February 2008
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February 2008 was the second month of the leap year. It began on a Friday and ended after 29 days on a Friday.
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Scheduled events
- February - Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) General Rick Hillier's term is set to end.
- February 3 - Super Bowl XLII held at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.[1]
- February 5 - Super Tuesday - US Presidential primaries held in 20 US states
- February 7 - Belize will hold a general election and referendum on an elected Senate.
- February 8 - Santo Domingo Metro will be completed.
- February 11 - Inaugural events celebrating the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln in Hodgenville, Kentucky.
- February 12 - The Australian Government will issue an official apology to the Stolen Generation.
- February 14 - The Space Shuttle Endeavour is to lift off on mission STS-123 to add the first section of the Japanese Kibo module to the International Space Station.
- February 17 - The 50th annual Daytona 500 to be held at Daytona Beach, Florida.
- February 21 - Total lunar eclipse - North and South America, Europe, Africa and Western Asia.[2]
- February 24 - The 80th Academy Awards will take place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California.[3]
- February 27 - The Dominican Republic Government expects the Santo Domingo Metro to be completed and ready for test-runs.
References
- ^ http://www.azsuperbowl.com/
- ^ "Total Lunar Eclipse: February 21 2008". http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/2008-02-21/. Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
- ^ "80th Annual Academy Awards: General Timeline". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. http://www.oscars.org/80academyawards/timetable.html. Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
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