In 2008, Julian Bleach appeared live as Davros at the Doctor Who Prom, announcing that the Royal Albert Hall would become his new palace, and the audience his " obedient slaves ".

* 1906 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist ( d. 2008 )

Beginning with the 2008 – 09 season, Albert was also paired with his TNT broadcast colleague Mike Fratello on the YES Network.

Albert also appeared as a special guest on The Simpsons ' Season 20 episode The Burns and the Bees in 2008.

In 2008, a bronze bust of Szabo by sculptor Karen Newman was unveiled at the Albert Embankment of the River Thames, opposite Lambeth Palace.

* January 11 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist ( d. 2008 )

In his 2008 book Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes author Albert Jack claimed that there were two other verses supporting this claim.

Later television roles have included two appearances in Sky One's two-part adaptations of Terry Pratchett's fantasy novels, as Albert in Hogfather in 2006, and Rincewind in The Colour of Magic in 2008.

In 2008, the Gold Coast shrank slightly as part of Queensland government's reorganisation of local government boundaries, losing the Beenleigh and Eagleby areas north of the Albert River to Logan City Council.

The second " Love Albert Road Day " was held on 28 September 2008 when 40, 000 visitors attended.

A second but unrelated Jordan, James Edward " Buddy " Jordan ( 1942-2012 ), was the sheriff from 1992 to 2008, when he was defeated by a 10-vote margin by a fellow Democrat, Albert D. " Bodie " Little.

File: Albert Memorial, London-May 2008. jpg | Albert Memorial, London ( 1864 – 76 )

TVShowsonDVD. com reported, citing " reliable sources " that Genius Products acquired Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids from ER for a planned DVD release for sometime in 2008.

* Used as Windsor Castle in the Doctor Who episode Silver Nemesis ( 1988 ), in The Madness of King George ( 1994 ), in Victoria & Albert ( 2001 TV serial ), and in The Young Victoria ( 2008 ).

In October 2008 he performed Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Anne Dudley.

Outside the Royal Albert Hall during the BBC Proms season of 2008

The celebration of Stockhausen was centred on two large-scale concerts on 2 August 2008, and complementing Vaughan Williams's interest in folk music, the first Sunday was given over to a celebration of various aspects of British folk, including free events in Kensington Gardens and the Albert Hall, and ending with the first-ever céilidh in the Albert Hall itself.

A new compilation of images from the Albert Kahn collection was published in 2008.

On 21 April 2008, Eric Burdon and War reunited for the first time in 37 years to perform a one-time-only concert at the London Royal Albert Hall.

In 2008, Brown's 50th anniversary celebrations included a UK gold album for sales over 100, 000 copies of Joe Brown-The Very Best Of, a 37-date spring tour, an all-star concert at the Royal Albert Hall with Mark Knopfler, Jools Holland, Dennis Locorriere, Dave Edmunds, Sam Brown, Chas & Dave and others, and a 36-date autumn-winter tour.

A substantial gate of forged iron by Albert Paley was installed on the north side of the crypt level in 2008.

* Low, Albert, 2008.

* On the Gravitational Field of a Point-Mass, According to Einstein's Theory, The Abraham Zelmanov Journal, 2008, Volume 1, P. 10-19

* On the Gravitational Field of a Sphere of Incompressible Liquid, According to Einstein's Theory, The Abraham Zelmanov Journal, 2008, Volume 1, P. 20-32

Einstein's four replies in the ensuing discussion were sold by Bloomsbury Auctions in October 2008.

* 2008 – Marios Tokas, Cypriot composer ( b. 1954 )

* Dylan Thomas: Under Milk Wood and other plays ( Naxos Audiobooks NA288712 – 2008 ) ( originally BBC – 1954 )

* 2008 – Scot Halpin, American musician, temporary drummer for The Who ( b. 1954 )

* 1954 – Marios Tokas, Greek-Cypriot composer ( d. 2008 )

* 1954 – Anthony Minghella, British film director ( d. 2008 )

The Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers ( AUNBT ) was established in 1954 ; in 1979, this association became the bargaining agent for all full-time academic staff, and in 2008, it achieved certification for contract academic staff.

