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2008
2008 (MMVIII) nyaeta taun ieu, taun kabisat nu dimimitian ku poe Salasa dina Anno Domini (atawa common era), dumasar kana kalender Gregorian.
2008 kasebut minangka:
Dina Astrologi Cina, kalolobaan 2008, nu dimimitian ti 7 Pebruari kaasup Taun Beurit (tanggal samemeh 7 Pebruari mangrupakeun Taun Babi). Taun beurit sanggeusna bakal tumiba dina taun 2020.
[édit] Kajadian
[édit] January
Citakan:Month3
- 1 Januari - Smoking banned in all public places (including bars and restaurants) in Portugal as well as the state of Illinois in the United States.
- January 1 - Cyprus, Malta, and Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopted the euro.[9][10]
- January 1 - Slovenia takes over the presidency of European Union as the first of new member states.[11]
- 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.
- January 2 - Malaysian Health Minister Chua Soi Lek resigns after admitting to being filmed by CCTV cameras in a hotel room having sex with a female friend.
- January 2 - The Royal Marsden Hospital in London caught fire, just before 13:30.
- January 3 - A car bomb detonates, killing at least 4 people and injuring 68, in Diyarbakır, Turkey. Police blame Kurdish rebels.
- January 3 - Joe Biden drops out of the 2008 U.S. presidential election
- January 3 - Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee win their respective caucuses in Iowa, the first caucus held for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
- January 4 - A surprise, unforecasted blizzard creates havoc across eastern Northern Ireland, with falls of 8 inches in just one hour.
- January 4 - Though uncommon, light snow falls in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Querétaro following the previous fall in Veracruz near Xalapa, where the lowest temperatures since the 1950s have been measured (34°F).
- January 4 - 30th Dakar Rally cancelled due to international political tension and the murder of four French tourists last 24th of December 2007.
- January 5 - Mikheil Saakashvili is re-elected following early presidential elections in Georgia.
- January 5 - A levee bursts in Fernley, Nevada, flooding a large portion of the town and forcing the evacuations of 3,500 residents.
- January 7 - NBC announced The 2008 Golden Globe Awards Ceremony would be cancelled due to the Writers Guild of America Strike. The network says it would announce the winners in a 1 hour news conference.
- January 7-January 10 - A storm passes through eastern North America. It produced 64 tornadoes across mideastern United States, a rarity for January, and record-breaking temperatures in eastern Canada.
- January 8 - An attempted assassination of Maldivian president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is thwarted because a Boy Scout grabbed the attacker's knife. The Boy Scout was injured, but after a scuffle ensued police arrested the attacker.
- January 8 - Hillary Clinton and John McCain win their respective New Hampshire Presidential primaries.
- January 9 - U.S. President George W. Bush begins a tour of the Middle East with a stop in Israel. Other destinations include Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, and Egypt.
- January 10 - Bill Richardson drops out of the U.S. presidential election due to shortage of money.
- January 10 - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., known by its brand name "Panasonic", announced to change the company name to "Panasonic Corporation" from October 1, 2008.[12]
- January 10 - Tata Motors Limited announces production of the Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car, which is to sell for one lakh (100,000 Rupees or US $2500).
- January 12 - The Kuomintang-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.[13]
- January 12 - Greenpeace vessel Esperanza disrupted the Japanese whale hunt off Antarctica by chasing the fleet's whale processing factory ship out of the whaling zone.[14]
- January 13 - Two Australians arrived in New Plymouth, New Zealand by kayak and became the first people in history to paddle from Australia to New Zealand.
- January 13 - Katsuaki Watanabe, President and CEO of Toyota, announced that they will deliver a significant fleet of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), powered by lithium-ion batteries, by 2010.
- January 14 - At 19:04:39 UTC, the MESSENGER space probe was at its closest approach during its first flyby of the planet Mercury.[15]
- January 15 - Federal Court of Australia has ordered a Japanese whaling company to stop research whaling within their Exclusive Economic Zone, which Australian government claims as their EEZ because they claim they possesses some part of Antarctica as their land, in Southern Ocean.
