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List of events
Events from the year 2008 in the United States .
Incumbents
Federal government
Events
January
January 3 –
Joe Biden drops out of the running for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
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 –
11 – A
tornado outbreak passes through eastern North America, producing at least 75 tornadoes across the mid-eastern United States and record-breaking temperatures in eastern Canada. Four fatalities are reported.
January 7 –
NBC announces the 2008
Golden Globe Awards Ceremony will be canceled due to the
Writers Guild of America strike . The network announces the winners in a 1-hour news conference.
Mickey Rourke and
Tina Fey , among others, are winners.
January 9 – 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 , the
Palestinian Authority , and
Egypt .
January 10 –
Bill Richardson drops out of the U.S. presidential election due to shortage of money.
January 15 – The
Food and Drug Administration declares that food from
cloned
cattle ,
swine ,
goats , and their
progeny is safe to eat.
[2]
January 18 – President
George W. Bush announces an
economic stimulus package , proposing $800 per individual and $1600 per couple in tax refunds.
January 21 – Stock markets around the world plunge amid growing fears of a U.S.
recession , fueled by the 2007
subprime mortgage crisis .
[3]
January 22 – Actor
Heath Ledger , 28, is found dead at his home in
New York City . He would later be awarded a posthumous
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in
The Dark Knight , released in July 2008.
January 25 – In
Las Vegas , the
Monte Carlo Resort and Casino catches fire .
January 27 – The
2008 NHL All-Star Game occurs in
Atlanta .
January 28 – President
George W. Bush delivers his final
State of the Union address .
[4]
January 30 – U.S. presidential candidates
Rudy Giuliani and
John Edwards drop out of the race.
In January,
Weardrobe online street fashion site is launched.
[5]
February
February 5 –
February 6 :
Super Tuesday tornado outbreak
February 1 – The
Food and Drug Administration issues a Public Health Advisory on
Chantix , an anti-smoking medication, due to a possible "association between Chantix and serious neuropsychiatric symptoms."
[6]
February 2
February 3 – The
New York Giants defeat the heavily favored
New England Patriots 17–14 in
Super Bowl XLII , played at the
University of Phoenix in
Glendale, Arizona .
[9]
February 4 –
The Mr. Men Show debuts on
Cartoon Network and
Boomerang . Based on the British book series of
Mr. Men Little Miss .
February 5 –
6 –
Super Tuesday tornado outbreak : A tornado outbreak, the deadliest in 23 years, kills 58 in the
Southern United States .
[10]
February 5 – U.S. stock market indices plunge more than 3% after a
Non-Manufacturing ISM Report on Business shows signs of economic recession in the service sector. The
S&P 500 fall 3.2%, The
Dow Jones Industrial Average 370 points.
[11]
February 7
February 10
February 11
February 12
February 14 –
Steven Kazmierczak
opens fire , killing five and wounding 18 before fatally shooting himself at
Northern Illinois University in
DeKalb, Illinois .
[19]
February 17 – The
USDA recalls 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse.
[20]
February 20 – The
United States Navy destroys an American
spy satellite ,
USA 193 , with a missile, prompting international speculation that it is testing its capability to destroy the satellites of other countries.
[21]
February 24 – The
80th Academy Awards , hosted by
Jon Stewart , take place at
Kodak Theatre in
Hollywood ,
[22] with the
Coen brothers '
No Country for Old Men winning four awards out of eight nominations, including
Best Picture and
Best Director . The film is tied in nominations with
Paul Thomas Anderson 's
There Will Be Blood .
[23] The telecast garners 31.7 million viewers, making it the least-watched broadcast since 1974.
March
April
May
June
June 1
June 3 –
Barack Obama secures the
2008 U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination , becoming the first
African American presumptive presidential candidate for a major political party.
June 4
June 7 –
Big Brown , previously undefeated, fails to become the first winner of the
Triple Crown since 1978, finishing last at the
2008 Belmont Stakes .
June 11 – Four
Boy Scouts are killed and 48 others are injured when a tornado strikes
Little Sioux Scout Ranch in
Little Sioux, Iowa . Many acts of bravery occurred during and after the storm and many awards for heroism were awarded.
June 13 –
The Incredible Hulk , directed by
Louis Leterrier , is released as the second film in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
June 17 – The
Boston Celtics earn their
17th NBA championship by defeating the
Los Angeles Lakers .
June 18 –
Tiger Woods announces he will undergo
ACL surgery and won't play golf again until 2009.
June 25 – Gunman
Wesley Higdon opens fire in a plastics factory in
Kentucky , murdering five before committing suicide.
