| Date | Event |
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2008 |
Raffaello de Banfield Died |
|
2008 |
Frank Michael Beyer Died |
|
2008 |
Henry Brant Died |
|
2008 |
Tristram Cary Died |
|
2008 |
Henning Christiansen Died |
|
2008 |
Norman Dello Joio Died |
|
2008 |
George Draga Died |
|
2008 |
Donald Erb Died |
|
March
11
2008 |
Alun Hoddinott Died |
|
2008 |
Mauricio Kagel Died |
|
2008 |
Jorge Liderman Died |
|
2008 |
Teo Macero Died |
|
2008 |
Horațiu Rădulescu Died |
|
2008 |
Joseph Willard Roosevelt Died |
|
2008 |
Josef Tal Died |
|
September
16
2008 |
Andrei Volkonsky Died |
|
January
01
2008 |
Cyprus And Malta Join The Eurozone |
|
January
17
2008 |
No Fatalities In Crash Of Boeing 777 Near London |
|
February
05
2008 |
Tornado Outbreak Kills 57 In Southern US |
|
February
11
2008 |
Rebel Soldiers Wound President; Rebel Leader Killed |
|
February
11
2008 |
Namdaemun, South Korean 550 Year Old Gate, Destroyed |
|
February
13
2008 |
Australia Apologizes To Indigenous People |
|
February
14
2008 |
Six Killed And 21 Injured In University Shooting |
|
February
17
2008 |
The Republic Of Kosovo Declares Independence |
|
February
23
2008 |
Guam: U.S. B-2 Spirit Bomber Crashes |
|
February
24
2008 |
Fidel Castro Retires As Cuban President After 50 Years |
|
March
01
2008 |
Ten People Killed In Protests Of 2008 Presidential Elections |
|
March
06
2008 |
Baghdad Witnesses Killings Of 68 People |
|
March
13
2008 |
Gold Prices Increase To Unprecedented $1,000 Per Ounce |
|
March
14
2008 |
Riots Erupt In Lhasa, Tibet |
|
March
19
2008 |
Cosmic Burst GRB 080319B Fartherst Object Naked Eye Can See |
|
March
24
2008 |
Bhutan Held It's First Ever Election |
|
April
03
2008 |
ATA Airlines Files For Bankruptcy |
|
April
03
2008 |
Texas Police Block YFZ Ranch, Save Innocents |
|
April
06
2008 |
2008 Egyptian General Strike Starts |
|
April
08
2008 |
Bahrain Builds A Building With Wined Turbines |
|
April
20
2008 |
Patrick First Woman To Win Indy Car Race |
|
April
22
2008 |
F-117 Nighthawks Are Retired By The USAF |
|
April
30
2008 |
Yekaterinburg Remains Of Czarist Family Confirmed |
|
May
01
2008 |
European Patent Convention Partially Accepts London Agreement |
|
May
02
2008 |
Burma: Cyclone Nargis Kills 138,000 |
|
May
02
2008 |
Volcano Erupts In Chile |
|
May
10
2008 |
Oklahoma-Kanas Tornado Kills 21 |
|
May
12
2008 |
Earthquake In Sichuan Kills 69,000 People |
|
May
12
2008 |
ICE Arrests 400 Immigrants In Iowa |
|
May
13
2008 |
In India, Jaipur Bombings Caused Dozens Of Deaths |
|
May
15
2008 |
California Legalizes Same-sex Marriage In 2004 |
|
May
22
2008 |
235 Tornados Hit In May 2008 |
|
May
23
2008 |
Court Ends Territorial Dispute Between Malaysia, Singapore |
|
May
25
2008 |
Pjhoenix Lander Lands On Mars |
|
May
26
2008 |
Flooding In China Causes 148 Deaths And Evacuation Of 1.3 Million |
|
May
28
2008 |
Nepal Formally Declared A Republic |
|
May
29
2008 |
6.1 Iceland Earthquake Injures 30 |
|
June
11
2008 |
Prime Minister Stephen Harper Apologizes |
|
June
27
2008 |
President Robert Mugade Is Reelected |
|
July
01
2008 |
Election Fraud Causes Riots In Mongolia |
|
July
10
2008 |
