We kicked off 2018 by heading back to 2013 but now it's time to go back a little further to 2008. I'm not sure how it's been 10 years since then. Some of the events of 2008 are forever burned into my mind and feel like they were just yesterday. What is your most memorable moment from 2008?
The Dark Knight
We lost Paul Newman to lung cancer
2008 is a shit year for the stock market with falls multiple times throughout the year
We welcomed Ramona Singer & the Countess into our lives in The Real Housewives of New York City
Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States
Pirates were not just a thing from the 1700s, we saw pirates from Somalia terrorize the sea
Sex & The City
Norway knighted a penguin
Steven Kazmierczak opens fire at the Northern Illinois University killing five and injuring twenty-one, before committing suicide
Paul McCartney say nah nah goood bye to Heather Mills
Twilight
Britney Spears continues her downward spiral and starts off her January with a shaved head
Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is arrested on federal corruption charges including conspiracy to commit mail, wire fraud and solicitation of bribery.
Beyonce & Jay-Z say I do
Heath Ledger dies of an overdose
WALL-E
Bailouts seemed to be handed out like candy
Breaking Bad debuts
Ellen DeGeneres gets hitched to Portia de Rossi
Slumdog Millionaire
Fidel Castro retires
Beijing hosts the 2008 Olympics
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt welcome twins
Britney might have started off the year rough but made a massive comeback by the end of the year
Kevin and I started dating!
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Photo of Kevin from our very first date at the Field Museum |
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