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.

Contents 1 International holidays 2 Scheduled events 3 Portal:Current events 4 References

[edit] International holidays

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[edit] 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]

[edit] Portal:Current events

[edit] References