2008
From left to right, top to bottom:
- Attacks in Mumbai kill 175;
- the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers occurs during the 2008 financial crisis; it is also known as the climax of the crisis;
- the Russo-Georgian War took place between Russia and Georgia;
- earthquake in Sichuan, China kills 88,000;
- the 2008 Summer Olympics took place in Beijing, China;
- Cyclone Nargis kills 138,000 people in Myanmar;
- the one million voices against FARC civic mobilizations in different parts of the world under the slogan Colombia soy yo;
- the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill, a major environmental disaster that occurred in Roane County, Tennessee;
- the 2008 Tibetan unrest, a series of protests and demonstrations against Chinese rule in Tibet.
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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 is designated as:
- International Year of Languages
- International Year of Planet Earth
- International Year of the Potato
- International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued through the entirety of 2008.