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2008 has been designated as:

• International Year of Languages;^[1]
• International Year of Planet Earth;^[2]
• International Year of the Potato;^[3]
• International Year of Sanitation;^[4]
• European Year of Intercultural Dialogue;^[5]
• Year of the Frog, as declared by the international conservation initiative Amphibian Ark.^[6]
• Year of the Dolphin (extended from 2007).^[7]

In Chinese astrology, most of 2008, starting with February 7, will overlap with the Year of the Rat (dates before February 7 are Year of the Pig). The next Year of the Rat will be in 2020. About 2008 has been declared by the 60th United Nations General Assembly as the International Year of Planet Earth [1].The Years activities will span the three years 2007-2009. ... The International Year of the Potato (2008) has been declared by United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/191, adopted 22 December 2005. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008. ... Distribution of frogs (in black) Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia - List of Anuran families The frogness babe is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning tail-less from Greek an-, without + oura, tail), formerly referred to as Salientia (Latin saltare, to jump). ... Amphibian Ark (or AArk) coordinates captive breeding programs for threatened amphibians species, implemented by partners around the world. ... The year 2007 has been declared as (International) Year of the Dolphin by the United Nations and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ... Chinese astrology is the divination of the future from the Chinese calendar, which is based on astronomy, and ancient Chinese philosophy. ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Rat ( 鼠 ) was welcomed in ancient times as a protector and bringer of material prosperity. ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hai (亥) is the twelfth sign of the Earthly Branches. ... 2020 (MMXX) will be a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

January

• January 1 - Smoking banned in all public places (including bars and restaurants) in Portugal, France and the U.S. states of Illinois and Arizona.
• January 1 - Cyprus, Malta, and Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopt the euro.^[8][9]
• January 1 - Slovenia takes over the presidency of European Union as the first of new member states.^[10]
• January 1 - The Venezuelan bolívar, as a result of a government decree issued on March 7, 2007, is revalued at a ratio of 1 to 1000 and renamed the Bolívar fuerte (ISO 4217 code: VEF).
• January 2 - The price of petroleum hits US$100 per barrel for the first time.
• January 3 - A car bomb detonates, killing at least 4 and injuring 68, in Diyarbakır, Turkey. Police blame Kurdish rebels.
• January 4 - An unforecasted blizzard creates havoc across eastern Northern Ireland, with falls of 8 inches in one hour.
• January 4 - The 30th Dakar Rally is cancelled due to international political tension and the murder of four French tourists on December 24, 2007.
• January 8 - An attempted assassination of Maldivian president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is thwarted after a Boy Scout grabbed the attacker's knife. The Boy Scout was injured, but after a scuffle ensued police arrested the attacker.
• January 12 - The Kuomintang (KMT)-led Pan-Blue Coalition wins the legislative elections in Taiwan with over 70% of the votes.
• January 12 - A Macedonian Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in thick fog southeast of Skopje, killing all 11 military personnel on board.^[11]
• January 13 - Two Australians arrive in New Plymouth, New Zealand by kayak and become the first people in history to paddle from Australia to New Zealand.
• January 13 - Katsuaki Watanabe, President and CEO of Toyota, announces that they will deliver a significant fleet of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), powered by lithium-ion batteries, by 2010.

MESSENGER assembly at Astrotech.

• January 14 - At 19:04:39 UTC, the MESSENGER space probe is at its closest approach during its first flyby of the planet Mercury.^[12]
• January 15 - Federal Court of Australia orders a Japanese whaling company to stop research whaling within their Exclusive Economic Zone.
• January 16 - The South Korean Presidential Transition Team announces a plan to merge the Unification Ministry, which works toward unification with North Korea, with the Foreign Ministry, but does not follow through on the idea.^[13]
• January 17 - British Airways Flight 38 Boeing 777 lands short of runway at London Heathrow Airport, injuring 19 among the 152 people on board.^[14]
• January 20 - Presidential election in Serbia.
• January 20 - Legislative elections in Cuba.
• January 21 - Stock markets around the world plunge amid growing fears of a U.S. recession, fueled by the 2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis.
• January 21 - The first National Fetish Day is held in the United Kingdom, promoting the rights of the BDSM community.
• January 22 - Russia stages the largest naval exercise since the fall of the Soviet Union in the Bay of Biscay, amid deteriorating relations with the West. The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, along with 11 support vessels and 47 long-range bomber aircraft, practised strike tactics off the coast of France and Spain, and test-launched nuclear-capable missiles on foreign waters.
• January 23 - Polish Air Force CASA C-295 crashes during approach to the 12th Air Base near Mirosławiec. All 20 personnel on board die.
• January 23 - Thousands of Palestinians cross into Egypt, as the border wall with Gaza in Rafah is blown up by militants.
• January 24 - A peace deal ends the Kivu conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• January 24 - Peter Hain resigns as British Wales Secretary and British Work and Pensions Secretary after the Electoral Commission refers the failure to report donations to the Metropolitan Police. Prime Minister Gordon Brown called a quick cabinet reshuffle.

The new flag of Iraq.

• January 24 - Iraqi Parliament adopts a new national flag, removing three stars associated with the Baath Party; a permanent design is expected within the next year.
• January 24 - Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi resigns his post after losing the vote of confidence in the Senate.
• January 25 - China's worst snowstorm since 1954 kills 133, delays traffic, and causes massive power outages in central and southern parts of the country.^[15]
• January 26 - Global Call for Action to raise awareness and advance the movement for what they call a more equal and just world as part of the World Social Forum held in Davos, Switzerland. ^[16]
• January 26 - Maria Sharapova wins 2008 Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia.
• January 27 - Novak Đoković wins 2008 Australian Open.
• January 29 - Iran's judiciary sentences to prison 54 Bahá'í religion followers for charity work.^[17][18]
• January 29 - King Bhumibol Adulyadej swears in Samak Sundaravej as the new Prime Minister of Thailand.^[19]
• January 30 - The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare warns that traces of pesticides in Chinese dumplings and other products manufactured in Hebei Province, China have caused mass food poisoning.^[20]

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February

• February 1 - Microsoft offers $44.6 billion to buy Yahoo!.^[21][22]
• February 2 - Rebels attack the capital of Chad, N'Djamena.
• February 2 - French president Nicolas Sarkozy marries Carla Bruni.^[23]
• February 3 - Boris Tadić is re-elected in the second round of the Serbian presidential elections.
• February 3 - Parliamentary elections in Monaco.
• February 3 - The New York Giants defeat the previously undefeated New England Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII held at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.^[24]
• February 4 - Iran opens its first space center and launches a rocket to space.^[25]
• February 4 - A Palestinian suicide bomber kills one and wounds thirteen in a Dimona, Israel shopping center.^[26]
• February 4 - LDS Church First Presidency reorganization is announced. President Thomas S. Monson and his counselors, Henry B. Eyring and Dieter F. Uchtdorf, are sustained by the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles the previous day.

Primaries and caucuses in U.S. presidential election are held in 24 states.

• February 5 - Super Tuesday, massive multi-state primary in U.S. presidential election, with primaries and caucuses in 24 states, is held.
• February 5 - U.S. stock market indices plunge more than 3% after a report showed signs of economic recession in the service-sector. The S&P 500 fell 3.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 370 points.
• February 5-February 6 - A tornado outbreak, the deadliest in 23 years, kills 58 in the Southern United States.
• February 7 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-122 to deliver the European-built Columbus science laboratory to the International Space Station.
• February 7 - General election called for Belize's 31 House seats; a referendum to be held simultaneously to determine whether the upper house should be elected.
• February 9 - Camden Market area in London, United Kingdom is devastated by fire, causing evacuations in nearby houses and flats.
• February 10 - The wooden part of Namdaemun, a 600-year-old historic gate in Seoul, South Korea, is arsoned.^[27]
• February 10 - An oil platform in the North Sea is evacuated by helicopter and plane after an apparent security threat.^[28]
• February 10 - Worldwide protests are held against alleged corruption in the Church of Scientology by the internet group 'Anonymous' as part of 'Project Chanology'.
• February 11 - President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta is seriously wounded in an attack on his home by rebel soldiers. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed by Ramos-Horta's security guards during the attack.^[29]
• February 12 - PDVSA, a state oil company in Venezuela, has suspended sales of crude oil to Exxon Mobil, in response to a legal challenge by them.^[30]
• February 12 - Steven Spielberg announces that he will no longer act as artistic director for opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing because the Chinese government hasn't done enough to help end ethnic conflict in Darfur.^[31]
• February 12 - Bridgestone, under investigation for an alleged price-fixing cartel, uncovers improper payments of at least 150 million yen to foreign governments and withdrew from the marine hose business.^[32]
• February 13 - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia delivers a formal apology to the Stolen Generations.^[33]
• February 13 - Prime Minister of Malaysia Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dissolves the Malaysian parliament.^[34]
• February 14 - Steven Kazmierczak shoots dead five students and injures another 18 at Northern Illinois University.
• February 16 - Václav Klaus is re-elected as the President of the Czech Republic.

Flag of Kosovo

• February 17 - Complete Smoking ban including nightclubs, pubs, and bars, takes in effect in Thailand.^[35]
• February 17 - A suicide bombing by a Taliban member kills up to 80 in Kandahar, Afghanistan^[36]
• February 17 - Kosovo formally declares independence from Serbia, despite opposition from Serbia, Russia, China, Spain, Romania, and other nations. However Albania, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, U.K., and U.S. express support after an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.^[37]
• February 17 - Presidential election in Cyprus.
• February 18 - Athens, Greece is paralysed by its worst snowstorms in more than 50 years.
• February 18 - The British government introduces emergency legislation temporarily to nationalize Northern Rock, the fifth largest mortgage bank in the UK, due to NR's financial crisis.^[38]
• February 18 - General election is held in Pakistan, delayed from January 8 due to riots in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Opposition parties, including Bhutto's, take more than half of the seats, while President Pervez Musharraf's party suffers a huge defeat.^[39]
• February 19 - Fidel Castro announces his resignation as President of Cuba, to be effective on February 24.
• February 19 - Crude oil closes above $100 USD per barrel for the first time ever, settling at $100.01.
• February 19 - Presidential election in Armenia.
• February 20 - United States Navy destroys a spy satellite containing toxic fuel by shooting it down with a missile launched from USS Lake Erie in the Pacific ocean.^[40]
• February 20 - Total lunar eclipse - North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Western Asia.
• February 21 - Hundreds of thousands of Serbs take to the streets in Belgrade to protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence and the partial international recognition of it.

