Estados Unidos en 2008

Estados Unidos en 2008

Anexo:Estados Unidos en 2008

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Contenido

Políticos a cargo

Eventos

Enero

Febrero

  • 1 de febrero - La Administración de Drogas y Alimentos dio un aviso publico de saludo sobre Chantix, una medicación para no fumar, debido a una posible "asociación entre Chantix y síntomas serios neuropsiquiátricos."[4]
  • 2 de febrero - Los militares matan accidentalmente a nueve civiles en un raid en Iraq.[5]
  • 3 de febrero - Los New York Giants derrotan a los altamente favoritos New England Patriots 17-14 en la Super Bowl XLII, jugada en la Universidad de Phoenix en Glendale, Arizona.[6]
  • 5 de febrero - Una serie de tornados mortíferos se desplaza a través de Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Misisipi, e Illinois, matando al menos a 59 personas e hiriendo a más de 100.
  • 7 de febrero - El Senado pasa un paquete de estimulo económico de $170 mil millones por un margen de 81-16.
  • 7 de febrero - Charles Lee "Cookie" Thornton mata a 5 y hiere a 2 en ayuntamiento antes de ser matado por la policía de Kirkwood, Misuri.[7]
  • 7 de febrero - Mitt Romney suspende su campana por la nominación del Partido Republicano para la presidencia estadounidense.[8]
  • 10 de febrero - Se celebra la 50 Entrega Anual de los Grammy en el Staples Center en Los Ángeles, California.
  • 10 de febrero - Se celebran las Asambleas demócratas de Maine de 2008 para las elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos de 2008.
  • February 11 - A marine was arrested on suspicion of raping a fourteen-year-old Japanese girl in Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda called this "grave case" "unforgivable".[9] Ambassador Tom Schieffer later offered a personal apology.[10]
  • February 11 - A former Boeing engineer and Defense Department analyst are arrested and charged with espionage for allegedly passing information to the Chinese government.[11]
  • February 12 - The 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike ends effectively at 6:51pm PST (02:51 UTC, February 13) as members vote to stop picket lines in response to a tentative deal reached by the WGA and the AMPTP three days earlier.[12]
  • February 12 - Lawrence "Larry" King, a 15-year-old 8th grade student at E.O. Green Junior High School, was shot to death by fellow 14-year-old student, Brandon McInerney, for being gay.
  • February 14 - Steven Kazmierczak opens fire, killing 6 and wounding 16 before shooting himself at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.[13]
  • February 17 - USDA recalled 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse[14]
  • February 20 - The navy destroys American spy satellite USA 193 with a missile, prompting international speculation that it was testing its "anti-missile defence system's capability to destroy other countries' satellites."[15]
  • February 24 - The 80th Academy Awards, hosted by Jon Stewart, takes place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California,[16] with No Country for Old Men winning Best Picture.[17]

March

  • March 4 - John McCain secures the 2008 U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination after winning primary elections in Texas, Vermont, Ohio, and Rhode Island.
  • March 6 - During the early hours of the morning, a small bomb explodes at an unoccupied military recruiting station in Times Square, New York City. No one is injured.
  • March 12 - New York Governor Eliot Spitzer announces his resignation (effective March 17) days after being linked to a high-priced prostitution ring.
  • March 15 - A construction crane falls on a residential building in Manhattan, killing four people and injuring at least 17.[18]
  • March 18 - The Federal Reserve System cuts the federal funds rate by 75 basis points to 2.25%.[19]
  • March 24 - Relatives of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre report that the Government of Virginia will offer victims compensation of $100,000 to forestall lawsuits.
  • March 26 - Former First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan endorses John McCain for the presidency.[20]

April

  • April 11- Newseum opens in Washington, D.C.
  • April 15–April 20 - Pope Benedict XVI visits the United States. Among his destinations are the White House, The Catholic University of America, the United Nations General Assembly, and the site of the fallen World Trade Center. Benedict XVI also celebrated Mass at Nationals Park and Yankee Stadium.
  • April 18 - A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurs in Illinois. Effects are felt in many Midwestern states such as Illinois and Indiana.
  • April 22 - Senator Hillary Clinton wins the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary.
  • April 28 - General Motors announces that it will cut production of pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles in three plants in Míchigan and one in Oshawa, Ontario and negotiate layoffs with the United Auto Workers and Canadian Auto Workers.

May

  • May 6 - Senator Barack Obama wins the North Carolina Democratic Primary. Senator Hillary Clinton narrowly wins Indiana Democratic Primary.
  • May 7–May 15 - Several tornadoes cause substantial damage in the Midwestern United States.
  • May 15 - California becomes the second state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
  • May 20 - Senator Hillary Clinton wins the Kentucky Democratic primary while Senator Barack Obama wins the Oregon Democratic primary.
  • May 23 - University School of Milwaukee students donate $300.00 to save the rainforests around the world.

