The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush. Date: October 3, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 3 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
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,…
Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit by the RatSat mission. Date: September 28, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 28 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)
CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk. Date: September 27, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 27 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide. Date: September 23, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)
A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others. Date: September 20, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Learjet 60 carrying musicians Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein crashes during a rejected takeoff from Colombia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina, killing four of the six people on board. Barker and Goldstein both survive. Date: September 19, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅…
Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history. Date: September 15, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 15 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)