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Major Events of 2008
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- Obama Democratic Nominee-Elected
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Sports
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Sports
- MLB: 2008 World Series
Philadelphia Phillies win 4-1 against Tampa Bay Rays
- Oct 22& x2026;Philadelphia 3 at Tampa Bay 2
-Oct 23& x2026; Philadelphia 2 at Tampa Bay 4
-Oct 25& x2026;Tampa Bay 4 at Philadelphia 3
-Oct 26& x2026;Tampa Bay 2 at Philadelphia 10
-Oct 27& x2026;Tampa Bay 3 at Philadelphia 4
- NFL: Super Bowl XLII
New York Giants win 17-14 against New England Patriots
-Super Bowl Box Score:
New York& x2026;& x2026;.3 0 0 14= 17
New England& x2026;0 7 0 7= 14
- Professional Golf
Men's Majors winners
- The Masters: Trevor Immelman& x2026;68, 68, 69, 75= 280
- US Open: Tiger Woods& x2026;Sudden Death playoff- 4
- British Open: Padraig Harrington& x2026; 283 (+3)
- PGA Championship: Pádraig Harrington 71-74-66-66=277
Women's Majors winners
- Kraft Nabisco Championship: Lorena Ochoa& x2026;. 68-71-71-67= 277
- US Women's Open: Inbee Park& x2026;283
- LPGA Championship: Yani Yseng& x2026;276
- Weetabix Women's British Open: Jiyai Shin& x2026;270
• 2008 Summer Olympics
-Medal Table (gold, silver, bronze)
China& x2026;51, 21, 28= 100
United States& x2026;36, 38, 36= 110
Russia& x2026; 23, 21, 28=72
Great Britain& x2026;19, 13, 15=47
Germany& x2026;16, 10, 15= 41
Popular Songs
1 Beyonce Irreplaceable
2 Rihanna feat. Jay-Z Umbrella
3 Gwen Stefani feat. Akon The Sweet Escape
4 Fergie Big Girls Don't Cry
5 T-Pain feat. Yung Joc Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')
6 Carrie Underwood Before He Cheats
7 Plain White T's Hey There Delilah
8 Akon feat. Snoop Dogg I Wanna Love You
9 Nelly Furtado Say It Right
10 Fergie feat. Ludacris Glamorous
Popular Movies
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· The Dark Knight
· Twilight
· Forgetting Sarah Marshall
· Iron Man
· Wall-E
· Taken
· The Hurt Locker
· Gran Torino
· Slumdog Millionaire
· The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
50th Grammy Awards
- Record of the Year: “Rehab”- Amy Winehouse
- Song of the Year: “Rehab”- Amy Winehouse
- Album of the Year: River: The Joni Letters- Herbie Hancock
- Best New Artist: Amy Winehouse
- Record of the Year: “Rehab”- Amy Winehouse
Song of the Year: “Rehab”- Amy Winehouse
Album of the Year: River: The Joni Letters- Herbie Hancock
Best New Artist: Amy Winehouse
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- Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
- Best Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men
- Best actor in a leading role: Daniel Day Lewis for There Will Be Blood
- Best actress in a leading role: Marion Cotillard for La Vie En Rose
- Best actor in a supporting role: Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men
- Best actress in a supporting role: Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton
Nobel Prizes
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- Peace: Martti Ahtisaari "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts"
- Physiology or Medicine: Harald zur Hausen "for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer
- Economic Sciences: Paul Krugman "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity"
- Chemistry: Gerhard Ertl "for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces"
- Physics: Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP"
- Literature: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization"
Pulitzer Prizes
- • Public Service: The Washington Post
• Breaking News Reporting: Staff of The Washington Post
• Investigative Reporting: Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker, The New York Times; Staff of Chicago Tribune
• Explanatory Reporting: Amy Harmon, New York Times
• Local Reporting: David Umhoefer, Milwaukee Journal
• National Reporting: Jo Becker and Barton Gellman, The Washington Post
• International Reporting: Steve Fainaru, The Washington Post
• Feature Writing: Gene Weingarten, The Washington Post
• Commentary: Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post
• Criticism: Mark Feeny, The Boston Globe
• Editorial Writing: no award
• Editorial Cartooning: Micahel Ramierz, Investor’s Business Daily
• Breaking News Photography: Adrees Ltif, Reuters
• Feature Photography: Preston Gannaway, Concord (NH) Monitor
• Fiction: The Brief Wondorus Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
• Drama: “August: Osage County”, Tracy Letts
• History: "What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848" by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford University Press)
• Biography or Autobiography: "Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father" by John Matteson (W. W. Norton)
• Poetry: Time and Materials by Robert Hass (Ecco/HarperCollins) and Failure by Philip Schultz (Harcourt)