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• February 21 - Official launch of International Year of Languages on International Mother Language Day at UNESCO.^[41]
• February 22 – The Australian Parliament descends into chaos with opposition frontbenchers ejected, question time suspended and speakers unable to control the house. A cardboard cut-out of the Prime Minister is brought into the parliament by opposition members angry about sitting time on a Friday.^[42]
• February 22 - No survivors are found after a rescue helicopter discovers the wreckage of Santa Barbara Flight 518 just northeast of Mérida, Venezuela. The commercial plane had 46 people on board, including crew.
• February 23 - A B-2 Spirit crashes shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. Both pilots eject from the plane before it crashes.
• February 24 - Dimitris Christofias is elected President of Cyprus after the second round of voting in the country's presidential election.
• February 24 - Raúl Castro is unanimously elected as President of Cuba by the National Assembly.
• February 24 - The 80th Academy Awards, hosted by Jon Stewart, are held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California^[43], with No Country for Old Men winning Best Picture.^[44]
• February 25 - Lee Myung-bak starts his five-year term as the 17th President of South Korea.
• February 26 - The New York Philharmonic Orchestra performs in North Korea.^[45]
• February 27 - Earthquake hits Lincolnshire, United Kingdom registering a reading between 4.7 and 5.4 on the Richter Scale.
• February 27 - Jemaah Islamiyah leader Mas Selamat bin Kastari escapes from a detention center in Singapore.^[46]
• February 28 - Former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra is arrested on corruption charges upon returning to Thailand after months of exile.^[47]

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March

• March 1 - Singapore Flyer, the world's tallest ferris wheel, opens to the public.
• March 1 - In Gaza Strip at least 52 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers are killed in the most intense Israeli air strikes since 2005.
• March 2 - 2008 Russian presidential election: Dmitry Medvedev is elected President of Russia with about 70% of the vote. He is scheduled to succeed Vladimir Putin in May.^[48]
• March 2 - 2008 Andean diplomatic crisis: Venezuela and Ecuador move troops to the Colombian border following a Colombian raid against FARC guerrillas inside Ecuador's national territory in which senior commander Raúl Reyes was killed.
• March 3 - UN Security Council Resolution 1803 on Iran's Nuclear Program.^[49][50]
• March 3 - U.S.-based Sea Shepherd conservation group injures four Japanese whalers near Antarctica by throwing bottles of butyric acid at their vessel.^[51]
• March 6 - No one is injured when a small bomb explodes at an unoccupied U.S. military recruiting station in Times Square, New York City.
• March 6 - Eight Israeli civilians are killed and nine wounded when a Palestinian attacker opens fire at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem.
• March 6 - The United States Department of Defense banned Google from taking street-level photographs of US Military installations.^[52]
• March 8 - General election in Malaysia: First time since the 1969 elections that the Barisan Nasional coalition fails to win a two-thirds supermajority in the Dewan Rakyat.

Dmitry Medvedev

• March 8 - General election in Malta.
• March 9 - Medical and higher education fees referendum in Hungary.
• March 9 - General election in Spain: The governing PSOE led by Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is re-elected with the most seats in the Congress of Deputies.
• March 9 - First European Space Agency Automated Transfer Vehicle, a cargo spacecraft for the International Space Station, launches from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.
• March 14 - Demonstrations by Tibetan separatists turn violent as rioters target government and Han Chinese-owned buildings.
• March 14 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the new Heathrow Terminal 5 building at London Heathrow Airport. It will be available for public use from March 27.
• March 14 - Legislative election in Iran.
• March 15 - In Albania a huge explosion of a gun factory in Gerdec kills more than 30 people. On the next week, Albania, Kosovo and some surrounding countries supply and support Gerdec's population with food, blood etc.
• March 15 - Second set of international protests against the Church of Scientology as part of Project Chanology.
• March 17 - In Adelaide, South Australia, a 15-day heatwave, a once-in-3,000-years occurrence, comes to an end.^[53]
• March 19 - An exploding star halfway across the visible universe becomes the farthest known object ever visible to the naked eye.^[54]
• March 20 - A permanent coalition government agreement is reached in Belgium, ending a nine-month stalemate, as Yves Leterme is sworn in as Prime Minister.
• March 20 - The United States enacts economic sanctions against Iran.^{[citation needed]}
• March 22 - Republic of China presidential election is held in Taiwan. The Kuomintang (KMT) nominee Ma Ying-jeou won^[55]
• March 24 - Bhutan holds its first-ever general elections.^[56]

Invasion of Anjouan

• March 25 - Yousaf Raza Gillani becomes the 27th Prime Minister of Pakistan.
• March 25 - A 160-square-mile (414 km²) chunk of Antarctica's Wilkins Ice Shelf disintegrates, leaving the entire Connecticut-sized shelf at risk.
• March 25 - African Union and Comoros forces invade the rebel-held island of Anjouan.
• March 29 - Presidential and parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe.^[57]
• March 29 - An oil depot in Dagestan, Russia explodes.^[58]
• March 29 - Earth Hour (8 - 9 PM local time) in locations worldwide.
• March 29 - Brazilian 5-year-old girl Isabella Nardoni is thrown out of the window of her father's apartment, triggering extensive media coverage throughout the country.^[59]
• March 30 - A plane crashed into a row of houses in Farnborough, London, England, killing two pilots and three passengers.^[60]
• March 30 - Smoking is banned in all public places (including bars and restaurants) on the Isle of Man.
• March 31 - Milan, Italy is selected to host Expo 2015.
• March-April - Rising food and fuel prices trigger riots and unrest in the Third World.

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Economic sanctions are economic penalties applied by one country (or group of countries) on another for a variety of reasons. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Election for the 12th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China (traditional Chinese: ) will be held Saturday, 22 March 2008. ... The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT) [1], also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is a political party in the Republic of China (ROC), now on Taiwan, and is currently the largest political party in terms of seats in the Legislative Yuan, and the oldest political party in the... 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Official language(s) none (de facto English) Demonym Connecticuter or Connecticutian[2] Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport[3] Largest metro area Hartford Metro Area[4] Area  Ranked 48th in the US  - Total 5,543[5] sq mi (14,356 km²)  - Width 70 miles (113 km)  - Length 110 miles (177 km... is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Anthem Let Us All Unite and Celebrate Together [1] Administrative Centre Working languages Arabic English Spanish French Portuguese Swahili Membership 53 African states Leaders  -  Chairman Jakaya Kikwete  -  Jean Ping Establishment  -  as the OAU May 25, 1963   -  as the African Union July 9, 2002  Area  -  Total 29,757,900 km² (1st1... 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April

• April 2 - The 20th NATO summit begins in Bucharest, Romania.
• April 3 - Jules Verne ATV docks to the International Space Station.
• April 3 - Albania and Croatia are invited to join NATO in 2009. The membership bid of the Republic of Macedonia is rejected due to opposition by Greece.^[61] Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro engage in an Intensified Dialogue with NATO.
• April 3 - Officers in the U.S. state of Texas raid the YFZ Ranch,^[62][63] ultimately removing more than 500 women and children,^[64] following allegations of abuse by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
• April 6 - Presidential election in Montenegro.
• April 6 - The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 comes into force in the UK.^[65]
• April 9 - Parliamentary elections in South Korea.

Pope Benedict XVI waves to a crowd upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, United States.

• April 10 - Assembly elections in Nepal: Maoists win a plurality of seats in the Assembly in the first election in Nepal in nine years.
• April 13 - Elections in Italy: The Silvio Berlusconi-led coalition, which consists of the People of Freedom, Lega Nord, and Movement for Autonomy parties, wins a majority of seats in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
• April 13 - Trevor Immelman wins the 2008 Masters Tournament.
• April 15 - A Hewa Bora Airways DC-9 commercial airplane crashes into a residential area of Goma, DR Congo.
• April 15–April 20 - Pope Benedict XVI visits the United States. Among his destinations are the White House, The Catholic University of America, the United Nations General Assembly, and the site of the fallen World Trade Center. Benedict XVI also celebrated Mass at Nationals Park and Yankee Stadium.
• April 18 - A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurs outside of West Salem, Illinois. It is one of the strongest earthquakes in the midwestern states in 40 years.
• April 20 - Fernando Lugo is elected President of Paraguay. This is the first time in 61 years that the Colorado Party has lost a presidential election.
• April 22 - Surgeons at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital perform the first operations using bionic eyes, implanting them into two blind patients.
• April 23 - In the Canadian province of Ontario, a bill banning pesticides is passed, making it the only place in North America to pass pesticide restriction laws of this degree. Pesticide use is permitted only on golf courses and selected other places.
• April 24 - Teachers in England and Wales stage the first national strike in more than 20 years over issues of pay.
• April 27 - The Taliban attempts to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a military parade in Kabul.^[66]
• April 28 - India sets a world record by sending 10 satellites into orbit in a single launch.^[67]
• April 28 - 71 die in a train crash in Shandong, China.^[68]
• April 28 - The Fritzl incest case is widely publicized after a 42-year-old Austrian woman tells local authorities that she has been imprisoned and abused by her father, Josef Fritzl, since 1984.

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For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... The FLDS temple in the YFZ Ranch The YFZ Ranch, also known as the Yearning for Zion Ranch,[1] is a 1,700-acre (7 km²) community just outside of Eldorado in Schleicher County, Texas, United States. ... The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church) is one of the largest Mormon fundamentalist denominations[1][2] and one of Americas largest practitioners of plural marriage. ... is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A presidential election is due to be held in Montenegro in 2008, the countrys first since independence. ... This article is about the country in Europe. ... is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (2007 c. ... 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This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...   (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, media proprietor, and Prime Minister of Italy (President of the Council of Ministers of Italy), a position he has held three times; 1994-1995, 2001-2006 and since 2008. ... The Lega Nord (Northern League, LN), whose complete name is Lega Nord for the Independence of Padania, is an Italian political party founded in 1991 as a federation of several regional parties in northern Italy, most of which had arisen, and all of which had expanded their share of the... The Movement for Autonomy (Italian: Movimento per lAutonomia or MPA) is a minor Italian political party, founded on April 30, 2005 by a number of Southern Italian, especially Sicilian, centre-of-right autonomist dissidents, notably from Democrats Centre Union and National Alliance. ... Type Lower house President of the Chamber Gianfranco Fini, PdL since April 30, 2008 Members 630 Political groups Pdl 275 PD 217 Lega Nord 60 UDC 35 Idv 29 Misto 14 Last elections April 13–14, 2008 Meeting place Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome Web site http://www. ... Palazzo Madama house of the Senate of the Republic. ... is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Personal Information Birth December 16, 1979 ) Cape Town, South Africa Height 5 ft 9 in (1. ... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hewa Bora Airways is an airline based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo operating domestic and regional services. ... The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (initially known as the Douglas DC-9) is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner. ... 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For other uses of Mass, see Mass (disambiguation). ... Nationals Ballpark (or Nationals Park) is the new ballpark for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. ... This page is about the stadium the New York Yankees currently play in. ... is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... West Salem is a village in Edwards County, Illinois, United States. ... This article is about the Midwestern region in the United States. ... is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of Presidents of Paraguay and holders of its predecessor offices. ... The Colorado Party (Spanish: Partido Colorado) is a political party in Paraguay. ... General elections will be held in Paraguay in April 2008. ... is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Moorfields Eye Hospital. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... the plane is spreading pesticide. ... North American redirects here. ... A pesticide is a substance or mixture of substances used for preventing, controlling, or lessening the damage caused by a pest. ... A pesticide is a substance or mixture of substances used for preventing, controlling, or lessening the damage caused by a pest. ... is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Taliban (Pashto: - , also anglicised as Taleban) are a Sunni Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement[2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance and NATO countries. ... Hamid Karzai (Persian: حامد کرزى and Pashto: حامد کرزي) (b. ... For other places with the same name, see Kabul (disambiguation). ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about artificial satellites. ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...   (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern Peoples Republic of China. ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