- January 15 – Republican Mitt Romney wins the Michigan primary. The Michigan primary did not include a member from the Democratic party due to a party dispute over scheduling.
- January 15 - United States Food and Drug Administration declared that food from cloned cattle, swine, goats, and their progeny is safe to eat.[16]
- January 15 - Two Australian activists from US based anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd had been detained by Japanese whalers after boarding a harpoon ship Yushin-maru No.2 to protest research whaling in Southern Sea, then handed over an Australian ship three days later. Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith condemned "unlawful or illegal activity" conducted by two activists.[17]
- January 16 - South Korean Presidential Transition Team, which is appointed by South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak, announced a plan to merge Unification Ministry, which takes care of North Korean issues, with the Foreign Ministry after 39 years of its operation as an independent ministry or agency.[18]
- January 17 - British Airways Flight 38 Boeing 777 landed short of runway at London Heathrow Airport, damaged wings and engines, injured 19 among the 152 people on board.[19]
- January 18 - U.S. president George W. Bush announces economic stimulus package, proposes $800 per individual, $1600 per couple in tax refunds.
- January 19 - John McCain wins the Republican South Carolina primary while Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney win caucuses in Nevada.
- 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, practiced strike tactics of the coast of France and Spain, and test-launched nuclear-capable missiles on foreign waters.
- January 22 - Ben Bernanke lowers the U.S. federal fund rate by .75 point to 3.50%. The discount rate was brought to 4%.
- January 23 - Polish Air Force CASA C-295 crashed during approach to the 12th Air Base near Mirosławiec. All 20 personnel on board died.
- January 23 - Thousands of Palestinians flee 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 resigned British Wales Secretary, British Work and Pensions Secretary after the Electoral Commission referred the failure to report donations to the Metropolitan Police. Prime Minister Gordon Brown called a quick cabinet reshuffle.
- January 24 - Iraqi Parliament have adopted a new flag of Iraq, 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 resigned his post, after he lost the vote of confidence in the Senate.
- January 25 - Building for the new Liverpool Arena completed.[20]
- January 25 - Las Vegas Casino Monte Carlo catches fire.
- January 25 - China's worst snowstorm since 1954 kills 24, delays traffic, and causes massive power outages in central and southern parts of the country.[21]
- January 26 - Barack Obama wins the Democratic South Carolina primary in U.S. presidential election.
- January 26 - Global Call for Action to raise awareness and advance the movement for a more equal and just world as part of the World Social Forum held in Davos, Switzerland.[22]
- January 26 - The All American Football League (AAFL) held its inaugural draft. [23]
- January 27 - Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova won 2008 Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia.
- January 27 - The 2008 NHL All-Star Game in Atlanta.
- January 28 - U.S. President George W. Bush delivers his final State of the Union Address.[24]
- January 29 - Senator John McCain wins Republican Florida primary in U.S. presidential election and senator Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic primary, although the Democratic Party refuses to recognize the results, because of timing disuputes.
- January 29 - Iran's judiciary sentences to prison 54 Bahai religion followers for charity work.[25][26]
- January 30 - King Bhumibol Adulyadej formally swears in Samak Sundaravej as the new Prime Minister of Thailand.
- January 30 - Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan made public warning that Chinese dumplings and other products manufactured in a factory in Hebei Province, China, and imported to Japan, had caused mass food poisoning due to traces of pesticide in products' packages.[27]
- January 30 - U.S. presidential candidates Rudy Giuliani and John Edwards drop out of the race.
[édit] February
Citakan:FebruaryCalendar
- February 1 - Microsoft unexpectedly offers $44.6 billion to buy Yahoo!.[28][29]
- February 1 - Terrorists kill at least 43 and injure 85 in Baghdad markets by remotely detonating bombs strapped to two mentally retarded women.[30]
- February 1 - U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued Public Health Advisory on Chantix, an anti-smoking medication, due to a possible "association between Chantix and serious neuropsychiatric symptoms."[31]
- February 2 - Rebels attacked the capital of Chad, N'Djamena.
