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2008 ( MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade. 2008 was designated as:
Jun 8, 2020 · Whereas in 2008, it wasn't clear when it was going to end. There are signs the economy is already starting to recover - data from May released on Friday shows that the unemployment rate has gone ...
Sep 14, 2018 · A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on September 15, 2008 in New York City. In afternoon trading the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 500 points as U.S. stocks ...
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Apr 24, 2022 · By October 2008, Congress approved a $700 billion bank bailout, now known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program. By February 2009, Obama proposed the $787 billion economic stimulus package, which helped avert a global depression. Here is an overview of the significant moments of the Great Recession of 2008.
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- The Beijing Olympics. Whether it was the almost superhero accomplishments of American swimmer Michael Phelps or Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, or the stunning backdrop of the Beijing Games themselves, there is no question that the Summer Olympics was our top news story for 2008.
- Murder on a Greyhound bus. Few crime stories capture headlines as vigorously and for as long as the one of the young man, 22-year-old Tim McLean, who was viciously attacked and stabbed to death for no apparent reason, perhaps even while sleeping, as he rode the Greyhound bus to his home in Winnipeg on a soft summer night in July.
- Madame Jean's decision. If there is any doubt Canadians take their politics seriously, it was dispelled during those seven days that ended Dec. 4, when Governor General Michaëlle Jean agreed to allow Parliament to be prorogued so that Prime Minster Stephen Harper could avoid what appeared to be certain defeat on a confidence vote.
- Canada votes. Was it only in October that Canadians chose a new government? It seems like so long ago now. Stephen Harper's Conservatives won, by the way, though he failed to secure the majority he must have thought was within his grasp when he provoked the early election, less than two years from the one before.
Musician and Composer Herbie Hancock. Feb 10 The 2008 Namdaemun fire severely damages Namdaemun, the first National Treasure of South Korea. Feb 11 In East Timor, assassination attempts made on independence activists Xanana Gusmao and Jose Ramos-Horta. Both fail.
Famous Weddings in 2008. Feb 2 23rd French Republic President Nicolas Sarkozy (53) weds supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni (39) at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. Feb 2 American singer-actress Katharine McPhee (23) weds producer Nick Cokas (42) at the Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills, California; divorce in 2016.
