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July 10 – The 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game takes place at Yankee Stadium. The home American League wins 4–3 in 15 innings, giving home field advantage in the 2008 World Series to the AL champion, which eventually came to be the Tampa Bay Rays. July 18 – The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan, is released. It was the ...
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 and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade. 2008 was designated as:
The 2004 United States presidential election is held. The United States re-elects George W. Bush of the Republican Party to a second term as President of the United States, defeating John Kerry. 11 American states ban gay marriage. November 5 – Pixar Animation Studios ' sixth feature film, The Incredibles, is released in theaters.
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from April 2008. April 1, 2008. ( 2008-04-01) (Tuesday) edit. history. watch. A human rights group in Sri Lanka has blamed local security forces for the massacre of 17 aid workers in 2006 and accused the government of a cover-up.
Current events/2008 February 5. Voters in 24 states go to the polls to determine presidential nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties. (BBC News) The Democratic Party holds their first Democrats Abroad primary for Americans living overseas. (TIME)
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from July 2008. At least 38 people die as a motorised ferry sinks in Myanmar 's Irrawaddy Delta. (CNN) Police in Portugal announce that they are closing the investigation on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. (NineMsn news)
Current events/2008 March 14. Queen Elizabeth officially opens London Heathrow Airport 's new Terminal 5. ( The New York Times) Colombian Ministry of National Defense Juan Manuel Santos says the government will pay US$ 2.5 million to Pedro Pablo Montoya, the FARC rebel who killed Iván Ríos. (BBC News)
August – 2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak. August 10 – Toronto Explosions leaves 2 dead and thousands evacuate their homes. August 28 – The governor general announces the creation of the Sacrifice Medal. August 30 – The former Liberal MP Blair Wilson announces he is joining the Green Party of Canada, becoming the party's first MLA.