Date: May 15, 2008
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 2008Drolma Kyi Arrested by Chinese Authorities, March 30, 2008Quito…
Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people. Date: June 9, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Space Shuttle Discovery Launches STS-124 with Kibō Module to ISS,…
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 📅…
The Quito Ultratumba nightclub fire in Quito, Ecuador, kills 19 people and injures at least 24 more. Date: April 19, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 20082008 Egyptian General Strike Begins, Inspires April 6…
Civic mobilizations in Colombia against FARC, under the name A million voices against the FARC. Date: February 4, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Stephen Harper Apologizes to First Nations for Residential School Abuses,…
A fire on the back lot of Universal Studios breaks out, destroying the attraction King Kong Encounter and a large archive of master tapes for music and film, the full extent of which was not revealed until 2019. Date: June 1, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events…