2008
2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.
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2008 was designated as:
- International Year of Languages
- International Year of Planet Earth
- International Year of the Potato
- International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued through the entirety of 2008.
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