2008

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2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar.

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Events

January

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First-ever photograph of the "unseen side" of Mercury, taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft on January 14

February

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Raúl Castro

March

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European Jules Verne ATV docked the to International Space Station

April

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May

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An earthquake in Sichuan, China killed nearly 80,000 people

June

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July

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34th G8 summit heads of delegations in Tōyako, Japan

August

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September

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October

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November

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Barack Obama

December

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Births

  • May 2 - Kate Moyer, Canadian actress (Our House, Buffaloed, Children of the Corn and Delia's Gone)

Deaths

January

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Edmund Hillary
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Heath Ledger

February

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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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Roy Scheider
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Janez Drnovšek

March

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Arthur C. Clarke
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Paul Scofield

April

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Charlton Heston

May

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Irena Sendler
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Sydney Pollack

June

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Chinghiz Aitmatov
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Cyd Charisse
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George Carlin

July

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Evelyn Keyes

August

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Bernie Mac
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Isaac Hayes

September

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Paul Newman

October

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Jörg Haider

November

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Michael Crichton

December

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Eartha Kitt
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Awards

Nobel Prizes

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Nobel Prize

Major religious holidays

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