At A Glance

27 October 2008 at a glance

Day of the week
27 October 2008 was a Monday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Womanizer” by Britney Spears.
Top Film of 2008
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2008 was The Dark Knight.
Bestselling Novel of 2008
“The Appeal” by John Grisham was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2008.
Top-Rated TV Show
“American Idol” (FOX) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2008–09 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 27 October is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 27 October 2008 fell in the Year of the Rat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 27 October 2008 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 27 October

  • 1988 Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
  • 1991 Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
  • 1994 Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
  • 2014 Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.
  • 2017 Catalonia declares independence from Spain.

Famous people born on October 27

  • Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (1858–1919)
  • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian union leader and politician, 35 and 39th President of Brazil (born 1945)
  • John Cleese, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer (born 1939)
  • Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1932–1963)

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Events of 2008 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2008 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • February 24 – The 80th Academy Awards, hosted by Jon Stewart, take place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, with the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men winning four awards out of eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
  • May 2 – Iron Man, directed by Jon Favreau, is released by Marvel Studios as the first film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the first film of its "Phase One" slate.
  • June 13 – The Incredible Hulk, directed by Louis Leterrier, is released as the second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
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Life in the US in 2008

President

George W. Bush

Gas (per gallon)

$3.25

Loaf of Bread

$1.37

Average House

$292,600

Weekly Wage

$695

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