2008

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.

Edmund Hillary

Heath Ledger

Suharto

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Roy Scheider

Janez Drnovšek

Giuseppe Di Stefano

Sir Arthur C. Clarke

Paul Scofield

Charlton Heston

Eddy Arnold

Irena Sendler

Sydney Pollack

Chinghiz Aitmatov

Cyd Charisse

George Carlin

Evelyn Keyes

Bernie Mac

Isaac Hayes

Paul Newman

Jörg Haider

Sœur Emmanuelle

Michael Crichton

Horst Tappert

León Febres Cordero

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