Unix Timestamp: 1213401600
Saturday, June 14. 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The magnitude 6.8 Msubw/sub 2008 Iwate Earthquake shakes Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures on Japan's main island of Honshū, killing at least 6 people and injuring at least 8 others.//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7454283.stm (BBC News) //www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23862293-2,00.html (AFP via News Limited) //www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/06/14/ap5116735.html (AP via Forbes)

September 14 – Expo 2008 is held in Zaragoza, Spain, with the topic Water and sustainable development.

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, kills 12 and injures more than 400.