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2008 in Europe
Europe-related events during the year of 2008 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Albania
Andorra
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
European Union
Finland
France
Germany
Georgia
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vatican City
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Events
- January 1: Cyprus and Malta becomes a eurozone member, adopting the euro for the first time.
- May 21: The first all-English European Cup final saw Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties after a 1–1 draw in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.[1]
- August 7–16: Russo-Georgian War
- August 28: The Russian group Voina staged the Fuck for the heir Puppy Bear! performance at the Timiryazev State Biological Museum in Moscow to protest at the election of Dmitry Medvedev in the 2008 Russian presidential election.[2]
- December 6: A police officer assassinated 15-year-old student Alexis Grigoropoulos. Large riots took place the following days in Greece.[3][4][5]
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Deaths
January
- January 2
- George MacDonald Fraser, British author
- Günter Schubert, German actor
- January 3
- Jimmy Stewart, British racing driver
- Werner Dollinger, German politician
- January 7 – Detlef Kraus, German pianist
- January 9 – John Harvey-Jones, British businessman
- January 19 – Morris Maddocks, British bishop
- January 30 – Jeremy Beadle, British television presenter, writer and producer
February
- 28 February – Mike Smith, British singer
March
- 8 March – Carol Barnes, British newsreader
- 18 March – Anthony Minghella, British film director
- 19 March
- Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction author and inventor
- Paul Scofield, British actor
- 20 March – Brian Wilde, British actor
- 23 March – Neil Aspinall, British record producer and business executive
- 28 March – Michael Podro, British art historian
April
- 1 April – Jim Finney, British football referee
- 7 April – Mark Speight, British television presenter
- 25 April – Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz musician and broadcaster
May
- 16 May – David Mitton, British producer and director
- 24 May – Rob Knox, British actor
- 28 May – Beryl Cook, British artist
July
- 2 July – Elizabeth Spriggs, British actress
- 3 July – Clive Hornby, British actor
- 4 July – Charles Wheeler, British journalist
- 14 July – Hugh Lloyd, British actor
August
- 11 August – Bill Cotton, British producer
- 29 August – Geoffrey Perkins, British comedy producer, writer and performer
- 31 August – Ken Campbell, British actor and raconteur
September
- 15 September – Richard Wright, British musician
- 24 September - Ruslan Yamadayev, Russian politician
November
- 3 November – Brooks Mileson, British businessman,
- 4 November – Syd Lucas, British World War I veteran
- 12 November – Mitch Mitchell, British drummer
- 16 November – Reg Varney, British actor
December
- 8 December – Oliver Postgate, British animator, puppeteer and writer
- 14 December – Kathy Staff, British actress
- 24 December – Harold Pinter, British playwright
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