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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.
2008 was designated as:
- International Year of Languages[1]
- International Year of Planet Earth[2]
- International Year of the Potato[3]
- International Year of Sanitation[4]
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued through the entirety of 2008.
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- ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 60 Resolution 191. International Year of the Potato, 2008 A/RES/60/191 page 1. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
- ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 61 Resolution 192. A/RES/61/192 page 2. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-13.