WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 2008
Find out what all happened January to September 2008

Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 per ounce for the first time. (13. March 2008)

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children are isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century. (11. June 2008)

Kosovo declares independence as the Republic of Kosovo. (17. February 2008)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations. (13. February 2008)

Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years. (24. February 2008)

Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack. (11. February 2008)

Turkish President Abdullah Gül attends an association football match in Armenia after an invitation by Armenian President Serzh Sarkisyan; he is the first Turkish head of state to visit the country. (6. September 2008)

An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100. (10. May 2008)

ATA Airlines, once one of the 10 largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in 5 years and ceases all operations. (3. April 2008)

An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people. (12. May 2008)

The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level. (16. August 2008)

California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional. (15. May 2008)

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries. (23. May 2008)

2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activities . (6. April 2008)

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 8 people and injuring 64 others. (8. August 2008)

At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in an Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse. (8. June 2008)

Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history. (15. September 2008)

A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit crashes on Guam. It is the first operational loss of a B-2. (23. February 2008)

The construction of the world's first building to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain. (8. April 2008)

Rioting erupted in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections. (1. July 2008)