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Global financial crisis of 2008: The United States government announces a second bailout of American International Group; the total value of the new plan, roughly US$150 billion, represents the largest government support package extended to a private company in US history.(MarketWatch)
He would later be awarded a posthumous Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in The Dark Knight, released in July 2008. January 25 – In Las Vegas, the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino catches fire. January 27 – The 2008 NHL All-Star Game occurs in Atlanta. January 28 – President George W. Bush delivers his final State of the ...
2008 Thai political crisis: People's Alliance for Democracy protestors force the Royal Thai Police to abandon a checkpoint outside Suvarnabhumi Airport. 2008 Santa Catarina floods: The number of confirmed deaths rise to 105 people. November 2008 Mumbai attacks: The death toll from the attacks rises to 160 with a further 327 people missing.
2008 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.
November 2008 Mumbai attacks: Indian security forces attack a Jewish centre in Mumbai where gunmen are holding an unknown number of hostages. United Kingdom Conservative Party Shadow Minister Damian Green is arrested for alleged leaking of Government immigration statistics ; 2008 Thai political crisis:
Law and crime Salim Hamdan, Osama Bin Laden's former driver, is sentenced to 66 months in prison for war crimes. (The New York Times) The Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick is ordered to go to jail for violating the terms of his bond for an ongoing perjury trial. (NPR) Politics and elections The leaders of the 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état promise to hold elections as soon as possible. (Xinhua ...
Global financial crisis of 2008: Central European stocks drop to a three-week low on expectations of slowing economic growth. Poland forecasts economic growth to drop to 2.3% in 2009 from 5.4% in 2008 and the Warsaw Stock Exchange's WIG 20 index falls 3.5% in two hours. Bulgaria's Sofia Stock Exchange is at a five-year low.
The 2008 Summer Olympics starts with the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony at the Beijing National Stadium. (The Christian Science Monitor)2008 South Ossetia War: . Around 0:30 AM (local time), Georgia begins a full-scale attack on the breakaway republic of South Ossetia, using tanks, military aircraft, artillery, and infantry.