Gërdec]], [[Albania]] kills more than 30. Over the following week, [[Albania]], [[Kosovo]], and some surrounding countries supply and support [[Gërdec]]'s population with food, blood, etc. |
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* [[March 19]] |
* [[March 19]] – An [[Gamma ray burst|exploding star]] halfway across the visible [[universe]] becomes the farthest known object ever visible to the naked eye.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080321093110.htm|title=Stunning Gamma Ray Burst Explosion Detected Halfway Across Universe|publisher=Science Daily|accessdate=2009-02-10}}</ref> |
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* [[March 24]] |
* [[March 24]] – [[Bhutan]] holds its [[Bhutanese general election, 2008|first-ever general elections]].<ref>[http://www.france24.com/en/20080324-bhutan-votes-status-quo-jigmi-thinley-election-parliament&navi=MONDE "Bhutan votes for status quo"], [[France 24]], March 24, 2008</ref> |
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* [[March 25]] |
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* [[March 25]] - A 414 square kilometer (160 mi.<sup>2</sup>) chunk of [[Antarctica|Antarctica's]] [[Wilkins Sound|Wilkins Ice Shelf]] disintegrates, leaving the entire shelf at risk. |
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** A 414 square kilometer (160 sq. mi.<sup>2</sup>) chunk of [[Antarctica|Antarctica's]] [[Wilkins Sound|Wilkins Ice Shelf]] disintegrates, leaving the entire shelf at risk. |
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* [[March 25]] - [[African Union]] and [[Comoros]] forces [[2008 invasion of Anjouan|invade]] the rebel-held island of [[Anjouan]]. |
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** [[African Union]] and [[Comoros]] forces [[2008 invasion of Anjouan|invade]] the rebel-held island of [[Anjouan]]. |
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* [[March 29]] - [[Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008|Presidential]] and [[Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2008|parliamentary elections]] in [[Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200801250793.html|title=Election Date Finally Fixed As March 29, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[March 30]] - A [[2008 Farnborough plane crash|plane crashed]] into a row of houses in [[Farnborough, London]], [[England]], killing two pilots and three passengers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1311171,00.html|title=No Survivors After Jet Slams Into Homes|accessdate=2008-03-30}}</ref> |
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=== April === |
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* [[April 8]] – [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]] of [[Sark]] dismantles its [[feudalism|feudal system]] to comply with the [[European Convention on Human Rights]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/7339172.stm | work=BBC News | title=Sark democracy plans are approved | date=April 9, 2008}}</ref> and the first [[election]]s under the new law will be held in December 2008 and the new chamber will first convene in January 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1704703,00.html | work=Time | first=Eben | last=Harrell | title=A Revolution Not Televised | date=January 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://podcast.timesonline.co.uk/serve.php/1503/thebugle13.mp3 | location=London | work=The Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/guernsey/7258214.stm | work=BBC News | title=Sark agrees switch to democracy | date=February 22, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[April 15]] – A [[Hewa Bora Airways]] [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|DC-9]] [[2008 Hewa Bora Airways crash|crashes]] into a residential area of [[Goma]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. |
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* [[April 8]] - [[Sark]] dismantles its [[feudalism|feudal system]] to comply with the [[European Convention on Human Rights]]. The [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]] approved the Sark law reforms,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/7339172.stm Sark democracy plans are approved], ''[[BBC News Online]]'', [[9 April]] [[2008]]</ref> and the first [[election]]s under the new law will be held in December 2008 and the new chamber will first convene in January 2009.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1704703,00.html A Revolution Not Televised], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time.com]]'', [[January 17]], [[2008]]</ref><ref>[http://podcast.timesonline.co.uk/serve.php/1503/thebugle13.mp3 After 443 years, Sark gets democracy], ''[[The Bugle]]'', Episode 13, January 2008. The Bugle is a satirical podcast of the [[Times Online|''Times'' Online]].</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/guernsey/7258214.stm Sark agrees switch to democracy], ''[[BBC News Online]]'', [[22 February]] [[2008]]</ref> |
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* [[April 22]] – Surgeons at London's [[Moorfields Eye Hospital]] perform the first operations using [[Visual prosthesis|bionic eyes]], implanting them into 2 blind patients. |
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* [[April 15]] - A [[Hewa Bora Airways]] [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|DC-9]] commercial airplane [[2008 Hewa Bora Airways crash|crashes]] into a residential area of [[Goma]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]]. |
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* [[April 27]] – The [[Taliban]] attempts to assassinate [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] President [[Hamid Karzai]] in a military parade in [[Kabul]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7369540.stm | work=BBC News | title=Karzai unhurt after parade attack | date=April 27, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[April 22]] - Surgeons at London's [[Moorfields Eye Hospital]] perform the first operations using [[Visual prosthesis|bionic eyes]], implanting them into two blind patients. |
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* [[April 28]] |
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* [[April 27]] - The [[Taliban]] attempts to assassinate [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] President [[Hamid Karzai]] in a military parade in [[Kabul]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7369540.stm Karzai unhurt after parade attack], BBC News</ref> |
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** [[India]] sets a world record by sending 10 [[satellite]]s into orbit in a single launch.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/PSLV-C9_places_10_satellites_into_orbit/articleshow/2989685.cms|title=India setting world record by sending 10 satellites into orbit | work=The Times Of India | date=April 28, 2008}}</ref> |
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** [[2008 China Railways train T195 accident|71 die in a train crash]] in [[Shandong]], [[People's Republic of China|China]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7370375.stm | work=BBC News | title='Dozens die' in China train crash | date=April 28, 2008}}</ref> |
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===May=== |
=== May === |
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[[File:2008 Sichuan earthquake map no labels.svg|thumb|right|An [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|earthquake]] in [[Sichuan]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] killed nearly 80,000 people]] |
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* [[May 3]] – Over 133,000 in [[Burma]]/Myanmar are killed by [[Cyclone Nargis]], the deadliest [[natural disaster]] since the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|Boxing Day Tsunami]] in [[2004]]. |
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[[Image:PIA10705.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] image of the [[Phoenix (spacecraft)|Phoenix]] (lower left corner) in the line of sight to the 10-km-wide [[Heimdal (Martian crater)|Heimdal Crater]] (the craft is actually 20 km in front of it).]] |
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* [[May 7]] – [[Dmitry Medvedev]] takes office as [[President of Russia]], replacing [[Vladimir Putin]]. |
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* [[May 3]] - Over 133,000 in [[Burma]]/Myanmar are killed by [[Cyclone Nargis]], the deadliest [[natural disaster]] since the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|Boxing Day Tsunami]] in [[2004]]. |
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* [[May 8]] – Start of armed clashes and fighting in [[2008 fighting in Lebanon|Lebanon]]. |
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* [[May 10]] - [[Burma]]/Myanmar holds a [[Burmese constitutional referendum, 2008|constitutional referendum]]. |
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* [[May 11]] – [[Burma]]/Myanmar holds a [[Burmese constitutional referendum, 2008|constitutional referendum]]. |
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* [[May 12]] - Over 69,000 are killed in central [[China]] by [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|an earthquake]] measuring 8.0[[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]]. The epicenter is 90 kilometers (55 miles) west-northwest of [[Chengdu]]. |
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* [[May 12]] – Over 69,000 are killed in central south-west [[People's Republic of China|China]] by the [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|Wenchuan quake]], an earthquake measuring 7.9 [[Moment magnitude scale]]. The epicenter is 90 kilometers (56 miles) west-northwest of the provincial capital [[Chengdu]], [[Sichuan]] [[province]]. |
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* [[May 13]] - A series of bomb blasts kills at least 63 and injures 216 in [[Jaipur]], [[India]]. |
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* [[May 13]] – A series of bomb blasts kills at least 63 and injures 216 in [[Jaipur]], [[India]]. |
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* [[May 14]] – NASA announces the discovery of [[Supernova remnant G1.9+0.3]]. |
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* [[May 23]] - The [[Union of South American Nations]], a [[supranational union]], is created by a union between the [[Andean Community of Nations|Andean Community]] and [[Mercosur]]. |
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* [[May 15]] – An oil pipeline explosion in Ijegun, [[Nigeria]] kills 100. |
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* [[May 23]] - The [[International Court of Justice]] awards [[Middle Rocks, Johor|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. |
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* [[May 23]] |
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* [[May 25]] - NASA's [[Phoenix (spacecraft)|Phoenix spacecraft]] lands on [[Mars]]. |
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** The [[Union of South American Nations]], a [[supranational union]]{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}, is created by a union between the [[Andean Community of Nations|Andean Community]] and [[Mercosur]]. |
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* [[May 28]] - The [[Nepal|Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal]] is established after the [[Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Assembly]] votes overwhemingly in favor of abolishing the country's [[Nepalese monarchy|240-year-old monarchy]]. [[Girija Prasad Koirala]] becomes temporary [[Head of state]]. |
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** The [[International Court of Justice]] awards [[Middle Rocks, Johor|Middle Rocks]] to [[Malaysia]] and [[Pedra Branca, Singapore|Pedra Branca]] to [[Singapore]], ending a 29-year [[Pedra Branca dispute|territorial dispute]] between the 2 countries. |
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* [[May 25]] – [[NASA|NASA's]] [[Phoenix (spacecraft)|Phoenix spacecraft]] becomes the first to land on the northern polar region of [[Mars]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/|title=Phoenix Mars Mission}}</ref> |
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* [[May 28]] – The [[Nepal|Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal]] is established after the [[Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Assembly]] votes overwhelmingly in favor of abolishing the country's [[Nepalese monarchy|240-year-old monarchy]]. [[Girija Prasad Koirala]] becomes temporary [[head of state]]. |
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* [[May 30]] – The [[Convention on Cluster Munitions]] is adopted in Dublin.<ref name=cluster>United Nations Treaty Collection: [http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&id=22&chapter=26&lang=en Convention on Cluster Munitions]{{dead link|date=August 2011}}. Retrieved on 28 March 2009.</ref> |
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=== June === |
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* [[June 2]] – A car bomb [[2008 Danish embassy bombing|explodes]] outside the [[Denmark|Danish]] embassy in [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]], killing at least five. |
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* [[June 8]] – In the [[Akihabara]] area of [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], a 25-year-old man [[Akihabara massacre|stabs seven to death and wounds 10]], before being arrested. |
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* [[June 10]] – Fire engulfs [[Sudan Airways Flight 109]] after it lands in [[Khartoum]], killing 44. |
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* [[June 11]] |
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** The [[Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope]] is launched. |
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** [[Canada|Canadian]] Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] apologizes to Canada's [[First Nations]] for the [[Canadian residential school system]]. |
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* [[June 12]] – [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] votes to reject the [[Treaty of Lisbon]], in the only [[Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2008 (Ireland)|referendum]] to be held by a [[European Union]] member state on the treaty. |
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* [[June 14]] – A [[2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake|6.9 magnitude earthquake]] in [[Iwate Prefecture]], [[Japan]], kills 12 and injures more than 400. |
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* [[June 14]]–[[September 14]] – [[Expo 2008]] is held in [[Zaragoza]], [[Spain]], with the topic of ''"Water and sustainable development"''. |
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* [[June 22]] – [[Typhoon Fengshen (2008)|Typhoon Fengshen]] hits the [[Philippines]] and capsizes the ferry ''[[MV Princess of the Stars]]'', leaving hundreds dead or missing. |
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* [[June 27]] |
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** President [[Robert Mugabe]] is reelected with 85.5% of the vote in the [[Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008#Second round voting and aftermath|second round]] of the controversial [[Zimbabwe]]an [[Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008|presidential election]]. |
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** After three decades as the Chairman of [[Microsoft|Microsoft Corporation]], [[Bill Gates]] steps down from daily duties to concentrate on [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation|philanthropy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0627/microsoft-business.html|title=Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/digitallife/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/06/27/dlgates127.xml|title=Bill Gates steps down as Microsoft head to concentrate on philanthropy | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | first=Claudine | last=Beaumont | date=June 27, 2008 | accessdate=April 14, 2010}}</ref> |
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[[File:34th G8 summit member 20080708.jpg|thumb|right|[[34th G8 summit]] heads of delegations in [[Tōyako, Hokkaidō|Tōyako]], [[Japan]]]] |
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* [[July 2]] – [[Íngrid Betancourt]] and 14 other hostages are [[Operation Jaque|rescued]] from [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]] by [[Colombia]]n security forces. |
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* [[June 2]] - A car bomb [[2008 Danish embassy bombing|explodes]] outside the [[Denmark|Danish]] embassy in [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]], killing at least five. |
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* [[July 7]] – A suicide-bomber [[2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul|drives an explosives-laden automobile]] into the front gates of the [[India]]n embassy in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], killing 58 and injuring over 150. |
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* [[June 8]] - In the [[Akihabara]] area of [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], a 25-year-old man [[Akihabara massacre|stabs 7 to death and wounds 10]], before being arrested. |
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* [[July 7]]–[[July 9]] – The [[34th G8 summit]] is held in [[Tōyako, Hokkaidō]], [[Japan]]. |
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* [[July 10]] – Former [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonian]] Interior Minister [[Ljube Boškoski]] is acquitted of all charges, by a [[United Nations|UN]] Tribunal accusing him of war crimes. |
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* [[June 11]] - The [[Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope]] is launched. |
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* [[July 15]]–[[July 20]] – [[World Youth Day 2008|World Youth Day]] takes place in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. [[Pope Benedict XVI]] appears at the event.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world-youth-day/thanks-pope/2008/07/21/1216492301809.html|title=Sydney Morning Herald: 'Thanks: Pope' | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=July 21, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[June 11]] - [[Canada|Canadian]] Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] apologizes to Canada's [[First Nations]] for the [[Canadian residential school system]]. |
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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>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7518543.stm|title=BBC News: Serbia captures fugitive Karadzic | date=2008-07-22 | accessdate=2010-01-01}}</ref> |
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* [[June 12]] - [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] votes to reject the [[Treaty of Lisbon]], in the only [[Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland Bill, 2008|referendum]] to be held by a [[European Union]] member state on the treaty. |
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* [[July 22]] – The [[United Progressive Alliance]]-led government in India survives a crucial [[motion of no confidence|no-confidence vote]], based on disagreements between the [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Left Front]], over the [[Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement|Indo-US nuclear deal]]. |
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* [[June 14]] - A [[2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake|6.9 magnitude earthquake]] in [[Iwate Prefecture]], [[Japan]], kills 12 and injures more than 400. |
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* [[July 23]] – [[Ram Baran Yadav]] is sworn in as the first [[President of Nepal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jul/jul21/news14.php|title=Nepalnews.com}}{{dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[June 21]] - The first [[veneration]] ever held outside [[Vatican City]] is held in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]. |
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* [[July 25]] – A series of [[2008 Bangalore serial blasts|seven bomb blasts]] rock [[Bangalore]], [[India]], killing two and injuring 20; the next day, a [[2008 Ahmedabad bombings|series of bomb blasts]] in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]], kills 45 and injures over 160 people. |
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* [[June 22]] - [[Typhoon Fengshen (2008)|Typhoon Fengshen]] hits the [[Philippines]] and capsizes the ferry ''[[MV Princess of the Stars]]'', leaving hundreds dead or missing. |
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* [[July 27]] – At least 17 are killed and over 154 wounded in [[2008 Istanbul bombings|2 blasts]] in [[Istanbul]]. |
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* [[June 27]] - President [[Robert Mugabe]] is reelected with 85.5% of the vote in the [[Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008#Second round voting and aftermath|second round]] of the controversial [[Zimbabwe]]an [[Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008|presidential election]]. |
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* [[July 28]] – At least 48 are dead and over 287 injured after bombs explode in [[Baghdad]] and [[Kirkuk]], [[Iraq]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/26_killed_in_bomb_attacks_in_Baghdad/articleshow/3296178.cms|title=26 killed in bombing attacks in Baghdad|date=July 28, 2008|publisher=Times of India|accessdate=2008-07-28}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name="yahooiraq">{{cite news|title= Suicide attacks kill 57 in Baghdad, Kirkuk|first= Selcan|last= Hacaoglu|date= 2008-07-28|agency= Associated Press}}</ref> |
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* [[June 27]] - After three decades as the Chairman of [[Microsoft|Microsoft Corporation]], [[Bill Gates]] steps down from daily duties to concentrate on [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation|philanthropy]].<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0627/microsoft.html Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft today]</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/digitallife/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/06/27/dlgates127.xml Bill Gates steps down as Microsoft head to concentrate on philanthropy]</ref> |
