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February 29, 2008

On February 29, 2008, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence withdraws Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan after news of his deployment is leaked to foreign media. 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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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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On February 29, 2008

  1. 2008 The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence withdraws Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan after news of his deployment is leaked to foreign media.

    UK Government department responsible for defence

    The Ministry of Defence is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for implementing the defence policy set by the government and serves as the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.

  2. 2008 Misha Defonseca admits to fabricating her memoir, Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, in which she claims to have lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during the Holocaust.

    Author of a fraudulent Holocaust memoir

    Misha Defonseca is a Belgian-born impostor and the author of a fraudulent 1997 Holocaust memoir titled Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, initially presented as true.

Arrivals

Born on February 29, 2008

Rémi Himbert 2008– French footballer

Farewells

Died on February 29, 2008

Janet Kagan American novelist
Erik Ortvad Danish artist (1917–2008)
Akira Yamada Japanese philosopher

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Others born in 2008

Hyein 2008– South Korean singer
Rio Ngumoha 2008– English footballer
Hudson Meek 2008– American actor (died 2024)
Ella Gross 2008– American singer, model and actress
Ediz Gürel 2008– Turkish chess grandmaster
Rémi Himbert 2008– French footballer

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