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2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It has been designated the International Year of Planet Earth.^[1] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Japanese era name. ... Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. ... The Julian calendar was introduced in 46 BC by Julius Caesar and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ... The traditional Korean calendar is directly derived from the Asian calendar. ... The Thai solar, or Suriyakati (สุริยคติ), calendar is used in traditional and official contexts in Thailand, although the Western calendar is sometimes used in business. ... Roman numerals are a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. ... This is the calendar for a leap year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter FE) January February March Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 6 7 8 9... The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. ...

It is designated to be:

• 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.

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[edit] Predicted and scheduled events

[edit] January

• January - Building for the new Liverpool Arena should be completed.^{[citation needed]}
• January 1 - Russia will be composed of 84 federal subjects instead of 85 as Ust-Orda Buryatia is merged into Irkutsk Oblast following a 2006 referendum.^{[citation needed]}
• January 1 - Cyprus and Malta adopt the euro.^{[citation needed]}
• January 1 - Slovenia will start the presidency of European Union as the first of new member states.^{[citation needed]}
• January 1 - The Republic of Ireland will have fully implemented its postal code system by this date.^{[citation needed]}
• January 1 - New passport restrictions applying to all travel into the United States by land and sea are expected to take effect.^{[citation needed]}
• January 9 - Singapore Changi Airport's Terminal 3 is due to be completed on this day.^{[citation needed]}
• January 15 - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its first of three flybys of Mercury at 200 km altitude, to decrease velocity enough to a 2011 orbit insertion.^{[citation needed]}
• January 15 - Parliamentary elections in the Faroe Islands.^{[citation needed]}
• January 19 - The state of Nevada will hold its presidential caucus, sandwiching itself between what, to date, had been the two earliest votes on the candidacy for U.S. presidents, the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary.^{[citation needed]}
• January 21 - Scheduled opening ceremony of the 2008 African Cup of Nations to be held in Ghana.^{[citation needed]}

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[edit] February

• February 1 - Sweden plans to cease analog television broadcasts.^{[citation needed]}
• February 2-February 6 - Carnival in Brazil.^{[citation needed]}
• February 3 - Super Bowl XLII held at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.^{[citation needed]}
• February 7 - Annular solar eclipse^{[citation needed]}
• February 8 - Santo Domingo Metro will be complete and open.
• February 10 - The 50th Annual Grammy Awards will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA.^{[citation needed]}
• February 14 - The 178-metre high Singapore Flyer is expected to be completed in this day and could become the tallest observation wheel in the world.^{[citation needed]}
• February 17 - The 2008 NBA All-Star Game is to be played in New Orleans, the first year the New Orleans Hornets are expected to return full-time to New Orleans.^{[citation needed]}
• February 17 - The 50th annual Daytona 500 to be held at Daytona Beach, Florida.
• February 21 - Total lunar eclipse - North and South America.^{[citation needed]}
• February 24 - The 80th Academy Awards will take place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California.^{[citation needed]}

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[edit] March

• Spain will hold elections for the General Courts.^{[citation needed]}
• March 9 - Tentative date for the 2008 Russian presidential election.^[2]
• March 22 - 2008 presidential election to be held in Taiwan.^{[citation needed]}
• March 23 - The earliest Easter since 1913.^{[citation needed]}
• March 30 - Smoking will be banned in all enclosed public places in the Isle of Man.^{[citation needed]}

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[edit] April

• Washington Nationals' new ballpark expected to open.^{[citation needed]}
• April 5-April 7 - NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four to be held at the Alamodome in San Antonio.^{[citation needed]}
• April 5 - Some Rastafaris believe that Haile Selassie will be resurrected due to the belief that he will rise after 33.3 years, the approximate age of Jesus when he died.^{[citation needed]}
• April 12 - The new Oslo Opera House in Oslo, Norway will open.^{[citation needed]}

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[edit] May

• May 1 - Elections to all 22 county and county boroughs take place in Wales.^{[citation needed]}
• May 5 - Nasa's Phoenix spacecraft lands on Mars.
• May 12 - Cassini Spacecraft is set to orbit within 100 km of Enceladus, its closest encounter of the sixth largest moon of Saturn.^{[citation needed]}
• May 14 - The UEFA Cup Final to be held at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester.^{[citation needed]}
• May 16 - A Presidential election slated for the Dominican Republic.^{[citation needed]}
• May 20 - President Chen Shui-bien scheduled to step down after eight years as President of Taiwan, officially referred to as the Republic of China.^{[citation needed]}
• May 21 - The UEFA Champions League Final to be held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.^{[citation needed]}
• May 22 - The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Semi-Final will take place in Serbia.^{[citation needed]}
• May 24 - The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Final will take place in Serbia.^{[citation needed]}
• May 25 - The Teatro Colón is set to re-open on its 100-year anniversary after two years of extensive renovation.^{[citation needed]}
• May 26-May 31 - The Urdd National Eisteddfod will be held at Penrhyn Bay, Llandudno, North Wales.^{[citation needed]}

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[edit] June

• June 7-June 29 - UEFA Euro 2008 Championship tournament. Joint hosts Switzerland and Austria.^{[citation needed]}
• June 8 - NASA's Pluto probe New Horizons will cross the orbit of Saturn, after 2½ years journey. The Voyagers spent 3 to 4 years to get to Saturn.^{[citation needed]}
• June 9-June 15 - the United States Golf Open 2008 is scheduled at Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course).^[3]
• June 14 - Expo 2008 scheduled to begin in Zaragoza, Spain.^{[citation needed]}
• June 15 - Launch of NASA Interstellar Boundary Explorer^{[citation needed]}
• June 28 - Scheduled remodeling of White House^{[citation needed]}

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[edit] July

• July 15 - The 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be held at Yankee Stadium in New York City^{[citation needed]}
• July 15-July 20 - World Youth Day 2008 in Homebush, Sydney, Australia^{[citation needed]}
• July 31 - Bill Gates will step down from daily duties at the Microsoft Corporation after over three decades.^{[citation needed]}
• July 31 - The Planck Surveyor will be launched by the European Space Agency^{[citation needed]}

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[edit] August

• The United Football League plans to launch.^{[citation needed]}
• August 1 - Total solar eclipse: northern Canada, Siberia, Mongolia, northern China^{[citation needed]}
• August 2-August 10 - The 31st European Juggling Convention (EJC) will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany^{[citation needed]}
• August 2-August 9 - The National Eisteddfod of Wales will be held in Cardiff, South Wales^{[citation needed]}
• August 8-August 24 - The 2008 Summer Olympics will take place in Beijing, China.^{[citation needed]}
• August 25 - The 2008 Democratic National Convention convenes in Denver, Colorado.^{[citation needed]}

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[edit] September

• Shenzhou 7, China's third manned spacecraft will be launched.^{[citation needed]}
• September 1 - The 2008 Republican National Convention convenes in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota.^{[citation needed]}
• September 11 - Tentative topping-out of Freedom Tower at World Trade Center site exactly seven years to the date of the 2001 terrorist attacks. ^{[citation needed]}
• September 11 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis is expected to launch on this date on STS-125, the fifth and final shuttle servicing mission for the