Year 2008

10 September 2008

The Large Hadron Collider, Big Bang experiment inaugurated

17 February 2008

Kosovo's prime minister Hashim Thaci declares independence from Serbia

19 February 2008

Cuban president Fidel Castro, who temporarily handed power to his brother Raúl in July 2006 when he fell ill, permanently steps down after 49 years in power

2008

Bill Gates Retired from Microsoft

22 October 2008

India launches its first unmanned spacecraft for a two-year mission to map a three-dimensional atlas of the Moon and search for natural resources on the lunar surface

27 September 2008

China Manned Satellite Shenzhou-7 with Chinas First Spacewalk

12 May 2008

China, Sichuan - magnitudo 7,8 88.000 deads

2008

Nobel Prizes Literature: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

2008

Nobel Prizes Physics: Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi e Toshihide Maskawa

2008

Nobel Prizes Economy: Paul Krugman

2008

Nobel Prizes Peace: Martti Ahtisaari

2008

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, Roger Y. Tsien: la scoperta della cosiddetta Proteina fluorescente verde (Gfp), marcatore medico

2008

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine: Luc Montagnier, Francoise Barré-Sinoussi e Harald zur Hausen

2008

81 Academy Award Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire

2008

81 Academy Award Best Original Song: 'Jai Ho' - Slumdog Millionaire - Music: A. R. Rahman • Lyrics: Gulzar

2008

81 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film: Departures (Japan)

2008

81 Academy Award Best Original Screenplay:

2008

81 Academy Award Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2008

81 Academy Award Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

2008

81 Academy Award Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader

2008

81 Academy Award Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk

2008

81 Academy Award Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

2008

Tennis Wimbledon Women: Venus Williams d. Serena Williams (7-5, 6-4)

2008

Football XLII Super Bowl: New York Giants d. New England Patriots, (17-14)

2008

Tennis Wimbledon Men: Rafael Nadal d. Roger Federer (6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7)

2008

Baseball World Series: Philadelphia Phillies (NL) 4-1 Tampa Bay Rays (AL)

2008

SUMMER OLYMPICS, Summer Olympics XXIX: Beijing (China)

2008

NBA, Basketball NBA Championship: Boston Celtics d. Los Angeles Lakers, (4-2)

2008

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League: Manchester United FC (England)

2008

2008 Playboy cover

2008 December 11

Bettie Page, Playboy pin-up model (dead at Los Angeles,California,USA) (born 1923 April 22) Taurus

2008 June 07

Cyd Charisse, actress (Tula Ellice Finklea) (dead at Los Angeles,California,USA) (born 1922 March 08) Pisces

2008 September 26

Paul Newman, actor (dead at Westport,USA) (born 1925 January 26) Aquarius

2008 February 18

Alain Robbe-Grillet , letterato (dead at Caen, France) (born 1922 August 18) Leo

2008 August 03

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , writer (dead at Moscow, Russia) (born 1918 December 11) Sagittarius

2008 November 22

Alessandro Curzi , journalist (dead at 1930) (born 1930 March 04) Pisces

2008 August 07

Andrea Pininfarina , entrepreneur (dead at Trofarello) (born 1957 June 26) Cancer

2008 August 08

Antonio Gava , politician (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1930 July 30) Leo

2008 March 19

Arthur C. Clarke , writer (born (1917))

2008 January 17

Bobby Fischer , chess player (born 1943 March 09) Pisces

2008 April 05

Charlton Heston , actor (John Charles Carter) (dead at Beverly Hills, California, USA) (born 1923 October 04) Libra

2008 June 05

Dino Risi , PROF

2008 January 11

Edmund Hillary , New Zealand mountaineer,1st to climb Mt Everest in 1953

2008 June 15

Francoise Sagan Quoirez , writer (born 1935 June 21) Gemini

2008 December 05

George Brecht , Artista statunitense (born 1924 March 07) Pisces

2008 July 12

Gianfranco Funari , television host (dead at Milano,Italy) (born 1932 March 21) Aries

2008 July 14

Giuseppe Bonura , writer, critico letterario (dead at Milano,Italy) (born 1933 December 25) Capricorn

2008 December 24

Harold Pinter , drammaturgo, actor teatrale, movie director teatrale, sceneggiatore, writer, poet (dead at London,UK) (born 1930 October 10) Libra

2008 August 10

Isaac Hayes , musician (born 1942 August 20) Leo

2008 June 07

Jim Mc Kay , journalist sportivo (born 1921 September 24) Libra

2008 November 04

John Michael Crichton , writer, sceneggiatore, movie director (dead at Los Angeles,California,USA) (born 1942 October 23) Scorpio

2008 June 16

Mario Rigoni Stern , writer (dead at Asiago) (born 1921 November 01) Scorpio

2008 July 27

Marisa Merlini , actress (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1923 August 06) Leo

2008 November 04

Michael Crichton , American author

2008 September 05

Mila Schön , pROF (dead at Alessandria)

2008 October 08

Norman Hogg , politician (born 1938 March 12) Pisces

2008 May 18

Pietro Cascella , Scultore,painter (born 1921 February 02) Aquarius

2008 January 19

Susan Pleshette , actress (born 1937 January 31) Aquarius

2008 May 26

Sydney Pollack , movie director (dead at Los Angeles,California,USA) (born 1934 July 01) Cancer

2008 December 06

Warner Bentivegna , actor (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1931 July 18) Cancer

2008 June 01

Yves Saint Laurent , stylist (dead at Paris,France) (born 1936 August 01) Leo