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2008

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

Lehman Brothers collapsed and the global financial system buckled into the Great Recession, Barack Obama was elected the first Black U.S. president, and the Beijing Olympics announced China's arrival on the world stage.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
No Country for Old Men
Nobel · Literature
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio "Author Of
World Series
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No. 1 Song
1 Beyonce Irreplaceable 2 Rihanna feat.
Top TV
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Academy · Actor
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Major Events of 2008

1 events
Obama Democratic Nominee

Sports Highlights

Champions of 2008

Champions

MLB2008 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
NFLSuper 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 OpenTiger 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

Top Music of 2008

The year on the charts

Top Songs

  1. 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

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

  1. · 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

Academy Awards

Honoring 2008
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 & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

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 Auto
biography
"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
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