Date: January 29, 2008
The stock market crashes with the Dow Jones dropping a then record 778 points after the United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails during the beginning stages of the Great Recession. Date: September 29, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 29 📅 Events on…
NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life. Date: May 25, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Bernie Madoff Arrested…
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…
A pair of deadly earthquakes hits Baluchistan, Pakistan, killing 215. Date: October 29, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 29 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Danica Patrick Wins Indy Japan 300, First Female Indy Car Winner, April 20, 2008Lhasa Riots…
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 2008Google Chrome Browser Launches – September…
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the Baze v. Rees decision that execution by lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. Date: April 16, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)…