Kata Air Transport Flight 007 Crashes at Chișinău Airport, April 11, 2008

NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life. Date: May 25, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 20082008 Egyptian General…

Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million. Date: May 26, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Launches…

Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless. Date: May 2, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Nepal Becomes Republic, Shah Dynasty Ends, May 28, 2008TACA…

Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He would remain as head of the Communist Party for another three years. Date: February 24, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day…

Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks. Date: April 30, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 30 📅…