Date: December 22, 2008
Riots erupt in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections. Date: July 1, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Danica Patrick Wins Indy Japan 300, First Female Indy Car…
The Singapore Grand Prix is held as Formula One's inaugural night race, with Fernando Alonso winning the event. Almost a year later it was revealed that Alonso's team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr. had been ordered to crash his car to help bring out the safety car and give Alonso the advantage and win. Date: September 28,…
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland. Date: September 10, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 10 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Major Southern U.S. Tornado Outbreak…
Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces. Date: September 1, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 1 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Cyclone Nargis Devastates Burma, Kills 138,000, Leaves Millions…
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…
ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations. Date: April 3, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day…