Portal:Current events/2008 February 24
February 24, 2008 (Sunday)
- 80th Academy Awards:
- Marion Cotillard wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Édith Piaf in La Vie en rose, while Daniel Day-Lewis takes home the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in There Will Be Blood. (News Limited)
- No Country for Old Men wins the Academy Award for Best Picture while the Coen brothers win the Academy Award for Directing. (ABC News)
- A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 becomes the first commercial aircraft to make a flight powered by biofuel flying between Heathrow and Amsterdam. (CNN)
- The National Assembly of People's Power unanimously selects Raúl Castro to succeed his brother Fidel as President of Cuba. (BBC News)
- Ralph Nader enters the 2008 United States presidential election as an independent candidate. (CNN)
- The Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army sign a permanent ceasefire. (BBC News)
- Cypriot presidential election, 2008: Demetris Christofias is elected President of Cyprus, defeating Ioannis Kasoulidis. (AFP)[permanent dead link]
- Pakistani censors cause most of the Earth's Internet users to lose access to the Internet site YouTube for up to two hours. (AP via Google News)
- Tottenham Hotspur Football Club win the 2008 League Cup after beating Chelsea F.C. 2-1 after extra time. (The Herald)