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2008 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.
The following is a timeline of major events leading up to and immediately following the United States presidential election of 2008. The election was the 56th quadrennial United States presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008, but its significant events and background date back to about 2002.
Date: January 28, 2008 () Time: 9:00 p.m. EST: Duration: 52 minutes: ... The 2008 State of the Union Address was given by the 43rd president of the United States, ...
July 10 – The 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game takes place at Yankee Stadium. [33] The home American League wins 4–3 in 15 innings, giving home field advantage in the 2008 World Series to the AL champion, which eventually came to be the Tampa Bay Rays. July 18 – The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan, is released. It was ...
2008 United States presidential election ← 2004 November 4, 2008 2012 → 538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win Opinion polls Turnout 61.6% 1.5 pp Nominee Barack Obama John McCain Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Arizona Running mate Joe Biden Sarah Palin Electoral vote 365 173 States carried 28 + DC + NE-02 22 Popular vote 69,498,516 ...
The UK officially enters the recession as GDP fell by 1.5% in the last quarter of 2008 following a 0.6% drop in the third quarter, [66] with unemployment growing by 131,000 to 1.92 million (6.1%) in the three months leading to November 2008. [67] The British economy only grew 0.7% in 2008, the weakest growth since 1992. [68]
The 2006 elections and 2008 elections represented the first time since 1936 that Democrats or any party made substantial gains in Congress in two consecutive elections. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This would be the last election until 2020 in which the Democrats won the presidency and unified control of Congress.
Month Date(s) Event July 15–17 E3 2008 in Los Angeles, California, United States. [1] [2]July 31 – August 3 QuakeCon 2008 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas, United States.