Date in year · 2008 · The 2000s
On February 13, 2008, australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations. The year's #1 song was "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain. Hyein, Rio Ngumoha, Hudson Meek would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · February 13, 2008
Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and in 2013. He held office as the Leader of the Labor Party from 2006 to 2010, with a brief return to the leadership in 2013. From 2023 to 2026, Rudd was the Ambassador of Australia to the United States.
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2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.
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Prime Minister of Australia (2007–2010; 2013)
Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and in 2013. He held office as the Leader of the Labor Party from 2006 to 2010, with a brief return to the leadership in 2013. From 2023 to 2026, Rudd was the Ambassador of Australia to the United States.
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