British Airways Flight 38 Crashes at Heathrow, Injuring 47 – January 17, 2008

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)…

Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into Earth's atmosphere. Date: October 7, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 7 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Iceland Doublet…

Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first President of Nepal. Date: July 21, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago Topped Off as World’s Highest Residence, August 16, 2008Conviasa…

Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001. Date: July 13, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 13 📅…

Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering. Date: August 1, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Barack…