Calendar year
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.
Calendar year
2008 was designated as:
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued through the entirety of 2008.
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