May

The path of Cyclone Nargis

The epicenter of the Sichuan earthquake

• May 1 - Local elections, for 137 English councils and all Welsh councils, take place in the United Kingdom.
• May 1 - Elections for the London Mayor and London Assembly take place with Boris Johnson becoming the second Mayor of London.
• May 1 - Entry into force of the London Agreement, aimed at reducing the translation costs associated with European patents.
• May 2 - A volcanic eruption forces the evacuation of more than 4,000 people from the Chilean town of Chaitén.
• May 2 - May 3 - The Presidents of Central European States meet in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.
• May 3 - Over 133,000 people in Myanmar are killed by Cyclone Nargis, the deadliest natural disaster since the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004.
• May 7 - Violence breaks out in Beirut, Lebanon and spreads to nearby areas over the next few days.
• May 7 - Brian Cowen is elected the 11th Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, succeeding Bertie Ahern, after a vote in the Dáil Éireann.
• May 7 - Dmitry Medvedev is sworn in as the President of Russia.
• May 8 - Vladimir Putin is confirmed as the 10th Prime Minister of Russia after a vote in the State Duma.
• May 8 - Silvio Berlusconi is sworn in as the 81st Prime Minister of Italy.
• May 10 - Myanmar holds a constitutional referendum.
• May 11 - Local and parliamentary elections in Serbia.
• May 12 - Over 69,000 are killed in central China by an earthquake measuring 7.9M_w. The epicenter is 90 kilometers (55 miles) west-northwest of Chengdu.
• May 13 - A series of bomb blasts kills at least 63 and injures 216 in Jaipur, India.
• May 14 - Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg defeat Rangers of Scotland in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final.
• May 14 - Six Iranian Baha'i Faith leaders are arrested in Iran.^[69]
• May 15 - An oil pipeline explodes in Ijegun, Nigeria, killing 100.
• May 15 - California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.^[70]
• May 16 - Presidential election in the Dominican Republic.
• May 16 - The fifth Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union Summit is held in Lima, Peru.
• May 17 - FA Cup Final: Portsmouth F.C. beat Cardiff City F.C. 1-0.
• May 17 - Parliamentary elections are held in Kuwait.
• May 18 - Russia wins the Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2008 in Canada. Canada wins silver, and Finland wins bronze.^[71]
• May 21 - Manchester United F.C win the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
• May 21 - Legislative elections are held in Georgia.
• May 22 - Council of the Presidents of Ukraine and Azerbaijan is formed.
• May 23 - The Union of South American Nations, a supranational union, is created by a union between the Andean Community and Mercosur.
• May 23 - The International Court of Justice awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
• May 24 - Russia wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.^[72]
• May 25 - Michel Sleiman is elected President of Lebanon by the Parliament. The election had been postponed 19 times due to a parliamentary stalemate.
• May 25 - NASA's Phoenix spacecraft lands on Mars.
• May 25 - The 2008 French Open, one of four major tennis "grand slam" tournaments, begins.
• May 28 - The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is established after the Assembly votes overwhemingly in favor of abolishing the country's 240-year-old monarchy. Girija Prasad Koirala becomes temporary Head of State.
• May 31 - STS-124, Space Shuttle Discovery is launched at 5:02 EDT.

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The Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973, commonly known as the European Patent Convention (EPC), is a multilateral treaty instituting the European Patent Organisation and providing an autonomous legal system according to which European patents are granted. ... is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... City motto : Coordinates Municipality : Ohrid municipality Elevation 695 m Population 55 749 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 46 Postal code 6000 Car plates OH Official Website www. ... For an explanation of terms related to Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Anthem: Kaba Ma Kyei Capital Naypyidaw , Largest city Yangon (Rangoon) Official languages Burmese Recognised regional languages Jingpho, Shan, Karen, Mon, Rakhine Demonym Burmese Government Military junta  -  Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Senior General Than Shwe  -  Vice Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Vice-Senior General... This article is about the natural disasters caused by natural hazards. ... For related articles, including charities accepting donations, see Category:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Lebanese city. ... is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Brian Cowen (Irish: Brian Ó Comhain, born 10 January 1960) is the current Taoiseach of Ireland. ... 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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Russian pronunciation: ) (born October 7, 1952, in Leningrad, U.S.S.R., now Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian politician who was the 2nd President of the Russian Federation from 2000 to 2008. ... The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, (Russian: Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации) unofficially called the Prime-Minister (though such term is not present in the Russian Constitution) is the current Head of Government of the Russian Federation. ... For other uses, see State Duma (disambiguation). ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...   (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, media proprietor, and Prime Minister of Italy (President of the Council of Ministers of Italy), a position he has held three times; 1994-1995, 2001-2006 and since 2008. ... In Italy, the President of the Council of Ministers (Italian: Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri) is the countrys prime minister or head of government, and occupies the fourth-most important state office. ... is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Anthem: Kaba Ma Kyei Capital Naypyidaw , Largest city Yangon (Rangoon) Official languages Burmese Recognised regional languages Jingpho, Shan, Karen, Mon, Rakhine Demonym Burmese Government Military junta  -  Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Senior General Than Shwe  -  Vice Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Vice-Senior General... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Not to be confused with Chengde. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... , Jaipur   (Hindi: जयपुर), also popularly known as the pink city, is the capital of Rajasthan state, India. ... is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russian: ФК Зенит Санкт-Петербург) is a Russian football club from Saint Petersburg. ... For other uses, see Rangers F.C. (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... The 2008 UEFA Cup Final will be the 50th edition of the European UEFA Cup football club tournament. ... is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Known in India as the Lotus Temple, the Bahai House of Worship attracts an average of three and a half million visitors a year. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... -1... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... Same-sex marriage in the U.S. state of Massachusetts began on May 17, 2004 because the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled in Goodridge v. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Recognized in some regions Foreign marriages recognized Civil unions and registered partnerships Recognized in some regions Unregistered co-habitation Recognition debated Same-sex marriage debated, recognition granted United States (CT, DC, HI, ME, NH, NJ, OR, VT, WA) See also This box:      Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay... is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Lima (disambiguation). ... is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The FA Cup 2007-08 will be the 127th staging of the worlds oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. ... Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. ... 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June

Participating countries of UEFA Euro 2008.

• June 1 - A large fire engulfs parts of Universal Studios in Universal City, California.
• June 1 - Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Macedonia.
• June 1 - Referendum on the process of naturalization fails by a wide margin in Switzerland, leaving in place the current system (since 2003) in which applicants are approved by elected bodies rather than popular votes.
• June 1 - Landmark Broadway musical Rent ends its run after 12 years and more than 4,300 shows.
• June 1 - In the European Union, regulations on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals start to come into force.
• June 2 - A car bomb explodes outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing at least five.
• June 3 - Barack Obama becomes the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party, becoming the first African-American to do so in a major U.S. politicial party.^[73]
• June 4 - The Detroit Red Wings win their 11th Stanley Cup, defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins.
• June 7–June 29 - Switzerland and Austria host the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament.^[74]
• June 7 - Ana Ivanovic wins her first Grand Slam title at the French Open by defeating Dinara Safina.
• June 7 - Big Brown, previously undefeated, fails to become the first winner of the Triple Crown since 1978, finishing last at the 2008 Belmont Stakes.
• June 8 - In the Akihabara area of Tokyo, Japan, a 25-year-old man stabs 7 to death, and wounds 11 more, before being arrested.
• June 8 - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits western Peloponese in Greece, killing two, injuring at least 220, and leaving more than 3,000 homeless.
• June 8 - A gas pipe explosion causes a collapse in the Karl Marx mine in Yenakiieve, Ukraine, killing 1 and temporarily trapping dozens.
• June 8 - Rafael Nadal wins his fourth straight French Open grand slam by defeating Roger Federer for the third straight year.
• June 10 - Fire engulfs Sudan Airways Flight 109 after landing in Khartoum, Sudan, killing 44.
• June 11 - The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope is launched.
• June 11 - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologizes to Canada's First Nations for the Canadian residential school system.
• June 12 - Ireland votes to reject the Treaty of Lisbon, in the only referendum to be held by a European Union member state on the treaty.
• June 14 - Expo 2008 begins in Zaragoza, Spain.
• June 14 - At least 22 dead and missing with 312 injured, a Richer Scale 6.9 hit 2008 Iwate earthquake.
• June 21 - First veneration ever is held outside the Vatican City, in Beirut, Lebanon (Fr. Ya32oob el Kabbooshe)
• June 22 - Typhoon Fengshen hit Sibyan Island, Philippines, at least 155 confirmed dead, with ferry MV Princess of the Stars capsized by rough sea, this disaster is four people dead, and at least 728 missing.

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Predicted and scheduled events

June

• June - The Large Hadron Collider (located at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland) is to begin operation; it will be the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.
• June 27 - Second round of Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008 due to occur.
• The ISRO's Chandrayaan (Lunar Craft) will be launched.
• June 29 - UEFA Euro 2008 final in Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna, Austria.

