2008

Events

 * January 9 - Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3 opens for operations.
 * February 15 to February 16 - Chingay Parade of Dreams took place at Marina Bay.
 * February 19 to February 24 - Singapore Airshow 2008 was held at the Changi Exhibition Centre.
 * February 21- The President of IOC, Jacques Rogge announces that Singapore will host the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.
 * March 1 - The Singapore Flyer officially opens.
 * March 28 to April 6 - Singapore Fashion Festival 2008
 * May 23 - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Pedra Branca to Singapore and Middle Rocks to Malaysia, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
 * May 23 to July 20 - Great Singapore Sale
 * July 4 to July 27 - Singapore Food Festival 2008
 * July 25 to August 1 - Singapore Garden Festival 2008
 * August 9 - Singapore celebrated her 43rd (XLIII) year of independence with National Day Parade, 2008.
 * August 17 - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong read out his annual National Day Rally speeches. The theme for National Day Rally 2008 was Celebrating our Singapore Story.
 * August 22 & 23 - Singapore Fireworks Celebrations in Marina Bay. The theme was The World Celebrates with Us.
 * September 11 to November 16 - Singapore Biennale 2008
 * September 20 - The Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway was fully opened.
 * October 1 - Bus and train fares to be adjusted by 0.7%.
 * October 19 - Mediacorp launches two free-to-air TV channels, okto and Vasantham, to replace Central.
 * November 15 to January 2, 2009 - Christmas In The Tropics 2008
 * December 23 - Singapore Flyer stops turning due to technical problems.

Law

 * January 9 - In the Taw Cheng Kong case, for the first time in Singapore's history the High Court strikes down a statutory provision as unconstitutional, holding that it is inconsistent with Article 12(1) of the Constitution. (The decision is reversed by the Court of Appeal later that year.)
 * February 27 - Singapore's most wanted terror fugitive, Mas Selamat bin Kastari, escaped from detention under the country's Internal Security Act.

Sports

 * August 8 - August 24 - Team Singapore took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
 * August 17 - Singapore won its first Olympic medal since independence in Women's Table Tennis team event, 48 years after its first medal--also a silver—by Tan Howe Liang in the 1960 Summer Olympics, on 17 August 2008.
 * September 6 - September 17 Team Singapore took part in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
 * September 7 - Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore took place.
 * September 9 - Singapore won its first-ever Paralympic medal, a bronze, through Equestrian by Laurentia Tan.
 * September 11 - Laurentia Tan won the second Equestrian bronze medal.
 * September 13 - Swimmer Yip Pin Xiu won the country's first silver medal at the Paralympics.
 * September 15 - Yip Pin Xiu won Singapore's first gold medal at the Paralympics. Team Singapore won a total of 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze in the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
 * September 28 - Singapore hosts a leg of the 2008 Formula One World Championship, called the Singtel Singapore Grand Prix.

Deaths

 * January 4 - Jimmy Nah
 * January 7 - Robert Chandran
 * February 8 - Ah Meng
 * February 8 - Chua Ek Kay
 * July 14 - Ong Chit Chung
 * September 30 - Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam
 * November 28 - Lo Hwei Yen (A Singaporean held hostage killed during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks)