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2008 was designated as: International Year of Languages; International Year of Planet Earth; International Year of the Potato; International Year of Sanitation; The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued through the entirety of 2008.
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LDU Quito wins the Copa Libertadores 2008 defeating...
- Deaths in 2008
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Afrikaans; Аԥсшәа; العربية; Aragonés; Արեւմտահայերէն;...
- Kingston Fossil Plant Coal Fly Ash Slurry Spill
The Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill was an...
- International Year of The Potato
The year 2008 was shared with the International Year of...
- Cyclone Nargis
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis (Burmese: နာဂစ်;...
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The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression.
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2008 ( MMVIII ) 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, the 8th year of the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade. 2008 was the Chinese Year of Earth Rat based on the 12-year Chinese Zodiac cycle. Events.
This page is a chronology of events in year 2008 directly related to Wikipedia and Wikipedians, both within Wikipedia and in the whole wide world. Wikipedia events and events in sister projects ( Wiktionary, Wikibooks, etc.) are listed as long as they are related to Wikipedia.
The 2008 Olympics were watched by 3.5 billion people worldwide, and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay. The 2008 Games also set numerous world and Olympic records, and were the most expensive Summer Olympics of all time, and the second most expensive overall, after the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.
2008年の日本; 3千年紀: 20世紀 - 21世紀 - 22世紀: 1990年代 - 2000年代 - 2010年代: 2003年 2004年 2005年 2006年 2007年 2008年 2009年 2010年 2011年 2012年 2013年: 日本の国旗 (1999年以降) 2008年の日本の話題; 歴史 - 年表: 文化と芸術; 映画 - ラジオ - テレビ: スポーツ; 相撲 - 競馬
The year 2008 involved many major film events. The Dark Knight was the year's highest-grossing film, while Slumdog Millionaire won the Academy Award for Best Picture (out of eight Academy Awards ).
