Pentecost Monday is a public holiday in many European countries including Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania ( since 2008 ), ( most parts of ) Switzerland, Ukraine and also in the African nations Senegal, Benin and Togo.

In April 2008, a review summit of five heads of state — Presidents Mbeki of South Africa, Wade of Senegal, Bouteflika of Algeria, Mubarak of Egypt and Yar ' Adua of Nigeria — met in Senegal with a mandate to consider the progress in implementing NEPAD and report to the next AU summit to be held in Egypt in July 2008.

Under President Abdoulaye Wade, Sall was Prime Minister of Senegal from April 2004 to June 2007 and President of the National Assembly of Senegal from June 2007 to November 2008.

Whilst playing for Senegal in a match against Liberia in June 2008, Kamara ruptured his cruciate ligament, an injury which required reconstructive surgery.

The first workshop was convened in Dakar, Senegal in partnership with the West African Research Center from July 6-27, 2008.

He has represented Senegal at international level, participating in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 African Cup of Nations.

He retired from international football in an effort to concentrate on his club career following a shambolic Africa Cup of Nations by Senegal in 2008, though he was then called up for a friendly against Libya on 20 August 2008, meaning that he had either not retired or chosen to come out of it.

Hemdani made his Algerian debut in a 2010 World Cup qualifier against Senegal on 31 May 2008.

In 2008, Senegal became an observer nation in the CPLP.

Recently, in the fall of 2008 and the spring of 2009, the band succeeded in realizing their grand comeback, with concerts in Dakar Senegal ( Just4You, St. Louis Jazz Festival, Iba Mar Diop Stadium ) and Burkina Faso.

As of 2008 it has 35 national chapters, including Benin, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

There are large gaps in the fossil record but the discovery of a proto-frog from the Early Permian in Texas in 2008 provided a missing link with many of the characteristics of modern frogs.

A bridge was first completed here in 1887, replaced by another structure in 1949, and subsequently replaced with the current bridge which was completed in 2008.

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

During the first half of 2008, Armenia's widening current-account trade deficit grew by 66 percent to $ 1. 39 billion USD, with a 40 percent rise in imports.

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.

New in 2008, the abalone card also comes with a set of 24 tags.

* 2008 – The 2008 Summer Olympics officially opened with the opening ceremony at National Stadium, Beijing, China.

The American Stock Exchange merged with the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE Euronext ) on October 1, 2008.

According to Alexei Nakamura, as of 2012, there are only 205 Ainu living in Russia ( up from just 12 people who self-identified as Ainu in 2008 ) and they along with the Kurile Kamchadals ( Itelmen of Kuril islands ) are fighting for official recognition.

In July 2008 the price of oil peaked and began to decline and Alberta's economy soon followed suit, with unemployment doubling within a year.

For example, an array of 10 integer variables, with indices 0 through 9, may be stored as 10 words at memory addresses 2000, 2004, 2008, … 2036, so that the element with index i has the address 2000 + 4 × i.

The Falcons had the NFL's second best winning percentage at home during the period of 2008 to 2010 with a. 833 percentage.

The Falcons finished the 2008 regular season with a record of 11 – 5, and the # 5 seed in the playoffs.

On August 5, 2008 Dan Haren signed a four-year, $ 44. 75 million deal with the Diamondbacks worth a guaranteed $ 41. 25 million through 2012 and including a $ 15. 5 million club option for 2013 with a $ 3. 5 million buyout.

In October 2008, the United States Department of Justice defined an Alford plea as: " when a the defendant maintains his or her innocence with respect to the charge to which he or she offers to plead guilty ".

In 2008, another female opera star, Diana Damrau, released a CD with seven Salieri coloratura arias.

(€ 19 million as a group ) However, in 2008 – 09 season saw the decrease of gate and TV income, co-currently with finished 6th in Serie A, which saw Roma made a net loss of € 1, 894, 330.

On 4 March 2008, in announcing a partnership with Magna Steyr to outsource manufacture of over 2, 000 cars annually at Graz, Austria, the company stated " The continuing growth and success of the company is based upon Gaydon as the focal point and heart of the business, with the design and engineering of all Aston Martin products continuing to be carried out there.

In 2007 the international rules series was abandoned because of the aggression and the severity of the Australian team in the previous year, but in 2008, under new rules to protect the player with the ball, it resumed in Australia.

In 2008 Atari was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for pioneering the development of handheld games with its Lynx game unit.

Together with undersea archaeologist Daniel Lenihan, Hackman has written three historical fiction novels: Wake of the Perdido Star ( 1999 ), a sea adventure of the 19th century, Justice for None ( 2004 ), a Depression-era tale of murder, and Escape from Andersonville ( 2008 ) about a prison escape during the Civil War.