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** A total [[eclipse]] of the Sun is visible from Canada and extends across northern Greenland, the Arctic, central Russia, Mongolia, and China.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2008/TSE2008.html|title=NASA - Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 1}}</ref> |
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* [[July 2]] - [[Íngrid Betancourt]] and 14 other hostages are [[Operation Jaque|rescued]] from [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]] by [[Colombia]]n security forces. |
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** [[George Tupou V]] is crowned as the new King of [[Tonga]], an event that had been delayed for over two years following the [[2006 Nuku'alofa riots]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/tonga.king.ap/index.html|title=Tonga crowns new king | work=CNN}} {{Dead link|date=August 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> |
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* [[July 7]] - A suicide-bomber [[2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul|drives an explosives-laden automobile]] into the front gates of the [[India]]n embassy in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], killing 58 and injuring over 150. |
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* [[August 3]] – A [[2008 Naina Devi temple stampede|stampede]] at a [[Hindu]] temple at [[Naina Devi]] in [[Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh|Bilaspur]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[India]] kills 162 and injures 400. |
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* [[July 7]]–[[July 9|9]] - [[34th G8 summit]] held in [[Tōyako, Hokkaidō]] in [[Japan]]. |
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* [[August 4]] – Two members of the [[East Turkestan Islamic Movement]], which had threatened to attack the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Olympics]], [[2008 Kashgar attack|kill 16 and injure another 16 officers]] at a police station in [[Kashgar]], [[Xinjiang]], [[People's Republic of China|China]].<ref>{{Cite news|title= Police station raided in west China's Xinjiang, terrorist plot suspected|first=|last=|url= http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/04/content_8940461.htm|date= 2008-08-04|accessdate= 2008-08-04|publisher= Xinhua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title= Chinese border assault kills 16|first=|last=|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7540138.stm|date= 2008-08-04|accessdate= 2008-08-04|publisher=BBC}}</ref> |
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* [[July 10]] - Former [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]n Interior Minister [[Ljube Boškoski]] is acquitted of all charges by a [[United Nations|UN]] Tribunal accusing him of war crimes. |
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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]]. |
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* [[July 15]]–[[July 20|20]] - [[World Youth Day 2008|World Youth Day]] takes place in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. [[Pope Benedict XVI]] appears at the event.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/world-youth-day/thanks-pope/2008/07/21/1216492301809.html Sydney Morning Herald: 'Thanks: Pope']</ref> |
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* [[August 7]] – The [[2008 South Ossetia war]] begins, as [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and [[Russia]] launch a major offensive inside the separatist region of [[South Ossetia]] after days of border skirmishes between the two sides. |
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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>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7518543.stm BBC News: Serbia captures fugitive Karadzic]</ref> |
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* [[August 8]]–[[August 24]] – The [[2008 Summer Olympics]] take place in [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China|China]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/beijing_2008_its_a_wrap.html|title=Beijing 2008 – It's a wrap | work=The Boston Globe | date=August 25, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[July 22]] - The [[United Progressive Alliance]] led government in India survives a crucial [[motion of no confidence|no-confidence vote]] based on disagreements between [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Left Front]] over the [[Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement|Indo-US nuclear deal]]. |
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* [[August 10]] – [[2008 Toronto propane explosion|A propane facility explodes]] in [[Toronto]] overnight and causes a large-scale evacuation, resulting in 2 deaths. |
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* [[July 23]] - [[Ram Baran Yadav]] is sworn in as [[Nepal]]'s [[President of Nepal|first President]].<ref>[http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jul/jul21/news14.php Nepalnews.com]</ref> |
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* [[August 15]] – Pushpa Kamal Dahal (known as [[Prachanda]]) is sworn in as the first [[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal|Prime Minister]] of the [[Nepal|Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal]], after the [[Nepalese monarchy]] was abolished in [[#May|May]].<ref>{{Cite news|title= Former communist becomes Nepal PM|first=|last=|url= http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/15/nepal.prime.minister/index.html|date= 2008-08-15|accessdate= 2008-08-15|publisher= CNN}}</ref> |
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* [[July 25]] - A series of [[2008 Bangalore serial blasts|seven bomb blasts]] rock [[Bangalore]], [[India]] killing 2 and injuring 20 and on the next day, a [[2008 Ahmedabad bombings|series of bomb blasts]] in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]], kills 45 and injures over 160 people. |
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* [[August 17]] – [[Michael Phelps]] surpasses [[Mark Spitz]] in Gold Medals won at a single [[Olympic Games|Olympics]], winning eight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/phelpshistory|title=ESPN – Michael Phelps' history run at 2008 Olympics – Olympics}}</ref> |
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* [[July 27]] - At least 17 are killed and over 154 wounded in [[2008 Istanbul bombings|two blasts]] in [[Istanbul]]. |
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* [[August 18]] – [[Pervez Musharraf]] resigns as [[President of Pakistan]], under impeachment pressure from the coalition government.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7567451.stm|title=Pakistan's Musharraf steps down | work=BBC News | date=2008-08-18 | accessdate=2010-01-01}}</ref> |
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* [[July 28]] - At least 48 are dead and over 287 injured after bombs explode in [[Baghdad]] and [[Kirkuk]], [[Iraq]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/26_killed_in_bomb_attacks_in_Baghdad/articleshow/3296178.cms|title=26 killed in bombing attacks in Baghdad|date=[[July 28]], [[2008]]|publisher=Times of India|language=English|accessdate=2008-07-28}}</ref><ref name="yahooiraq">{{cite news |
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** [[Taliban insurgency|Taliban insurgents]] kill 10 and injure 21 [[French Army|French soldiers]] in an [[Uzbin valley ambush|ambush]] in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP16416020080819|title=Taliban kill 10 French troops in Afghanistan | work=Reuters | date=August 19, 2008}}</ref> |
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** A [[Suicide attack|suicide bomber]] rams a car into an [[Algeria]]n military academy, killing 43 and injuring 45.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLJ41334620080819|title=Bomb kills 43 at Algerian military academy | work=Reuters | first=William | last=MacLean | date=August 19, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[August 20]] – [[Spanair Flight 5022]], from [[Madrid]] to [[Gran Canaria]], skids off the runway and crashes at [[Madrid Barajas International Airport|Barajas Airport]] with 172 on board. Of them, 154 die and 18 survive.<ref>{{Cite news|title= DNA tests for those killed in Madrid crash|first=|last=|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7575970.stm |
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* [[August 21]] – At least 60 die following [[2008 Wah bombing|twin suicide bombings]] outside the [[Pakistan Ordnance Factories]] in [[Wah]], [[Pakistan]]. |
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* [[August 22]] – [[Piracy|Pirates]] hijack [[Germany|German]], [[Iran]]ian, and [[Japan]]ese cargo ships off the coast of [[Somalia]], in seven such attacks since [[June 20]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.micportal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=859:official-says-pirates-have-seized-a-german-ship-off-somalia-the-third-in-a-day&catid=25:security-measures&Itemid=38|title=Official says pirates have seized a German ship off Somalia, the third in a day}}</ref> |
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* [[July 30]] – [[August 5]] - The [[World Congress of Philosophy#22nd World Congress|XXII World Congress of Philosophy]] is held in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]].<ref>[http://www.wcp2008.or.kr/congress/congress.asp The XXII World Congress of Philosophy 2008]</ref> |
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* [[August 24]] |
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** An aircraft crashes in [[Guatemala]], killing 10, including four [[United States|Americans]] on a [[Humanitarianism|humanitarian mission]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN2445832520080825|title=Ten killed in Guatemala small plane crash | work=Reuters | date=August 25, 2008}}</ref> |
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** [[Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895]] crashes upon [[takeoff]] near [[Manas International Airport]] in [[Bishkek]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], killing 68.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7580107.stm|title=Plane crashes in Kyrgyz capital | work=BBC News | date=2008-08-25 | accessdate=2010-01-01}}</ref> |
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* [[August 26]] – [[Russia]] [[International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia|unilaterally recognizes]] the independence of [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] breakaway republics [[Abkhazia]] and [[South Ossetia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kremlin.ru/eng/speeches/2008/08/26/1543_type82912_205752.shtml|title=Statement by President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev|publisher=Russia's President web site|date=2008-08-26|accessdate=2008-08-26}}</ref> |
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* [[August 26]]–[[September 1]] – [[Hurricane Gustav]] makes landfall on [[Louisiana]] as [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale#Category 2|Category 2]] and kills seven in the [[United States]], after making landfall on western [[Cuba]] as [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale#Category 4|Category 4]], and killing 66 in [[Haiti]], eight in the [[Dominican Republic]], and 11 in [[Jamaica]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/01/gustav/|title=Gustav evacuees urged to stay away | work=CNN | accessdate=April 14, 2010 | date=September 2, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2008/h2008_gustav.html|title=Hurricane Season 2008: Tropical Storm Gustav (Central Caribbean)}}</ref> |
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* [[August 28]]–[[September 7]] – [[Hurricane Hanna (2008)|Hurricane Hanna]] kills seven in the [[United States]], and 529 in [[Haiti]], mostly due to [[flood]]s and [[Mudflow|mudslides]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/04/hurricanes.hanna.ike/|title=Hanna closes in on U.S. as Ike becomes major hurricane | work=CNN | accessdate=April 14, 2010 | date=September 4, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[September 1]]–[[September 14]] – [[Hurricane Ike]] makes landfall on [[Texas]] as [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale#Category 2|Category 2]] and kills 27 in the [[United States]], after killing four in [[Cuba]], one in the [[Dominican Republic]], and 75 in [[Haiti]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/15/hurricane.ike/|title=Galveston 'unhealthy and unsafe,' city manager says | work=CNN | accessdate=April 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7603319.stm|title=Hurricane Ike barrels over Cuba | work=BBC News | date=2008-09-10 | accessdate=2010-01-01}}</ref> |
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[[Image:58610171kb2.jpg|thumb|right|The [[2008 Toronto explosions]] seen from midtown [[Toronto]].]] |
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* [[September 2]] – [[2008 Thai political crisis|Political crisis in Thailand]]: [[List of Prime Ministers of Thailand|Prime Minister]] [[Samak Sundaravej]] of [[Thailand]] declares a [[state of emergency]] in [[Bangkok]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/01/thailand.protests/|title=Thailand's prime minister declares state of emergency | work=CNN | accessdate=April 14, 2010 | date=September 2, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[August 1]] - [[George Tupou V|King George Tupou V]] is crowned as the new king of [[Tonga]], an event that had been delayed for over two years following the [[2006 Nuku'alofa riots]].<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/tonga.king.ap/index.html Tonga crowns new king]</ref> |
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** [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Yousaf Raza Gillani]] of [[Pakistan]] survives an assassination attempt near [[Islamabad]], while on his way to meet [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|British Leader of the Opposition]] [[David Cameron]]. |
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* [[August 3]] - A [[2008 Naina Devi temple stampede|stampede]] at a [[Hindu]] temple at [[Naina Devi]] in [[Bilaspur]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[India]] kills 162 and injures 400. |
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** President's [[Dimitris Christofias]] and [[Mehmet Ali Talat]] hold peace talks in [[Nicosia]], aimed at reunifying Cyprus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7308128.stm|title=Cyprus leaders begin peace talks | work=BBC News | date=2008-03-21 | accessdate=2010-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2839603.stm|title=Q&A: Cyprus peace process | work=BBC News | date=2008-09-03 | accessdate=2010-01-01}}</ref> |
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* [[August 4]] - Two members of the [[East Turkestan Islamic Movement]], which had threatened to attack the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Olympics]], [[2008 Kashgar attack|kill 16 and injure another 16 officers]] at a police station in [[Kashgar]], [[Xinjiang]], [[People's Republic of China|China]].<ref>{{cite news |
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* [[September 6]] – At least eight [[boulder]]s dislodge from a cliff near [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]], killing at least 90 and burying an estimated 500 people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/06/egypt.rockslide.ap/|title=Hundreds feared trapped in Egypt rockslide | work=CNN}} {{Dead link|date=August 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> |
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* [[September 9]] – [[2008 Thai political crisis|Political crisis in Thailand]]: The [[Constitutional Court of Thailand]] orders [[Samak Sundaravej|Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej]] to resign, after he is paid for appearing on a [[cooking show|television cooking show]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hG71oGl1LokvZphtDQZzL44nzc3QD933CQI80|title=Cooking show stint derails Thai prime minister}}{{dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref> |
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** 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>{{cite web|url=http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR08.08E.html|title=First beam in the LHC – accelerating science}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/10/lhc.collider/|title=Large Hadron Collider fired up in 'God particle' hunt | work=CNN | accessdate=April 14, 2010 | date=September 10, 2008}}</ref> |
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** The [[2008 Bandar Abbas earthquake]] strikes southern Iran, killing 7 and injuring 45 people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7608267.stm|title=Earthquake strikes southern Iran|publisher=BBC|work=BBC News|date=September 10, 2008|accessdate=February 10, 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[September 12]] – A [[2008 Chatsworth train collision|Metrolink train collides head-on into a freight train]] in [[Los Angeles, California]], killing 25 and injuring 130.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/13/train.collision/|title=Human error led to fatal train collision, spokeswoman says | work=CNN | accessdate=April 14, 2010 | date=September 14, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[September 14]] – [[Aeroflot Flight 821]] crashes near the city of [[Perm]], [[Russia]], killing all 88 on board.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLE46300520080914|title=Russian plane crash kills 88, faulty engine blamed | work=Reuters | date=September 14, 2008}}</ref> |
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** Following [[2008 Zimbabwean political negotiations|negotiations]], [[Robert Mugabe|President Robert Mugabe]] and opposition leaders [[Morgan Tsvangirai]] and [[Arthur Mutambara]] sign a power-sharing deal, making Tsvangirai the new [[Prime Minister of Zimbabwe]]. |
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** [[Lehman Brothers]] files for [[Chapter 11]] bankruptcy protection, laying the catalyst for the [[Financial crisis of 2007–2010|Global financial crisis]]. |
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* [[September 17]] – The [[International Astronomical Union]] classifies [[Haumea (dwarf planet)|Haumea]] as the 5th [[dwarf planet]] in the [[Solar System]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0807/|title=News Release – IAU0807: IAU names fifth dwarf planet Haumea}}</ref> |
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* [[September 19]]–[[September 25]] – [[Typhoon Hagupit (2008)|Typhoon Hagupit]] kills 17 in [[People's Republic of China|China]], eight in the [[Philippines]], one in [[Taiwan]], and 41 in [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-35630720080924|title=Vietnam bars boats from Halong Bay ahead of typhoon | work=Reuters | date=September 24, 2008}}</ref> |
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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 60 and injuring 266.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-pakistan-blast.html|title=At Least 40 Killed in Huge Explosion at Pakistan Hotel | work=The New York Times}} {{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 | accessdate=April 14, 2010 | date=September 21, 2008}}</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 | accessdate=2010-01-01}}</ref> |
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* [[September 25]] – [[Shenzhou 7]], the [[Shenzhou program|third]] manned [[Chinese space program|Chinese spaceflight]] and the first with three crew members, is successfully launched. [[People's Republic of China|China]] becomes the third country ever to conduct a [[Extra-vehicular activity|spacewalk]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7637818.stm | work=BBC News | title=Chinese astronaut walks in space | date=September 27, 2008}}</ref> |
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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>{{cite web|url=http://spacex.com/F1-004.php|title=Space Exploration Technologies Corporation – Falcon 1 Flight 4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7641287.stm|title=Falcon rocket success for SpaceX | work=BBC News | date=2008-09-29 | accessdate=2010-01-01}}</ref> |
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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]]. |
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* [[September 30]] – A [[2008 Jodhpur stampede|Jodhpur temple stampede]] in western [[India]] kills over 224 people, and injures 400.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7648104.stm|title=India stampede death toll rises|date=2 October|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2008-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/29/india.stampede/|title=India temple stampede kills 147|publisher=CNN|accessdate=2008-10-31 | date=September 30, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[August 7]] - The [[2008 South Ossetia war]] begins as [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and [[Russia]] launch a major offensive inside the separatist region of [[South Ossetia]] after days of border skirmishes between the two sides. |
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* [[August 8]]–[[August 24|24]] - The [[2008 Summer Olympics]] take place in [[Beijing]], [[China]].<ref>[http://boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/beijing_2008_its_a_wrap.html Beijing 2008 - It's a wrap]</ref> |
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* [[August 10]] - The [[2008 Toronto explosions]] took place in north-west [[Toronto]], [[Canada]]. |
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* [[August 15]] - Pushpa Kamal Dahal (known as [[Prachanda]]) is sworn in as the first [[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal|Prime Minister]] of the [[Nepal|Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal]] after the [[Nepalese monarchy]] was abolished in [[#May|May]].<ref>{{cite news |
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* [[August 17]] - [[Michael Phelps]] surpasses [[Mark Spitz]] in Olympic Gold Medals won at a single [[Olympic Games|Olympics]], with 8 gold medals.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/phelpshistory ESPN - Michael Phelps' history run at 2008 Olympics - Olympics]</ref> |
