Events from the year

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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* May 13: Miss Indonesia 2008 * August 15:

Puteri Indonesia 2008 Puteri Indonesia 2008 (sometimes called Miss Indonesia Universe 2008) is the 13th edition of Puteri Indonesia beauty pageant. The grand final election was held in the Plenary Hall, Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, in the evening of 15 August ...

* October:

Indonesian Atheists Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesia ...

is formed. * November 16:

2008 Sulawesi earthquake The 2008 Sulawesi earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, on 16 November at 17:02:31 UTC. A 7.4 earthquake, it was followed by seven aftershocks higher than 5.0 . Tsunami warnings were issued for the region, but later cancelled. Four people were ...

* November 19:

National Committee for West Papua The National Committee for West Papua ( id, Komite Nasional Papua Barat, abbreviated as KNPB) was established on 19 November 2008 by a number of Papuan non-governmental organizations (NGOs). It campaigns peacefully for a self-determination referendu ...

is established.

Sport

2008 Indonesia national football team results 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

* 2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division * 2008 Indonesian Women's Football Tournament *

2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships The 2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 13th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. It took place from 12 to 15 July at the Madya Stadium in Jak ...

2008 Thomas & Uber Cup The 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 25th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 22nd tournament of the Uber Cup, the men's and women's team competition in badminton, respectively. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from May 11 to May 18, 2008. Host city ...

2008 Indonesia Super Series The 2008 Indonesia Open Superseries in badminton is the sixth tournament of the 2008 BWF Superseries. It was held in Jakarta from 16 to 22 June 2008. Men's singles Seeds # Lee Chong Wei ''(withdrew)'' # Bao Chunlai ''(semifinals)'' # Chen Jin ...

2008 Pekan Olahraga Nasional 2008 Pekan Olahraga National or the Indonesia National Games XVII were a major multi-sport event in Indonesia which took place in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, from 5–17 July 2008. A total of 7,946 athletes participated in the biggest-ever Pekan O ...

* 2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women *

2008 Asian Beach Games The 2008 Asian Beach Games or ABG 2008 ( id, Pesta Olahraga Pantai Asia 2008, Pesta Olahraga Pantai Asia Dua Ribu Delapan), officially the 1st Asian Beach Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Pantai Asia Pertama) and commonly as Bali 2008 ( id, Bali 2008, B ...

Indonesia at the 2008 Asian Beach Games Indonesia competed in the 2008 Asian Beach Games, held in Bali, Indonesia from October 18 to October 26, 2008. Indonesia sent a total of 214 athletes that competed on 19 sports. Medal summary Medal table Medalists {{Nations at the 2008 Asi ...

Indonesia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Indonesia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. At the games, twenty-two Indonesians had qualified to compete, while the other three had been granted a wildcard entry.< ...

Indonesia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Indonesia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country sent three athletes to compete in three sports.

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