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LDU Quito wins the Copa Libertadores 2008 defeating Fluminense in the final after a penalty shootout. (ESPNsoccernet) 31 years after its launch, the Voyager 2 spacecraft sends a detailed view of the shock wave that marks the thinning of the solar wind, the charged particles streaming from the sun, confirming that the heliosphere is actually egg-shaped, possibly due to a tilted magnetic field ...
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.
The Pentagon extends the tour of duty of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Afghanistan. (AP via Google News) [permanent dead link ] The European Central Bank increases interest rates in the Eurozone to 4.25 per cent to tackle inflation.
Beijing introduces traffic restrictions and factory closures in an effort to reduce air pollution for the 2008 Summer Olympics. 500,000 people attend the closing mass of World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney, Australia, celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI, who announces Madrid as the host city for the next World Youth Day in 2011. (Sydney Morning Herald)
July 2008 events by continent (6 C) July 2008 crimes (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "July 2008 events" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Pages in category "July 2008 events in the United States" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The hole in Qantas Flight 30, a Boeing 747 that made an emergency landing on July 25, is believed to have been caused by the explosion of an oxygen tank. Terrorism is not suspected. Qantas Flight 692, a Boeing 737-800, is forced to turn back to Adelaide after an undercarriage door fails to close after takeoff. No one is injured.
A train crash near Marsa Matrouh in northern Egypt kills at least 42 people with 40 more injured. [permanent dead link ]Former Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky applies for parole in a bid to challenge Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to follow through on promises to build an independent judiciary, his lawyers said.