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Events from the year 2008 in the United States .
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 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 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 Cartoon Network and Boomerang . Based on the British book series of Mr. Men Little MissFebruary 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
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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] Coen brothers ' No Country for Old Men Best Picture and Best Director . The film is tied in nominations with Paul Thomas Anderson 's There Will Be Blood [ 23] 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 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 District of Columbia 's ban on handguns , among other statutory provisions, is unconstitutional.June 27
July 10 – The 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game takes place at Yankee Stadium .[ 33] 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 Christopher Nolan , is released. It was the highest-grossing film of the year, with a worldwide gross of $997,000,000.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 .[ 34] 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 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 .[ 35] 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 .[ 36] [ 37] August 28 –September 7 – Hurricane Hanna kills seven in the United States, and 529 in Haiti , mostly due to floods and mudslides .[ 38] August 29 – Republican presidential candidate John McCain chooses Sarah Palin as his running mate.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 .[ 39] [ 40] 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 .[ 41] September 8 – The Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC .September 12 – A Metrolink train collides head-on into a freight train in Los Angeles, California , killing 25 and injuring 130.[ 42] September 15 – Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection .[ 43] September 21 – The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards are presented.[ 44] [ 45] [citation needed John Adams 30 Rock Mad Men The Amazing Race The Daily Show with John Stewart [ 45] 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 .[ 46] [ 47] September 29 – the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777 points due to the financial panic.November 1 : U.S. President George W. Bush opines on the upcoming U.S. election.November 4 : Barack Obama is elected U.S. presidentDecember 18 : George W. Bush ducks one of al-Zaidi's and Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki tries to parry itJanuary 20 – Paige Heyn , skateboarderMarch 14 – Abby Ryder Fortson , actressApril 17 – Gavin Warren , actorMay 31 – Kayla Han , swimmerJune 4 – Hezly Rivera , artistic gymnastJune 23 – Lilliana Ketchman , dancer, YouTuber, and modelJuly 15 – Iain Armitage , actorAugust 1 – Emma Berman , actress and voice actressSeptember 18 – Jackson Robert Scott , actorOctober 9 – Bo , pet dog of the Obama family October 24 – Liamani Segura , singerDecember 22 – Madeleine McGraw , actressBobby Fischer Suzanne Pleshette Heath Ledger 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 )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
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March 31 – Jules Dassin , film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, and husband of Melina Mercouri , died in Athens, Greece (b. 1911 )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
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April 18 – Joy Page , actress (b. 1924 )April 21 – Al Wilson , singer (b. 1939 )April 22 – Paul Davis , singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1948 )Eddy Arnold Sydney Pollack 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 )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 )[ 57] June 21
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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 )Jesse Helms Evelyn Keyes 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 )Paul Newman September 1
Don LaFontaine , American television show and advertisement announcer (b. 1940 )Jerry Reed , American singer, songwriter, actor, and guitarist (b. 1937)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 )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 )Michael Crichton 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
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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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