2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted events

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• Is the year of the Rat (zodiac) in Chinese Astrology and is the year of Aries in Western Astrology.
• Is the year Liverpool and Stavanger are the European Capital of Culture.
• Beijing, China is set to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.
• Karlsruhe, Germany is set to host the european juggling convention EJC 2008.
• FIFA will announce the host country of the 2014 FIFA World Cup
• The FIA will introduce new regulations for the Formula 1 in order to reduce the costs and improve racing.
• On June 22, 2006, it was confirmed that Futurama would be returning for a run of at least 13 episodes on Comedy Central, to air beginning in 2008.

• Aston Martin's Rapide will be produced late 2007 (2008 production year). As of now it is a concept car.

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