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Significant Events and Personalities of 2008

This quiz tests knowledge about notable events and figures from the year 2008, including their birth dates and significant occurrences.

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1 ________ – Yegor Letov, Russian singer (b.

2 June 2 – A car bomb explodes outside the Danish embassy in ________, Pakistan, killing at least five.

3 ________ – Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (b.

4 ________ – Antonio José González Zumárraga, Ecuadorian cardinal (b.

5 ________ – Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver (b.

6 ________ – Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (b.

7 However, the US government is unsure how to execute him; an ________, a gas chamber, a firing squad, and hanging are all tried – none of which work.

8 ________ – John Archibald Wheeler, American theoretical physicist (b.

9 June 29 – ________, American actor (b.

10 ________ – Jörg Haider, Austrian politician (b.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts, concluded 2 August 2008 in American Samoa, brought together about 2,000 artists from 27 countries across Oceania.
  • the Piliyandala bombing of April 25, 2008 was the deadliest attack on a commuter bus in Sri Lanka since the January 16 Buttala attack.
  • the Suramadu Bridge, connecting the islands of Java and Madura, will become the longest bridge in Indonesia when completed in 2008.
  • the two dams and reservoir that form the Bull Run Hydroelectric Project will be decommissioned in 2008 due to the rising costs of meeting environmental laws.
  • on July 11, 2008, the Kayelekera mine in Karonga, Malawi celebrated 1.5 million hours of accident-free uranium mining.
  • before 1 January 2008, milk with a fat content of 1 or 2% could not be labelled as milk in the United Kingdom.
  • Halemaʻumaʻu crater (pictured) in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park erupted explosively on March 19, 2008 for the first time since 1924.
  • James Wayne "Jim" Tucker of suburban New Orleans will in 2008 become the first Republican Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives since Reconstruction.
  • Muhtar Kent, named to assume the post of CEO of the Coca-Cola Company on July 1, 2008, is the son of a Turkish diplomat, who risked his life to save Jews in France during the Holocaust.
  • at the 2008 centennial of the Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos, only 10% of the original railway system was open.
  • Anglican archdeacon Kay Goldsworthy will be Australia's first woman bishop when she is consecrated on 22 May 2008.
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