- February 2 - French president Nicolas Sarkozy married Carla Bruni.[32]
- February 2 - U.S. military accidentally kills nine civilians in a raid in Iraq.[33]
- February 2 - Mitt Romney wins the Republican Maine primary in U.S. presidential election.
- February 3 - The New York Giants defeat the heavily favored New England Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII, played at University of Phoenix in Glendale, Arizona.[34]
- February 3 - Boris Tadić is re-elected in the second round of the Serbian presidential elections.
- February 4 - Iran opens its first space center and launches a rocket to space.[35]
- February 4 - A Palestinian suicide bomber kills one and wounds 13 in a Dimona, Israel shopping center.[36]
- February 4 - LDS Church First Presidency reorganization announced. President Thomas S. Monson and his counselors, Henry B. Eyring and Dieter F. Uchtdorf, were sustained by the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles the previous day.
- 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 - A series of deadly tornadoes sweeps across Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, and Illinois, reportedly killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 100.
- February 7 - Mitt Romney suspended his campaign for the Republican Party nomination for the U.S. presidency.[37]
- 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 - The United States Senate passes a $170 billion economic stimulus package by a margin of 81-16.
- 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 7 - Charles Lee "Cookie" Thornton kills five and wounds two people at city hall before being shot and killed by police in Kirkwood, Missouri.[38]
- February 9 - Camden Market area in London, United Kingdom is devastated by fire, causing evacuations in nearby houses and flats.
- February 9 - U.S. presidential primary elections and caucuses are held in Louisiana and Washington; Kansas (Republican Party); Nebraska (Democratic Party) and the Virgin Islands (Democratic Party).
- February 10 - Wooden part of Namdaemun, a 600-year-old historic gate located in Seoul, South Korea, was arsoned on late night and destroyed by early in the morning on following day.[39]
- February 10 - Security incident in North Sea, Flotel Safe Scandinavia, an accommodation rig evacuated by helicopter after a woman was reported to have boarded without authorisation. [40]
- February 10 - The 50th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
- February 10 - Worldwide protests against alleged corruption in the Church of Scientology by the internet group 'Anonymous' as part of 'Project Chanology'.
- February 10 - Maine Democratic primary in U.S. presidential election.
- February 11 - Complete Smoking ban including nightclubs, pubs, and bars, took in effect in Thailand.[41]
- 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.[42]
- February 11 - A U.S. Marine was arrested on suspicion of raping a fourteen-year-old Japanese girl in Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda called this "grave case" "unforgivable". [43] Ambassador Tom Schieffer later offered a personal apology.[44]
- February 11 - A former Boeing engineer and a United States Defense Department analyst were arrested and charged with espionage for allegedly passing information to the Chinese government.[45]
- February 12 - U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain win all three primaries of the Potomac primary for their respective parties.
- February 12 - The 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike ends effectively at 6:51pm PST (02:51 UTC, February 13) as members vote to stop picket lines in response to a tentative deal reached by the WGA and the AMPTP three days earlier.[46]
- 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.[47]
- February 12 - Steven Spielberg announced that he would 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.[48]
- February 12 - Bridgestone, under investigation for an alleged price-fixing cartel, uncovered improper payments of at least 150 million Japanese Yen to foreign governments and withdrew from the marine hose business.[49]
- February 13 - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia delivers a formal apology to the Stolen Generations.[50]
- February 13 - Prime Minister of Malaysia Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dissolved Malaysian parliament. General Election will follow on March 8.[51]
- February 14 - Steven Kazmierczak opens fire, killing 6 and wounding 16 before shooting himself at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.[52]
- February 15 - Václav Klaus is re-elected as the President of the Czech Republic.
- February 16 - Making his first trip to Africa since 2003, U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in Benin, with stops in Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Liberia coming in the days ahead.
- February 17 - Suicide bombing by Taliban member killed up to 80 in Kandahar, Afghanistan[53]
- February 17 - Kosovo formally declares independence from Serbia, despite opposition from Serbia and Russia. However Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, UK, and US have officially expressed support after an emergency meeting of United Nations Security Council.[54]
- February 17 - Presidential election in Cyprus.
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