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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.

  2. On November 4, 2008, after a campaign that lasted nearly two years, Americans elected Illinois senator Barack Obama their 44th president. The result was historic, as Obama, a first-term U.S. senator, became, when he was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, the country’s first African American president.

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  3. August 8 – 24 – The United States compete at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and win 36 gold, 39 silver, and 37 bronze medals. Michael Phelps wins his eighth gold medal, breaking the record set by Mark Spitz, and sets the record for the most golds in a single Olympics.

  4. 2008 in Film & TV. Jan 20 "Breaking Bad", created by Vince Gilligan and starring Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul premieres on AMC. Feb 19 Toshiba announces its formal recall of its HD DVD video format, ending the format war between it and Sony's Blu-Ray Disc.

  5. Historical Events in 2008. Calendar. Home. Events by Year. 2008. Jan uary. Feb ruary. Mar ch. Apr il. May. Jun e. Jul y. Aug ust. Sep tember. Oct ober. Nov ember. Dec ember. Highlights. Events. Birthdays. Deaths. Weddings. Events 1 - 200 of 305. Jan 1 A New Hampshire law legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples comes into effect.

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  6. 2008 Prices including Wages, Houses, Food and Gas, Events include Property prices continue to fall, The Fed announced a series of interest rate cuts with federal funds target rate falling to 2.25%, $150 billion stimulus package, Large Hadron Collider, Governments around the world face the continuing problems of increased oil prices.

  7. The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 4, 2008. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the ...

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