He was also portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in the 1997 film Amistad, and again by Ebon Moss-Bachrach in the 2008 HBO television miniseries John Adams ; the HBO series received criticism for needless historical and temporal distortions in its portrayal.

Another historical subject, The Abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, sold for ₤ 115, 250 at Sotheby's Gleneagles sale on 26 August 2008.

The results of a study of the genetics of the Iberian Peninsula released in December 2008 " attest to a high level of religious conversion ( whether voluntary or enforced ) driven by historical episodes of religious intolerance, which ultimately led to the integration of descendants.

Although it had historical precursors, this idea derived its main impetus from a famous report by Scoville and Brenda Milner describing the results of surgical destruction of the hippocampus ( in an attempt to relieve epileptic seizures ), in a patient named Henry Gustav Molaison, known until his death in 2008 as H. M.

Sommer ( 2008 ) classified historical accounts related to vitamin A and / or manifestations of deficiency as follows: " Ancient " accounts ; 18th-to 19th-century clinical descriptions ( and their purported etiologic associations ); early 20th-century laboratory animal experiments, and clinical and epidiomologic observations that identified the existence of this unique nutrient and manifestations of its deficiency.

Books for younger readers both have historical settings: Joseph Bruchac's The Arrow Over the Door ( 1998 ) ( grades 4-6 ) is set in 1777 ; and Beth Kanell's young adult novel, The Darkness Under the Water ( 2008 ), concerns a young Abenaki-French Canadian girl during the time of the Vermont Eugenics Project, 1931-1936.

The historical and artistic value of the project was recognised in 2008 when the National Museum of Australia decided to acquire the entire Canning Stock Route Project collection.

Sheets-Johnstone compares Rank's thought to that of three major Western philosophers — René Descartes, Martin Heidegger and Jacques Derrida: " Because immortality ideologies were originally recognized and in fact so named by Rank, a close examination of his writings on the subject is not only apposite but is itself philosophically rewarding ... Rank was a Freudian dissident who, in introducing the concept of immortality ideologies, traced out historical and psychological roots of ' soul-belief ' ( Seelenglaube )... chapter points up the extraordinary cogency of Rank's distinction between the rational and the irrational to the question of the human need for immortality ideologies " ( Sheets-Johnstone, 2008, p. 64 ).

Opened in December 2008, the Hinkler Hall of Aviation is an historical aviation tourist attraction that celebrates pioneer solo aviator Bert Hinkler.

* Rosamund's death is featured as the catalyst for the 2008 historical fiction novel The Serpent's Tail by Ariana Franklin

* Garman, Alex Gustav, The cult of the Matronae in the Roman Rhineland: an historical evaluation of the archaeological evidence ( Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2008 ), ISBN 978-0-7734-5224-4

In the fall of 2008 new signs were placed along the original route of Stouts Road through Gardendale denoting its historical significance as a stagecoach route between Tennessee and Birmingham during the 19th century.

In 2008, MBC 1 had depicted the life and leadership of Al-Mansur in a historical series aired during the holy month of Ramadan.

A 2008 earthquake of 6. 3 magnitude that hit Northeastern Nevada severely damaged one of the city's oldest historical buildings, The Lemaire Building, which was condemned.

This development continued for several years, reaching a milestone in 2008 with the completion of Union City's first high-rise condominium tower, The Thread, whose name evokes the city's historical association with the embroidery industry.

A New York State historical marker honoring Abbott was placed on Main Street and unveiled by the Hanover Historian ( Vincent P. Martonis ) on June 25, 2008.

* The Whiskey Rebels, 2008 historical novel by David Liss

The Abbey was one of two major locations for the 2008 film version of the historical novel The Other Boleyn Girl.

The new historical museum, farmers market, and performing arts center will all open in 2008.

Another branch of this museum opened in July 2008 at the historical site of Old Goa with a collection of religious statues.

The life of Sejong was depicted in the KBS Korean historical drama King Sejong the Great ( TV series ) in 2008.

* Chains, a 2008, historical fiction book by Laurie Halse Anderson

Two of her early songs have been given Grammy Hall of Fame Awards for " qualitative or historical significance ": " At Last ", in 1999, and " The Wallflower ( Dance with Me, Henry )" in 2008.

Although afraid at the time of its creation of cramming too many historical details into the story, Rosa himself mentions in Uncle Scrooge # 383 ( November, 2008 ) that in fan mail he receives to this day, Guardians of the Lost Library to his own surprise is often referred to as "' the best Rosa story ' or ' the best Duck story ' or even ' the best comic book story ' (?!!