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* [[August 18]] - [[Pervez Musharraf]] resigns from the post of [[President of Pakistan]] under impeachment pressure from the coalition government.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7567451.stm Pakistan's Musharraf steps down]</ref> |
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* [[August 19]] - The [[Taliban insurgency|Taliban insurgents]] kill 10 and injure 21 [[French Army|French soldiers]] in an [[Uzbin valley ambush|ambush]] in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP16416020080819 Taliban kill 10 French troops in Afghanistan]</ref> |
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* [[August 19]] - A [[Suicide attack|suicide bomber]] rams a car into an [[Algeria]]n military academy and the resulting explosion kills 43 and injures 45.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLJ41334620080819 Bomb kills 43 at Algerian military academy]</ref> |
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* [[August 20]] - [[Spanair Flight 5022]], from [[Madrid]] to [[Gran Canaria]], skids off the runway and crashes at [[Madrid Barajas International Airport|Barajas Airport]] with 172 on board. 153 of them are killed and only 18 survive.<ref>{{cite news |
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* [[August 21]] - At least 60 die following [[2008 Wah bombing|twin suicide bombings]] outside the [[Pakistan Ordnance Factories]] in [[Wah]], [[Pakistan]]. |
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* [[August 22]] - [[Piracy|Pirates]] hijack [[Germany|German]], [[Iran]]ian, and [[Japan]]ese cargo ships off the coast of [[Somalia]], seven of such attacks since [[June 20]].<ref>[http://www.micportal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=859:official-says-pirates-have-seized-a-german-ship-off-somalia-the-third-in-a-day&catid=25:security-measures&Itemid=38 Official says pirates have seized a German ship off Somalia, the third in a day]</ref> |
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* [[August 24]] - An aircraft crashes in [[Guatemala]], killing 10, including 4 [[United States|American]]s on a [[Humanitarianism|humanitarian mission]].<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN2445832520080825 Ten killed in Guatemala small plane crash]</ref> |
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* [[August 24]] - [[Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895]] crashes upon [[takeoff]] near [[Manas International Airport]] in [[Bishkek]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], killing 68.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7580107.stm Plane crashes in Kyrgyz capital]</ref> |
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* [[August 26]] - [[Russia]] [[International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia|unilaterally recognizes]] the independence of [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] breakaway republics [[Abkhazia]] and [[South Ossetia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kremlin.ru/eng/speeches/2008/08/26/1543_type82912_205752.shtml|title=Statement by President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev|publisher=Russia's President web site|date=2008-08-26|accessdate=2008-08-26|language=English}}</ref> |
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* [[August 26]] – [[September 1]] - [[Hurricane Gustav]] makes landfall on [[Louisiana]] as [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale#Category 2|Category 2]] and kills 7 in the [[United States]], after making landfall on western [[Cuba]] as [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale#Category 4|Category 4]], and killing 66 in [[Haiti]], 8 in the [[Dominican Republic]], and 11 in [[Jamaica]].<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/01/gustav/ Gustav evacuees urged to stay away]</ref><ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2008/h2008_gustav.html Hurricane Season 2008: Tropical Storm Gustav (Central Caribbean)]</ref> |
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* [[August 28]] – [[September 3]] - [[Hurricane Hanna (2008)|Hurricane Hanna]] moves towards the [[South Atlantic States|U.S. South Atlantic]] coast after killing at least 137 in [[Haiti]].<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/04/hurricanes.hanna.ike/ Hanna closes in on U.S. as Ike becomes major hurricane]</ref> |
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* [[October 3]] – [[Global financial crisis of 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 [[United States Emergency Economic Stabilization fund|700 billion dollar Treasury fund]] to purchase failing bank [[asset]]s.<ref name = "Associated Press-Raum-2008-10-03">Raum, Tom (October 3, 2008) [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hT-MwpK6QSoOPF74bGFqnUl_HVuwD93J6ND00 Bush signs $700 billion bailout bill]{{dead link|date=August 2011}} ''Associated Press'' (Retrieved October 3, 2008)</ref> |
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* [[September 2]] - [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Yasuo Fukuda]] of [[Japan]] resigns less than a year after taking office following [[Shinzo Abe]]'s resignation.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4653861.ece Japanese PM, Yasuo Fukuda, in shock resignation after just one year in job]</ref> |
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* [[September 2]] - [[List of Prime Ministers of Thailand|Prime Minister]] [[Samak Sundaravej]] of [[Thailand]] declares a [[state of emergency]] in [[Bangkok]].<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/01/thailand.protests/ Thailand's prime minister declares state of emergency]</ref> |
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** [[NASA]]'s [[MESSENGER]] spacecraft makes its second of three flybys of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]], decreasing the velocity for [[Orbit insertion|orbital insertion]] on March 18, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://planetary.org/blog/article/00001670|title=Science Timeline for Monday's MESSENGER flyby of Mercury}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/208300main_Factsheet_Rev11-07.pdf|title=APL's MESSENGER fact sheet|format=PDF}}</ref> |
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* [[September 3]] - [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Yousaf Raza Gillani]] of [[Pakistan]] survives an assassination attempt near [[Islamabad]] while on his way to meet the [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|British Leader of the Opposition]] [[David Cameron]]. |
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** [[2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake|An earthquake]] measuring 6.6 [[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] kills at least 65 in [[Kyrgyzstan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7653979.stm|title=Deadly earthquake hits Kyrgyzstan|date= 6 October 2008|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2008-10-08}}</ref> |
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*[[September 3]] - [[Cyprus]] peace talks between the Cypriot leader [[Dimitris Christofias]] and the [[Northern Cyprus|TRNC]] leader [[Mehmet Ali Talat]] are held in [[Nicosia]], aimed at reunifying the 34-year-divided island.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7308128.stm Cyprus leaders begin peace talks]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2839603.stm Q&A: Cyprus peace process]</ref> |
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** [[Global financial crisis of 2008|Global financial crisis]]: [[Russia]] agrees to provide [[Iceland]] with a four-billion-[[euro]] loan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sedlabanki.is/?PageID=287&NewsID=1869 |title=Central Bank of Iceland, ''The Foreign Exchange Reserves of the Central Bank of Iceland bolstered'' (07.10.2008; No. 31/2008) |publisher=Sedlabanki.is |date= |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sedlabanki.is/?PageID=287&NewsID=1874 |title=Central Bank of Iceland, ''Foreign exchange reserves'' (07.10.2008; No. 33/2008) |publisher=Sedlabanki.is |date= |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref> |
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** The [[meteoroid]] [[2008 TC3|2008 TC<sub>3</sub>]] impacts [[Earth]], becoming the first such object to be discovered prior to [[Impact event|impact]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/06/incoming-2/|title=Incoming!!!|accessdate=2008-10-08}}</ref> |
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* [[October 9]] – [[Global financial crisis of 2008|Global financial crisis]]: Following a major banking and financial crisis in Iceland, the [[Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority]] takes control of the three largest banks in the country: [[Kaupthing Bank]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fme.is/?PageID=581&NewsID=340 |title=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) |publisher=Fme.is |date= |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref><ref>[http://www.kaupthing.com/pages/164?path=K/133944/PR/200810/1258139.xml Kaupthing Bank, ''Press release: Kaupthing Bank turns to the Icelandic FSA'' (2008.10.09)]{{dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref> [[Landsbanki]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fme.is/?PageID=581&NewsID=331 |title=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) |publisher=Fme.is |date= |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.landsbanki.is/english/aboutlandsbanki/pressreleases/?GroupID=720&NewsID=13284&y=0&p=1 |title=Landsbanki Íslands, ''Press release: Landsbanki's Operations Continued Under Unchanged Management'' (October 07, 2008) |publisher=Landsbanki.is |date= |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref> and [[Glitnir (bank)|Glitnir]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fme.is/?PageID=581&NewsID=337 |title=The Financial Supervisory Authority – Iceland, ''News: Based on New Legislation, the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) Proceeds to take Control of Glitnir to ensure Continued Commercial Bank Operations in Iceland'' (08.10.2008) |publisher=Fme.is |date= |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref><ref>[http://www.glitnir.is/english/about-glitnir/news/detail/item15927/Glitnir's_Operations_Continued_–_Larus_Welding_to_continue_as_CEO/ Glitnir Bank, ''News: Glitnir's Operations Continued – Lárus Welding to continue as CEO'' (08.10.2008)]</ref> |
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* [[October 12]] – [[Craig Lowndes]] and [[Jamie Whincup]] win the 2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 for [[Ford]] and Triple 8 |
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* [[October 14]] – [[Canadian federal election, 2008]]: Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] is re-elected with a stronger minority government. |
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* [[October 17]] – The [[United Nations General Assembly]] [[United Nations Security Council election, 2008|elects]] [[Turkey]], [[Austria]], [[Japan]], [[Uganda]], and [[Mexico]] to two-year terms on the [[Security Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://un.org/News/Press/docs//2008/ga10768.doc.htm|title=General assembly elects Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, Uganda|date=October 17, 2008|publisher=UN General Assembly|accessdate=2008-10-19}}</ref> |
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* [[October 21]] – The [[Large Hadron Collider]] (LHC) is officially [[Inauguration|inaugurated]]. It is a collaboration of over 10,000 [[scientist]]s and [[engineer]]s from over 100 countries as well as hundreds of [[University|universities]] and [[Laboratory|laboratories]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR16.08E.html|title=CERN inaugurates the LHC|date=October 21, 2008|publisher=CERN|accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR12.08E.html|title=LHC to be inaugurated on 21 October 2008}}</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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/16/sciwriters116.xml|title=Large Hadron Collider: thirteen ways to change the world | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | date=September 16, 2008 | accessdate=April 14, 2010}}</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>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7679818.stm|title=India launches first Moon mission|date= 22 October 2008|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2008-10-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://planetary.org/explore/topics/space_missions/chandrayaan_1/|title=Chandrayaan-1}}</ref> |
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* [[October 29]] |
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** [[Global financial crisis of 2008|Global financial crisis]]: [[Hungary]]'s currency and stock markets rise on the news that it will receive an international [[Bailout|economic bailout package]] worth $25 billion from the [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]], [[European Union]], and [[World Bank]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/10/29/hungary.imf.bailout.ap/index.html|title=Hungary gets $25B billion bailout|date= October 29, 2008|publisher=CNN|accessdate=2008-10-29}} {{Dead link|date=August 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> |
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** [[Delta Air Lines]] merges with [[Northwest Airlines]], forming the world's largest commercial carrier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nwa.com/features/mergerletter/|title=Dear Northwest Customer:|last=Steenland|first=Doug|publisher=Northwest Airlines|accessdate=2008-11-03}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> |
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=== November === |
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* November 4 – [[United States presidential election, 2008]]: [[Barack Obama]] is elected the 44th [[President of the United States]]. Barack Obama becomes the first [[African-American]] President-elect.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nytimes.com/2008/11/05/us/politics/05elect.html|title=Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls|last=Nagourney|first=Adam|date=November 4, 2008|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7709978.stm|title=Obama wins historic US election|date=November 5, 2008|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2008-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/election.president/|title=Obama inspires historic victory|date=November 5, 2008|publisher=CNN|accessdate=2008-11-05}}</ref> |
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* [[November 6]] – King [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]] of [[Bhutan]] is crowned, having ascended to the throne in [[2006]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7521429.stm|title=Bhutan king to be crowned at last | work=BBC News | date=2008-07-23 | accessdate=2010-01-01}}</ref> |
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* [[November 7]] – The [[2008 Pétionville school collapse]] kills at least 92 in [[Pétionville]], [[Haiti]]. |
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* [[November 8]] – An accident aboard [[Russia]]n [[submarine]] [[K-152 Nerpa]] kills 20. |
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* [[November 11]] – The [[RMS Queen Elizabeth 2]] departs on her last voyage from [[Southampton]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] to [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]]. She will become a floating hotel at [[Palm Jumeirah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cunard.com/AboutCunard/NewsReleases.asp?Cat=&View=ViewArticle&Mode=News&ContentID=6656&Active=News|title=QE2 To Leave Cunard Fleet And Be Sold To Dubai World To Begin A New Life At The Palm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecunarders.co.uk/cunardlinehistory.html|title=RMS Britannia (1840) to RMS Queen Victoria (2007) and Beyond}}</ref> |
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* [[November 14]] – ''[[STS-126]]'': The [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] uses the [[Multi-Purpose Logistics Module|MPLM Leonardo]] to deliver [[International Standard Payload Rack|experiment and storage racks]] to the [[International Space Station]]. There will be only three more launches of [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] after this mission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html|title=NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions}}</ref> |
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* [[November 19]] – Claudia Castillo of [[Spain]] becomes the first person to have a successful [[Vertebrate trachea|trachea]] [[Organ transplant|transplant]] using a [[Tissue engineering|tissue-engineered]] [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7735696.stm |title=FWindpipe transplant breakthrough | work=BBC News | date=2008-11-19 | accessdate=2010-01-01 | first=Michelle | last=Roberts}}</ref> |
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* [[November 20]] – The [[2008 Prairie meteoroid]] falls over [[Canada]]. |
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* [[November 22]]–[[November 23]] – The [[APEC Peru 2008]] Summit is held in [[Lima]]. |
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* [[November 24]] – The [[2008 Santa Catarina floods]] in [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]], [[Brazil]] kill 126 and force the evacuation of over 78,000 people. |
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* [[November 25]] |
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** [[Greenland]] holds a [[Greenlandic self-government referendum, 2008|referendum]] for increased autonomy from [[Denmark]]. The vote is over 75% in favour.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7749427.stm|title=Greenland votes for more autonomy|accessdate=2008-11-27 | work=BBC News | date=2008-11-26}}</ref> |
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** [[2008 Thai political crisis|Political crisis in Thailand]]: Protesters from the [[People's Alliance for Democracy]] party storm into [[Suvarnabhumi Airport]] and block flights from taking off. More protesters seize control of [[Don Mueang Airport]] the following day. |
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** A car bomb in [[St. Petersburg]], [[Russia]], kills three people and injures one. |
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* [[November 26]] – [[November 29]] – A [[26 November 2008 Mumbai attacks|series of terrorist attacks]] in [[Mumbai]], [[India]] by [[Pakistan]]-based [[Islamic terrorism|Islamic militants]] kills 195, and injures at least 250. |
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* [[November 27]] – The longest serving Ocean Liner in history, [[QE2]] is retired from service. |
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* [[November 29]] – [[2008 Jos riots|Riots]] in [[Jos, Nigeria]] kill 381, and injure at least 300. |
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* [[December 1]] – A triangular [[Conjunction (astronomy and astrology)|conjunction]] formed by a new Moon, Venus and Jupiter is a [[Conjunction (astronomy and astrology)#2008|prominent object]] in the evening sky.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/24nov_skyshow.htm|title = Spectacular Conjunction |publisher=NASA|accessdate=2008-12-05}}</ref> |
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* [[December 2]] – [[2008 Thai political crisis|Political crisis in Thailand]]: After weeks of [[People's Alliance for Democracy|opposition]]-led protests, the [[Constitutional Court of Thailand]] dissolves the governing [[People's Power Party (Thailand)|People's Power Party]] and two coalition member parties, and bans leaders of the parties, including [[Prime Minister of Thailand|Prime Minister]] [[Somchai Wongsawat]], from politics for five years. As such, Wongsawat promptly resigns and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister [[Chaovarat Chanweerakul]] as caretaker Prime Minister.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7759960.stm|title = Top Thai court ousts PM Somchai |publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2008-12-13 | date=2008-12-02}}</ref> |
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* [[December 3]] – The [[Convention on Cluster Munitions]] opens for signature in Oslo.<ref name=cluster/> |
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* [[December 4]] – [[2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute|Political crisis in Canada]]: [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[Michaëlle Jean]] grants the request of [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]] to [[Prorogation in Canada|prorogue]] Parliament until January 26, 2009, averting a [[Motion of Confidence|motion of no-confidence]] by the new opposition coalition led by the [[Leader of the Opposition (Canada)|Leader of the Opposition]] [[Stéphane Dion]], and the [[New Democratic Party]] leader [[Jack Layton]], with [[Bloc Québécois]] leader [[Gilles Duceppe]] as a coalition partner.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/12/04/harper-jean.html|title=GG agrees to suspend Parliament: Harper |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]|date=2008-12-04|accessdate=2008-12-04}}</ref> |
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* [[December 5]] – Human remains found in 1991 are identified as [[Tsar]] [[Nicholas II of Russia]], using [[DNA analysis]].<ref>{{Ru icon}} {{cite web|url=http://www.itartass.ur.ru/news/?id=42200|title= Экспертиза подтвердила, что найденные останки принадлежат Николаю II|publisher=ITAR-TASS |accessdate=2008-12-05}}</ref> |
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* [[December 6]] – [[2008 Greek riots|Riots spread across Greece]] after a 15-year-old boy is shot dead by a special guard of the [[Greek Police]].<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-12-07-greece-protests_N.htm | title=More riots in Greece over fatal police shooting of teen | publisher=[[USA today]] | accessdate=2008-12-09 | date=December 7, 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[December 7]] – [[Jamie Whincup]] wins the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship series for [[Ford]] and Triple 8 Racing. |