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July

• July 1 - Smoking will be banned in all public places (including bars and restaurants) in the Netherlands.^[75] The US state of Iowa will also go smoke-free (excluding casinos).
• July 2 - Copa Libertadores final in Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• July 7–July 9 - 34th G8 summit will be held in Tōyako, Hokkaidō in Japan.
• July 8–July 20 - World Gliding Championships will be held in Rieti, Italy.^[76]
• July 10-15 - The Camp for Climate Action will be held in Newcastle, Australia, involving the largest campaign of civil disobedience in Australian history. Up to 1000 people are expected to block a train line to protest the expansion of the world's biggest coal export port.^[77]
• July 15 - The 79th MLB All-Star game will be held at Yankee Stadium for the last time
• July 15–July 20 - World Youth Day, the largest youth gathering in the Southern Hemisphere, will take place in Sydney, Australia. Pope Benedict XVI will appear at the event.^[78]
• July 30–August 5 - The XXII World Congress of Philosophy will take place in Seoul, South Korea.
• July 31 - After three decades as the Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates will step down from daily duties.^[79]

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August

The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

• August 1 - Beijing south railway station, the largest passenger station in Asia, will reopen following a reconstruction project.^[80]
• August 1 - Total solar eclipse visible from northern Canada (Nunavut), northern part of Russia, western Mongolia, and China; and seen as partial elsewhere in eastern North America, Europe, and Asia.
• August 2–August 16 - World Gliding Championships will be held in Lüsse, Germany.^[81]
• August 6–August 10 - Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention will be held in Denver, Colorado.^[82]
• August 8–August 24 - The 2008 Summer Olympics will take place in Beijing, China.
• August 11 - Elections to be held in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Regional Governor, Regional Vice Governor and Members of the Regional Legislative Assembly following Republic Act No. 9333.^[83]
• August 14 - 2008 Formula Zero Championship begins in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.^[84]
• August 25—August 28 - Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado for U.S. presidential election.
• August 28 - Space Shuttle Atlantis will begin mission STS-125, the final maintenance mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.^[85]

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September

• September 1 to September 4 - Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota for U.S. presidential election.
• September 27 - The Australian Football League Grand Final will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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October

• October 6 - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its second flyby of Mercury (will be captured into Mercury's orbit on March 18, 2011).
• October 16 - STS 126, Space Shuttle Endeavour will be launched and it will deliver equipment and supplies to the International Space Station.
• October 28 - NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and LCROSS impactor, to the Moon.
• October 30 - November 16 - The inaugural FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be held in New Zealand.^[86]

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November

• November 4 - Election of the 44th President of the United States. There will also be elections for many other US public offices, including the entire House of Representatives, a third of the Senate, and several state Governorships.
• November 5 - First round of the AFC Champions League final to be held.
• November 11 - RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her last voyage from Southampton to Dubai.
• November 15 - New Zealand will hold a general election on or before this date.
• November 20 - December 7 - 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to be held in Chile.^[87]
• November 22 - APEC Peru 2008 Summit in Lima.
• November 22 - Second round of the AFC Champions League final to be held.
• November 23 - 96th Grey Cup to be held at Montreal's Olympic Stadium.
• November 25 - Greenland holds election for increased autonomy from Denmark.
• November 28 - Legislative election in Romania.

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December

• December 4 - STS-119, Space Shuttle Discovery will bring the Integrated Truss Segment to the International Space Station.
• December 6 - 14 - The 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships will take place in the Czech Republic.
• December 15 - The Electoral College meets in 51 locations officially to elect the 44th President of the United States.
• December - Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Ghana.
• December 24 - The new I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis will be completed after the bridge collapsed in August of 2007.

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• The United Nations is to review drug policies around the world.^[88][89]
• The "Simón Bolívar" Satellite, a result of an agreement between Venezuela and China, will be launched this year.^[90]

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Ongoing events

• Ongoing conflicts
• 6th Round of the Belgian State Reform

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Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2008

January

Maila Nurmi

Edmund Hillary

Heath Ledger

Suharto

Jeremy Beadle

• January 1 - Salvatore Bonanno, American mobster (b. 1932)
• January 1 - Peter Caffrey, Irish actor (b. 1949)
• January 1 - Erich Kästner, last German veteran of World War I (b. 1900)
• January 1 - Thiyagarajah Maheswaran, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (b. 1960)
• January 2 - George MacDonald Fraser, British author (b. 1925)
• January 2 - Galyani Vadhana, Thai princess (b. 1923)
• January 3 - Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (b. 1953)
• January 3 - Yo-Sam Choi, Korean boxer (b. 1972)
• January 3 - Werner Dollinger, German politician (b. 1918)
• January 5 - Raymond Forni, French politician (b. 1941)
• January 5 - Clinton Grybas, Australian sports commentator (b. 1975)
• January 6 - Fr. John O'Brien, Irish priest and musician (b. 1931)
• January 7 - Edward "Buddy" LeRoux, American businessman (b. 1930)
• January 7 - Philip Agee, American spy (b. 1935)
• January 8 - Moshe Levi, Israeli military commander (b. 1936)
• January 9 - John Harvey-Jones, English businessman (b. 1924)
• January 10 - Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
• January 10 - Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican writer and politician (b. 1906)
• January 10 - Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress and television personality (b. 1921)
• January 11 - Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist (b. 1919)
• January 11 - Carl Karcher, American businessman (b. 1917)
• January 12 - Adriano González León, Venezuelan poet and writer (b. 1931)
• January 13 - Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932)
• January 15 - Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982)
• January 15 - Jason MacIntyre, Scottish racing cyclist (b. 1973)
• January 16 - Nikola Kljusev, Macedonian prime minister (b. 1927)
• January 17 - Bobby Fischer, American-Icelandic chess grandmaster (b. 1943)
• January 17 - Ernie Holmes, American football player (b. 1948)
• January 17 - Allan Melvin, American actor (b. 1922)
• January 18 - Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (b. 1927)
• January 18 - Lois Nettleton, American actress (b. 1927)
• January 19 - Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1936)
• January 19 - Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (b. 1937)
• January 19 - Frances Lewine, American journalist (b. 1921)
• January 19 - Morris Maddocks, English Anglican priest (b.1928)
• January 19 - John Stewart, American Singer-Songwriter (b. 1939)
• January 20 - Louis de Cazenave, French veteran of World War I (b. 1897)
• January 22 - Heath Ledger, Australian actor (b. 1979)
• January 22 - Roberto Gari, American actor (b. unknown)
• January 22 - Miles Lerman, Polish-American activist (b. 1920)
• January 23 - Andrzej Andrzejewski, Polish brigadier general (b. 1961)
• January 24 - Randy Salerno, American news anchor (b. 1963)
• January 27 - Anna Loginova, Russian bodyguard and model (b. 1978)
• January 27 - Gordon B. Hinckley, American Mormon leader (b. 1910)
• January 27 - Suharto, 2nd President of Indonesia (b. 1921)
• January 28 - Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens (b. 1939)
• January 29 - Margaret Truman, American writer (b. 1924)
• January 30 - Jeremy Beadle, English television presenter (b. 1948)

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Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Raymond Forni (born on 1941) is a French Socialist politician. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Clinton Andrew Grybas (born 9 February 1975) is an Australian rules football and sports commentator. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward G. Buddy LeRoux Jr. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Philip Burnett Franklin Agee (born July 19, 1935) is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee and author who wrote the book, Inside the Company: CIA Diary (1975)[1], detailing his experiences in the CIA. Agee joined the CIA in 1957 and worked as a case officer with postings in... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Moshe Levi (born 1936) was the 12th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from 1983-1987 . ... Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir John Harvey-Jones, MBE, was chairman of ICI from 1982 to 1987. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Born March 30, 1967 in Hollywood, CA Known as Bowman the Showman, figure skater Christopher Bowman was a two-time winner of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Andrés Henestrosa (b. ... Year 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Maila Nurmi (born Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi, December 21, 1921 in Petsamo, Finland—now Pechenga, Russia) created the well-remembered 1950s character of Vampira. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Edmund Hillary on the New Zealand 5 dollar note Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (born July 20, 1919) is a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer, most famous for the first successful climb of Mount Everest. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Bradley Barron Renfro (July 25, 1982 - May 22, 2007) was an American actor, born in Knoxville, Tennessee and was raised by his grandmother. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nikola Kljusev (Macedonian: , b. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert James Bobby Fischer (born March 9, 1943) is a United States-born chess Grandmaster who became famous as a teenager for his chess-playing ability, and in 1972 became the only US-born chessplayer to become the official World Chess Champion. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Earnest Lee Ernie Holmes, also nicknamed Fats (born July 11, 1948, Jamestown, Texas) was an American football player who was most famous for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1972-77. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Allan Melvin (born February 18, 1922) is an American actor with a long history of sitcom and voice-over work. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Georgia Frontiere is the owner and chairman of the St. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Lois Nettleton in Twilight Zone:The Midnight Sun Lois Nettleton (born August 6, 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an actress and voice artist mostly known for her work in television. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Don Wittman is a Canadian sportscaster for the CBC network. ... Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Pleshette in 1991 Suzanne Pleshette (born January 31, 1937 in New York City) is an American actress, best known as Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show in the 70s. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Stewart (born September 5, 1939 in San Diego, California, United States) is an American songwriter and singer, best-known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the early and mid 1960s while a member of the Kingston Trio (1961–1967). ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Louis de Cazenave (October 16, 1897 in Saint-Georges-dAurac) is, as of November 10, 2006, the oldest out of the last three France poilus still alive. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Heath Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008) was an Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG Award-nominated Australian-born film actor who lived in New York City. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Roberto Gari is an American artist and actor. ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gordon Bitner Hinckley (born June 23, 1910) has been the fifteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since March 12, 1995. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Suharto GCB (born June 8, 1921) is a former Indonesian military and political leader. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Archbishop Christodoulos His Beatitude the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos (Greek: Χριστόδουλος) (born Christos Paraskevaides Χρήστος Παρασκευαΐδης on 1939 in Xanthi) is the prelate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, a position to which he was elected in 1998. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mary Margaret Truman–Daniel (born February 17, 1924 in Independence, Missouri) is an American writer and the author of biographies, books on the White House and several best-selling mystery novels. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jeremy James Anthony Gibson Beadle MBE (12 April 1948 – 30 January 2008) was an English television presenter, writer and producer. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

February

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Steve Fossett

Janez Drnovšek

William F. Buckley, Jr.