June 26 – The
U.S. Supreme Court decides
District of Columbia v. Heller , holding that the
District of Columbia 's
ban on handguns , among other statutory provisions, is unconstitutional.
June 27
July
July 10 – The
2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game takes place at
Yankee Stadium .
[33] The home
American League wins 4–3 in 15 innings, giving home field advantage in the
2008 World Series to the AL champion, which eventually came to be the
Tampa Bay Rays .
July 18 –
The Dark Knight , directed by
Christopher Nolan , is released. It was the highest-grossing film of the year, with a worldwide gross of $997,000,000.
July 23 –
Vibra Bank in
Chula Vista, California opens.
[34]
July 25 – The
Avenue of the Saints
expressway project, linking
St. Louis, Missouri and
St. Paul, Minnesota , is finally completed with a
ribbon cutting ceremony near
Wayland, Missouri .
[35]
July 29 – The 5.5 Mw
Chino Hills earthquake affected the
Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong ), causing eight injuries and limited damage.
August
August 8 –
24 – The
United States compete at the
Summer Olympics in
Beijing ,
China and win 36 gold, 39 silver, and 37 bronze medals.
Michael Phelps wins his eighth gold medal, breaking the record set by
Mark Spitz , and sets the record for the most golds in a single Olympics.
August 8 – Former U.S. Senator and vice-presidential and presidential candidate
John Edwards admits to an
adulterous affair with former campaign worker
Rielle Hunter after months of tabloid speculation, but denies being the father of her baby. Edwards would later admit to being the baby's father.
August 15 – The U.S. government condemns the Russian invasion of the
Caucasian country of
Georgia .
August 19 –
Lady Gaga releases her debut album
The Fame .
August 24 – An aircraft crashes in
Guatemala , killing 10, including four Americans on a
humanitarian mission .
[36]
August 25 –
28 –
Barack Obama and
Joe Biden are declared the Democratic presidential and vice presidential candidates at the
2008 Democratic National Convention in
Denver, Colorado .
August 26 –
September 1 –
Hurricane Gustav makes landfall on
Louisiana as
Category 2 and kills seven in the United States, after making landfall on western
Cuba as
Category 4 , and killing 66 in
Haiti , eight in the
Dominican Republic , and 11 in
Jamaica .
[37]
[38]
August 28 –
September 7 –
Hurricane Hanna kills seven in the United States, and 529 in
Haiti , mostly due to
floods and
mudslides .
[39]
August 29 – Republican presidential candidate
John McCain chooses
Sarah Palin as his running mate.
September
September 1 –
14 –
Hurricane Ike makes landfall on
Texas as
Category 2 and kills 27 in the United States, after killing four in
Cuba , one in the
Dominican Republic , and 75 in
Haiti .
[40]
[41]
September 1 –
4 –
John McCain and
Sarah Palin are declared the Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates at the
2008 Republican National Convention in
Saint Paul, Minnesota .
September 1 –
Sarah Palin announces that her 17-year-old daughter
Bristol is pregnant.
September 7 – The
US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US,
Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac .
[42]
September 8 –
The Rachel Maddow Show premieres on
MSNBC .
September 12 – A
Metrolink train collides head-on into a freight train in
Los Angeles, California , killing 25 and injuring 130.
[43]
September 15 – Wall Street investment bank
Lehman Brothers files for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection .
[44]
September 21 – The
60th Primetime Emmy Awards are presented.
[45]
[46] The telecast becomes the lowest rated and least viewed ceremony in its televised history.[
citation needed ]
John Adams ,
30 Rock ,
Mad Men ,
The Amazing Race , and
The Daily Show with John Stewart , among others, are winners.
[46]
September 26 –
John McCain and
Barack Obama engage in the first
presidential debate , held at
University of Mississippi and moderated by
Jim Lehrer .
September 28 –
SpaceX
Falcon 1 becomes the world's first privately developed
space launch vehicle to successfully
make orbit .
[47]
[48]
September 29 – the
Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777 points due to the financial panic.
October
November
November 1 : U.S. President George W. Bush opines on the upcoming U.S. election.
November 4 :
Barack Obama is elected U.S. president
December
December 18 :
George W. Bush ducks one of al-Zaidi's and Iraq Prime Minister
Nouri al-Maliki tries to parry it
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(November 2011 )
March 14 –
Abby Ryder Fortson , actress
April 17 –
Gavin Warren , actor
May 31 –
Kayla Han , swimmer
June 23 –
Lilliana Ketchman , dancer, YouTuber, and model
July 15 –
Iain Armitage , actor
August 1 –
Emma Berman , actress and voice actress
September 18 –
Jackson Robert Scott , actor
October 9 –
Bo , notable canine pet of
Barack Obama
October 24 –
Liamani Segura , singer
December 22 –
Madeleine McGraw , actress
Deaths
January
Bobby Fischer
Suzanne Pleshette
Heath Ledger
February
Roy Scheider
Tom Lantos
February 1 –
Shell Kepler , actress (b.
