Convention on Cluster Munitions Adopted May 30, 2008
Date: May 30, 2008
Date: May 30, 2008
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…
Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations tribunal. Date: July 10, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Singapore Grand Prix Inaugural Night Race and Crash…
Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people. Date: March 15, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 15 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Japanese WINDS Satellite Launched, February 23,…
A suicide bomber kills 68 people (including first responders) in Baghdad on the same day that a gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem. Date: March 6, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Northern Illinois…
Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001. Date: July 13, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 13 📅…
Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades. Date: November 25, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Southern U.S….