From the passing of legends of stage and screen, to a sports spectacle second to none, to the unending pain of war and natural disaster ... Here are some of the pictures from 2008 we won't soon forget.
![Mary Ann Caldwell puts a window sticker on a 2009 F-150 pickup as it goes down the line at the Kansas City Ford Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo. Ford plans to ramp up production of its F-150 pickups.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090103114951im_/http://i.usatoday.net/news/_photos/2009/01/02/ford-lede.jpg)
Mary Ann Caldwell puts a window sticker on a 2009 F-150 pickup as it goes down the line at the Kansas City Ford Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo. Ford plans to ramp up production of its F-150 pickups.