June

  • June 1 - A large fire engulfs parts of Universal Studios in Universal City, California.
  • June 1 - Landmark Broadway musical June 3 - Barack Obama secures the 2008 U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination becoming the first African American presumptive presidential candidate for a major political party.
  • June 4 - The Detroit Red Wings win their 11th Stanley Cup, defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins.
  • June 7 - Big Brown, previously undefeated, fails to become the first winner of the Triple Crown since 1978, finishing last at the 2008 Belmont Stakes.
  • June 17 - The Boston Celtics earn their 17th NBA championship by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers.
  • June 18 - Tiger Woods announces he will undergo ACL surgery and won't play golf again until 2009.

July

  • July 10 - The 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game takes place at Yankee Stadium.[21]

September

  • September 7 - The US Government takes control of the two largest largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.[22]

Deaths

January

  • January 1 - Salvatore Bonanno, mobster (b. 1932)
  • January 7 - Edward "Buddy" LeRoux, businessman (b. 1930)
  • January 7 - Philip Agee, spy (b. 1935)
  • January 10 - Christopher Bowman, figure skater (b. 1967)
  • January 10 - Maila Nurmi, actress and television personality, born in Finland (b. 1921)
  • January 11 - Carl Karcher, businessman (b. 1917)
  • January 13 - Johnny Podres, baseball player (b. 1932)
  • January 15 - Brad Renfro, actor (b. 1982)
  • January 17 - Bobby Fischer, chess grandmaster, later moved to Iceland (b. 1943)
  • January 17 - Ernie Holmes, football player (b. 1948)
  • January 17 - Allan Melvin, actor (b. 1922)
  • January 18 - Georgia Frontiere, businesswoman (b. 1927)
  • January 18 - Lois Nettleton, actress (b. 1927)
  • January 19 - Frances Lewine, journalist (b. 1921)
  • January 19 - Suzanne Pleshette, actress (b. 1937)
  • January 19 - John Stewart, Singer-Songwriter (b. 1939)
  • January 22 - Roberto Gari, actor (b. unknown)
  • January 22 - Miles Lerman, activist, born in Poland (b. 1920)
  • January 24 - Randy Salerno, news anchor (b. 1963)
  • January 27 - Gordon B. Hinckley, Mormon leader (b. 1910)
  • January 29 - Margaret Truman, writer (b. 1924)

February

  • February 1 - Shell Kepler, actress (b. 1958)
  • February 2 - Earl Butz, government official (b. 1909)
  • February 2 - Joshua Lederberg, molecular biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
  • February 3 - Sheldon Brown, mecánico de bicicletas (n. 1944)
  • February 4 - Harry Richard Landis, World War I veteran (b. 1899)
  • February 6 - John McWethy, print and television journalist (b. 1947)
  • February 8 - Phyllis A. Whitney, mystery writer (b. 1903)
  • February 10 - Ron Leavitt, television producer (b. 1947)
  • February 10 - Roy Scheider, actor (b. 1932)
  • February 11 - Tom Lantos, politician (b. 1928)
  • February 12 - Oscar Brodney, screenwriter (b. 1907)
  • February 13 - Roger Voisin, classical musician, born in France (b. 1918)
  • February 15 - Steve Fossett, adventurer[23] (b. 1944)
  • February 21 - Ben Chapman, actor (b. 1928)
  • February 24 - Larry Norman, musician (b. 1947)
  • February 26 - Buddy Miles, musician (b. 1947)
  • February 27 - William F. Buckley, Jr., author and conservative commentator (b. 1925)
  • February 27 - Myron Cope, sportscaster (b. 1929)
  • February 27 - Boyd Coddington, car-builder (b. 1944)
  • February 28 - Joseph M. Juran, engineer and philanthropist (b. 1904)

March

  • March 4 - Gary Gygax, writer and game designer (b. 1938)
  • March 5 - Joseph Weizenbaum, author and computer scientist, born in Germany (b. 1923)
  • March 9 - Gus Giordano, Jazz dancer (b. 1923)
  • March 12 - Howard Metzenbaum, politician (b. 1917)
  • March 15 - Vicki Van Meter, former child pilot (b. 1982)
  • March 16 - Ivan Dixon, actor and director (b. 1931)
  • March 16 - Gary Hart, wrestler (b. 1942)
  • March 22 - Cachao López, musician, born in Cuba (b. 1918)
  • March 23 - Al Copeland, entreprenueur (b. 1944)
  • March 24 - Richard Widmark, actor (b. 1914)
  • March 30 - Dith Pran, photojournalist, born in Cambodia (b. 1942)
  • March 31 - Jules Dassin, film director (b. 1911)

