2008
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2008 is a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
| Years: 2005 2006 2007 - 2008(MMVIII) - 2009 2010 2011 | |
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| Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century | |
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Predicted events
January-June
- January 15 - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes the first of three flybys of Mercury.
- January 20 - Scheduled parliamentary elections in the Faroe Islands
- February 1 - Sweden plans to cease analog television broadcasts
- February 3 - Super Bowl XLII to be held in Glendale, Arizona.
- February 7 - Annular solar eclipse
- March 23 - Easter Sunday. Easter has not fallen this early since 1913.
- April 5 to April 7 - NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four to be held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
- May 16 - Presidential election slated in the Dominican Republic.
- June - UEFA Euro 2008 Championship tournament. Joint hosts Switzerland and Austria
July-December
- August 1 - Total solar eclipse: northern Canada, Siberia, Mongolia, northern China
- August 8 - 2008 Summer Olympics scheduled to begin in Beijing, China
- September 11 - Topping out of Freedom Tower at World Trade Center site (Could be delayed for a period of time because of construction complications)
- October 6 - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes the second of three flybys of Mercury.
- November 4 - Presidential election slated in the United States.
- November 26 - If still Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair will surpass Margaret Thatcher's length of time in office.
Australia plans to cease analogue television broadcasts.
Unknown dates
- Both Liverpool (England) and Stavanger (Norway) are European Capital of Culture
- Tentative year for the completion of the Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and the International Business Center in Seoul, South Korea
- Forecasted year of worldwide production decline in oil given by the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas
- Forecasted year of OPEC oil production exceeding non-OPEC oil production given by "The Peak Of World Oil Production And The Road To The Olduvai Gorge" by Richard C. Duncan
- According to Paramount, this is the earliest possible year for a new Star Trek TV series.
- Boeing plans to launch 787-8svexplosion:2008
- The Rugby League World Cup will be held in Australia.
Fictional Events
- The year 12-year-old Judson Moon runs for president - and wins!af:2008
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