Former Minister Boškoski Acquitted Of War Crimes |
|
July
16
2008 |
Chinese Infants Diagnosed With Kidney Stones |
|
July
21
2008 |
Ram Yadav Is President Of Nepal |
|
July
28
2008 |
The Grand Pier Burned Down Twice |
|
August
01
2008 |
Eleven Mountaineers Died On K2 |
|
August
06
2008 |
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Led An Overthrow |
|
August
07
2008 |
Russo-Georgian War Begins Over South Ossetia |
|
August
08
2008 |
Prague-Czech Train Derails, Kills 8, Injures 64 |
|
August
08
2008 |
Beijing Host's 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony |
|
August
13
2008 |
Russians Occupy Gori, Georgia |
|
August
16
2008 |
Trump Tower Completed In Chicago |
|
August
17
2008 |
American Michael Phelps Won Eight Gold Medals |
|
August
18
2008 |
Musharraf, Pakistan, Resigns Before Impeached |
|
August
20
2008 |
154 Dead In Spanair Crash At Barajas Airport |
|
September
06
2008 |
First Turkish President Attends Armenian Football Match |
|
September
07
2008 |
US Government Seizes Two Financing Companies |
|
September
10
2008 |
Large Hadron Collider Powered Up |
|
September
12
2008 |
Chatsworth Train Collision In Los Angeles On 2008 |
|
September
13
2008 |
Delhi Bombings Kill 30, Injure 130 |
|
September
13
2008 |
Hurricane Ike Makes Landfall In Texas |
|
September
14
2008 |
Aeroflot Flight 821 Crashed |
|
September
15
2008 |
Lehman Brothers Files For Largest Bankruptcy |
|
September
20
2008 |
Explosion Kills People In Pakistan |
|
September
23
2008 |
Matti Saari Kills 10, Takes Life, Kauhajoki School |
|
September
25
2008 |
China Launches Spacecraft |
|
September
26
2008 |
Yves Rossy Flies Jet Engined-powered Wing |
|
September
27
2008 |
Zhai Performs A Spacewalk On Shenzhou 7 |
|
September
28
2008 |
Spacex Launches First Private Spacecraft |
|
September
29
2008 |
The Dow Jones Falls 777.68 Points |
|
October
03
2008 |
Financial System Stabilized With Emergency Act |
|
October
10
2008 |
2008 Orakzai Bombing Brings 310 Casulties |
|
October
15
2008 |
Second Worst Day In The Dow's History |
|
October
22
2008 |
Chandrayaan-1 Launches By India |
|
October
24
2008 |
Stock Exchanges Drop Around 10% Worldwide |
|
October
29
2008 |
Delta And Northwest Create Largest Airline |
|
November
04
2008 |
Barack Obama Elected First Black President |
|
November
10
2008 |
Mars Probe Stops Communicating After Five Months |
|
November
11
2008 |
(QE2) Sails On Final Dubai Voyage |
|
November
14
2008 |
First G-20 Summit In Washington, D.C |
|
November
20
2008 |
Dow Falls To Lowest Since 1997 |
|
November
25
2008 |
Cyclone Nisha Strikes Northern Sri Lanka |
|
November
26
2008 |
Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba Attacks Mumbai |
|
December
06
2008 |
2008 Greek Riot Results From Boy's Death |
|
December
09
2008 |
Governor Of Illinois Is Arrested By Officials |
|
December
11
2008 |
Madoff Arrested, Charged On Securities Fraud |
|
December
14
2008 |
Muntadhar Al-Zaidi Throws Shoes At President George W. Bush In Baghdad |
|
December
22
2008 |
Ash Dike Ruptures In Tennessee |
|
December
24
2008 |
Ugandan Rebels Massacre 400+ In D.R.C. Attacks |
|
December
27
2008 |
Israel Launches Operation Cast Lead In Gaza |