Auguste Perret ( 1874 – 1954 ), a formative architect-turned-town-planner was commissioned to oversee the reconstruction of the city centre and town plan in January 1945 by Raoul Dautry of the MRU ( Kuhl, Lowis & Thiel-Siling 2008, p. 61 ).

* Enrique Máximo García ( 1954 – 2008 ), musicologist, chemist, investigator and historian

Recent examples include Under the Net ( 1954 ) by Iris Murdoch, Jerzy Kosinski's The Painted Bird ( 1965 ), Thomas Berger's Little Big Man ( 1964 ), Rita Mae Brown's Rubyfruit Jungle ( 1973 ), John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces ( 1980 ), Isabel Allende's Eva Luna ( 1987 ), Edward Abbey's The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel ( 1988 ), Robert Clark Young's One of the Guys ( 1999 ), Helen Zahavi's Dirty Weekend ( 1991 ), C. D. Payne's Youth in Revolt ( 1993 ), Christian Kracht's Faserland ( 1995 ), Umberto Eco's Baudolino ( 2000 ), Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver ( 2003 ), and Aravind Adiga's " The White Tiger " ( Booker Prize 2008 )

Significant film appearances include The Snow Creature ( 1954 ), Half Human ( 1955 ), The Abominable Snowman ( 1957 ), Yeti-il gigante del 20. secolo ( 1977 ), Snowbeast ( 1977 ), Monsters, Inc. ( 2001 ), and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ( 2008 ), Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon, ( 2008 ) Yetiko Khojima ( Yeti ; in search of Yeti, 2010 ).

* Scot Halpin ( 1954 – 2008 ), American drummer

* Allen Alley ( 1954 – ), Founder of Pixelworks, Republican nominee for Oregon State Treasurer in 2008, Republican candidate for Oregon Governor in 2010

For example, in 2008 an important but heavily soiled, distorted and water-damaged 1954 Dior outfit called Zemire was restored to displayable condition for the Golden Age of Couture exhibition.

The Jewish delicatessen Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House at 172nd Street and Collins Avenue closed in 2008 after operating at that location since 1954.

For example, the Federal Reserve federal funds rate in the United States has varied between about 0. 25 % to 19 % from 1954 to 2008, while the Bank of England base rate varied between 0. 5 % and 15 % from 1989 to 2009, and Germany experienced rates close to 90 % in the 1920s down to about 2 % in the 2000s.

* Royal Birkdale Golf Club: This course in northwest England has been in the rotation since 1954 and hosted The Open in 2008.

Jay Morago, who served as the first Governor of the Gila River Indian Community from 1954 until 1960, and helped to draft the reservation's 1960 constitution, died on May 14, 2008.

Part of the Seymour Community School District, the school was built in 1954 and has undergone four major expansions: 1957, 1969, 1987, and 2008.

Robert Kocharyan (, ) ( born August 31, 1954 ) was the second President of Armenia, serving from 1998 till 2008.

* A Horten H 1B sailplane ( LV-X017 ) built in 1954 was restored to flying condition ( Years 2007-2008 ) and flown ( Year 2008 ) at the Club de Planeadores Otto Ballod, Adolfo Gonzales Chaves city, Argentina.

The city was founded on October 15, 1954, and as of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 123, 690 and the density of 1, 820 persons per km².

The team has had several different major league affiliations: the Pirates ( 1954 – 58 and 1966 – 68 ), the White Sox ( 1959 – 65 ), the Pilots / Brewers ( 1969 – 70 ), the Tigers ( 1971 – 75 ), a Tigers / White Sox co-op ( 1976 ), the Dodgers ( 1977 – 79 ), the Giants ( 1980 – 94 ), the Padres ( 1995 – 98 ), the Reds ( 1999 – 2000 ), the Expos ( 2001 – 2002 ), and the Rangers ( 2003 – 2008 ).

These include Disneyland ( 1954 – 1958 ), Walt Disney Presents ( 1958 – 1961 ), Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ( 1961 – 1969 ), The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1969 – 1979 ), Disney's Wonderful World ( 1979 – 1981 ), Walt Disney ( 1981 – 1983 ), The Disney Sunday Movie ( 1986 – 1988 ), The Magical World of Disney ( 1988 – 1996 ), then finally back to The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1997 – 2008, 2012 – present ), and The Magical World of Disney Junior ( 2012 – present ).