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* [[December 10]] – The [[Channel Islands|Channel Island]] of [[Sark]], a [[Her Majesty's Government|British]] [[Crown Dependencies|Crown Dependency]], holds its [[Sark general election, 2008|first fully democratic elections]] under a new constitutional arrangement, becoming the last European territory to abolish [[feudalism]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sark Election: the candidates | work=[[BBC News Online|BBC Guernsey]] | date=9 December 2008 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/content/articles/2008/11/18/sark_election_candidates_2008_feature.shtml | accessdate=11 December 2008 }}</ref> |
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* [[December 12]] |
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** [[Switzerland]] becomes the 25th European country to [[Schengen Agreement#Switzerland and Liechtenstein|join]] the [[Schengen Agreement]], whereby cross-border passport checks will be abolished.<ref name="Swiss accession">{{cite web|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_digest/Switzerland_links_up_to_European_police_files.html?siteSect=104&sid=9482144 |title=Switzerland links up to European police files |date=2008-08-11 |accessdate=2008-09-07 }}</ref> |
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** The [[Moon]] moves into its nearest point to [[Earth]], called [[perigee]], at the same time as its fullest phase of the [[Lunar phase|Lunar Cycle]]. The Moon appears to be 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the year's other full moons. The next time these two events coincide will be in 2016.<ref name="Bewerewolves: Fullest Moon in 15 Years Tonight">{{cite web|url=http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/fullest-moon-in.html |title=Bewerewolves: Fullest Moon in 15 Years Tonight |date=2008-12-12 |accessdate=2008-12-13 }}</ref> |
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* [[December 16]] – [[Northern Wari ruins|Ruins]] of an ancient [[Wari culture|Wari]] city are discovered in northern [[Peru]]. |
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* [[December 18]] – The [[International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda]] convicts [[Théoneste Bagosora]] and two other senior Rwandan army officers of [[genocide]], [[crimes against humanity]] and [[war crimes]] and sentences them to [[life imprisonment]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Trio found guilty of Rwandan genocide | work=[[CNN]] | date=18 December 2008 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/18/rwanda.tribunal/index.html | accessdate=18 December 2008 }}</ref> |
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* [[December 21]] – [[Gwadar port]], [[Pakistan]] becomes fully operational.<ref name="The_Dawn">{{Cite news| title=Gwadar port becomes fully functional | url=http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/22/top2.htm | work=The Dawn | date=2008-12-22 | accessdate=2008-12-22}}</ref> |
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* [[December 23]] – A [[2008 Guinean coup d'état|military coup d'état]] is announced in [[Guinea]] shortly after the death of long-time [[President of Guinea|President]] [[Lansana Conté]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Coup fear as Guinea president dies | work=[[CNN]] | date=24 December 2008 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/23/guinea.president.dead/index.html | accessdate=24 December 2008 }}</ref> |
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[[File:Oferet-Yetzuka-F16I.jpg|thumb|right|Israeli F-16i of the [[107 Squadron (Israel)|107th Squadron]] preparing for take-off, December 2008]] |
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* [[December 27]] – Israel initiates "[[Operation Cast Lead]]" in the [[Gaza Strip]] after launching an extensive [[Timeline of the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict#27 December 2008|wave of airstrikes]]<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 |accessdate=2010-06-05}}</ref> against military targets, police stations and government buildings within the Gaza Strip with the stated aim of stopping [[Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel|rocket fire]]<ref>{{cite news | url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE50423320090105 | work=Reuters | title=TIMELINE - Israeli-Hamas violence since truce ended | date=January 5, 2009}}</ref> from and arms import into the territory.<ref>Bright, Arthur. [http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2008/1226/p99s01-duts.html Israel set to launch ‘limited operation’ in Gaza], [[Christian Science Monitor]], December 26, 2008.</ref><ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{Cite news|author=Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/16/israel-rejects-war-crimes-gaza |title=Israel rejects war crimes findings of UN Gaza inquiry | World news | guardian.co.uk |publisher=Guardian |date= September 16, 2009|accessdate=2010-05-08 | location=London}}</ref> As a result, [[Hamas]] intensified its rocket and mortar attacks against Southern Israel, reaching the major cities of [[Beersheba]] and [[Ashdod]] for the first time.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3645485,00.html Rockets land east of Ashdod] m ''Ynetnews'', December 28, 2008; [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3647569,00.html Rockets reach Beersheba, cause damage], ''Ynetnews'', December 30, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lazaroff |first=Tovah |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254163545960&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |title=Ashkelon rocket victim livid that report ignored her plight |publisher=Jerusalem Post - Fr.jpost.com |date=2009-09-30 |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129467# |title=Another Miracle: Rocket Hits Empty Synagogue - Defense/Middle East - Israel News |publisher=Israel National News |date= |accessdate=2010-05-08}}</ref> |
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* [[December 29]] – [[Bangladesh]] holds its [[Bangladeshi general election, 2008|general elections]] after two years of [[2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis|political unrest]] over the [[Caretaker government of Bangladesh|interim government]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Bangladesh awaits election result | work=[[BBC News]] | date=29 December 2008 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7802529.stm | accessdate=30 December 2008 }}</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]]. |
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=== January === |
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* [[September 10]] - The [[proton]] [[Particle beam|beam]] will be for the first time circulated in the 27 km ring of the [[Large Hadron Collider]] (located at [[CERN]], near [[Geneva]], under the Franco-Swiss border). It is the largest particle physics laboratory on Earth.<ref>[http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR06.08E.html CERN announces start-up date for LHC]</ref><ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL731140220080807 Sept launch for bid to crack secrets of universe]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7547118.stm Cern lab set for beam milestone]</ref><ref>[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807130915.htm Large Hadron Collider To Start Up September 10]</ref><ref>[http://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/c-cas080708.php CERN announces start-up date for LHC]</ref><ref>[http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=large-hadron-collider-first-beam Large Hadron Collider to Get First Taste of Proton Beam]</ref><ref>[http://www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/press_releases/USLHCfirstbeamevent_mediaadvisory.html Watch Start-Up of Large Hadron Collider Live at Fermilab!]</ref> |
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[[File:Heath Ledger.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Heath Ledger]]]] |
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* [[January 3]] – [[Yo-Sam Choi]], Korean boxer (b. [[1972]]) |
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* [[January 10]] – [[Maila Nurmi]], Finnish-American actress and television personality (b. [[1921]]) |
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* [[January 11]] – [[Edmund Hillary]], New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist (b. [[1919]]) |
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* [[January 15]] – [[Brad Renfro]], American actor (b. [[1982]]) |
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* [[January 16]] – [[Nikola Kljusev]], Macedonian Prime Minister (b. [[1927]]) |
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* [[January 17]] – [[Bobby Fischer]], American-Icelandic chess grandmaster (b. [[1943]]) |
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* [[January 19]] – [[Suzanne Pleshette]], American actress (b. [[1937]]) |
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* [[January 22]] |
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** [[Heath Ledger]], Australian actor (b. [[1979]]) |
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** [[Claude Piron]], Swiss linguist and psychologist (b. [[1931]]) |
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* [[January 26]] – [[George Habash]], Palestinian politician (b. [[1926]]) |
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* [[January 27]] |
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** [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], American Mormon leader (b. [[1910]]) |
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** [[Suharto]], President of Indonesia (b. [[1921]]) |
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* [[January 28]] – [[Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens|Christodoulos]], Archbishop of Athens (b. [[1939]]) |
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* [[January 29]] – [[Margaret Truman]], American singer and writer (b. [[1924]]) |
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* October - The [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO's]] [[Chandrayaan|Chandrayaan-1]] spacecraft will be launched to the [[Moon]].<ref>[http://planetary.org/explore/topics/space_missions/chandrayaan_1/ Chandrayaan-1]</ref> |
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* [[February 2]] – [[Joshua Lederberg]], American molecular biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1925]]) |
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* [[October 6]] - The [[NASA|NASA's]] [[MESSENGER]] spacecraft will make its second last flyby of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]], decreasing the velocity for [[Orbit insertion|orbital insertion]] on [[March 18]], [[2011]].<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/208300main_Factsheet_Rev11-07.pdf APL's MESSENGER fact sheet]</ref> |
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* [[February 5]] – [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], Indian spiritual leader (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[October 8]] - On [[STS-125]], the [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]] will conduct the last servicing mission to the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]. It will be one of the most advanced missions in [[Outer space|space]].<ref>[http://boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/preparing_to_rescue_hubble.html Preparing to rescue Hubble]</ref><ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/index.html Last Mission to Hubble]</ref><ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions]</ref> |
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* [[February 7]] – [[Andrew Bertie]], British Grand Master of the Order of Malta (b. [[1929]]) |
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* [[October 21]] - Official [[inauguration]] of the [[Large Hadron Collider]] (LHC). The [[Large Hadron Collider|LHC]] is a collaboration of over eight-thousand [[physicist]]s from over eighty-five countries as well as hundreds of [[University|universities]] and [[Laboratory|laboratories]].<ref>[http://lhc-first-beam.web.cern.ch/lhc%2Dfirst%2Dbeam/News/FinalLHCsyncTest.html Final LHC Synchronization Test a Success]</ref> |
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* [[February 9]] – [[Baba Amte]], Indian social activist (b. [[1914]]) |
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* [[October 30]] – [[November 16]] - The inaugural [[FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]] will be held in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/u17womenworldcup/index.html |title=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 |publisher=[[FIFA]] |accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> |
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* [[February 10]] – [[Roy Scheider]], American actor (b. [[1932]]) |
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* [[February 11]] |
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** [[Alfredo Reinado]], East Timorese rebel (b. [[1967]]) |
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** [[Tom Lantos]], American politician (b. [[1928]]) [[File:Janez Drnovsek.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Janez Drnovšek]]]] |
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* [[February 12]] |
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** [[Imad Mughniyah]], Lebanese militant (b. [[1962]]) |
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** [[Badri Patarkatsishvili]], Georgian businessman and politician (b. [[1955]]) |
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* [[February 13]] |
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** [[Kon Ichikawa]], Japanese film director (b. [[1915]]) |
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** [[Henri Salvador]], French singer (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[February 18]] – [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]], French writer and filmmaker (b. [[1922]]) |
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* [[February 19]] |
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** [[Natalia Bessmertnova]], Russian ballerina (b. [[1941]]) |
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** [[Yegor Letov]], Russian singer (b. [[1964]]) |
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* [[February 23]] |
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** [[Janez Drnovšek]], Slovenian President and Prime Minister of (b. [[1950]]) |
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** [[Paul Frère]], Belgian racing driver (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[February 27]] |
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** [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]], American author and conservative commentator (b. [[1925]]) |
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** [[Ivan Rebroff]], German singer (b. [[1931]]) |
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* [[February 25]] &ndash [[Static Major]], American singer and Songwriter (b. [[1974]]) |
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* [[February 29]] – [[Erik Ortvad]] (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[November 4]] - [[United States presidential election, 2008|Election]] of the 44th [[President of the United States]] and the 47th [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. |
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* [[November 6]] - King [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]] of [[Bhutan]] will be crowned, having ascended to the throne in [[2006]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7521429.stm Bhutan king to be crowned at last]</ref> |
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* [[March 1]] – [[Raúl Reyes]], Colombian guerrilla (b. [[1948]]) |
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* [[November 10]] - On [[STS-126]], the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] will use the [[Multi-Purpose Logistics Module|MPLM Leonardo]] to deliver [[International Standard Payload Rack|experiment and storage racks]] to the [[International Space Station]].<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions]</ref> |
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* [[March 2]] – [[Jeff Healey]], Canadian musician (b. [[1966]]) |
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* [[November 11]] - The [[RMS Queen Elizabeth 2]] will depart on her last voyage from [[Southampton]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] to [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]]. It will become a floating hotel at [[Palm Jumeirah]].<ref>[http://cunard.com/AboutCunard/NewsReleases.asp?Cat=&View=ViewArticle&Mode=News&ContentID=6656&Active=News QE2 To Leave Cunard Fleet And Be Sold To Dubai World To Begin A New Life At The Palm]</ref><ref>[http://thecunarders.co.uk/cunardlinehistory.html RMS Britannia (1840) to RMS Queen Victoria (2007) and Beyond]</ref> |
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* [[March 3]] |
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* [[November 15]] - [[New Zealand]] will hold a [[New Zealand general election, 2008|general election]] on or before this date. |
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** [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]], Italian operatic tenor (b. [[1921]]) |
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* [[November 20]] – [[December 7]] - [[2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]] to be held in [[Chile]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.fifa.com/u20womenworldcup/index.html |title=FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=2007-11-26}}</ref> |
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** [[Norman Smith (record producer)|Norman Smith]], English singer and record producer (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[November 22]] - [[APEC Peru 2008]] Summit in [[Lima]]. |
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* [[March 4]] – [[Gary Gygax]], American writer and game designer (b. [[1938]]) |
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* [[November 25]] - [[Greenland]] holds election for increased autonomy from [[Denmark]].<ref>[http://www.haaba.com/news/2008/01/09/7-73517/greenland-to-vote-on-wider-autonomy-from-denmark-government.html]</ref> |
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* [[March 5]] – [[Joseph Weizenbaum]], German-American author and computer scientist (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[November 28]] - [[Romanian legislative election, 2008|Legislative election]] in [[Romania]]. |
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* [[March 6]] – [[Peter Poreku Dery]], Ghanaian cardinal (b. [[1918]]) |
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* [[March 14]] – [[Chiara Lubich]], Italian Catholic activist (b. [[1920]]) |
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* [[March 18]] – [[Anthony Minghella]], English film director and screenwriter (b. [[1954]]) |
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* [[March 19]] |
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** [[Arthur C. Clarke]], English author, inventor, and futurist (b. [[1917]]) |
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** [[Hugo Claus]], Flemish writer, painter and film director (b. [[1929]]) [[File:Dinotirofijo.png|thumb|120px|[[Manuel Marulanda]]]] |
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** [[Paul Scofield]], English actor (b. [[1922]]) |
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* [[March 22]] – [[Adolfo Suárez Rivera]], Mexican cardinal (b. [[1927]]) |
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* [[March 24]] |
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** [[Neil Aspinall]], British record producer and business executive (b. [[1942]]) |
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** [[Richard Widmark]], American actor (b. [[1914]]) |
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* [[March 26]] – [[Manuel Marulanda]], Colombian guerrilla (b. [[1930]]) |
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* [[March 27]] – [[Jean-Marie Balestre]], French sports executive (b. [[1921]]) |
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* [[March 30]] – [[Dith Pran]], Cambodian-American photojournalist (b. [[1942]]) |
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* [[March 31]] – [[Jules Dassin]], American film director (b. [[1911]]) |
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* December - Presidential and Parliamentary elections in [[Ghana]]. |
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[[File:Heston portrait.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Charlton Heston]]]] |
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*[[December 6]]–[[December 14|14]] - The [[2008 Men's World Floorball Championships]] will take place in the [[Czech Republic]]. |
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* [[April 3]] – [[Hrvoje Ćustić]], Croatian footballer (b. [[1983]]) |
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*[[December 15]] - The [[Electoral college]] meets in 51 locations officially to elect the 44th [[President of the United States]]. |
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* [[April 5]] – [[Charlton Heston]], American actor (b. [[1923]]) |
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*[[December 24]] - The new [[I-35W Mississippi River bridge]] in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]] is scheduled to be completed after the bridge collapsed in [[2007#August|August 2007]]. |
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* [[April 10]] – [[Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada]], Mexican cardinal (b. [[1919]]) |
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* [[April 12]] – [[Patrick Hillery]], 6th President of Ireland (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[April 13]] – [[John Archibald Wheeler]], American theoretical physicist (b. [[1911]]) |
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* [[April 14]] – [[Ollie Johnston]], American animator (b. [[1912]]) |
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* [[April 15]] – [[Benoît Lamy]], Belgian motion picture writer-director (b. [[1945]]) |
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* [[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]]) |
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* [[April 29]] – [[Albert Hofmann]], Swiss chemist and writer, discoverer of [[LSD]] (b. [[1906]]) |
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* The [[United Nations]] is to review drug policies around the world.<ref>[http://www.un.org/ga/president/57/pages/speeches/statement030408-Vienna-Narcotics.htm President of the UN General Assembly: Statements<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://www.drug-policy.org/modules/countdown_2008</ref> |
