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 )

* Doug Hoyte: Let Over Lambda, Lulu. com, 2008, ISBN 1-4357-1275-7, Web

* Abbott, Lynn, & Seroff, Doug ( 2008 ).

* Celebrity tailor Doug Hayward ( 1934 – 2008 ) grew up in Hayes

In 2008, the first primary for any City Council election was held on August 5, 2008 do to the field of 7 candidates: Richard B. Abrams, ( 443 votes ; 22. 64 %), Donald Raymond Adams ( 240 12. 26 %), Betty Binder ( 297 15. 18 %), Jason Christie ( 334 17. 07 %), John A. Gilbert ( 194 9. 91 %), David Krueger ( 245 12. 52 %), and Doug Whetstone ( 200 10. 22 %).

Doug Boxell, who coached the Lions to the 2001, 2008, and 2009 state titles, is currently the Men's Head Coach at the University of the Ozarks.

Corey Glover and Doug Wimbish ( 2008 )

The latest HiM records, " 1110 " and ん, released in 2008 and 2009 on Afterhours in Tokyo, are collaborations between Doug Scharin, Josh Larue and the Tokyo based group, Ultra Living.

In November 2008, Doug Flutie was honored by Boston College with a statue of him throwing his famous " Hail Mary " pass outside of Alumni Stadium.

Following the 2008 season in which the Bombers were defeated in the division semifinals, Doug Berry ( the head coach ) was fired.

* Doug Berry ( 2006 – 2008 )

In 2008, Randi asserted in his blog, SWIFT, that TM founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi had " caused the death of my friend Doug Henning ".

In a March 2008 interview with Playback: stl, Doug Martsch stated that a side project of his has been new Halo Benders material, but " we started that about a year ago, we have not even got anything off the ground.

Municipal-In the 2008 civic election, Richard Stewart was elected as mayor of Coquitlam, and Brent Asmundson, Barrie Lynch, Doug Macdonnell, Fin Donnelly, Mae Reid, Linda Reimer, Selina Robinson and Lou Sekora were all elected to Coquitlam City Council.

Lecturers for the 2007 – 2008 school year included Thomas Woods and Doug Bandow .< ref >" The Study of Capitalism and Morality.

* Doug Flutie – player ( QB ), 2008 ( BC Lions 1990 – 91 ; Calgary Stampeders 1992 – 95 ; Toronto Argonauts 1996 – 1997 ).

* Doug Ettinger, president 2008 to 2012

On October 9, 2008, Sharks Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Wilson announced that Friesen had been released from training camp.

In 2008, Thomas revived Bob and Doug McKenzie in a new animated series, Bob & Doug.

During the 2007 – 2008 SM-Liiga season, Doug Shedden announced that he had been contracted to the Swiss team EV Zug and was leaving Jokerit after the season.

The former head coach of the Belarus national team and the Washington Capitals, Glen Hanlon, followed Doug Shedden as the head coach for Jokerit at the start of the 2008 – 09 season.

In 2008, Doug Denyer Reserve, situated in Epsom Park hosted it first ever cricket season with Mordialloc Redbacks being the home team, Redbacks being apart of the Mordialloc Cricket Club.

* Doug Rayburn-Mellotron and flute ( 1972 – 2008 )