January 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 "The Personal Computer" is labelled Person of the Year by Time Magazine Isaac Asimov's Birthday J. R. R. Tolkien's Birthday Frank Miller's Birthday (1983) (1920) (1892) (1957) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 HAL 9000 becomes operational (1997) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 February 2008 Science Fiction Month Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bill Finger's Birthday (1914) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Art Spiegelman's Birthday (1948) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 March 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Douglas Adams' Birthday Pi Day (1952) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 James Tiberius Kirk's Birthday (2233) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Leonard Nimoy's Birthday (1931) 30 31 April 2008 Super-Hero Month Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 The World Ends 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors", Premieres (1945) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 May 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 Society for Creative Anachronisms Founded by Diana Paxson (1966) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 George Lucas' Birthday (1944) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 "Star Wars Episode IV" Premieres (1977) Towel Day Geek Pride Day (Spain) June 2008 Role-Playing Game Month Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Raiders of the Lost Ark" Premieres (1981) Donald Duck's Birthday 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Father's Day 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 July 2008 Apollo Program Month Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 Pam Anderson's Birthday 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Joe Shuster's Birthday Robert A. Heinlein's (1914) Birthday (1907) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Jean Luc Picard's Birthday (2305) Harrison Ford's Birthday Apollo 11 Launches (1942) (1969) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "Eagle", the Apollo 11 LM, Apollo 11 Returns to Lands on Luna (1969) Earth (1969) 27 28 29 30 31 August 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tim Berners-Lee publishes short summary Cyberdyne Systems Brings of his World Wide Web SkyNet Becomes Self- SkyNet Online (1997) project (1991) Aware (1997) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Hugo Gernsback's Birthday (1884) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Gene Roddenberry's H. P. Lovecraft's Birthday Birthday (1921) (1890) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Judgement Day: SkyNet Jack Kirby's Birthday Launches Missiles at (1917) Russia (1997) 31 September 2008 Book Month Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 Edgar Rice Burroughs' Birthday (1875) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Original Airdate of Star Trek (1966) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Mark Hamill's Birthday Tolkien Publishes "The (1951) Hobbit, or There and Christopher Reeve's Back Again" (1937) Birthday (1952) 28 29 30 Stan Lee's Birthday (1922) October 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Jerry Siegel's Birthday (1914) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Bob Kane's Birthday (1915) 26 27 28 29 30 31 November 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Steve Ditko's Birthday (1927) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Alan Moore's Birthday (1953) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Doctor Who original C. S. Lewis' Birthday series debuts (1963) (1898) 30 December 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Michael Moorcock's Birthday (1939) Arthur C. Clarke's Steven Spielberg's Birthday (1917) Birthday (1946) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Festivus 28 29 30 31 .