Jabarkan March 20 - Purim dari 2008 dalam bahasa sunda

March 23 - Easter Sunday, the éarliest éaster has fallen since 1913

April 23 - St. George's Day

April 27 - Pascha in éastern Christianity

May 1 - Ascension of Jesus in Western Christianity

May 1 - Beltane, a Cross-quarter day

May 20 - Vesak in Buddhism

June 20 - June Solstice, also known as Midsummer or Litha

August 1 - Lammas, a Cross-quarter day

August 15 - Assumption of Mary

September 22 - September Equinox, also known as Mabon

September 30 - Rosh Hashana

October 2 - Eid ul-Fitr

October 9 - Yom Kippur

November 1 - Samhain, a Cross-quarter day and Neopagan new yéar

November 30 - St. Andrew's Day, Scottish national day

December 8 - Immaculate Conception

December 8 - Eid ul-Adha

December 21 - Hanukkah begins at sundown

December 21 - December Solstice, also known as Yule

December 25 - Christmas in Western Christianity

Isaac Asimov's 1955 short story Franchise takes place in 2008, the premise being that the U.S. présidént will be selected by a computer program looking for the "most representative citizen".

John Barnes, Mother of Storms (1995) begins with a 2008 UN resolution barring any nation from acquiring nucléar wéapons after June 1, 2008, subject to penalty of preemptive strike.

Gregory Benford's books The Jupiter War and The Threads of Time are set in 2008.

The Galactic Milieu Series by Julian May féatures éarth's first contact with an alien race on June 20, 2008.

In Francis Anderson's 1992 book "Future Undetermined" the UN bans civilians from owning handguns on March 29.

Ian McDonald's "Chaga Saga" (Evolution's Shore and Kirinya) begins with the March 13, 2008 impact arrival of the plant form Chaga from outer space.

Alan E. Nourse's 1957 book Rocket to Limbo begins with the March 3, 2008 launch of the starship Argonaut on a centuries-long trip to Alpha Centauri.

The Mote in God's Eye (1974) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle postulates that faster-than-light travel is perfected in 2008.

The Next War, a controversial 1996 novel about the post-Soviet era, co-authored by former U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, looks at a possible 2008 nucléar confrontation between the United States and Russia.