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* The "[[Simón Bolívar]]" [[Satellite]], a result of an agreement between [[Venezuela]] and [[China]], will be launched this year.<ref>[http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BB227BE8C-156B-468D-9143-EA0A86EAE9AF%7D)&language=EN The Year of the Chinese Satellite in Venezuela]</ref> |
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* [[May 1]] – [[Anthony Mamo]], 1st President of Malta (b. [[1909]]) |
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* [[May 2]] – [[Philipp von Boeselager]], German military officer (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[May 3]] – [[Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo]], Spanish Prime Minister of (b. [[1926]]) |
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* [[May 8]] – [[François Sterchele]], Belgian footballer (b. [[1982]]) |
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* [[May 10]] – [[Leyla Gencer]], Turkish soprano (b. [[1928]]) |
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* [[May 12]] |
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** [[Robert Rauschenberg]], American pop artist (b. [[1925]]) |
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** [[Irena Sendler]], Polish humanitarian (b. [[1910]]) |
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* [[May 13]] |
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** [[Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], Emir of Kuwait (b. [[1930]]) |
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** [[Bernardin Gantin]], Beninese cardinal (b. [[1922]]) |
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* [[May 15]] – [[Willis Lamb]], American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1913]]) |
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* [[May 23]] – [[Cornell Capa]], Hungarian-American photographer (b. [[1918]]) |
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* [[May 24]] – [[Rob Knox]], British actor (b. [[1989]]) |
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* [[May 26]] – [[Sydney Pollack]], American actor, director, and producer (b. [[1934]]) |
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* [[May 28]] – [[Sven Davidson]], Swedish tennis player (b. [[1928]]) |
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* [[May 29]] – [[Luc Bourdon]], Canadian Hockey player (b. [[1987]]) |
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* [[List of ongoing conflicts]] |
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[[File:Tschingis Ajtmatow.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Chinghiz Aitmatov]]]] |
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* [[State reform in Belgium|6th Round of the Belgian State Reform]] |
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[[File:Vo Van Kiet.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Võ Văn Kiệt]]]] |
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[[File:Jesus is coming.. Look Busy (George Carlin).jpg|thumb|120px|[[George Carlin]]]] |
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* [[June 1]] |
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** [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]], French fashion designer (b. [[1936]]) |
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** [[Tommy Lapid]], Israeli television presenter, journalist, and politician (b. [[1931]]) |
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* [[June 2]] – [[Bo Diddley]], American musician (b. [[1928]]) |
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** [[Mel Ferrer]], American actor, director, and producer (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[June 4]] – [[Agata Mróz-Olszewska]], Polish volleyball player (b. [[1982]]) |
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* [[June 7]] – [[Dino Risi]], Italian director (b. [[1916]]) |
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* [[June 8]] – [[Šaban Bajramović]], Serbian musician (b. [[1936]]) |
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* [[June 9]] |
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** [[Algis Budrys]], Lithuanian-American science fiction writer (b. [[1931]]) |
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** [[Karen Asrian]], Armenian chess grandmaster (b. [[1980]]) |
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* [[June 10]] – [[Chinghiz Aitmatov]], Kyrgyzstani writer (b. [[1928]]) |
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* [[June 11]] |
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** [[Ove Andersson]], Swedish rally driver (b. [[1939]]) |
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** [[Võ Văn Kiệt]], Vietnamese prime minister (b. [[1922]]) |
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* [[June 13]] – [[Tim Russert]], American journalist (b. [[1950]]) |
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* [[June 15]] – [[Stan Winston]], American special effects and makeup artist (b. [[1946]]) |
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* [[June 17]] – [[Cyd Charisse]], American actress and dancer (b. [[1922]]) |
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* [[June 18]] – [[Jean Delannoy]], French film director (b. [[1908]]) |
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* [[June 22]] – [[George Carlin]], American author, actor, and comedian (b. [[1937]]) |
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* [[June 23]] – [[Arthur Chung]], President of Guyana (b. [[1918]]) |
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* [[June 24]] – [[Leonid Hurwicz]], American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[June 27]] – [[Sam Manekshaw]], Field Marshal of Indian Army (b.[[1914]]) |
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* [[June 28]] – [[Ruslana Korshunova]], Kazakhstani model (b. [[1987]]) |
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* [[June 29]] – [[Don S. Davis]], American actor (b. [[1942]]) |
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** [[Jesse Helms]], American politician (b. [[1921]]) |
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===January=== |
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** [[Evelyn Keyes]], American actress (b. [[1916]]) |
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[[Image:Edmundhillarycropped.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Edmund Hillary]]]] |
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* [[July 5]] – [[René Harris]], President of Nauru (b. [[1947]]) |
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* [[July 11]] – [[Michael E. DeBakey]], American surgeon and inventor (b. [[1908]]) |
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* [[July 12]] – [[Tony Snow]], American political commentator (b. [[1955]]) |
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* [[July 13]] – [[Bronisław Geremek]], Polish social historian and politician (b. [[1932]]) |
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* [[July 15]] – [[György Kolonics]], Hungarian canoeist (b. [[1972]]) |
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* [[July 22]] – [[Estelle Getty]], American actress (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[July 23]] – [[Kurt Furgler]], Swiss politician (b. [[1924]]) |
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* [[July 25]] |
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* [[January 22]] - [[Heath Ledger]], Australian actor (b. [[1979]]) |
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** [[Johnny Griffin]], American saxophonist (b. [[1928]]) |
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** [[Randy Pausch]], American author and computer scientist (b. [[1960]]) |
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* [[July 27]] – [[Youssef Chahine]], Egyptian film director (b. [[1926]]) |
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* [[July 29]] – [[Mate Parlov]], Croatian boxer (b. [[1948]]) |
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* [[January 28]] - [[Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens|Christodoulos]], Archbishop of Athens (b. [[1939]]) |
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* [[February 2]] - [[Joshua Lederberg]], American molecular biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1925]]) |
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[[File:Isaac hayes 1973.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[Isaac Hayes]]]] |
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* [[February 5]] - [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], Indian spiritual leader (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[August 1]] – [[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]], Indian politician (b. [[1916]]) |
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* [[August 3]] – [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]], Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1918]]) |
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* [[August 9]] |
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* [[February 11]] - [[Alfredo Reinado]], East Timorese rebel (b. [[1967]]) |
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** [[Bernie Mac]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1957]]) |
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** [[Mahmoud Darwish]], Palestinian poet (b. [[1941]]) |
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[[Image:Janez Drnovsek.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Janez Drnovšek]]]] |
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* [[August 10]] – [[Isaac Hayes]], African-American musician (b. [[1942]]) |
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* [[August 11]] – [[Fred Sinowatz]], Austrian politician (b. [[1929]]) |
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* [[August 13]] – [[Henri Cartan]], French mathematician (b. [[1904]]) |
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* [[August 15]] – [[Jerry Wexler]], American music producer (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[February 15]] - [[Steve Fossett]], American adventurer<ref>Fossett was declared legally dead on [[February 15]], having been missing since [[3 September]] [[2007]].</ref> (b. [[1944]]) |
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* [[August 16]] |
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* [[February 18]] - [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]], French writer and filmmaker (b. [[1922]]) |
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** [[Masanobu Fukuoka]], Japanese microbiologist (b. [[1913]]) |
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* [[August 19]] – [[Levy Mwanawasa]], President of Zambia (b. [[1948]]) |
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* [[August 20]] – [[Hua Guofeng]], Chinese premier (b. [[1921]]) |
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* [[August 23]] – [[Thomas Huckle Weller]], American virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1915]]) |
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* [[August 28]] – [[Phil Hill]], American race car driver (b. [[1927]]) |
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* [[August 30]] – [[Killer Kowalski]], Canadian professional wrestler (b. [[1926]]) |
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* [[September 1]] – [[Don LaFontaine]], American voice actor (b. [[1940]]) |
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* [[September 6]] |
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* [[March 2]] - [[Jeff Healey]], Canadian musician (b. [[1966]]) |
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** [[Antonio Innocenti]], Italian cardinal (b. [[1915]]) |
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** [[Anita Page]], American actress (b. [[1910]]) |
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* [[March 3]] - [[Norman Smith (record producer)|Norman Smith]], English singer and record producer (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[September 9]] – [[Nouhak Phoumsavanh]], President of Laos (b. [[1910]]) |
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* [[September 12]] – [[David Foster Wallace]], American writer (b. [[1962]]) |
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* [[September 15]] – [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], English musician (b. [[1943]]) |
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* [[September 18]] – [[Mauricio Kagel]], Argentine composer (b. [[1931]]) |
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* [[September 26]] – [[Paul Newman]], American actor (b. [[1925]]) |
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* [[March 18]] - [[Anthony Minghella]], English film director and screenwriter (b. [[1954]]) |
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* [[March 19]] - [[Arthur C. Clarke]], English author, inventor, and futurist (b. [[1917]]) |
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* [[March 19]] - [[Hugo Claus]], Flemish writer, painter and film director (b. [[1929]]) |
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* [[March 19]] - [[Paul Scofield]], English actor (b. [[1922]]) |
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* [[March 22]] - [[Adolfo Suárez Rivera]], Mexican cardinal (b. [[1927]]) |
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* [[March 24]] - [[Neil Aspinall]], British record producer and business executive (b. [[1942]]) |
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* [[March 24]] - [[Richard Widmark]], American actor (b. [[1914]]) |
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* [[March 26]] - [[Manuel Marulanda]], Colombian guerrilla (b. [[1930]]) |
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* [[March 27]] - [[Jean-Marie Balestre]], French sports executive (b. [[1921]]) |
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* [[March 30]] - [[Dith Pran]], Cambodian-American photojournalist (b. [[1942]]) |
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* [[March 31]] - [[Jules Dassin]], American film director (b. [[1911]]) |
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[[File:JoergHaider Sep07.JPG|thumb|120px|[[Jörg Haider]]]] |
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* [[April 3]] - [[Hrvoje Ćustić]], Croatian footballer (b. [[1983]]) |
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* [[October 1]] – [[Boris Efimov]], Russian political cartoonist (b. [[1900]]) |
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* [[October 6]] – [[Paavo Haavikko]], Finnish poet (b. [[1931]]) |
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* [[October 8]] – [[George Emil Palade]], Romanian cell biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1912]]) |
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* [[April 13]] - [[John Archibald Wheeler]], American theoretical physicist (b. [[1911]]) |
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** [[Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman)|Kazuyoshi Miura]], Japanese businessman (b. [[1947]]) |
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** [[Alexey Prokurorov]], Russian cross-country skier (b. [[1964]]) |
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* [[October 11]] – [[Jörg Haider]], Austrian politician (b. [[1950]]) |
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* [[October 13]] |
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* [[April 17]] - [[Aimé Césaire]], French Martinican poet and politician (b. [[1913]]) |
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** [[Guillaume Depardieu]], French actor (b. [[1971]]) |
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** [[Antonio José González Zumárraga]], Ecuadorian cardinal (b. [[1925]]) |
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** [[Alexei Cherepanov]], Russian Hockey Player (b. [[1989]]) |
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* [[October 20]] – [[Sœur Emmanuelle]], Belgian-born French nun (b. [[1908]]) |
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* [[October 25]] – [[Muslim Magomayev (musician)|Muslim Magomayev]], Azerbaijani singer (b. [[1942]]) |
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* [[October 26]] – [[Tony Hillerman]], American writer (b. [[1925]]) |
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* [[October 31]] – [[Studs Terkel]], American author and liberal commentator (b. [[1912]]) |
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[[File:MichaelCrichton.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Michael Crichton]]]] |
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* [[May 1]] - [[Anthony Mamo]], 1st President of Malta (b. [[1909]]) |
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* [[November 1]] |
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* [[May 2]] - [[Philipp von Boeselager]], German military officer (b. [[1917]]) |
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** [[Jacques Piccard]], Swiss explorer and engineer (b. [[1922]]) |
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** [[Yma Sumac]], Peruvian soprano (b. [[1922]]) |
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* [[November 4]] |
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* [[May 10]] - [[Leyla Gencer]], Turkish soprano (b. [[1928]]) |
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** [[Michael Crichton]], American author and producer (b. [[1942]]) |
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** [[Juan Camilo Mouriño]], Mexican politician (b. [[1971]]) |
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* [[November 10]] |
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* [[May 13]] - [[Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], Emir of Kuwait (b. [[1930]]) |
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** [[Kiyoshi Itō]], Japanese mathematician (b. [[1915]]) |
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** [[Miriam Makeba]], South African singer (b. [[1932]]) |
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** [[Arthur Shawcross]]. American serial killer, (b. [[1945]]) |
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* [[November 12]] – [[Mitch Mitchell]], English drummer (b. [[1946]]) |
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* [[November 13]] – [[Paco Ignacio Taibo I]], Mexican writer and journalist (b. [[1924]]) |
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* [[November 14]] – [[Tsvetanka Khristova]], Bulgarian athlete (b. [[1962]]) |
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* [[November 22]] – [[Ibrahim Nasir]], Maldivian President (b. [[1926]]) |
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* [[November 27]] – [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]], Indian Prime Minister (b. [[1931]]) |
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* [[November 29]] – [[Jørn Utzon]], Danish architect (b. [[1918]]) |
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* [[June 1]] - [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]], French fashion designer (b. [[1936]]) |
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* [[June 1]] - [[Tommy Lapid]], Israeli television presenter, journalist, and politician (b. [[1931]]) |
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* [[December 1]] – [[Mikel Laboa]], Basque singer and songwriter (b. [[1934]]) |
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* [[December 2]] – [[Odetta]], American singer (b. [[1930]]) |
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* [[December 5]] |
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* [[June 4]] - [[Agata Mróz-Olszewska]], Polish volleyball player (b. [[1982]]) |
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** [[Patriarch Alexy II of Russia|Alexy II]], Russian Orthodox Patriarch (b. [[1929]]) |
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** [[Nina Foch]], Dutch-born American actress (b. [[1924]]) |
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* [[December 9]] |
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* [[June 9]] - [[Algis Budrys]], Lithuanian-American science fiction writer (b. [[1931]]) |
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** [[Yuri Glazkov]], Russian cosmonaut (b. [[1939]]) |
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** [[Dražan Jerković]], Croatian football player and manager (b. [[1936]]) |
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* [[December 11]] |
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* [[June 11]] - [[Ove Andersson]], Swedish rally driver (b. [[1939]]) |
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** [[Daniel Carleton Gajdusek]], American physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1923]]) |
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** [[Bettie Page]], American pin-up model (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[December 12]] |
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* [[June 15]] - [[Stan Winston]], American special effects and make up artist (b. [[1946]]) |
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** [[Avery Dulles]], American Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. [[1918]]) |
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** [[Van Johnson]], American actor (b. [[1916]]) |
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** [[Tassos Papadopoulos]], 5th President of Cyprus (b. [[1934]]) |
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* [[December 13]] – [[Horst Tappert]], German actor (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[December 18]] |
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* [[June 24]] - [[Leonid Hurwicz]], American economist, mathematician, and Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1917]]) |
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** [[Majel Barrett]], American actress (b. [[1932]]) |
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** [[W. Mark Felt]], American FBI agent, "Deep Throat" from the Watergate scandal (b. [[1913]]) |
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* [[December 20]] |
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** [[Olga Lepeshinskaya (ballerina)|Olga Lepeshinskaya]], Russian ballerina (b. [[1916]]) |
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** [[Robert Mulligan]], American director (b. [[1925]]) |
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* [[December 22]] – [[Lansana Conté]], President of Guinea (b. [[1934]]) |
