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

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

Former heavyweight rower Dominic Seiterle is a member of the Canadian national rowing team and won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's 8 + event.

The Danish flag at the medal ceremony for the Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit | men's team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

" GATT and the Cold War ," Journal of Cold War Studies, Summer 2008, 10 # 3 pp 78-109

* 2008: All Summer Long Tour ( 4 nights at Pine Knob with Uncle Kracker & Rev Run )

** 2008 Most Attictive Track for " All Summer Long " ( Nominated )

" Studio Ghibli said the production time would be about 20 months, with release slated for Summer 2008.

Interior hall of Beijing Capital International Airport before the 2008 Summer Olympics

Events are held at the World Rowing Championships and were also held at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

The special police forces trained to protect the public during the 2008 Summer Olympics used the Segway for mobility.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, seven of these events were for men while only three were for women.

* Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics-Men's Madison

* Kyle Hamilton, gold medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's eights in rowing

A recent example of weather control was China's preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

* Wilma Rudolph's story on the website of the 2008 Summer Olympics

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The opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China.

Other major routes include the country routes of route 5 near in Elkhurst, Triplett Ridge, from Clay to Widen, Summer Fork Roane Road, which takes you to Wallback and Grannies Creek in Roane County, and Queen Shoals Road ( Queen Road ) which starts in the small town of Queen Shoals in Kanawha County, and ends in Indore, Clay County.

The large Massachusetts Champion Elm stands on Summer Street in the Berkshire County town of Lanesborough, Massachusetts has been kept alive by antifungal treatments.

Duelling with firearms grew in popularity in the 18th century, especially with the adoption of the Irish Code Duello, " adopted at the Clonmel Summer Assizes in 1777 for the government of duellists by the gentlemen of County Tipperary, County Galway, County Mayo, County Sligo and County Roscommon, and prescribed for general adoption throughout Ireland.

* The Wise County Summer Academy of Art, sponsored by Wise County Public Schools and funded in part by the Virginia Commission of Arts, provides fine arts programming for children throughout the summer months, including large scale productions and touring performance opportunities.

The same summer following the Griffith ruling, students from Queens College ( New York ) ventured south to Prince Edward County during their “ Freedom Summer ” Program to serve as teachers to the many African-American children who had been denied an education as well as participated in “ Operation Catch-up ,” the summer school program taught by these volunteers in order to prepare the students for when the schools reopened that fall.

The Ocoee River, site of whitewater slalom events in the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympic Games, runs through Polk County and is vital to one of the county's major industries, whitewater rafting.

Other areas of interest include, Abert Lake and Abert Rim, Goose Lake, Hunter's Hot Springs and its Old Perpetual Geyser, Schminck Memorial Museum and Lake County Museum, Lake County Round-Up Museum, Schmink Museum, Warner Canyon ski area, Gearhart Mountain Wilderness, Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, Summer Lake Hot Springs, sunstones ( Oregon's state gemstone ) near Plush, Warner Wetlands, Summer Lake Wildlife Area and sections of the Fremont National Forest of the Fremont – Winema National Forests.

Traveling to the area in the Summer of 1831, Smith and some associates formally proclaimed Jackson County as the site, in a ceremony in August 1831.

Summer seasonal residents are also a member of the populous Ottawa County.

Summer greenery of El Paso County

" Beginning in 1912, the Fair has become the main event of the Summer for Coos County residents and is a county-wide showcase of agriculture, crafts, industry and business.

Humble is served by Ross Sterling Middle School ( formerly by Humble Middle School in unincorporated Harris County ), Humble High School, Atascocita High School and Summer Creek High School.

Parowan is the site of the annual Iron County Fair on Labor Day weekend ; it also is a host community for the Utah Summer Games and sponsor of the annual " Christmas in the Country " celebration each November.

The Edmonds Museum Summer Market, sponsored by the Edmonds-South Snohomish County Historical Society, is held each Saturday from May to September.

* Earliest day on which First Day of Summer or Sumardagurinn fyrsti can fall, while April 25 is the latest ; celebrated on the first Thursday after April 18.

There followed Summer Stock ( 1950 ) – Judy Garland's last musical film for MGM – in which Kelly performed the celebrated " You, You Wonderful You " solo routine with a newspaper and a squeaky floorboard.

The arrival of the yachts is celebrated as part of the Hobart Summer Festival, a food and wine festival beginning just after Christmas and ending in mid-January.

Rudolph had a special, personal reason to hope for victory — to pay tribute to Jesse Owens, the celebrated American athlete who had been her inspiration, also the star of the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin, Germany.

* The 2020 Summer Olympics will be celebrated in either Istanbul, Madrid or Tokyo.

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976.

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992.

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France.

From out of those early roots would eventually come the famous 1955 hit toy “ Wooly Willy .” This famous 20th century toy was created by Jim Herzog in Smethport in 1955, when he worked for the family-owned business Smethport Specialty Co. Wooly Willy is celebrated by the town in June during Summer Fest when any Willy-want-to-be can enter the Wooly Willy look-alike contest to stake their claim with Smethport ’ s most famous son.

Probably their most celebrated performance of the era took place on July 28, 1973 at the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen outside Watkins Glen, New York, in a joint appearance with The Grateful Dead and The Band.

Founder's Day at Dulwich College is celebrated at the end of the Summer Term to commemorate the signing of the letters patent by James I on 21 June 1619 authorizing Edward Alleyn to establish a college in Dulwich to be called ' the College of God's Gift, in Dulwich in Surrey '.

The 1900 Summer Olympics, today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1900 in Paris, France.

The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from August 29 until September 3, 1904, as part of an extended sports program lasting from July 1 to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.

This link is celebrated in Rochester's Dickens Festival each June in the Summer Dickens Festival and December with the Dickensian Christmas Festival.

Other parts of the city's culture includes the Salt Festival where the historical salt economy of the town is celebrated, the Summer Night Festival, the Baker's Oven Festival and the Christmas Market which includes traditional handicrafts.

On July 24, 2001, the day Detroit celebrated its 300th birthday, a Great Lakes Summer Collegiate Game between the Motor City Marauders and the Lake Erie Monarchs was played at Tiger Stadium.

He was a celebrated literary critic from the late 1950s until his death in June, 1988 in Cardiff, Wales, where he had participated in the Merriman Summer School.

* In June Summer solstice ( Rasos, Kupolinės ) is celebrated.

For some neo-pagans, Kupala, is the festival celebrated on the Summer solstice in June.

In 2009 the Professionals in Residence Program ( PIR ) and the celebrated Summer Institute for Medical Students ( SIMS ) were realigned within the Betty Ford Institute.

The culmination of the Summer Program is celebrated with a concert by the Festival Choir, Festival Wind Ensemble and the Festival Orchestra.