Date: August 16, 2008
Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States. Date: November 4, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 4 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Japanese WINDS Satellite Launched -…
Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a pass for fifth place against the Toyota of Timo Glock on the final lap of the race. Date: November 2, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November…
An Egyptian court rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents. Date: January 29, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 29 📅 Events on this…
Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India. Date: July 26, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Delta Air Lines Merges with Northwest Airlines, Creating Largest…
Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit by the RatSat mission. Date: September 28, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 28 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Quito Ultratumba Nightclub Fire Kills…
Google launches its Google Chrome web browser. Date: September 2, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 2 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Mas Selamat Kastari Escapes Singapore Detention Center – February 27, 2008Beijing Hosts 29th Summer Olympics August 8, 2008Egyptian…