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* [[December 24]] |
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** [[Harold Pinter]], English playwright (b. [[1930]]) |
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** [[Samuel P. Huntington]], American political scientist (b. [[1927]]) |
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* [[December 25]] – [[Eartha Kitt]], American singer and actress (b. [[1927]]) |
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* [[December 29]] – [[Freddie Hubbard]], American jazz trumpeter (b. [[1938]]) |
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== Nobel Prizes == |
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* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Martin Chalfie]], [[Osamu Shimomura]], and [[Roger Y. Tsien]] |
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* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] – [[Paul Krugman]] |
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* [[July 4]] - [[Evelyn Keyes]], American actress (b. [[1916]]) |
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* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio]] |
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* [[July 5]] - [[René Harris]], President of Nauru (b. [[1947]]) |
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* [[Nobel Prize for Peace|Peace]] – [[Martti Ahtisaari]] |
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* [[July 11]] - [[Michael E. DeBakey]], American surgeon and inventor (b. [[1908]]) |
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* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Makoto Kobayashi (physicist)|Makoto Kobayashi]], [[Toshihide Maskawa]], and [[Yoichiro Nambu]] |
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* [[July 12]] - [[Tony Snow]], American political commentator (b. [[1955]]) |
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* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Françoise Barré-Sinoussi]], [[Harald zur Hausen]], and [[Luc Montagnier]] |
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* [[July 13]] - [[Bronisław Geremek]], Polish social historian and politician (b. [[1932]]) |
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* [[July 15]] - [[György Kolonics]], Hungarian canoeist (b. [[1972]]) |
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* [[July 22]] - [[Estelle Getty]], American actress (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[July 23]] - [[Kurt Furgler]], Swiss politician (b. [[1924]]) |
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* [[July 25]] - [[Randy Pausch]], American author and computer scientist (b. [[1960]]) |
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* [[July 27]] - [[Youssef Chahine]], Egyptian film director (b. [[1926]]) |
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* [[July 28]] - [[Susan Tamim]], Lebanese singer and actress (b. [[1977]]) |
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===August=== |
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* [[January 7]] – [[Christmas]] in [[Eastern Christianity]] |
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* [[February 5]] – [[Carnival]] ([[Shrove Tuesday]]) |
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* [[August 3]] - [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]], Russian writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1918]]) |
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* [[February 6]] – [[Ash Wednesday]], observance of [[Lent]] begins |
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* [[February 7]] – [[Chinese New Year|Lunar New Year]] |
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* [[March 1]] – [[Saint David's Day]], celebrated in [[Wales]] and the [[United States]]. |
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* [[March 15]] – [[Saint Patrick's Day]], celebrated in [[Ireland]], the [[United States]], and most of the English-speaking world. (Held on March 15 instead of the usual 17th to avoid the second day in [[Holy Week]]).<ref>{{Cite news|title=St Patrick's 'day' moved to 15th|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0718/breaking85.html|work=ireland.com Online|publisher=[[The Irish Times|Irish Times Trust]]|date=2007-07-18|accessdate=2007-07-21}}</ref> This [[March 17]] will be the last one to fall within Holy Week until 2160.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=194136 |title=No St. Pat's Day Mass allowed in Holy Week |accessdate=2008-03-13 |author=Nevans-Pederson, Mary |date=2008-03-13 |work= Dubuque Telegraph Herald |publisher= Woodward Communications, Inc. }}</ref> |
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* [[August 11]] - [[Fred Sinowatz]], Austrian politician (b. [[1929]]) |
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* [[March 20]] |
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* [[August 13]] - [[Henri Cartan]], French mathematician (b. [[1904]]) |
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** [[Purim]] |
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* [[August 16]] - [[Masanobu Fukuoka]], Japanese microbiologist (b. [[1913]]) |
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* [[March 21]] |
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* [[August 19]] - [[Levy Mwanawasa]], President of Zambia (b. [[1948]]) |
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** [[Good Friday]] |
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* [[August 23]] - [[Thomas Huckle Weller]], American virologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1915]]) |
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* [[March 22]] – [[Holi]] |
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* [[August 28]] - [[Phil Hill]], American race car driver (b. [[1927]]) |
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* [[March 23]] – [[Easter]] Sunday, the earliest Easter has fallen since [[1913]] |
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* [[April 13]] – [[Vaisakhi]] |
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* [[April 20]] – [[Passover]], [[Palm Sunday]] in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[April 27]] – [[Easter|Pascha]] (or Easter) in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[May 1]] |
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** [[Ascension of Jesus]] in [[Western Christianity]] |
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** [[Beltane]], a [[Cross-quarter day]] |
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* [[May 19]] or [[May 20]] – [[Vesak]] (the birthday of the [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]]) in [[Buddhism]] |
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* [[June 5]] – [[Ascension of Jesus]] in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[June 9]] – [[Shavuot]] |
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* [[June 15]] – [[Pentecost]] in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[June 20]] – June [[Solstice]], also known as [[Midsummer]] or [[Midsummer|Litha]] |
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* [[June 22]] – [[All Saints|All Saints' Day]] in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[July 5]] – [[Saints Cyril and Methodius]] day in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[August 1]] – [[Lammas]], a [[Cross-quarter day]] |
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* [[August 15]] – [[Assumption of Mary]] |
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* [[August 16]] – [[Raksha Bandhan]] |
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* [[September 1]] – New Liturgical Year in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[September 2]] – Start of [[Ramadan (calendar month)|Ramadan]] |
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* [[September 4]] – [[Krishna Janmashtami|Janmastami]] -Birth of [[Lord Krishna]] |
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* [[September 22]] – September [[Equinox]], also known as [[Wheel of the Year|Mabon]] |
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* [[September 30]] – [[Rosh Hashanah]] |
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* [[October 1]] – [[Eid ul-Fitr]]''' |
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* [[October 9]] – [[Yom Kippur]] |
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* [[October 13]] – [[Sukkot]] |
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* [[October 28]] – [[Diwali]] |
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* [[November 1]] – [[Samhain]], a [[Cross-quarter day]] and [[Neopaganism|Neopagan]] new year |
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* [[December 8]] |
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** [[Immaculate Conception]] |
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** [[Eid al-Adha]] |
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* [[December 21]] |
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** [[Hanukkah]] begins at sundown |
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** December [[Solstice]], also known as [[Yule]] |
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* [[December 25]] – [[Christmas]] in Western Christianity |
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== In fiction == |
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{{Main|Works of fiction set in 2008}} |
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== References == |
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== [[Nobel Prizes]] == |
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* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - to be announced |
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* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] - to be announced |
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* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - to be announced |
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* [[Nobel Prize for Peace|Peace]] - to be announced |
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* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - to be announced |
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* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - to be announced |
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==Major religious holidays== |
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{{Year in other calendars}} |
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* [[January 7]] - [[Christmas]] in [[Eastern Christianity]] |
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* [[January 10]] - [[Islamic New Year]] by [[Lunar calendar]] |
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* [[February 5]] - [[Carnival]] ([[Shrove Tuesday]]) |
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* [[February 6]] - [[Ash Wednesday]], observance of [[Lent]] begins |
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* [[February 7]] - [[Chinese New Year]] (also Lunar New Year / Spring Festival) |
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* [[March 1]] - [[Saint David's Day]], national holiday of [[Wales]] |
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* [[March 15]] - [[Saint Patrick's Day]], celebrated in [[Ireland]], the [[United States]], and most of the English-speaking world. (Held on March 15 instead of the usual 17th to avoid the second day in [[Holy Week]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=St Patrick's 'day' moved to 15th|url=http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0718/breaking85.html|format= |work=ireland.com Online|publisher=[[The Irish Times|Irish Times Trust]]|date=2007-07-18|accessdate=2007-07-21}}</ref> This March 17th will be the last one to fall within Holy Week until 2160.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=194136 |title=No St. Pat's Day Mass allowed in Holy Week |accessdate=2008-03-13 |author=Nevans-Pederson, Mary |date=2008-03-13 |work= Dubuque Telegraph Herald |publisher= Woodward Communications, Inc. |language=English}}</ref> |
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* [[March 20]] - March [[Equinox]], also known as [[Ostara]] |
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* [[March 20]] - [[Purim]] |
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* [[March 21]] - [[Nowruz]] ([[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[New Year]] [[holiday]]) |
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* [[March 21]] - [[Good Friday]] |
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* [[March 22]] - [[Holi]] |
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* [[March 23]] - [[Easter]] Sunday, the earliest Easter has fallen since [[1913]] |
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* [[April 13]] - [[Vaisakhi]] |
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* [[April 20]] - [[Passover]], [[Palm Sunday]] in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[April 23]] - [[St George's Day|St. George's Day]] |
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* [[April 27]] - [[Easter|Pascha]] (or Easter) in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[May 1]] - [[Ascension of Jesus]] in [[Western Christianity]] |
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* [[May 1]] - [[Beltane]], a [[Cross-quarter day]] |
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* [[May 19]] or [[May 20]] - [[Vesak]] (the birthday of the [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]]) in [[Buddhism]] |
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* [[June 5]] - [[Ascension of Jesus]] in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[June 9]] - [[Shavuot]] |
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* [[June 15]] - [[Pentecost]] in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[June 20]] - June [[Solstice]], also known as [[Midsummer]] or [[Midsummer|Litha]] |
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* [[June 22]] - [[All Saints|All Saints' Day]] in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[July 5]] - [[Saints Cyril and Methodius]] day in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[August 1]] - [[Lammas]], a [[Cross-quarter day]] |
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* [[August 15]] - [[Assumption of Mary]] |
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* [[August 16]] - [[Raksha Bandhan]] |
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* [[September 1]] - New Liturgical Year in Eastern Christianity |
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* [[September 2]] - Start of [[Ramadan]] |
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* [[September 22]] - September [[Equinox]], also known as [[Mabon]] |
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* [[September 30]] - [[Rosh Hashanah]] |
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* [[October 2]] - [[Eid ul-Fitr]] |
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* [[October 9]] - [[Yom Kippur]] |
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* [[October 28]] - [[Diwali]] |
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* [[November 1]] - [[Samhain]], a [[Cross-quarter day]] and [[Neopaganism|Neopagan]] new year |
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* [[November 30]] - [[St. Andrew's Day]], Scottish national day |
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* [[December 8]] - [[Immaculate Conception]] |
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* [[December 8]] - [[Eid al-Adha]] |
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* [[December 21]] - [[Hanukkah]] begins at sundown |
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* [[December 21]] - December [[Solstice]], also known as [[Yule]] |
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* [[December 25]] - [[Christmas]] in Western Christianity |
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==2008 in fiction== |
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===Books=== |
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*[[Isaac Asimov]]'s 1955 short story ''[[Franchise (short story)|Franchise]]'' takes place in 2008, the premise being that the U.S. president will be selected by a computer program looking for the "most representative citizen". |
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*[[John Barnes (author)|John Barnes]], ''Mother of Storms'' (1995) begins with a 2008 UN resolution barring any nation from acquiring nuclear weapons after June 1, 2008, subject to penalty of [[preemptive war|preemptive strike]]. |
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*[[Gregory Benford]]'s books ''The Jupiter War'' and ''The Threads of Time'' are set in 2008. |
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*The [[Galactic Milieu Series]] by [[Julian May]] features Earth's first contact with an alien race on June 20, 2008. |
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*In Francis Anderson's 1992 book "Future Undetermined" the UN bans civilians from owning [[handgun]]s on March 29. |
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*[[Ian McDonald (author)|Ian McDonald]]'s "Chaga Saga" (''Evolution's Shore'' and ''Kirinya'') begins with the March 13, 2008 impact arrival of the plant form Chaga from outer space. |
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*[[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. |
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*''[[The Mote in God's Eye]]'' (1974) by [[Larry Niven]] and [[Jerry Pournelle]] postulates that faster-than-light travel is perfected in 2008. |
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*''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. |
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* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon|Ghost Recon]]'' (2001): Russia attempts to reunite the Soviet Union and invades several Eastern European countries. The UN intervenes with peacekeeping forces. |
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* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell|Splinter Cell]]'' series: [[Sam Fisher]] goes undercover. |
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* ''[[Twisted Metal III]]'' (1998) |
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* ''[[Shattered Union]]'' (2005): U.S. President David Jefferson Adams is elected in a sham election, and becomes the most unpopular president in U.S. history. |
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* ''[[Resident Evil 5]]'' (2009) |
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* ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' (1987) |
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* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' (2008)<ref>[http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3167196 GTA4: What You Really Need to Know from 1UP.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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===Film=== |
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* ''[[Jason X]]'' ([[Friday the 13th (franchise)|''Friday the 13th'' series]], 2002): Mass murderer [[Jason Voorhees]] is captured for the 2nd time and sentenced to death. Though the US government is unsure how to execute him, an [[electric chair]], a [[gas chamber]], a [[execution by firing squad|firing squad]], and [[hanging]] are all tried - none of which work. |
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* ''[[The Lake House (film)|The Lake House]]'' (2006): The ending takes place on Valentine's Day, 2008. |
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* ''[[5 Centimeters Per Second]]'' (2007): The final act takes place in [[Tokyo]] during 2008. |
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* ''[[Doomsday (film)|Doomsday]]'' (2008): The start of the film is set in 2008, when a virus has infected [[Scotland]]. |
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* ''[[Silent Running]]'' (1971) |
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* ''[[Southland Tales]]'' (2007) |
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* ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' (2004) |
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*''[[Deterrence (film)|Deterrence]]'' (2000) |
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* ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' (2003 series finale): The characters meet once again. Dawson, now 25, is the creator of a television series, ''The Creek'', based on his life.<ref> {{cite news | title = Amazon.com: Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut) Product Page | publisher = [[Amazon.com]] | url = http://www.amazon.com/Dawsons-Creek-Finale-Extended-Cut/dp/B0000AUHQ9 }} </ref> |
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* The [[List of Doctor Who serials#Series 3 (2007)|2007 series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'': Present time (such as "[[Smith and Jones (Doctor Who)|Smith and Jones]]") is primarily set in 2008. |
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* The ''[[Future Boy Conan]]'' [[anime]] story begins in July, 2008, when a war results in five continents sinking into the sea. |
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* ''[[Doraemon]]'': According to the original [[manga]] story, a [[Time travel|time machine]] will be invented in 2008. |
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* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'': According to the episode [[Out of Time (Heroes)|Out of Time]], the [[List of characters in Heroes#Shanti Suresh|Shanti virus]] wipes out about 93% of the world's population, from a break out in March 2008. [[Peter Petrelli]] accidentally teleports himself and Caitlin to sometime around June 14, 2008, when any survivors in New York City are forcibly evacuated. |
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* According to the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", Stop 'N Drop [[suicide booth]]s 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. |
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* [http://www.accuracyproject.org/2008calendar.html 2008 Calendar] at Internet Accuracy Project |
* [http://www.accuracyproject.org/2008calendar.html 2008 Calendar] at Internet Accuracy Project |
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2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year that started on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2008th year of the Common Era or Anno Domini designation, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and 21st century, and the 9th of the 2000s.