April

May

  • May 2 - Beverlee McKinsey, actress (b. 1940)
  • May 4 - Fredric J. Baur, chemist and inventor (b. 1918)
  • May 5 - Irv Robbins, entrepreneur, born in Canada (b. 1917)
  • May 8 - Eddy Arnold, country music singer (b. 1918)
  • May 11 - Dottie Rambo, singer (b. 1934)
  • May 12 - Robert Rauschenberg, pop artist (b. 1925)
  • May 13 - John Phillip Law, actor (b. 1937)
  • May 15 - Alexander Courage, composer (b. 1919)
  • May 15 - Willis Lamb, physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
  • May 16 - Robert Mondavi, winemaker (b. 1913)
  • May 18 - Joseph Pevney, director (b. 1911)
  • May 20 - Hamilton Jordan, political strategist (b. 1944)
  • May 22 - Robert Asprin, science fiction writer (b. 1946)
  • May 24 - Dick Martin, comedian (b. 1922)
  • May 26 - Earle Hagen, composer (b. 1919)
  • May 26 - Sydney Pollack, actor, director, and producer (b. 1934)
  • May 28 - Robert Justman, producer (b. 1926)
  • May 29 - Harvey Korman, actor (b. 1927)

June

  • June 2 - Bo Diddley, musician (b. 1928)
  • June 3 - Mel Ferrer, actor, director, and producer (b. 1917)
  • June 6 - Dwight White, football player (b. 1949)
  • June 7 - Jim McKay, television sports journalist (b. 1921)
  • June 9 - Algis Budrys, science fiction writer, born in Lithuania (b. 1931)
  • June 10 - John Rauch, football player and coach (b. 1927)
  • June 12 - Charlie Jones, sportscaster (b. 1930)
  • June 15 - Johnathan Goddard, football player (b. 1981)
  • June 15 - Stan Winston, special effects and make up artist (b. 1946)
  • June 17 - Cyd Charisse, actress and dancer (b. 1922)
  • June 21 - Scott Kalitta, drag racer (b. 1962)
  • June 21 - Kermit Love, costume designer (b. 1916)
  • June 22 - George Carlin, author, actor, and comedian (b. 1937)
  • June 22 - Dody Goodman, actress (b. 1914)
  • June 24 - Leonid Hurwicz, economist, mathematician, and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
  • June 27 - Polk Robison, basketball coach (b. 1912)
  • June 27 - Michael Turner, comic book artist (b. 1971)
  • June 13 - Tim Russert, journalist (b. 1950)
  • June 29 - Don S. Davis, actor (b. 1942)

July

  • July 1 - John Pont, football coach (b. 1927)
  • July 1 - Mark Dean Schwab, murderer (b. 1968)
  • July 3 - Larry Harmon, entertainer (b. 1925)
  • July 4 - Jesse Helms, politician (b. 1921)
  • July 4 - Evelyn Keyes, actress (b. 1916)
  • July 4 - Terrence Kiel, football player (b. 1980)
  • July 11 - Michael E. DeBakey, surgeon and inventor (b. 1908)
  • July 12 - Tony Snow, political commentator (b. 1955)
  • July 22 - Estelle Getty, actress (b. 1923)
  • July 25 - Randy Pausch, author and computer scientist (b. 1960)

August

Acontecimientos programados

  • 8 de agosto–24 de agosto - Los Estados Unidos will compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics taking place in Beijing, China.
  • September 21 - The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards will be handed out.[24]
  • November 4 - The presidential election.

References

  1. ↑ FDA Issues Documents on the Safety of Food from Animal Clones
  2. ↑ WBIR.com | Knoxville, TN | AAFL holds inaugural draft
  3. ↑ President Delivers State of the Union Address, La Casa Blanca
  4. ↑ FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Chantix
  5. ↑ Military: U.S. killed 9 Iraqi civilians in raid - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
  6. ↑ ABC News: Giants Stun 'Perfect' Pats in Super Bowl
  7. ↑ http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/C9F47E8DFBA0B871862573E90007E20F?OpenDocument (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  8. ↑ Romney suspends White House bid , BBC News
  9. ↑ Japan PM says Okinawa rape case unforgivable | International | Reuters
  10. ↑ AFP: US envoy sorry over Japan rape case
  11. ↑ Justice Dept. Announces Arrests in 2 Chinese Espionage Cases - New York Times
  12. ↑ ABC News: Writers Vote to End 3-Month Walkout
  13. ↑ 6 shot dead, including gunman, at Northern Illinois University - CNN.com
  14. ↑ USDA orders major beef recall from California slaughterhouse under abuse investigation - International Herald Tribune
  15. ↑ BBC NEWS | Americas | US spy satellite plan 'a cover'
  16. ↑ «80th Annual Academy Awards: General Timeline». Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Consultado el 2007-03-22.
  17. ↑ Nominees | 80th Annual Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  18. ↑ (BBC News)
  19. ↑ [http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080318/fed_credit_crisis.html Fed Cuts Interest; Stocks Soar (AP via Yahoo! Finance)]
  20. ↑ Associated Press (March 25, 2008). «Nancy Reagan endorses John McCain».
  21. ↑ The Official Site of The New York Yankees: News: 2008 All-Star Game
  22. ↑ Paulson, Henry M., Jr., (Press release statement). «Statement by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. on Treasury and Federal Housing Finance Agency Action to Protect Financial Markets and Taxpayers», United States Department of the Treasury, 2008-09-07. Consultado el 2008-09-07.
  23. ↑ Fossett was declared legally dead on February 15, having been missing since 3 September 2007.
  24. ↑ http://emmys.tv/downloads/2008/PT08Calendar.pdf
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