• February 1 - Beto Carrero, Brazilian businessman (b. 1937)
• February 1 - Shell Kepler, American actress (b. 1958)
• February 2 - Earl Butz, American government official (b. 1909)
• February 2 - Barry Morse, Canadian actor (b. 1918)
• February 3 - Sheldon Brown, American bicycle mechanic (b. 1944)
• February 4 - Harry Richard Landis, American World War I veteran (b. 1899)
• February 5 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1917)
• February 6 - John McWethy, American print and television journalist (b. 1947)
• February 7 - Tamara Desni, German-born English actress (b. 1913)
• February 7 - Hoang Minh Chinh, Vietnamese politician and dissident (b. 1922)
• February 7 - Guy Severin, Russian academician and engineer (b. 1926)
• February 8 - Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (b. 1947)
• February 8 - Ah Meng, Singaporean orangutan and tourism icon (b. 1960)
• February 8 - Phyllis Whitney, American mystery writer (b. 1903)
• February 9 - Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian artist and writer (b. 1931)
• February 9 - Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal, Tibetan spiritual leader (b. 1930)
• February 10 - Ron Leavitt, American television producer (b. 1947)
• February 10 - Roy Scheider, American actor (b. 1932)
• February 11 - Alfredo Reinado, East Timorese rebel (b. 1967)
• February 11 - Tom Lantos, American politician (b. 1928)
• February 12 - Imad Mugniyah, Lebanese militant (b. 1962)
• February 12 - Badri Patarkatsishvili, Georgian businessman and politician (b. 1955)
• February 13 - Kon Ichikawa, Japanese film director (b. 1915)
• February 13 - Henri Salvador, French singer (b. 1917)
• February 13 - Roger Voisin, French-American classical musician (b. 1918)
• February 15 - Amnon Netzer, Iranian-Israeli historian (b. 1934)
• February 15 - Steve Fossett, American adventurer^[91] (b. 1944)
• February 15 - Ashley Callie, South African Actress (b. 1976)
• February 18 - Alain Robbe-Grillet, French writer (b. 1922)
• February 18 - Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress (b. 1955)
• February 19 - Natalia Bessmertnova, Russian ballerina (b. 1941)
• February 19 - Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (b. 1945)
• February 21 - Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)
• February 23 - Janez Drnovšek, 2nd President and 2nd Prime Minister of Slovenia (b. 1950)
• February 23 - Denis Lazure, Canadian politician (b. 1925)
• February 24 - Larry Norman, American musician (b. 1947)
• February 26 - Buddy Miles, American musician (b. 1947)
• February 26 - Dan Shomron, Israeli military leader (b. 1937)
• February 27 - William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and conservative commentator (b. 1925)
• February 27 - Myron Cope, American sportscaster (b. 1929)
• February 27 - Sujatha, Tamil writer (b. 1935)
• February 27 - Boyd Coddington, American car-builder (b. 1944)
• February 28 - Joseph M. Juran, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1904)
• February 28 - Philip Rabinowitz, South African sprinter (b. 1904)
• February 28 - Mike Smith, English singer (b. 1943)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (January 12, 1917 – February 5, 2008), founded and developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and related programs and initiatives, including schools and universities with campuses in India[1], the United States[2], Mexico[3], the United Kingdom[4], and China. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1246x1800, 499 KB) Summary Photographer: Mary Frances Howard Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1246x1800, 499 KB) Summary Photographer: Mary Frances Howard Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 – missing September 3, 2007, declared legally dead February 15, 2008[1][2]) was an American aviator, sailor, and adventurer who became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon. ... 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Barry Morse in Space: 1999, 1975 Barry Morse (born June 10, 1918, Shoreditch) is an English actor best known for a number of his television roles. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sheldon Brown and Igor Sheldon Brown (born July 14, 1944) is an American bicycle mechanic and technical authority. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Harry Richard Landis (December 12, 1899 – February 4, 2008[1]) was, at age 108, the older of the last two surviving American First World War veterans. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (January 12, 1917 – February 5, 2008), founded and developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and related programs and initiatives, including schools and universities with campuses in India[1], the United States[2], Mexico[3], the United Kingdom[4], and China. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Fleetwood McWethy, correspondent for ABC News 1979-2003 (National Security Correspondent 1985-2003). ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ah Meng (born circa 18 June 1960) is a famous female Sumatran Orangutan and a tourism icon of Singapore. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Phyllis Ayame Whitney (born September 9, 1903) is an American mystery writer. ... Year 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The eleventh Mindrolling Trichen (pronunciation: Mìn-drolling), Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal (1930-present) is a lama of the Nyingma-school, the oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism and is responsible for the administrative affairs for the school in exile as the ceremonial head of the lineage. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Married With Children Ron Leavitt (along with Michael G. Moye) created the wildly succesful American television sitcom Married with Children. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Roy Richard Scheider (born November 10, 1932 in Orange, New Jersey) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-nominated American actor. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Alfredo Reinhado. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas Peter Tom Lantos, Ph. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Imad Fayez Mugniyah (Arabic: ; born December 7, 1962) is a senior member of the Hezbollah terrorist organization. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Badri Patarkatsishvili Badri Patarkatsishvili (Georgian: , Russian: ; born October 31, 1955 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian businessman, one of the richest men in Georgia, billionaire who started out his political career and made his important future contacts in the communist youth organisation, the Komsomol. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kon Ichikawa (市川 å´‘ Ichikawa Kon) (born November 20, 1915, Ujiyamada, Mie Prefecture) is one of the better known Japanese film directors. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Trancoso 22:20, 14 October 2006 (UTC)Henri Salvador (born July 18, 1917, Cayenne, French Guiana) is a French singer. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Roger Voisin Roger Louis Voisin (born 26 June 1918) is a French-born American classical trumpeter. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 – missing September 3, 2007, declared legally dead February 15, 2008[1][2]) was an American aviator, sailor, and adventurer who became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ashley Callie is a South African actress best known for her role as Leone Haines in Isidingo. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Alain Robbe-Grillet Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922-) is a French writer and filmmaker, born in Brest, Finistère, France into a family of engineers and scientists. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Publicity photo of Lydia Shum in In-Laws, Outlaws Lydia Shum, Joyce Cheng and Adam Cheng Lydia Shum Din-Ha (Chinese: 沈殿霞, born July 21, 1947 in Shanghai, China), also known as Lydia Sum, is a Hong Kong comedian and actress known for her size. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Janez DrnovÅ¡ek (pronounced: IPA,  ) (born May 17, 1950) is the current President of Slovenia and the former president of Yugoslavia. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Denis Lazure (born October 12, 1925 in Napierville, Quebec is a former Quebec politician and psychiatrist. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Larry David Norman (born April 8, 1947 in Corpus Christi, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter considered the forefather of Contemporary Christian Music, an attribution which he denies. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dan Shomron (born 1937) was the 13th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, from 1987 to 1991. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the conservative journalist and commentator. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Myron Cope (born January 23, 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), whose given name is Myron Sydney Kopelman, is an American sports journalist, radio personality, and sports broadcaster. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sujatha (b. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Boyd Leon Coddington (born 1944)[1] is the owner of the Boyd Coddington hot rod shop and star of American Hot Rod on the Discovery Channel. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Joseph Moses Juran (b. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Cover for 1964 album Glad All Over of the Dave Clark Five, where Mike Smith (center) played the keyboard Mike Smith (born Michael George Smith, December 6, 1943, in Edmonton, North London) [1] has been a singer, songwriter, and music producer from 1960-present. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

March

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• March 1 - Raúl Reyes, Colombian guerrilla (b. 1948)
• March 2 - Sofiko Chiaureli, Georgian actress (b. 1937)
• March 2 - Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966)
• March 3 - Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor (b. 1921)
• March 3 - Iván Ríos, Colombian guerrilla (b. 1961)
• March 4 - Gary Gygax, American writer and game designer (b. 1938)
• March 4 - Elena Nathanael, Greek film actress (b. 1941)
• March 5 - Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American author and computer scientist (b. 1923)
• March 6 - Gustaw Holoubek, Polish actor and director (b. 1923)
• March 7 - Isaías Carrasco, Basque politician (b. 1964)
• March 7 - Francis Pym, British politician (b. 1922)
• March 8 - Carol Barnes, English newsreader (b. 1944)
• March 12 - Lazare Ponticelli, last French veteran of World War I (b. 1897)
• March 12 - Erwin Geschonneck, German actor (b. 1906)
• March 12 - Howard Metzenbaum, American politician (b. 1917)
• March 14 - Chiara Lubich, Italian Catholic activist (b. 1920)
• March 15 - Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer, producer and broadcaster (b. 1954)
• March 15 - Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• March 15 - Vicki Van Meter, American former child pilot (b. 1982)
• March 16 - Ivan Dixon, American actor and director (b. 1931)
• March 16 - Gary Hart, American wrestler (b. 1942)
• March 18 - Anthony Minghella, English film director and screenwriter (b. 1954)
• March 19 - Arthur C. Clarke, English author, inventor, and futurist (b. 1917)
• March 19 - Hugo Claus, Flemish writer, painter and film director (b.1929)
• March 19 - Raghuvaran, Indian actor (b. 1948)
• March 19 - Paul Scofield, English actor (b. 1922)
• March 20 - Brian Wilde, English actor (b. 1927)
• March 21 - Gabriel París Gordillo, Colombian military governor (b. 1910)
• March 22 - Cachao López, Cuban-American musician (b. 1918)
• March 23 - Al Copeland, American entreprenueur (b. 1944)
• March 24 - Neil Aspinall, British record producer and business executive (b. 1942)
• March 24 - Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (b. 1926)
• March 24 - Richard Widmark, American actor (b. 1914)
• March 26 - Manuel Marulanda, Colombian guerrilla (b. 1930)
• March 27 - George Pruteanu, Romanian literary critic and politician (b. 1947)
• March 27 - Jean-Marie Balestre, French sports executive (b. 1921)
• March 30 - Dith Pran, Cambodian-American photojournalist (b. 1942)
• March 31 - Nikolai Baibakov, Russian statesman and economist (b. 1911)
• March 31 - Jules Dassin, American film director (b. 1911)

