2008

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Template:C21YearInTopic {{Different calendars | gregorian=2008 | auc=2761 | chinese=4704–4705 | japanese=Heisei 20
unofficially | hebrew=5768–5769 | shaka=1930–1931 | vikram=2063–2064 | hindu=5109–5110 | iranian=1386–1387 | islamic=1428–1430 | runic=2258 }} 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Is the year of the Rat in Chinese Astrology and is the year of Aries in Western Astrology.

1 Predicted events
2 Fiction

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Predicted events

FIFA will announce the host country to celebrate the 2014 FIFA World Cup
The FIA will introduce new regulations for the Formula 1 in order to reduce the costs and improve racing.

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January-April

January 1 - Cyprus, Latvia, and Malta set to adopt the Euro. Slovenia will start the presidency of European Union as the first of new memberstates.
January 15 - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes the first of three flybys of Mercury.
January 20 - Scheduled parliamentary elections in the Faroe Islands
February 1 - Sweden plans to cease analog television broadcasts
February 3 - Super Bowl XLII to be held in Glendale, Arizona.
February 7 - Annular solar eclipse
March - 2008 presidential election to be held in Taiwan.
March 23 - Easter Sunday. Easter has not fallen this early since 1913.
April 5 to April 7 - NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four to be held at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

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May-August

May 12 - Cassini Spacecraft is set to orbit within 100 km of Enceladus, its closest encounter of the sixth largest moon of Saturn.
May 16 - Presidential election slated in the Dominican Republic.
June 14 - Expo 2008 scheduled to begin in Zaragoza, Spain.
June 28 - Schedule remodeling of White House
June - UEFA Euro 2008 Championship tournament. Joint hosts Switzerland and Austria.
June - The Batman Begins sequel premieres. (yet to be confirmed)
July 15 to July 20 - World Youth Day 2008 in Homebush, Sydney, Australia
August 1 - Total solar eclipse: northern Canada, Siberia, Mongolia, northern China
August 8 - 2008 Summer Olympics scheduled to begin in Beijing, China
August - World Congress on Philosophy in Seoul, the capital of South Korea

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September-December

September 11 - Tentative topping-out of Freedom Tower at World Trade Center site. It will also be the 7 year anniversary of the 2001 attacks.
October 6 - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes the second of three flybys of Mercury.
November 4 - Presidential election slated in the United States to elect the 44th President of the United States.
November 4 - Gubernatorial election slated in Puerto Rico to elect the Governor of the island.
November 26 - If still Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair will surpass Margaret Thatcher's length of time in office.
December 31 - In Italy, probably last date of analogic TV's transmission after 54 years (VHF, UHF) as totally started Digital terrestrial television era.

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Unknown dates

The Star Wars live-action TV series will debut.
Futurama's contract with Cartoon Network will end.
Expected time for the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film.
Expected release year of A Memory of Light, the 12th and final book of Robert Jordan's fantasy series, The Wheel of Time.
The United Nations is to review drug policies around the world.
- http://www.un.org/ga/president/57/pages/speeches/statement030408-Vienna-Narcotics.htm
- http://www.drug-policy.org/modules/countdown_2008
Both Liverpool (England) and Stavanger (Norway) are European Capital of Culture
The ECB is expected to issue a new series of euro banknotes, replacing the old series, and should include new security features along with the incorporation of Cyprus on the EU map.
Tentative year for the completion of the Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and the International Business Center in Seoul, South Korea
Forecasted year of worldwide production decline in oil given by the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas
Forecasted year of OPEC oil production exceeding non-OPEC oil production given by "The Peak Of World Oil Production And The Road To The Olduvai Gorge" by Richard C. Duncan
The United Kingdom plans to begin 5-year process to cease analog television broadcasts region-by-region, starting with Border, Westcountry and HTV Wales.
According to Paramount, this is the earliest possible year for a new Star Trek TV series.
Boeing's 787 aircraft will enter service.
The Rugby League World Cup will be held in Australia.
Australia plans to cease analogue television broadcasts.
The Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino will be completed
The 178-metre high Singapore Flyer is expected to be completed in the first quarter and could become the tallest observation wheel in the world.
Peru will host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
The Land Before Time gets its theatrical re-release for its 20th anniversary with never-before-seen footage.
A vaccine to wipe out the virus that causes cervical cancer is expected to be ready this year.
The Palm, Jumeirah, part of the Palm Islands development, is expected to be completed this year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The movie Ender's Game based on the book by Orson Scott Card might be released.
Singapore Changi Airport's Terminal 3 is due to be completed in this time frame.
Eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:
- Madonna, Metallica, The Smiths, Pantera, Faith No More, Slayer, Violent Femmes and R.E.M.

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Fiction

According to Capcom, the year "200X" in which Mega Man 2 takes place is 2008.
Twisted Metal 3, made in 1998 takes place in this year.
In the computer game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Russia attempts to reunite the Soviet Union and invades several Eastern European countries. The UN intervenes with Peace-Keeping Forces.
In the WB series finale Dawson's Creek, this is the year when the characters meet once again. According to the storyline, John Mayer will be on tour (Since the character Joey Potter declaims the character Audrey Lidell is touring with John Mayer as a back up singer). Also, there will be a series called "The Creek" based on character Dawson Leery's life (Basically is a "Dawson's Creek" inside the show called "The Creek"); it also is established that there will be a McDonald's on Hudsons already (on the show's fictitious Capeside, MA)
In commemoration of Ian Fleming's 100th birthday this year, Ian Fleming Publications has announced the publication of a new James Bond novel, to be written by a noted author. As of January 2006, no further details of this project have been released. This will be the first novel published featuring the adult version of Bond since 2002.
The final episode of "Lushass 3" will be finished in 2008.
The science fiction film Silent Running takes place in 2008.
The events of the 1992 dystopian science fiction film Split Second, starring Rutger Hauer take place.