Historical figures in 2008
The atlas holds 70 people and 121 moments here, in 2008. The most recorded lives are Amy Winehouse, V. S. Naipaul and Morgan Tsvangirai. Among them Performers, Musicians and Composers and Writers.
Notable people
Gough Whitlam
in 2008
1 moment here
Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…
Heath Ledger
in 2008
2 moments here
Australian actor and music-video director whose career began in Australian television, expanded internationally after his 1998 move to the United…
Hebe Camargo
in 2008
1 moment here
Brazilian television host, singer, actress, and radio performer widely known as the “Queen of Brazilian Television.” Born in Taubaté, she moved to…
Hosni Mubarak
in 2008
1 moment here
Egyptian military officer and politician who served as president of Egypt from 1981 until his resignation in 2011.…
Hugo Chávez
in 2008
2 moments here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Idriss Déby
in 2008
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Chadian military officer and politician who led the Patriotic Salvation Movement to power in December 1990 and served as Chad's president from 1991…
Jiang Zemin
in 2008
1 moment here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
John McCain
in 2008
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John Sidney McCain III was an American naval aviator, Vietnam War prisoner of war, U.S. representative, U.S.…
Jorge Rafael Videla
in 2008
1 moment here
Argentine Army officer and de facto president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. His dictatorship, the National Reorganization Process, conducted…
Kelly Preston
in 2008
1 moment here
Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress whose career spanned film and television from 1980 to 2020.…
Kenzaburō Ōe
in 2008
2 moments here
Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, Nobel laureate, and prominent pacifist and anti-nuclear campaigner.…
Kim Dae-jung
in 2008
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South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…
Kofi Annan
in 2008
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Lee Kuan Yew
in 2008
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Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…
Li Keqiang
in 2008
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Liu Xiaobo
in 2008
1 moment here
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Manmohan Singh
in 2008
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Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Margaret Thatcher
in 2008
1 moment here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Maryam Mirzakhani
in 2008
1 moment here
Iranian mathematician whose work transformed the study of hyperbolic surfaces, moduli spaces, and dynamics.…
Maya Angelou
in 2008
1 moment here
American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…
Mercedes Sosa
in 2008
1 moment here
Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…
Miriam Makeba
in 2008
2 moments here
South African singer, songwriter, actor, and anti-apartheid activist known as “Mama Africa.” Makeba’s career took her from Johannesburg and Pretoria…
Morgan Tsvangirai
in 2008
6 moments here
Zimbabwean trade unionist and opposition politician who led the Movement for Democratic Change and served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 2008
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Moments
- 2008 Osaka District Court news conference Kenzaburō Ōe
- 2008 Vice premier appointment Li Keqiang
- 2008 Admission to St Thomas' Hospital Margaret Thatcher
- 2008 FAO mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Miriam Makeba
- 2008 Carnegie Hall performance Asha Bhosle
- 2008 Virada Cultural opening performance Cesária Évora
- 2008 Kennedy School speech Kim Dae-jung
- 2008 United States journey Pope Benedict XVI
- 2008 Coachella headlining appearance Prince
- 2008 Tonight Show performance Prince
- 2008 NASA fiftieth-anniversary lecture Stephen Hawking
- 2008 Nikkei Future of Asia conference Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- 2008 Closing speech at EU–Latin America summit Alan García
- 2008 Rock in Rio Lisboa performance Amy Winehouse
- 2008 Padma Vibhushan investiture Asha Bhosle
- 2008 Dead by Sunrise live debut Chester Bennington
- 2008 First Cola Debrot Lecture Derek Walcott
- 2008 World Economic Forum speech Hosni Mubarak
- 2008 Speech in Columbus during presidential campaign John McCain
- 2008 Press conference at the Europa Hotel Morgan Tsvangirai
- 2008 TICAD IV meeting with Yasuo Fukuda Omar Bongo
- 2008 Fourth Berlusconi government sworn in Silvio Berlusconi
- 2008 Vacation at Villa Certosa Silvio Berlusconi
- 2008 Visit to xenophobic-violence victims Winnie Mandela
- 2008 Interfaith conference in Mecca Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
- 2008 Glastonbury Festival return Amy Winehouse
- 2008 Nelson Mandela 90th-birthday concert Amy Winehouse
- 2008 Hospitalization and death Chinghiz Aitmatov
- 2008 Blocked from How Mine rally Morgan Tsvangirai
- 2008 Detention while campaigning Morgan Tsvangirai
- 2008 Refuge at the Dutch Embassy Morgan Tsvangirai
- 2008 East African Investment Conference Mwai Kibaki
- 2008 Leon Sullivan Summit address Mwai Kibaki
- 2008 G8 Africa Outreach meeting Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- 2008 D-8 summit opening Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- 2008 World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
- 2008 Oxegen Festival performance Amy Winehouse
- 2008 T in the Park performance Amy Winehouse
- 2008 Power-sharing negotiations Morgan Tsvangirai
- 2008 World Youth Day in Sydney Pope Benedict XVI
- 2008 Burial at Donskoy Monastery Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- 2008 Death near Moscow Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- 2008 V Festival Chelmsford performance Amy Winehouse
- 2008 V Festival Staffordshire performance Amy Winehouse
- 2008 Opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics Jiang Zemin
- 2008 SAARC summit in Colombo Manmohan Singh
- 2008 Muslim World and West conference keynote Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- 2008 Bestival headline set Amy Winehouse
- 2008 International tour in Moscow Hugo Chávez
- 2008 McCain-Palin campaign appearance in Fairfax John McCain