Ernest Gary Gygax, 2004 Ernest Gary Gygax (born July 27, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois) is best known as the author of the well known fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), co-created with Dave Arneson and co-published with Don Kaye in 1974 under the company Tactical Studies... Sri Lankabhimanya Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008), was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, most famous for the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, written in collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick, a collaboration which led also to the film of the same name... Gabriel París Gordillo (born March 8, 1910) was President of Colombia from May 1957 to August 1958 as Chairman of the Colombian Military Junta Government following his 1957 Coup détat. ... Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death Richard Widmark (born December 26, 1914 in Sunrise, Minnesota) is an Academy Award-nominated American film actor. ... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Luis Edgar Devia-Silva aka Raúl Reyes. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... -1... Sofiko Chiaureli is a Georgian actress, thought to be the muse of filmmaker Sergei Parajanov. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... -1... Jeff Healy redirects here. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Italian tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano (born 24 July 1921) is a famous opera singer whose career spanned from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ernest Gary Gygax, 2004 Ernest Gary Gygax (born July 27, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois) is best known as the author of the well known fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), co-created with Dave Arneson and co-published with Don Kaye in 1974 under the company Tactical Studies... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... This article is about the day. ... Joseph Weizenbaum. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Popular conservative British politician Francis Pym, during his Cambridge years Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym, MC and Bar, PC (born 13 February 1922) is a British Conservative Party politician and former member of the Cabinet. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Carol Lesley Barnes (September 13, 1944 - March 8, 2008) was a British television newsreader and broadcaster. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Erwin Geschonneck (born December 27, 1906) is a German actor. ... Year 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Howard Metzenbaum Howard Morton Metzenbaum (born June 4, 1917) is an American politician who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate (1974, 1976-1995). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Chiara Lubich Chiara Lubich was born in 1920 in Trent, Italy. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mikey Dread, 2006 Mikey Dread Michael Campbell (born 1954 in Port Antonio, Jamaica), better known as Mikey Dread, is a Jamaican singer, producer, and broadcaster. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ivan Dixon, (born April 6, 1931 in New York City) is an American actor and director. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other persons named Gary Hart, see Gary Hart (disambiguation). ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Anthony Minghella (January 6, 1954–March 18, 2008[1]) was an Academy Award-winning English film director, playwright and screenwriter. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sri Lankabhimanya Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008), was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, most famous for the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, written in collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick, a collaboration which led also to the film of the same name... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hugo Maurice Julien Claus (born April 5, 1929 in Bruges, Belgium) is a prolific Flemish novelist, poet, playwright, painter and film director. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Raghuvaran with his son and wife Rohini Raghuvaran (December 11, 1948 - March 19, 2008) was an Indian actor. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... David Paul Scofield, CH, CBE (born 21 January 1922) is a British actor who was born in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Brian George Wilde (June 13, 1927 – March 20, 2008) was a British actor, best known for his roles in television comedy, notably Porridge and Last of the Summer Wine. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gabriel París Gordillo (born March 8, 1910) was President of Colombia from May 1957 to August 1958 as Chairman of the Colombian Military Junta Government following his 1957 Coup détat. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Israel Cachao López (born 1918 in Havana, Cuba), often known just as Cachao (pronounced kuh-CHOW) was a Cuban mambo musician and composer, who helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States of America in the early 1950s. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Al Copeland Sr. ... is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Neil Aspinall (born in Prestatyn, North Wales, October 13, 1942) was the road manager and personal assistant for the Beatles. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death Richard Widmark (born December 26, 1914 in Sunrise, Minnesota) is an Academy Award-nominated American film actor. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Manuel Marulanda Vélez is the nom de guerre of Pedro Antonio Marin, the main leader of the FARC EP (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejercito del Pueblo). He was born on May 13, 1928 (a date that has been disputed), in a coffee-growing region of west-central Colombia... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... George Pruteanu (born 15 December 1947) is a Romanian literary critic, university professor, and politician. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jean-Marie Balestre was president of FISA from 1979 to 1991 and of the FIA from 1986 to 1993. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dith Pran (born September 27, 1942 – March 30, 2008) was a photojournalist best known as a refugee and Cambodian Genocide survivor and was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film The Killing Fields. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov (born March 6, 1911 in Baku, Azerbaijan) was a Soviet statesman, economist and Hero of Socialist Labor. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jules Dassin (born Julius Dassin on December 18, 1911, in Middletown, Connecticut) is an American film director. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

April

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• April 1 - Jim Finney, English football referee (b. 1924)
• April 1 - Sabin Balasa, Romanian painter (b. 1932)
• April 2 - Yakup Satar, last Turkish veteran of World War I (b. 1898)
• April 3 - Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (b. 1983)
• April 3 - Johnny Byrne, Irish writer (b. 1935)
• April 5 - Charlton Heston, American actor (b. 1923)
• April 8 - John Button, Australian politician (b. 1933)
• April 8 - Stanley Kamel, American actor (b. 1943)
• April 9 - Cedella Booker, Jamaican singer and writer (b. 1926)
• April 10 - Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (b. 1919)
• April 11 - Merlin German, American soldier and charity founder (b. 1985)
• April 12 - Patrick Hillery, 6th President of Ireland (b. 1923)
• April 12 - Barbara McDermott, last American survivor of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania (b. 1912)
• April 13 - Mark Speight, English television presenter^[92] (b. 1965)
• April 13 - John Archibald Wheeler, American theoretical physicist (b. 1911)
• April 14 - Ollie Johnston, American animator (b. 1912)
• April 14 - Miguel Galván, Mexican actor and comedian (b. 1957)
• April 15 - Benoît Lamy, Belgian motion picture writer-director (b. 1945)
• April 16 - Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)
• April 16 - Joe Feeney, American-born Irish tenor (b. 1931)
• April 17 - Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (b. 1913)
• April 17 - Gwyneth Dunwoody, British politician (b. 1930)
• April 17 - Danny Federici, American musician (b. 1950)
• April 19 - Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (b. 1907)
• April 21 - Al Wilson, American singer (b. 1939)
• April 22 - Paul Davis, American musician (b. 1948)
• April 25 - Humphrey Lyttelton, English musician and broadcaster (b. 1921)
• April 27 - Marios Tokas, Cypriot composer (b. 1954)
• April 29 - Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (b. 1906)

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Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Yakup Satar (Ottoman Turkish: ﻳﻜﻮﭗ ﺳﺘﺎﺮ, March 11, 1898 – April 2, 2008) was, at age 110, believed to be the last Turkish veteran of the First World War. ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Johnny Byrne is a British writer and script editor for the BBC. He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1935 and traveled extensively in his youth as a traveling poet. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Charlton Heston (born October 4, 1924) is an US-american film actor, known for playing larger-than-life heroic roles such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes, and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see John Button (disambiguation). ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Stanley Kamel (January 1, 1943[1] - April 8, 2008) was an American television actor best known for his role on the USA Network series Monk as Dr. Charles Kroger, Adrian Monks psychiatrist. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Image:Cedella Marley . ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (born June 29, 1919 in Tampico, Tamaulipas) is a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr. Patrick John Hillery (born May 2, 1923) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and the sixth President of Ireland from 1976 until 1990. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... RMS Lusitania was a British luxury ocean liner owned by the Cunard Steamship Company and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. ... Year 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark Warwick Fordham Speight (6 August 1965 – April 2008) was a British TV presenter, best known for presenting the long-running BBC childrens art programmes SMart and SMarteenies. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911–April 13, 2008) was an eminent American theoretical physicist. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr. ... Year 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Benoît Lamy (b. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr. Lorenz at work Edward Norton Lorenz is an American mathematician and meteorologist, and a contributor to the chaos theory and inventor of the strange attractor notion. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Joe Feeney (born August 15, 1931) is an American born tenor singer who was a member of The Lawrence Welk Show television program. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Aimé Fernand David Césaire (25 June 1913 - 17 April 2008) was a French poet, author politician. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody (née Phillips) (12 December 1930 – 17 April 2008)[1] was the longest ever serving female Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom both by length of total and length of continuous service. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Danny Federici (born January 23, 1950) is an American musician, most known as the longtime organ and keyboard player for Bruce Springsteens E Street Band. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Germaine Tillion (born May 30, 1907) is a French anthropologist best known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s helping the social policies of the French government there. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Al Wilson (June 19, 1939 - April 21, 2008) was an American soul singer best known for the hit song Show and Tell. // Al Wilson was born on 19 June, 1939, in the city of Meridian in east Mississippi. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other persons named Paul Davis, see Paul Davis (disambiguation). ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Humphrey Lyttelton at the Landmark Arts Centre, 22 April 2006. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Marios Tokas is a Cypriot (born in Limassol) composer of traditional music. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Swiss chemist. ... Year 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

May

Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo

Irena Sendler

Crispin Beltran

Dick Martin

Sydney Pollack

• May 1 - Aden Hashi Farah, Somali militant (b. unknown)
• May 1 - Anthony Mamo, 1st President of Malta (b. 1909)
• May 2 - Philipp von Boeselager, German military officer (b. 1917)
• May 2 - Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)
• May 3 - Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, 74th Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1926)
• May 4 - Fredric J. Baur, American chemist and inventor (b. 1918)
• May 5 - Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (b. 1917)
• May 8 - Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (b. 1918)
• May 8 - François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (b. 1982)
• May 9 - Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league coach (b. 1929)
• May 9 - Sinan Sofuoğlu, Turkish motocycle racer (b. 1983)
• May 10 - Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928)
• May 10 - Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist (b. 1940)
• May 10 - Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress (b. 1990)
• May 11 - Dottie Rambo, American singer (b. 1934)
• May 11 - John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (b. 1953)
• May 12 - Irena Sendler, Polish humanitarian (b. 1910)
• May 13 - Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1930)
• May 13 - John Phillip Law, American actor (b. 1937)
• May 15 - Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
• May 15 - Alexander Courage, American composer (b. 1919)
• May 16 - Robert Mondavi, American winemaker (b. 1913)
• May 16 - David Mitton, British producer, director, model maker, and author (b. 1939)
• May 18 - Joseph Pevney, American director (b. 1911)
• May 19 - Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright (b. 1928)
• May 20 - Crispin Beltran, Filipino politician and labor leader (b. 1933)
• May 20 - Hamilton Jordan, American political strategist (b. 1944)
• May 22 - Robert Asprin, American science fiction writer (b. 1946)
• May 23 - Roberto Freire, Brazilian psychiatrist (b. 1927)
• May 24 - Dick Martin, American comedian (b. 1922)
• May 24 - Rob Knox, British actor (b. 1989)
• May 25 - Geremi González, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1975)
• May 26 - Earle Hagen, American composer (b. 1919)
• May 26 - Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1934)
• May 27 - Franz Künstler, last Austrian-Hungarian veteran of World War I (b. 1900)
• May 28 - Beryl Cook, English painter (b. 1926)
• May 28 - Robert Justman, American producer (b. 1926)
• May 29 - Luc Bourdon, Canadian hockey player (b. 1987)
• May 29 - Romeo A. Brawner, Filipino election official and justice (b. 1935)
• May 29 - Harvey Korman, American actor (b. 1927)

