Date: June 1, 2008
Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa. Date: September 24, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 24 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Cyclone Nargis Devastates Burma, Kills 138,000, Leaves Millions Homeless May 2, 2008Robert Mugabe Re-elected in Zimbabwe Election…
TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and crashes, killing five people. Date: May 30, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008India Launches First Uncrewed Lunar Probe Chandrayaan-1,…
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 2008Danica Patrick Wins Indy Japan…
An ash dike ruptures at a solid waste containment area for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 4.2 million m3 (1.1 billion US gal) of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history. Date: December 22, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events…
Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India. Date: March 23, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Delta Air Lines Merges with Northwest Airlines, Creating Largest Airline – October 29, 2008Russian Scientists…
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 📅…