2008 was designated the:
Events
January
- January 1
- January 2 – The price of petroleum hits $100 per barrel for the first time.
- January 3 – A car bomb detonates, killing at least 4 and injuring 68, in Diyarbakır, Turkey. Police blame Kurdish rebels.[5]
- January 8 – An attempted assassination of Maldivian president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is thwarted after a Boy Scout grabs the attacker's knife. The Boy Scout is injured, but after a scuffle police arrest the attacker.[6]
- January 12 – A Macedonian Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in thick fog southeast of Skopje, killing all 11 military personnel on board.[7]
- January 14 – At 19:04:39 UTC, the MESSENGER space probe is at its closest approach during its first flyby of the planet Mercury.[8]
- January 15 – The Federal Court of Australia orders a Japanese whaling company to stop research whaling within their Exclusive Economic Zone.[9]
- January 21 – Stock markets around the world plunge amid growing fears of a U.S. recession, fueled by the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis.[10]
- January 22 – Russia stages the largest naval exercise since the fall of the Soviet Union in the Bay of Biscay. The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, along with 11 support vessels and 47 long-range bomber aircraft, practises strike tactics off the coast of France and Spain, and test-launches nuclear-capable missiles in foreign waters.[11]
- January 23
- Polish Air Force EADS CASA C-295 crashes on approach to the 12th Air Base near Mirosławiec. All 20 personnel on board die.[12]
- Thousands of Palestinians cross into Egypt, as the border wall with Gaza in Rafah is blown up by militants.[13]
- January 24 – A peace deal ends the Kivu war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[14]
- January 25 – China's worst snowstorm since 1954 kills 133, delays traffic, and causes massive power outages in central and southern parts of the country.[15]
- January 29 – Iran's judiciary sentences to prison 54 Bahá'í Faith followers for "anti-regime propaganda".[16][17]
February
- February 2 – Rebels attack the capital of Chad, N'Djamena.[18]
- February 4
- Iran opens its first space center and launches a rocket into space.[19]
- A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 1 and wounds 13 in a Dimona, Israel shopping center.[20]
- February 5 – U.S. stock market indices plunge more than 3% after a report shows signs of economic recession in the service sector. The S&P 500 fall 3.2%, The Dow Jones Industrial Average 370 points.[21]
- February 5–February 6 – A tornado outbreak, the deadliest in 23 years, kills 58 in the Southern United States.[22]
- February 7 – STS-122: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches to deliver the European-built Columbus science laboratory to the International Space Station.[23]
- February 10 – The 2008 Namdaemun fire severely damages Namdaemun, the first National Treasure of South Korea.[24]
- February 11 – President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta is seriously wounded in an attack on his home by rebel soldiers. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed by Ramos-Horta's security guards during the attack.[25]
- February 12
- PDVSA, a state oil company in Venezuela, suspends sales of crude oil to ExxonMobil, in response to a legal challenge by them.[26]
- Bridgestone, under investigation for an alleged price-fixing cartel, uncovers improper payments of at least 150 million Japanese yen to foreign governments and withdraws from the marine hose business.[27]
- February 13 – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia delivers a formal apology to the Stolen Generations.[28]
- February 17 – Kosovo formally declares independence from Serbia, with support from some countries but opposition from others.[29]
- February 18
- The British government introduces emergency legislation temporarily to nationalize Northern Rock, the 5th largest mortgage bank in the UK, due to the bank's financial crisis.[30]
- A general election is held in Pakistan, delayed from January 8 due to riots in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Opposition parties, including Bhutto's, take more than half of the seats, while President Pervez Musharraf's party suffers a huge defeat.[31]
- February 19
- Fidel Castro announces his resignation as President of Cuba, effective February 24.[32]
- February 20
- The United States Navy destroys a spy satellite containing toxic fuel, by shooting it down with a missile launched from the USS Lake Erie in the Pacific Ocean.[33]
- A total lunar eclipse crosses North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia.[34]
- February 22
- Former building society Northern Rock is the first bank in Europe to be taken into state control, due to the U.S. subprime mortgage financial crisis.[35]
- No survivors are found after a rescue helicopter discovers the wreckage of Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 just northeast of Mérida, Venezuela. The commercial plane had 46 people on board, including crew.[36]
- February 24 – Raúl Castro is unanimously elected as President of Cuba by the National Assembly.[37]
March
- March–April – Rising food and fuel prices trigger riots and unrest in the Third World.
- March 1 – In Gaza Strip, at least 52 Palestinians and 2 Israeli soldiers are killed in the most intense Israeli air strikes since 2005.[38]
- March 2 – 2008 Andean diplomatic crisis: Venezuela and Ecuador move troops to the Colombian border, following a Colombian raid against FARC guerrillas inside Ecuador's national territory, in which senior commander Raúl Reyes is killed.[39][40]
- March 6 – Eight Israeli civilians are killed and 9 wounded when a Palestinian attacker opens fire at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem.[41]
- 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.[42]
- March 14 – Demonstrations by Tibetan separatists turn violent as rioters target government and Han Chinese-owned buildings.
- March 15 – A gun factory explosion in Gërdec, Albania kills more than 30. Over the following week, Albania, Kosovo, and some surrounding countries supply and support Gërdec's population with food, blood, etc.
- March 19 – An exploding star halfway across the visible universe becomes the farthest known object ever visible to the naked eye.[43]
- March 24 – Bhutan holds its first-ever general elections.[44]
- March 25
- A 414 square kilometer (160 sq. mi.2) chunk of Antarctica's Wilkins Ice Shelf disintegrates, leaving the entire shelf at risk.
- African Union and Comoros forces invade the rebel-held island of Anjouan.
April
- April 8 – Privy Council of Sark dismantles its feudal system to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights.[45] and the first elections under the new law will be held in December 2008 and the new chamber will first convene in January 2009.[46][47][48]
- April 15 – A Hewa Bora Airways DC-9 crashes into a residential area of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- April 22 – Surgeons at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital perform the first operations using bionic eyes, implanting them into 2 blind patients.
- April 27 – The Taliban attempts to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a military parade in Kabul.[49]
- April 28
- India sets a world record by sending 10 satellites into orbit in a single launch.[50]
- 71 die in a train crash in Shandong, China.[51]
May
- May 3 – Over 133,000 in Burma/Myanmar are killed by Cyclone Nargis, the deadliest natural disaster since the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004.
- May 7 – Dmitry Medvedev takes office as President of Russia, replacing Vladimir Putin.
- May 8 – Start of armed clashes and fighting in Lebanon.
- May 11 – Burma/Myanmar holds a constitutional referendum.
- May 12 – Over 69,000 are killed in central south-west China by the Wenchuan quake, an earthquake measuring 7.9 Moment magnitude scale. The epicenter is 90 kilometers (56 miles) west-northwest of the provincial capital Chengdu, Sichuan province.
- May 13 – A series of bomb blasts kills at least 63 and injures 216 in Jaipur, India.
- May 14 – NASA announces the discovery of Supernova remnant G1.9+0.3.
- May 15 – An oil pipeline explosion in Ijegun, Nigeria kills 100.
- May 23
- The Union of South American Nations, a supranational union[citation needed], is created by a union between the Andean Community and Mercosur.
- The International Court of Justice awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the 2 countries.
- May 25 – NASA's Phoenix spacecraft becomes the first to land on the northern polar region of Mars.[52]
- May 28 – The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is established after the Assembly votes overwhelmingly in favor of abolishing the country's 240-year-old monarchy. Girija Prasad Koirala becomes temporary head of state.
- May 30 – The Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted in Dublin.[53]
June
- June 2 – A car bomb explodes outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing at least five.
- June 8 – In the Akihabara area of Tokyo, Japan, a 25-year-old man stabs seven to death and wounds 10, before being arrested.
- June 10 – Fire engulfs Sudan Airways Flight 109 after it lands in Khartoum, killing 44.
- June 11
- The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope is launched.
- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologizes to Canada's First Nations for the Canadian residential school system.
- June 12 – Ireland votes to reject the Treaty of Lisbon, in the only referendum to be held by a European Union member state on the treaty.
- June 14 – A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, kills 12 and injures more than 400.
- June 14–September 14 – Expo 2008 is held in Zaragoza, Spain, with the topic of "Water and sustainable development".
- June 22 – Typhoon Fengshen hits the Philippines and capsizes the ferry MV Princess of the Stars, leaving hundreds dead or missing.
- June 27
- President Robert Mugabe is reelected with 85.5% of the vote in the second round of the controversial Zimbabwean presidential election.
- After three decades as the Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates steps down from daily duties to concentrate on philanthropy.[54][55]
July
- July 2 – Íngrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages are rescued from FARC by Colombian security forces.
- July 7 – A suicide-bomber drives an explosives-laden automobile into the front gates of the Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 58 and injuring over 150.
- July 7–July 9 – The 34th G8 summit is held in Tōyako, Hokkaidō, Japan.
- July 10 – Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all charges, by a UN Tribunal accusing him of war crimes.
- July 15–July 20 – World Youth Day takes place in Sydney, Australia. Pope Benedict XVI appears at the event.[56]
- 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.[57]
- July 22 – The United Progressive Alliance-led government in India survives a crucial no-confidence vote, based on disagreements between the Indian National Congress and Left Front, over the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- July 23 – Ram Baran Yadav is sworn in as the first President of Nepal.[58]
- July 25 – A series of seven bomb blasts rock Bangalore, India, killing two and injuring 20; the next day, a series of bomb blasts in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, kills 45 and injures over 160 people.
- July 27 – At least 17 are killed and over 154 wounded in 2 blasts in Istanbul.
- July 28 – At least 48 are dead and over 287 injured after bombs explode in Baghdad and Kirkuk, Iraq.[59][60]
August
- August 1
- A total eclipse of the Sun is visible from Canada and extends across northern Greenland, the Arctic, central Russia, Mongolia, and China.[61]
- George Tupou V is crowned as the new King of Tonga, an event that had been delayed for over two years following the 2006 Nuku'alofa riots.[62]
- August 3 – A stampede at a Hindu temple at Naina Devi in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India kills 162 and injures 400.
- August 4 – Two members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which had threatened to attack the Beijing Olympics, kill 16 and injure another 16 officers at a police station in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.[63][64]
- August 6 – President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi of Mauritania is deposed in a military coup d'état.
- August 7 – The 2008 South Ossetia war begins, as Georgia and Russia launch a major offensive inside the separatist region of South Ossetia after days of border skirmishes between the two sides.
- August 8–August 24 – The 2008 Summer Olympics take place in Beijing, China.[65]
- August 10 – A propane facility explodes in Toronto overnight and causes a large-scale evacuation, resulting in 2 deaths.
- August 15 – Pushpa Kamal Dahal (known as Prachanda) is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, after the Nepalese monarchy was abolished in May.[66]
- August 17 – Michael Phelps surpasses Mark Spitz in Gold Medals won at a single Olympics, winning eight.[67]
- August 18 – Pervez Musharraf resigns as President of Pakistan, under impeachment pressure from the coalition government.[68]
- August 19
- Taliban insurgents kill 10 and injure 21 French soldiers in an ambush in Afghanistan.[69]
- A suicide bomber rams a car into an Algerian military academy, killing 43 and injuring 45.[70]
- August 20 – Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport with 172 on board. Of them, 154 die and 18 survive.[71]
- August 21 – At least 60 die following twin suicide bombings outside the Pakistan Ordnance Factories in Wah, Pakistan.
- August 22 – Pirates hijack German, Iranian, and Japanese cargo ships off the coast of Somalia, in seven such attacks since June 20.[72]
- August 24
- An aircraft crashes in Guatemala, killing 10, including four Americans on a humanitarian mission.[73]
- Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 crashes upon takeoff near Manas International Airport in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, killing 68.[74]
- August 26 – Russia unilaterally recognizes the independence of Georgian breakaway republics Abkhazia and South Ossetia.[75]
- August 26–September 1 – Hurricane Gustav makes landfall on Louisiana as Category 2 and kills seven in the United States, after making landfall on western Cuba as Category 4, and killing 66 in Haiti, eight in the Dominican Republic, and 11 in Jamaica.[76][77]
- August 28–September 7 – Hurricane Hanna kills seven in the United States, and 529 in Haiti, mostly due to floods and mudslides.[78]
September
- September 1–September 14 – Hurricane Ike makes landfall on Texas as Category 2 and kills 27 in the United States, after killing four in Cuba, one in the Dominican Republic, and 75 in Haiti.[79][80]
- September 2 – Political crisis in Thailand: Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej of Thailand declares a state of emergency in Bangkok.[81]
- September 3
- Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan survives an assassination attempt near Islamabad, while on his way to meet British Leader of the Opposition David Cameron.
- President's Dimitris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat hold peace talks in Nicosia, aimed at reunifying Cyprus.[82][83]
- September 6 – At least eight boulders dislodge from a cliff near Cairo, Egypt, killing at least 90 and burying an estimated 500 people.[84]
- September 9 – Political crisis in Thailand: The Constitutional Court of Thailand orders Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to resign, after he is paid for appearing on a television cooking show.[85]
- 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.[86][87]
- The 2008 Bandar Abbas earthquake strikes southern Iran, killing 7 and injuring 45 people.[88]
- September 12 – A Metrolink train collides head-on into a freight train in Los Angeles, California, killing 25 and injuring 130.[89]
- September 14 – Aeroflot Flight 821 crashes near the city of Perm, Russia, killing all 88 on board.[90]
- September 15
- Following negotiations, President Robert Mugabe and opposition leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara sign a power-sharing deal, making Tsvangirai the new Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.
- Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, laying the catalyst for the Global financial crisis.
