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Drolma Kyi arrested by Chinese authorities. Date: March 30, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Battle of Piccadilly Gardens: Zenit vs Rangers Clash, May 14, 2008Kosovo Declares Independence from Serbia – February 17, 2008India…
The Singapore Grand Prix is held as Formula One's inaugural night race, with Fernando Alonso winning the event. Almost a year later it was revealed that Alonso's team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr. had been ordered to crash his car to help bring out the safety car and give Alonso the advantage and win. Date: September 28,…
A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet. Date: March 14, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Convention on Cluster Munitions Adopted May 30, 2008Cyclone Nisha…
An ash dike ruptures at a solid waste containment area for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 4.2 million m3 (1.1 billion US gal) of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history. Date: December 22, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events…
ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations. Date: April 3, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day…
The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this was the first such event to take place in North Korea. Date: February 26, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 26 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 20082008 Egyptian General Strike…