1958 )
February 2
Earl Butz , 18th United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1971 till 1976. (b.
1909 )
Joshua Lederberg , Nobel molecular biologist and college administrator (b.
1925 )
February 4
February 6 –
John McWethy , journalist (b.
1947 )
February 8 –
Phyllis A. Whitney , Japanese-born American writer (b.
1903 )
February 10 –
Roy Scheider , American actor and boxer (b.
1932 )
February 11 –
Tom Lantos , Hungarian-American United States Representative from California from 1981 till 2008. (b.
1928 )
February 12
February 13 –
Roger Voisin , French-born American musician (b.
1918 )
February 15 –
Johnny Weaver , wrestler and sportscaster (b.
1935 )
February 21 –
Ben Chapman , actor (b.
1928 )
February 24 –
Larry Norman , musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer (b.
1947 )
February 26 –
Buddy Miles , musician (b.
1947 )
February 27
February 28 –
Joseph M. Juran , Romanian-born American management consultant and engineer (b.
1904 )
March
Gary Gygax
Richard Widmark
March 4 –
Gary Gygax , writer and game designer (b.
1938 )
March 5 –
Joseph Weizenbaum , German writer and computer scientist, died in
Ludwigsfelde -
Gröben (b.
1923 )
March 9 –
Gus Giordano , dancer (b.
1923 )
March 12 –
Howard Metzenbaum , Senator from Ohio in 1974 and from 1976 till 1995. (b.
1917 )
March 15 –
Vicki Van Meter , aviator (b.
1982 )
March 16
March 20 –
Abigail Rose Taylor , notable accident victim (b.
2001 )
March 22 –
Cachao López , Cuban musician, died in
Coral Gables, Florida (b.
1918 )
March 23 –
Al Copeland , entrepreneur, died in
Munich ,
Germany (b.
1944 )
March 24
March 28
March 30
March 31 –
Jules Dassin , film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, and husband of
Melina Mercouri , died in
Athens, Greece (b.
1911 )
April
Charlton Heston
April 2 –
Ray Poole , American football player and coach (b.
1921 )
April 5 –
Charlton Heston , actor (b.
1923 )
April 8 –
Stanley Kamel , actor (b.
1943 )
April 11 –
Merlin German , soldier and charity founder. (b.
1985 )
April 12 –
Barbara McDermott , last American survivor of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania (b.
1912 )
April 13 –
John Archibald Wheeler , physicist (b.
1911 )
April 14 –
Ollie Johnston , animator (b.
1912 )
April 15 –
Hazel Court , English actress (b.
1926 )
April 16
April 17
April 18 –
Joy Page , actress (b.
1924 )
April 21 –
Al Wilson , singer (b.
1939 )
April 22 –
Paul Davis , singer, songwriter, and musician (b.
1948 )
May
Eddy Arnold
Sydney Pollack
Harvey Korman
May 1
May 2 –
Beverlee McKinsey , actress (b.
1935 )
May 4 –
Fredric J. Baur , chemist and inventor (b.
1918 )
May 5
May 8 –
Eddy Arnold , American singer, songwriter, and musician (b.
1918 )
May 9 –
Judy Grable , American professional wrestler (b.
1935 )
May 11 –
Dottie Rambo , singer, songwriter, and musician (b.
1934 )
May 12 –
Robert Rauschenberg , artist (b.
1925 )
May 13 –
John Phillip Law , actor (b.
1937 )
May 15
May 16 –
Robert Mondavi , winemaker (b.
1913 )
May 18 –
Joseph Pevney , film and television director (b.
1911 )
May 20 –
Hamilton Jordan , 8th White House Chief of Staff from 1979 till 1980. (b.
1944 )
May 22 –
Robert Asprin , writer (b.
1946 )
May 23 –
Cornell Capa , Hungarian-American photographer (b.
1918 )
May 24 –
Dick Martin , comedian, television director, actor, and producer (b.
1922 )
May 26
May 28 –
Robert Justman , television producer and director (b.
1926 )
May 29 –
Harvey Korman , American actor and Comedian (b.
1927 )
June
Bo Diddley
Cyd Charisse
George Carlin
June 2
June 6 –
Dwight White , American football player (b.