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Irena Sendlerowa (Irena Sendler) Born in 1910 to a Polish family living in the Warsaws suburbs. ... Crispin Ka Bel Beltran (born January 7, 1933) is a Filipino politician, Labour leader and currently a political prisoner. ... Image File history File links DMartinMG78a. ... Image File history File links DMartinMG78a. ... Dick Martin (born January 30, 1922 in Battle Creek, Michigan) is an American comedian. ... Sydney Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008[1]) was an Academy Award-winning American film director, producer and actor. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Anthony Mamo (born 1909) was the first President of Malta when the country became a republic on December 13th, 1974, and held the office until 1976. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Philipp von Boeselager is the last surviving member of the July 20 Plot, a conspiracy among high ranking Nazi officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Beverlee McKinsey (August 9, 1940 - May 3, 2008) was an American actress. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Irv Robbins (born 1917 in Winnipeg Canada founded the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain in 1945 with his partner and brother-in-law Burt Baskin. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Eddy Arnold (May 15, 1918) is an American country music singer. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... François Sterchele (March 14, 1982 – May 8, 2008) was a Belgian footballer who played for Club Brugge. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jack Gibson was a legendary coach in Australian rugby league. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sinan Sofuoglu (Turkish: Sinan Sofuoğlu), born 1983 in Adapazarı, Turkey is a successful Turkish motorcycle racer. ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Leyla Gencer Leyla Gencer (born October 10, 1928 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a world-renowned Turkish soprano opera singer. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nuala OFaolain (pronounced noola o-fway-lawn) is an Irish writer known for her autobiographies Almost There and Are You Somebody? as well as for her 2005 book The Story of Chicago May. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dottie Rambo (born March 2, 1934) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician in the genre of southern gospel and country gospel music. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Rutsey of Rush. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Irena Sendlerowa (Irena Sendler) Born in 1910 to a Polish family living in the Warsaws suburbs. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (Arabic: سعد العبد الله السالم الصباح Saʿd al-ʿAbd Allāh as-Sālim as-Sabāh) (b. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... twists & turns as he is affectionaly known Thomas (Tommy) Burns (born 16 December 1956 in Glasgow), is a former professional football player and manager. ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Alexander Courage (December 10, 1919 – May 15, 2008) was a 20th century American orchestrator, arranger and composer of music, primarily for television and motion pictures. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The entrance of Robert Mondavi Winery. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Joseph Pevney (born September 15, 1911, New York City) is a prolific film and television director, with a directing career that spanned over 80 productions from 1950 to 1984. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Vijay Tendulkar (born in 1928) in Kolhapur, India. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Crispin Ka Bel Beltran (born January 7, 1933) is a Filipino politician, Labour leader and currently a political prisoner. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hamilton Jordan William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan (born September 21, 1944) is best known as Jimmy Carters Chief of Staff. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Lynn Asprin (born St. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dick Martin (born January 30, 1922 in Battle Creek, Michigan) is an American comedian and director. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Geremis Segundo González Acosta (born January 8, 1975 in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela) is a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs (1997-98), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2003-04), Boston Red Sox (2005), New York Mets (2006), and Milwaukee Brewers (2006). ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Earle H. Hagen (born July 9, 1919) is a 20th century American composer. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sydney Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008[1]) was an Academy Award-winning American film director, producer and actor. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Franz Künstler (b. ... Ğ: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Beryl Cook, OBE (born 10 September 1926 in Surrey) is a popular English painter. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert H. Justman Robert H. Justman (born 1926) has worked in Hollywood as a producer, director, production manager, assistant director, and production assistant since the early 1950s. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Luc Bourdon (born on February 16, 1987 in Shippagan, New Brunswick) is a highly touted Canadian hockey defenceman, and is widely predicted to become a high ranking defender in the National Hockey League. ... This article is about the year 1987. ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Actor Harvey Korman in the 1974 comedy Blazing Saddles. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

June

Bo Diddley

Chinghiz Aitmatov

Tim Russert

Cyd Charisse

• June 1 - Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b. 1936)
• June 1 - Tommy Lapid, Israeli television presenter, journalist and politician (b. 1931)
• June 2 - Bo Diddley, American musician (b. 1928)
• June 2 - Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-born French journalist and political scientist (b. 1909)
• June 3 - Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1917)
• June 3 - Grigory Romanov, Russian politician (b. 1923)
• June 4 - Agata Mróz-Olszewska, Polish volleyball player (b. 1982)
• June 6 - Dwight White, American football player (b. 1949)
• June 7 - Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (b. 1952)
• June 7 - Dino Risi, Italian director (b. 1916)
• June 7 - Jim McKay, American television sports journalist (b. 1921)
• June 7 - Mustafa Khalil, Egyptian prime minister (b. 1920)
• June 8 - Peter Rühmkorf, German writer (b. 1929)
• June 8 - Šaban Bajramović, Serbian musician (b. 1936)
• June 9 - Algis Budrys, American science fiction writer (b. 1931)
• June 9 - Karen Asrian, Armenian chess grandmaster (b. 1980)
• June 10 - Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani writer (b. 1928)
• June 10 - John Rauch, American football player and coach (b. 1927)
• June 11 - Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1939)
• June 11 - Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese prime minister (b. 1922)
• June 11 - Adam Ledwoń, Polish footballer (b. 1974)
• June 11 - Taras Kermauner, Slovenian playwright, historian, and philosopher (b. 1930)
• June 11 - James Reaney, Canadian playwright (b. 1926)
• June 12 - Charlie Jones, American sportscaster (b. 1930)
• June 12 - Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer (b. 1932)
• June 13 - Tim Russert, American journalist (b. 1950)
• June 14 - Jamelão, Brazilian singer (b. 1913)
• June 14 - Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz musician (b. 1964)
• June 15 - Johnathan Goddard, American football player (b. 1981)
• June 15 - Ray Getliffe, Canadian hockey player (b. 1914)
• June 15 - Stan Winston, American special effects and make up artist (b. 1946)
• June 17 - Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962)
• June 17 - Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (b. 1922)
• June 18 - Jean Delannoy, French film director (b. 1908)
• June 19 - Tim Carter, British footballer (b. 1968)
• June 21 - Scott Kalitta, American drag racer (b. 1962)

Bo Diddley (born December 30, 1928) aka The Originator, is an influential American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 800 pixel, file size: 58 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Tschingis Ajtmatow fotografiert am 9. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 800 pixel, file size: 58 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Tschingis Ajtmatow fotografiert am 9. ... Chinghiz Aitmatov Chinghiz Aitmatov (Kyrgyz: Чыңгыз Айтматов (Çıňğız Aytmatov); Russian: ; born on 12 December 1928 in Sheker (Kyrgyz: Шекер (Åžeker)), near Talas in Kyrgyzstan, is a Kyrgyz writer who composed works in both Russian and Kyrgyz, the best known figure of his countrys literature. ... Image File history File links This file has been listed on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images, because it is missing information on its source or copyright status. ... 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Major religious holidays

• January 7 - Christmas in Eastern Christianity
• January 10 - New Year by Lunar calendar, celebrated by Muslims
• February 5 - Carnival (Shrove Tuesday)
• February 6 - Ash Wednesday, observance of Lent begins
• February 7 - Chinese New Year (also Lunar New Year / Spring Festival)
• March 1 - Saint David's Day, national holiday of Wales
• March 15 - St. Patrick's Day, celebrated in Ireland, the United States, and most of the English-speaking world. (Held on March 15 instead of the usual 17th to avoid the second day in Holy Week.)^[93] This March 17th will be the last one to fall within Holy Week until 2160.^[94]
• March 20 - March Equinox, also known as Ostara
• March 20 - Purim
• March 21 - Nowruz (Iranian new year holiday)
• March 22 - Holi
• March 21 - Good Friday
• March 23 - Easter Sunday, the earliest Easter has fallen since 1913
• April 13 - Baisakhi
• April 20 - Passover, Palm Sunday in Eastern Christianity
• April 23 - St. George's Day
• April 27 - Pascha (or Easter) in Eastern Christianity
• May 1 - Ascension of Jesus in Western Christianity
• May 1 - Beltane, a Cross-quarter day
• May 19 or May 20 - Vesak (Buddha day) in Buddhism
• June 5 - Ascension of Jesus in Eastern Christianity
• June 9 - Shavuot
• June 15 - Pentecost in Eastern Christianity
• June 20 - June Solstice, also known as Midsummer or Litha
• June 22 - All Saints' Day in Eastern Christianity
• July 5 - Saints Cyril and Methodius day in Eastern Christianity
• August 1 - Lammas, a Cross-quarter day
• August 15 - Assumption of Mary
• September 1 - New Liturgical Year in Eastern Christianity
• September 22 - September Equinox, also known as Mabon
• September 30 - Rosh Hashana
• October 2 - Eid al-Fitr
• October 9 - Yom Kippur
• October 28 - Diwali
• November 1 - Samhain, a Cross-quarter day and Neopagan new year
• November 30 - St. Andrew's Day, Scottish national day
• December 8 - Immaculate Conception
• December 8 - Eid ul-Adha
• December 21 - Hanukkah begins at sundown
• December 21 - December Solstice, also known as Yule
• December 25 - Christmas in Western Christianity

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2008 in fiction

Books

• Isaac Asimov's 1955 short story Franchise takes place in 2008, the premise being that the U.S. president will be selected by a computer program looking for the "most representative citizen".
• John Barnes, Mother of Storms (1995) begins with a 2008 UN resolution barring any nation from acquiring nuclear weapons after June 1, 2008, subject to penalty of preemptive strike.
• Gregory Benford's books The Jupiter War and The Threads of Time are set in 2008.
• The Galactic Milieu Series by Julian May features Earth's first contact with an alien race on June 20, 2008.
• In Francis Anderson's 1992 book "Future Undetermined" the UN bans civilians from owning handguns on March 29.
• Ian McDonald's "Chaga Saga" (Evolution's Shore and Kirinya) begins with the March 13, 2008 impact arrival of the plant form Chaga from outer space.
• Alan E. Nourse's 1957 book Rocket to Limbo begins with the March 3, 2008 launch of the starship Argonaut on a centuries-long trip to Alpha Centauri.
• The Mote in God's Eye (1974) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle postulates that faster-than-light travel is perfected in 2008.
• The Next War, a controversial 1996 novel about the post-Soviet era, co-authored by former U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, looks at a possible 2008 nuclear confrontation between the United States and Russia.

Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920?[1] – April 6, 1992), pronounced , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов [1], was a Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... Franchise is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ... John Barnes (born 1957) is a prolific American science fiction author, whose stories often explore questions of individual moral responsibility within a larger social context. ... Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American science fiction author and physicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. ... Julian Mays Galactic Milieu Series of science fiction novels is the sequel (and prequel) to her Saga of Pliocene Exile. ... Julian May (born July 10, 1931) is an American science fiction writer, best known for her Saga of Pliocene Exile (Saga of the Exiles in the UK) and Galactic Milieu books. ... A handgun is a firearm small enough to be carried and used in one hand. ... Ian McDonald at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow Ian McDonald, born in 1960, is an award-winning British science fiction novelist, living in Belfast. ... Alan E. Nourse (August 11, 1928 - July 19, 1992) was an American science fiction author and physician. ... The Mote in Gods Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, is a science fiction novel that was first published in 1974. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jerry Eugene Pournelle, Ph. ... Caspar Willard Cap Weinberger, GBE (August 18, 1917 – March 28, 2006), was an American politician and Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan from January 21, 1981, until November 23, 1987, making him the third longest-serving defense secretary to date, after Robert McNamara and Donald Rumsfeld. ...

