Date: April 16, 2008
The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400. Date: December 24, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
The New England Revolution win the 2008 North American SuperLiga final against the Houston Dynamo. Date: August 5, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Falcon 1 First Private Liquid-Fuel Rocket to Orbit Payload, September…
Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades. Date: November 25, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2008Suicide Bomber…
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 2008Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Launches into…
A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others. Date: August 8, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
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…