• General Nonfiction: The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedländer (HarperCollins)
Music: "The Little Match Girl Passion" by David Lang
Major Events of 2008
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- Obama Democratic Nominee-Elected
Sports
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Sports
- MLB: 2008 World Series
Philadelphia Phillies win 4-1 against Tampa Bay Rays
- Oct 22& x2026;Philadelphia 3 at Tampa Bay 2
-Oct 23& x2026; Philadelphia 2 at Tampa Bay 4
-Oct 25& x2026;Tampa Bay 4 at Philadelphia 3
-Oct 26& x2026;Tampa Bay 2 at Philadelphia 10
-Oct 27& x2026;Tampa Bay 3 at Philadelphia 4
- NFL: Super Bowl XLII
New York Giants win 17-14 against New England Patriots
-Super Bowl Box Score:
New York& x2026;& x2026;.3 0 0 14= 17New England& x2026;0 7 0 7= 14
- Professional Golf
Men's Majors winners
- The Masters: Trevor Immelman& x2026;68, 68, 69, 75= 280
- US Open: Tiger Woods& x2026;Sudden Death playoff- 4
- British Open: Padraig Harrington& x2026; 283 (+3)
- PGA Championship: Pádraig Harrington 71-74-66-66=277
Women's Majors winners
- Kraft Nabisco Championship: Lorena Ochoa& x2026;. 68-71-71-67= 277- US Women's Open: Inbee Park& x2026;283
- LPGA Championship: Yani Yseng& x2026;276
- Weetabix Women's British Open: Jiyai Shin& x2026;270• 2008 Summer Olympics
-Medal Table (gold, silver, bronze)
China& x2026;51, 21, 28= 100
United States& x2026;36, 38, 36= 110
Russia& x2026; 23, 21, 28=72
Great Britain& x2026;19, 13, 15=47
Germany& x2026;16, 10, 15= 41
- MLB: 2008 World Series
Popular Songs
1 Beyonce Irreplaceable
2 Rihanna feat. Jay-Z Umbrella
3 Gwen Stefani feat. Akon The Sweet Escape
4 Fergie Big Girls Don't Cry
5 T-Pain feat. Yung Joc Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')
6 Carrie Underwood Before He Cheats
7 Plain White T's Hey There Delilah
8 Akon feat. Snoop Dogg I Wanna Love You
9 Nelly Furtado Say It Right
10 Fergie feat. Ludacris Glamorous
Popular Movies
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· The Dark Knight
· Twilight
· Forgetting Sarah Marshall
· Iron Man
· Wall-E
· Taken
· The Hurt Locker
· Gran Torino
· Slumdog Millionaire
· The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
50th Grammy Awards
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- Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
- Best Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men
- Best actor in a leading role: Daniel Day Lewis for There Will Be Blood
- Best actress in a leading role: Marion Cotillard for La Vie En Rose
- Best actor in a supporting role: Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men
- Best actress in a supporting role: Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton
Nobel Prizes
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- Peace: Martti Ahtisaari "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts"
- Physiology or Medicine: Harald zur Hausen "for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer
- Economic Sciences: Paul Krugman "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity"
- Chemistry: Gerhard Ertl "for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces"
- Physics: Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP"
- Literature: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization"
Pulitzer Prizes
- • Public Service: The Washington Post
• Breaking News Reporting: Staff of The Washington Post
• Investigative Reporting: Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker, The New York Times; Staff of Chicago Tribune
• Explanatory Reporting: Amy Harmon, New York Times
• Local Reporting: David Umhoefer, Milwaukee Journal
• National Reporting: Jo Becker and Barton Gellman, The Washington Post
• International Reporting: Steve Fainaru, The Washington Post
• Feature Writing: Gene Weingarten, The Washington Post
• Commentary: Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post
• Criticism: Mark Feeny, The Boston Globe
• Editorial Writing: no award
• Editorial Cartooning: Micahel Ramierz, Investor’s Business Daily
• Breaking News Photography: Adrees Ltif, Reuters
• Feature Photography: Preston Gannaway, Concord (NH) Monitor
• Fiction: The Brief Wondorus Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
• Drama: “August: Osage County”, Tracy Letts
• History: "What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848" by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford University Press)
• Biography or Autobiography: "Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father" by John Matteson (W. W. Norton)
• Poetry: Time and Materials by Robert Hass (Ecco/HarperCollins) and Failure by Philip Schultz (Harcourt)
• General Nonfiction: The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedländer (HarperCollins)
Music: "The Little Match Girl Passion" by David Lang
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