Computer and video games

Set in 2008:

• Ghost Recon (2001): Russia attempts to reunite the Soviet Union and invades several Eastern European countries. The UN intervenes with peacekeeping forces.
• Splinter Cell series: Sam Fisher goes undercover.
• Twisted Metal 3 (1998)
• Shattered Union (2005): U.S. President David Jefferson Adams is elected in a sham election, and becomes the most unpopular president in U.S. history.
• Resident Evil 5 (2009)
• Mega Man (1987)
• Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)^[95]

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Film

• Jason X (Friday the 13th series, 2002): Mass murderer Jason Voorhees is captured for the 2nd time and sentenced to death. Though the US government is unsure how to execute him, an electric chair, a gas chamber, a firing squad, and hanging are all tried - none of which work.
• The Lake House (2006): The ending takes place on Valentine's Day, 2008.
• 5 Centimetres Per Second (2007): The final act takes place in Tokyo during 2008.
• Doomsday (2008): The start of the film is set in 2008 where a virus has infected Scotland.
• Children of Men (2006): Pandemic influenza sweeps the planet, claiming the protagonist's young son.
• Set in 2008:
  • Silent Running (1971)
  • Southland Tales (2007)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

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Television

• Dawson's Creek (2003 series finale): The characters meet once again. Dawson, now 25 is the creator of a television series, The Creek, based on his life.^[96]
• The 2007 series of Doctor Who: Present time (such as "Smith and Jones") is primarily set in 2008.
• The Future Boy Conan anime story begins in July, 2008, when a war results in five continents sinking into the sea.
• Doraemon: According to the original manga story, a time machine will be invented in 2008.
• Heroes: According to the episode Out of Time, the Shanti virus wipes out about 93% of the world's population, from a break out in March of 2008. Peter Petrelli accidentally teleports himself and Caitlin to sometime around June 14, 2008, when any survivors in New York City are forcibly evacuated.
• According to Futurama, in the episode "Space Pilot 3000", Stop 'N Drop suicide booths are the most popular of their kind by 2008.

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Media:Example. ... March 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ... April 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Marcos Pontes, Brazils first astronaut, reaches the International Space Station. ... May 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → May 1, 2006 (Monday) Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association outraged Vatican by planning to ordain another bishop, Liu Xinhong in Anhui Province. ... June 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Extraordinary renditions. ... Early elections in November are announced in the Netherlands. ... August 2006 is the eighth month of that year, and has yet to occur. ... September 2006 is the ninth month of 2006 and has begun on a Friday. ... October 2006 is the tenth month of that year and has yet to occur. ... 67 die and about 300,000 people are affected by floods in Ethiopias Somali Region of Ogaden after the Shabelle River bursts its banks. ... December 2006 is the twelfth and final month of the year and will begin in 2 day(s). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15 Ruth Warrick • 14 Rudolph Moshammer Recent deaths Ongoing events • Tsunami relief... February 2005 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Pope John Paul II is taken to a hospital suffering from a serious case of influenza. ... ← - 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in March • 31 – Terri Schiavo • 30 – Mitch Hedberg • 29 – Johnnie Cochran • 27 – Wilfred Bigelow • 26 – Paul Hester • 26 – James Callaghan • 21 – Jeff Weise • 21 – Bobby Short • 19 – John De Lorean • 18 – Gary Bertini • 17 – George F... 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Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes • 2005 Maharashtra floods • 2005 Gujarat Flood • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in August August 31: Michael Sheard August 26: Lord Fitt August 24: Jack Slipper August 24: Maurice Cowling August 24: Dr. Tom Pashby August 23: Brock Peters August 22: Lord Lane August 21: Robert Moog August... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles... Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Al Jazeera bombing memo • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Conservative leadership race (UK) • Fuel prices • Irans nuclear program • Jilin chemical plant explosions • Kashmir earthquake • Malawi food crisis • Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal • New Delhi bombings investigation • Niger food crisis • North Indian cyclone... December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 2004 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Irelands Roman Catholic and Protestant Boy Scouts organisations merge after nearly a century of division, in spite of efforts by the Roman Catholic bishops to block the merger. ... February 2004 was the second month of 2004 in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths • 08 Abu Abbas • 20 Queen Juliana • 28 Peter Ustinov • 30 Alistair Cooke More March 2004 deaths Ongoing events EU Enlargement Exploration of Mars: Rovers Haiti Rebellion Israeli-Palestinian conflict Occupation of Iraq Same-sex marriage in... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths in April • 18 Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara • 19 Norris McWhirter • 22 Pat Tillman • 24 Estée Lauder Other recent deaths Ongoing events EU Enlargement Exploration of Mars: Rovers Haiti Rebellion Reconstruction of Iraq – Occupation & Resistance Israeli... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths in May • 28 Gerald Anthony • 27 Umberto Agnelli • 22 Richard Biggs • 20 Len Murray • 17 Tony Randall • 17 Ezzedine Salim • 9 Alan King • 9 Akhmad Kadyrov • 8(?) Nick Berg • 7 Waldemar Milewicz Other recent deaths Ongoing... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: June 2004 in sports Deaths in June • 28 Anthony Buckeridge • 26 Naomi Shemer • 26 Yash Johar • 22 Bob Bemer • 22 Thomas Gold • 22 Francisco Ortiz Franco • 16 Thanom Kittikachorn • 10 Ray Charles • 5 Ronald Reagan... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: July 2004 in sports Deaths in July • 31 David B. Haight • 29 Francis Crick • 29 Nafisa Joseph • 23 Joe Cahill • 23 Mehmood • 23 Illinois Jacquet • 23 Carlos Paredes • 22 Sacha Distel • 21 Jerry Goldsmith • 21... August 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: August 2004 in sports • 30 Fred Whipple • 26 Laura Branigan • 24 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 18 Elmer Bernstein • 15 Amarsinh Chaudhary • 14 CzesÅ‚aw MiÅ‚osz • 13 Julia Child • 8 Robert Bootzin • 8 Fay... September 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: September 2004 in sports Events Deaths in September • 27 Tsai Wan-lin • 24 Françoise Sagan • 20 Brian Clough • 18 Russ Meyer • 15 Johnny Ramone • 12 Fred Ebb • 11 Peter VII of Alexandria • 8... October 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: October 2004 in sports Events Deaths in October • 29 HRH Princess Alice • 25 John Peel • 24 James Cardinal Hickey • 23 Robert Merrill • 19 Paul Nitze • 18 K. M. Veerappan • 16 Pierre Salinger • 10 Christopher... November 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: November 2004 in sports November 2004 in science Events Deaths in November • 30 Pierre Berton • 29 John Drew Barrymore • 26 Bill Alley • 24 Arthur Hailey • 23 Rafael Eitan • 18 Bobby Frank Cherry • 16 John... ← - 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in December • 30 Artie Shaw • 29 Julius Axelrod • 28 Jacques Dupuis • 28 Jerry Orbach • 28 Susan Sontag • 26 Reggie White • 26 Sir Angus Ogilvy • 23 P. V. Narasimha Rao • 23 Doug Ault • 19 Renata Tebaldi • 16... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2003. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for February, 2003. ... March 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → // Events March 1, 2003 Iraq disarmament crisis: The Turkish speaker of Parliament voids the vote accepting U.S. troops involved in the planned invasion of Iraq into Turkey on constitutional grounds. ... April 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // •1 - Leslie Cheung •7 - Cecile de Brunhoff •11 - Cecil Howard Green •17 - Robert Atkins •17 - Paul Getty •17 - Earl King •20 - Ruth Hale •20 - Bernard Katz •21 - Nina Simone •23 - Fernand Fonssagrives •26 - Peter Stone •30... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for May, 2003. ... June 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events June 1, 2003 The Group of Eight summit opens in Evian, France to tight security and tens of thousands of protestors. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for July, 2003. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for August, 2003. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for September, 2003. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for October, 2003. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for November, 2003. ... December 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Events December 31, 2003 In Taiwan, President Chen Shui-bian signs a law that allows referendums to be held. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2002. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December February 27, 2002 Alicia Keys wins five Grammys. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for March, 2002. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for April, 2002. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for May, 2002. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for June, 2002. ... July 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // See also: Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (July 2002) A Russian Tupolev Tu-154 airliner and a Boeing 757 operated by DHL collide at 35,000ft over Uberlingen, due to failure of correct communication from... August 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // See also: Afghanistan timeline August 2002 Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A Palestinian suicide bombing claims 9 lives, near Safed; there is a shooting attack in Jerusalem, claiming 2; there is an attack upon a settler family, killing... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for September, 2002. ... October 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // Events October 31, 2002 The Russian Health Minister Yuri Shevchenko has now stated that the incapacitating agent used in the storming of the Moscow theatre siege was a fentanyl derivative. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for November, 2002. ... December 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → // Events December 31, 2002 United States troops get into a brief gun battle with paramilitary forces of the Warzirstan Scouts of Pakistan, in a remote tribal area along the undefined Afghan/Pakistani border, in Paktia Province... This article is about the year. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a month starting on Monday with 31 days. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: February - Iraq disarmament crisis: British and U.S. forces carry out bombing raids attempting to disable Iraqs air defense network. ... March 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December March 3 - A U.S. Air Force Materials Command C-23 Sherpa transport crashes during stormy weather in the U.S. state of Georgia, killing 21. ... April 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December April 1: An EP-3E United States Navy spyplane collides with a Chinese Peoples Liberation Army fighter jet. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: May 1 - Chandra Levy disapears while jogging. ... June 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December June 1 - Royal Family of Nepal massacred. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths: July 3 - Mordecai Richler July 23 - Eudora Welty July 31 - Poul Anderson Films: July 4 - Cats and Dogs July 6 - Kiss of the Dragon starring Jet Li July 18 - Jurassic Park III July 27 - Planet of... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths: August 25 - Aaliyah Films: August 10 - Osmosis Jones played by Chris Rock, starring Bill Murray August 24 - Bubble Boy Categories: 2001 by month ... September 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events September 4 - Google is awarded U.S. Patent 6,285,999, for the PageRank search algorithm used in the Google search engine September 5 - Perus attorney general files homicide charges against ex-President Alberto... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: October 2 - Bankruptcy of Swissair. ... November 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December November - The Doha Declaration slightly relaxes the grip of international intellectual property. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: December 2 - Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection five days after Dynegy canceled a US$8. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: January 1- Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in February, 2000. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in March, 2000. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in April, 2000. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in May, 2000. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in June, 2000. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in July, 2000. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in August, 2000. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in September, 2000. ... October 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events October 1 - 2 - Nine Israeli-Arabs are killed by Israeli security forces after a riot/violent demonstration of solidarity with Palestinians under military rule in the West Bank and Gaza. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in November, 2000. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in December, 2000. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... March 1999 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December March 1 - One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... May 1999 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December May 2 - Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz in a parsonage in Weimar, Texas. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... afasdfawerawerqrqwer asdf adf asdf asdfasdf asdf ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... November 1999 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December November 5 - United States v. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

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