2008

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.

Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries: 20th century21st century22nd century
Decades: 1970s  1980s  1990s  – 2000s –  2010s  2020s  2030s
Years: 2005 2006 200720082009 2010 2011

2008 was the Chinese Year of Earth Rat based on the 12-year Chinese Zodiac cycle.

Events

January

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

February

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

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34th G8 summit heads of delegations in Tōyako, Japan

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Deaths

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August

September

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Awards

Nobel Prizes

Major religious holidays

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