August 2008
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August 2008 is the eighth month of the current leap year and has yet to occur. It will begin on a Friday and will end after 31 days on a Sunday.
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Scheduled events
- August 1 - Beijing south railway station, the largest passenger station in Asia, will reopen following a reconstruction project.[1]
- August 1 - Total solar eclipse visible from northern Canada (Nunavut), northern part of Russia, western Mongolia, and China; and seen as partial elsewhere in eastern North America, Europe, and Asia.
- August 2–August 16 - World Gliding Championships will be held in Lüsse, Germany.[2]
- August 6–August 10 - Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention will be held in Denver, Colorado.[3]
- August 8–August 24 - The 2008 Summer Olympics will take place in Beijing, China.
- August 11 - Elections to be held in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Regional Governor, Regional Vice Governor and Members of the Regional Legislative Assembly following Republic Act No. 9333.
- August 14 - 2008 Formula Zero Championship begins in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[4]
- August 25—August 28 - Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado for U.S. presidential election.
- August 28 - Space Shuttle Atlantis will begin mission STS-125, the final maintenance mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.[5]
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References
- ^ Beijing South Railway Station to be ready in August - The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- ^ WGC 2008, Lüsse Germany : HOME
- ^ Denvention 3 Home Page - 66th World Science Fiction Convention - Denver, August 6-10, 2008 - Guests of Honor: Lois McMaster Bujold, Rick Sternbach, Tom Whitmore, Wil McCarthy, Kathy Mar, Robert Heinlein (ghost of honor)
- ^ Formula Zero - Home
- ^ NASA - STS-125: Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4
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