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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.
January 7 – NBC announces the 2008 Golden Globe Awards Ceremony will be canceled due to the Writers Guild of America strike. The network announces the winners in a 1-hour news conference. Mickey Rourke and Tina Fey, among others, are winners. January 9 – President George W. Bush begins a tour of the Middle East with a stop in Israel.
July – Further bad news for the economy shows that it contracted by 0.1% in the second quarter of this year – ending 16 years of unbroken economic growth. [29] 11 July – 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election: Former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis retains his seat with a 71.6% vote share. [30] A record 26 candidates contest the by ...
Politics and elections George W. Bush delivers his final State of the Union Address as President of the United States. (The Los Angeles Times) January 29, 2008 (2008-01-29) (Tuesday) edit history watch 20 civilians including 11 children die and 14 are wounded after a mine explodes targeting a school bus in Madhu, Sri Lanka. (Sunday Times) Iran's judiciary sentences 54 BaháΚΌí religion ...
Arts and culture Former President of Botswana, Festus Mogae is awarded the $ 5m Mo Ibrahim Foundation Prize for Achievement in African Leadership for 2008. (PA) [permanent dead link ] October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21) (Tuesday) edit history watch Global financial crisis of September–October 2008: Iceland's Kaupthing Bank fails to pay interest to its 50-billion- yen (US$ 493 million ...
January 8 - The second 2008 U.S. presidential primary season nominating contests for both Democrats and Republicans were held in New Hampshire. Then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York won the Democrat contest, whilst then-U.S. Senator of Arizona John McCain won the Republican race.
When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, his campaign slogan was "Change we can believe in." He ran on the platform that called for the country to come together and create the positive change ...
F1 news and reaction after Felipe Massa insisted he is looking at legal avenues to overturn the 2008 World Championship, won by Lewis Hamilton, after new remarks by former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone