The debate continues unabated – e. g. S. Georg 2004, A. Vovin 2005, S. Georg 2005 ( anti-Altaic ); S. Starostin 2005, V. Blažek 2006, M. Robbeets 2007, A. Dybo and G. Starostin 2008 ( pro-Altaic ).

* 2008 – 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activities.

* 1931 – Ivan Dixon, American actor and director ( d. 2008 )

* 1934 – Guy Peellaert, Belgian artist and photographer ( d. 2008 )

* 1948 – Jeremy Beadle, English television host ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.

* 1914 – Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter ( d. 2008 )

* 1923 – Francis Tucker, South African race car driver ( d. 2008 )

* 1932 – Cor Brom, Dutch footballer and manager ( d. 2008 )

* 1970 – Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d ' état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.

* 2008 – Competition in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China proceeded with the women's association football tournament.

* 1955 – Gregory Bryant-Bey, American convicted murderer ( d. 2008 )

* 1965 – Mark Speight, English television host ( d. 2008 )

* 1935 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress ( d. 2008 )

* 1976 – Mark Priestley, Australian actor ( d. 2008 )

* 2005 – Caylee Anthony, American murder victim ( d. 2008 )

Bilateral trade with Russia stood at more than $ 700 million for the first nine months of 2010 – on track to rebound to $ 1 billion mark first reached in 2008 prior to the global economic crisis.

Over half of the tax revenues in the January – August 2008 time period were generated from value-added taxes ( VAT ).

* 2008 – South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.

* 1931 – Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Jake Warren, Canadian diplomat ( b. 1921 )

* 1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer ( d. 2008 )

John M. Lundquist, author of The Temple of Jerusalem: past, present, and future ( 2008 ), discounts this idea.

According to Gislason and Craig ( 2005 ): " Most thermodynamic data come from calorimetry ..." According to Kondepudi ( 2008 ): " Calorimetry is widely used in present day laboratories.

* D. H. Peligro – drums ( 1979 – 1986, 2001 – 2008, 2009 – present )

* Ron " Skip " Greer – vocals ( 2008 – present )

* Kevin Quirion – guitars ( 2008 – 2009, 2009 – 2010, 2011 – present )

* Epic Games ( some properties licensed 2008 to present )

* Lego ( some properties licensed 2001 to 2008, 2010 to present )

On 9 May 2008, the Falkland Islands Government asserted that the minefields which represent 0. 1 % of the available farmland on the islands " present no long term social or economic difficulties for the Falklands " and that the impact of clearing the mines would cause more problems than containing them.

* Iain Lobban ( July 2008 – present )

# 2008 – present Richard Baker

Recent events from 2008 to the present day have seen the positive advancement of maritime border relations with Iraq with the development of the Khawr Abd Allah ( KAA ) Protocols.

He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell ( 1977 – 2012 ) as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons ( 1989 – present ) and Futurama ( 1999 – 2003, 2008 – present )

* Futurama ( 1999 – 2003, 2008 – present ) animated television series.

* Brazil, 1974 – 1983, 1984 – 2000, 2000 – 2006, 2008 – present ;

* Patrick D. Gallagher, 2008 – present

* 2008 – present: " Something For Everyone "

* David W. Jones ( 2008 – present )

Worldcons through 1970 were selected one year in advance, from 1971 through 1986 two years in advance, from 1987 to 2007, three years in advance, then from 2008 to the present, two years in advance again.

It was given in May 2008 by Opera Boston, a now-defunct company, which used to present unusual or rarely staged works, and the Melbourne City Opera staged it in March / April 2009.

* Avenger ( 1995 – 2000 ; 2008 – present )

* Challenger ( 1970 – 1974 ; 1978 – 1983 ; 2008 – present )

* Journey ( 2008 – present )

* 23 January 2008 – Graham Medal of the Glasgow Philosophical Society, awarded after he gave his lecture " DNA Profiling ; Past, present and future ", which was nominated as the Graham Lecture.

* Japanese ( manga )— Katsura Hoshino: D. Gray-man, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump ( 2004 – present ; main character, Allen Walker, is " the pierrot who will cause the akuma to fall "; anime based on manga released 2006 – 2008 ); Takashi Hashiguchi: Yakitate !!