1949 )
June 7 –
Jim McKay , television sports journalist (b.
1921 )
June 9 –
Algis Budrys , science fiction writer (b.
1931 in Lithuania )
June 10 –
John Rauch , American football player and coach (b.
1927 )
June 12 –
Charlie Jones , television sportscaster and actor (b.
1930 )
June 13 –
Tim Russert , television journalist and lawyer (b.
1950 )
June 15
June 16 –
Caylee Anthony , alleged murder victim (b.
2005 )
June 17 –
Cyd Charisse , actress and dancer, spouse of
Tony Martin (b.
1922 )
June 19 –
Bennie Swain , basketball player and coach (b.
1930 )
[64]
June 21
June 22
June 24 –
Leonid Hurwicz , Nobel economist and mathematician (b.
1917 in Russia )
June 26 –
Katherine Loker , philanthropist (b.
1915 )
June 27
June 29 –
Don S. Davis , actor and soldier, died in
Gibsons, British Columbia ,
Canada (b.
1942 )
July
Jesse Helms
Evelyn Keyes
August
Bernie Mac
Isaac Hayes
August 3 –
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , Russian Nobel writer, died in
Moscow, Russia (b.
1918 )
August 9 –
Bernie Mac , American actor and comedian (b.
1957 )
August 10
August 11 –
George Furth , American librettist, playwright, and actor (b.
1932 )
August 12 –
Patricia W. Malone , American naval officer (b.
1924 )
August 13 –
Sandy Allen , American tallest woman in the world (according to Guinness World Records ) (b.
1955 )
August 15
August 16 –
Roberta Collins , American actress (b.
1944 )
August 17 –
Philip Saffman , English-American mathematician (b.
1931 )
August 18 –
Pervis Jackson , R&B singer (b.
1938 )
August 19
August 20 –
Phil Guy , American blues guitarist (b.
1940 )
August 23 –
Thomas Huckle Weller , American Nobel virologist (b.
1915 )
August 25 –
Kevin Duckworth , American basketball player (b.
1964 )
August 28 –
Phil Hill , American race car driver (b.
1927 )
August 29 –
Bela E. Kennedy , American politician (b.
1918 )
August 30 –
Killer Kowalski , Polish-Canadian wrestler (b.
1926 )
September
Paul Newman
September 1
September 2 –
Bill Melendez , Mexican-American character animator, film director, voice artist and producer (b.
1916 )
September 6 –
Anita Page , American actress (b.
1910 )
September 9 –
Warith Deen Mohammed , American Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher and revivalist (b.
1933 )
September 12 –
David Foster Wallace , American writer and columnist (b.
1962 )
September 14 –
Hyman Golden , American businessman (b.
1923 )
September 19 –
Earl Palmer , American R&B Drummer (b.
1924 )
September 26 –
Paul Newman , American actor, film director, entrepreneur and philanthropist (b.
1925 )
October
Edie Adams
October 1
October 5 –
Kim Chan , Chinese-American actor (b.
1917 )
October 11 –
Neal Hefti , American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger (b.
1922 )
October 15 –
Edie Adams , American actress, singer, comedian, businesswoman (b.
1927 )
October 17 –
Levi Stubbs , American singer and actor (b.
1936 )
October 19
October 18 –
Dee Dee Warwick , American singer, sister of
Dionne Warwick (b.
1942 )
October 19 –
Richard Blackwell , American journalist and fashion critic (b.
1922 )
October 24 –
Merl Saunders , American musician, pianist, and keyboardist (b.
1934 )
October 25
October 26 –
Tony Hillerman , American writer (b.
1925 )
October 29 –
William Wharton , American author (b.
1925 )
October 31 –
Studs Terkel , American writer, broadcaster, and historian (b.
1912 )
November
Michael Crichton
December
Nina Foch
Van Johnson
Eartha Kitt
December 1 –
Paul Benedict , American actor (b.
1938 )
December 2
December 4 –
Forrest J. Ackerman , American writer, columnist, actor, and science-fiction collector (b.
1916 )
December 5
December 6 –
Sunny von Bülow , socialite and alleged murder victim, wife of
Claus von Bülow (b.
1931 )
December 8
December 11
December 12 –
Van Johnson , American actor (b.
1916 )
December 14 –
Mike Bell , American professional wrestler (b.
1971 )
December 15 –
John W. Powell , Chinese-American journalist (b.
1919 )
December 16 –
Sam Bottoms , American actor (b.
1955 )
December 17 –
Sammy Baugh , American football player and coach (b.
1914 )
December 18
December 19 –
James Bevel , American minister and civil rights activist (b.
1936 )
James Bevel
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