- September 17 – The International Astronomical Union classifies Haumea as the 5th dwarf planet in the Solar System.[91]
- September 19–September 25 – Typhoon Hagupit kills 17 in China, eight in the Philippines, one in Taiwan, and 41 in Vietnam.[92]
- September 20 – A suicide truck bomb explosion destroys the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing at least 60 and injuring 266.[93][94][95]
- September 25 – Shenzhou 7, the third manned Chinese spaceflight and the first with three crew members, is successfully launched. China becomes the third country ever to conduct a spacewalk.[96]
- September 28 – SpaceX Falcon 1 becomes the world's first privately developed space launch vehicle to successfully make orbit.[97][98]
- September 30 – A Jodhpur temple stampede in western India kills over 224 people, and injures 400.[99][100]
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.[101]
- October 6
- NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its second of three flybys of Mercury, decreasing the velocity for orbital insertion on March 18, 2011.[102][103]
- An earthquake measuring 6.6 magnitude kills at least 65 in Kyrgyzstan.[104]
- October 7
- October 9 – Global financial crisis: Following a major banking and financial crisis in Iceland, the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority takes control of the three largest banks in the country: Kaupthing Bank,[108][109] Landsbanki,[110][111] and Glitnir.[112][113]
- October 12 – Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup win the 2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 for Ford and Triple 8
- October 14 – Canadian federal election, 2008: Prime Minister Stephen Harper is re-elected with a stronger minority government.
- October 17 – The United Nations General Assembly elects Turkey, Austria, Japan, Uganda, and Mexico to two-year terms on the Security Council.[114]
- October 21 – The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is officially inaugurated. It is a collaboration of over 10,000 scientists and engineers from over 100 countries as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories.[115][116][117][118]
- October 22 – The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launches the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft on a lunar exploration mission.[119][120]
- October 29
- Global financial crisis: Hungary's currency and stock markets rise on the news that it will receive an international economic bailout package worth $25 billion from the IMF, European Union, and World Bank.[121]
- Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, forming the world's largest commercial carrier.[122]
November
- November 4 – United States presidential election, 2008: Barack Obama is elected the 44th President of the United States. Barack Obama becomes the first African-American President-elect.[123][124][125]
- November 6 – King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan is crowned, having ascended to the throne in 2006.[126]
- November 7 – The 2008 Pétionville school collapse kills at least 92 in Pétionville, Haiti.
- November 8 – An accident aboard Russian submarine K-152 Nerpa kills 20.
- November 11 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her last voyage from Southampton, UK to Dubai, UAE. She will become a floating hotel at Palm Jumeirah.[127][128]
- November 14 – STS-126: The Space Shuttle Endeavour uses the MPLM Leonardo to deliver experiment and storage racks to the International Space Station. There will be only three more launches of Space Shuttle Endeavour after this mission.[129]
- November 19 – Claudia Castillo of Spain becomes the first person to have a successful trachea transplant using a tissue-engineered organ.[130]
- November 20 – The 2008 Prairie meteoroid falls over Canada.
- November 22–November 23 – The APEC Peru 2008 Summit is held in Lima.
- November 24 – The 2008 Santa Catarina floods in Santa Catarina, Brazil kill 126 and force the evacuation of over 78,000 people.
- November 25
- Greenland holds a referendum for increased autonomy from Denmark. The vote is over 75% in favour.[131]
- Political crisis in Thailand: Protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy party storm into Suvarnabhumi Airport and block flights from taking off. More protesters seize control of Don Mueang Airport the following day.
- A car bomb in St. Petersburg, Russia, kills three people and injures one.
- November 26 – November 29 – A series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India by Pakistan-based Islamic militants kills 195, and injures at least 250.
- November 27 – The longest serving Ocean Liner in history, QE2 is retired from service.
- November 29 – Riots in Jos, Nigeria kill 381, and injure at least 300.
December
- December 1 – A triangular conjunction formed by a new Moon, Venus and Jupiter is a prominent object in the evening sky.[132]
- December 2 – Political crisis in Thailand: After weeks of opposition-led protests, the Constitutional Court of Thailand dissolves the governing People's Power Party and two coalition member parties, and bans leaders of the parties, including Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, from politics for five years. As such, Wongsawat promptly resigns and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Chaovarat Chanweerakul as caretaker Prime Minister.[133]
- December 3 – The Convention on Cluster Munitions opens for signature in Oslo.[53]
- December 4 – Political crisis in Canada: Governor General Michaëlle Jean grants the request of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to prorogue Parliament until January 26, 2009, averting a motion of no-confidence by the new opposition coalition led by the Leader of the Opposition Stéphane Dion, and the New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, with Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe as a coalition partner.[134]
- December 5 – Human remains found in 1991 are identified as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, using DNA analysis.[135]
- December 6 – Riots spread across Greece after a 15-year-old boy is shot dead by a special guard of the Greek Police.[136]
- December 7 – Jamie Whincup wins the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship series for Ford and Triple 8 Racing.
- 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.[137]
- December 12
- Switzerland becomes the 25th European country to join the Schengen Agreement, whereby cross-border passport checks will be abolished.[138]
- The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. The Moon appears to be 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the year's other full moons. The next time these two events coincide will be in 2016.[139]
- December 16 – Ruins of an ancient Wari city are discovered in northern Peru.
- December 18 – The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda convicts Théoneste Bagosora and two other senior Rwandan army officers of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentences them to life imprisonment.[140]
- December 21 – Gwadar port, Pakistan becomes fully operational.[141]
- December 23 – A military coup d'état is announced in Guinea shortly after the death of long-time President Lansana Conté.[142]
- December 27 – Israel initiates "Operation Cast Lead" in the Gaza Strip after launching an extensive wave of airstrikes[143] against military targets, police stations and government buildings within the Gaza Strip with the stated aim of stopping rocket fire[144] from and arms import into the territory.[145][146] As a result, Hamas intensified its rocket and mortar attacks against Southern Israel, reaching the major cities of Beersheba and Ashdod for the first time.[147][148][149]
- December 29 – Bangladesh holds its general elections after two years of political unrest over the interim government.[150]
- December 31 – An extra leap second (23:59:60) is added to end the year. The last time this occurred was in 2005.
Deaths
January
- January 3 – Yo-Sam Choi, Korean boxer (b. 1972)
- January 10 – Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress and television personality (b. 1921)
- January 11 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist (b. 1919)
- January 15 – Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982)
- January 16 – Nikola Kljusev, Macedonian Prime Minister (b. 1927)
- January 17 – Bobby Fischer, American-Icelandic chess grandmaster (b. 1943)
- January 19 – Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (b. 1937)
- January 22
- Heath Ledger, Australian actor (b. 1979)
- Claude Piron, Swiss linguist and psychologist (b. 1931)
- January 26 – George Habash, Palestinian politician (b. 1926)
- January 27
- Gordon B. Hinckley, American Mormon leader (b. 1910)
- Suharto, President of Indonesia (b. 1921)
- January 28 – Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens (b. 1939)
- January 29 – Margaret Truman, American singer and writer (b. 1924)
February
- February 2 – Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
- February 5 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1917)
- February 7 – Andrew Bertie, British 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
- Alfredo Reinado, East Timorese rebel (b. 1967)
- Tom Lantos, American politician (b. 1928)
- 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 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, Slovenian President and Prime Minister of (b. 1950)
- Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver (b. 1917)
- February 27
- William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and conservative commentator (b. 1925)
- Ivan Rebroff, German singer (b. 1931)
- February 25 &ndash Static Major, American singer and Songwriter (b. 1974)
- February 29 – Erik Ortvad (b. 1917)
March
- March 1 – Raúl Reyes, Colombian guerrilla (b. 1948)
- March 2 – 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 14 – Chiara Lubich, Italian Catholic activist (b. 1920)
- March 18 – Anthony Minghella, English film director and screenwriter (b. 1954)
- March 19
- Arthur C. Clarke, English author, inventor, and futurist (b. 1917)
- Hugo Claus, Flemish writer, painter and film director (b. 1929)
- Paul Scofield, English actor (b. 1922)
- 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
- April 3 – Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (b. 1983)
- April 5 – Charlton Heston, American actor (b. 1923)
- 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-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 29 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and writer, discoverer of LSD (b. 1906)
May
- May 1 – Anthony Mamo, 1st President of Malta (b. 1909)
- May 2 – Philipp von Boeselager, German military officer (b. 1917)
- May 3 – Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Spanish Prime Minister of (b. 1926)
- May 8 – François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (b. 1982)
- May 10 – Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928)
- May 12
- Robert Rauschenberg, American pop artist (b. 1925)
- Irena Sendler, Polish humanitarian (b. 1910)
- May 13
- Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1930)
- Bernardin Gantin, Beninese cardinal (b. 1922)
- May 15 – Willis Lamb, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- May 23 – Cornell Capa, Hungarian-American photographer (b. 1918)
- May 24 – Rob Knox, British actor (b. 1989)
- May 26 – Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1934)
- May 28 – Sven Davidson, Swedish tennis player (b. 1928)
- May 29 – Luc Bourdon, Canadian Hockey player (b. 1987)
June
- June 1
- Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b. 1936)
- Tommy Lapid, Israeli television presenter, journalist, and politician (b. 1931)
- 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 7 – Dino Risi, Italian director (b. 1916)
- June 8 – Šaban Bajramović, Serbian musician (b. 1936)
- June 9
- Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American science fiction writer (b. 1931)
- Karen Asrian, Armenian chess grandmaster (b. 1980)
- June 10 – Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani writer (b. 1928)
- June 11
- Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1939)
- Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese prime minister (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, President of Guyana (b. 1918)
- June 24 – Leonid Hurwicz, American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
- June 27 – Sam Manekshaw, Field Marshal of Indian Army (b.1914)
- June 28 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b. 1987)
- June 29 – Don S. Davis, American actor (b. 1942)
July
- July 4
- Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)
- Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)
- July 5 – René Harris, President of Nauru (b. 1947)
- July 9 – Seamus Brennan, Irish politician (b. 1948)
- 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 22 – Estelle Getty, American actress (b. 1923)
- July 23 – Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician (b. 1924)
- July 25
- Johnny Griffin, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
- Randy Pausch, American author and computer scientist (b. 1960)
- July 27 – Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director (b. 1926)
- July 29 – Mate Parlov, Croatian boxer (b. 1948)
August
- August 1 – Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian politician (b. 1916)
- August 3 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- August 9
- Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (b. 1957)
- Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet (b. 1941)
- August 10 – Isaac Hayes, African-American musician (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 singer (b. 1934)
- Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese microbiologist (b. 1913)
- August 19 – Levy Mwanawasa, President of Zambia (b. 1948)
- August 20 – Hua Guofeng, Chinese premier (b. 1921)
- August 23 – Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
- August 28 – Phil Hill, American race car driver (b. 1927)
- August 30 – Killer Kowalski, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1926)
September
- September 1 – Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (b. 1940)
- September 6
- Antonio Innocenti, Italian cardinal (b. 1915)
- Anita Page, American actress (b. 1910)
- September 9 – Nouhak Phoumsavanh, President of Laos (b. 1910)
- September 12 – David Foster Wallace, American writer (b. 1962)
- September 15 – Richard Wright, English musician (b. 1943)
- September 18 – Mauricio Kagel, Argentine composer (b. 1931)
- September 26 – Paul Newman, American actor (b. 1925)
October
- October 1 – Boris Efimov, Russian political cartoonist (b. 1900)
- October 6 – Paavo Haavikko, Finnish poet (b. 1931)
- October 8 – George Emil Palade, Romanian cell biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
- October 10
- Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (b. 1947)
- Alexey Prokurorov, Russian cross-country skier (b. 1964)
- October 11 – Jörg Haider, Austrian politician (b. 1950)
- October 13
- Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (b. 1971)
- Antonio José González Zumárraga, Ecuadorian cardinal (b. 1925)
- Alexei Cherepanov, Russian Hockey Player (b. 1989)
- October 20 – Sœur Emmanuelle, Belgian-born French nun (b. 1908)
- October 25 – Muslim Magomayev, Azerbaijani singer (b. 1942)
- October 26 – Tony Hillerman, American writer (b. 1925)
- October 31 – Studs Terkel, American author and liberal commentator (b. 1912)
November
- November 1
- Jacques Piccard, Swiss explorer and engineer (b. 1922)
- Yma Sumac, Peruvian soprano (b. 1922)
- November 4
- Michael Crichton, American author and producer (b. 1942)
- Juan Camilo Mouriño, Mexican politician (b. 1971)
- November 10
- Kiyoshi Itō, Japanese mathematician (b. 1915)
- Miriam Makeba, South African singer (b. 1932)
- Arthur Shawcross. American serial killer, (b. 1945)
- November 12 – Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (b. 1946)
- November 13 – Paco Ignacio Taibo I, Mexican writer and journalist (b. 1924)
- November 14 – Tsvetanka Khristova, Bulgarian athlete (b. 1962)
- November 22 – Ibrahim Nasir, Maldivian President (b. 1926)
- November 27 – Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister (b. 1931)
- November 29 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (b. 1918)
December
- December 1 – Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
- December 2 – Odetta, American singer (b. 1930)
- December 5
- December 9
- Yuri Glazkov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1939)
- Dražan Jerković, Croatian football player and manager (b. 1936)
- December 11
- Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
- Bettie Page, American pin-up model (b. 1923)
- December 12
- Avery Dulles, American Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. 1918)
- Van Johnson, American actor (b. 1916)
- Tassos Papadopoulos, 5th President of Cyprus (b. 1934)
- December 13 – Horst Tappert, German actor (b. 1923)
- December 18
- Majel Barrett, American actress (b. 1932)
- W. Mark Felt, American FBI agent, "Deep Throat" from the Watergate scandal (b. 1913)
- December 20
- Olga Lepeshinskaya, Russian ballerina (b. 1916)
- Robert Mulligan, American director (b. 1925)
- December 22 – Lansana Conté, President of Guinea (b. 1934)
- December 24
- Harold Pinter, English playwright (b. 1930)
- Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist (b. 1927)
- December 25 – Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
- December 29 – Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1938)
Nobel Prizes
- 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
Major religious holidays
- January 7 – Christmas in Eastern Christianity
- January 10 – Islamic New Year by Lunar calendar
- February 5 – Carnival (Shrove Tuesday)
- February 6 – Ash Wednesday, observance of Lent begins
- February 7 – Lunar New Year
- March 1 – Saint David's Day, celebrated in Wales and the United States.
- March 15 – Saint Patrick's Day, celebrated in Ireland, the United States, and most of the English-speaking world. (Held on March 15 instead of the usual 17th to avoid the second day in Holy Week).[151] This March 17 will be the last one to fall within Holy Week until 2160.[152]
- March 20
- March 21
- March 22 – Holi
- March 23 – Easter Sunday, the earliest Easter has fallen since 1913
- April 13 – Vaisakhi
- April 20 – Passover, Palm Sunday in Eastern Christianity
- April 27 – Pascha (or Easter) in Eastern Christianity
- May 1
- May 19 or May 20 – Vesak (the birthday of the Buddha) in Buddhism
- June 5 – Ascension of Jesus in Eastern Christianity
- June 9 – Shavuot
- June 15 – Pentecost in Eastern Christianity
- June 20 – June Solstice, also known as Midsummer or Litha
- June 22 – All Saints' Day in Eastern Christianity
- July 5 – Saints Cyril and Methodius day in Eastern Christianity
- August 1 – Lammas, a Cross-quarter day
- August 15 – Assumption of Mary
- August 16 – Raksha Bandhan
- September 1 – New Liturgical Year in Eastern Christianity
- September 2 – Start of Ramadan
- September 4 – Janmastami -Birth of Lord Krishna
- September 22 – September Equinox, also known as Mabon
- September 30 – Rosh Hashanah
- October 1 – Eid ul-Fitr
- October 9 – Yom Kippur
- October 13 – Sukkot
- October 28 – Diwali
- November 1 – Samhain, a Cross-quarter day and Neopagan new year
- December 8
- December 21
- December 25 – Christmas in Western Christianity
In fiction
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