Date: September 29, 2008
Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from a detention center in Singapore, hiding in Johor, Malaysia until he was recaptured over a year later. Date: February 27, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level. Date: August 16, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election. Date: March 24, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 24 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008New York Philharmonic Performs in Pyongyang, North Korea – February 26, 2008ATA Airlines Files…
California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional. Date: May 15, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 2008Bhutan Becomes a Democracy in First General Election,…
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 2008First G-20 Economic Summit Opens in Washington, D.C. November 14,…