WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 2008
Find out what all happened February to December 2008

In the town of Lake Delton, Wisconsin, Lake Delton drains as a result of heavy flooding, breaking the dam holding the lake back. (9. June 2008)

Northern Illinois University shooting: a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall of the DeKalb County, Illinois university resulting in 6 fatalities (including gunman) and 21 injuries. (14. February 2008)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud. (12. May 2008)

Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million. (26. May 2008)

Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless. (2. May 2008)

Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. 146 people are killed in the crash, and 8 more die later. Only 18 people survive. (20. August 2008)

Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be removed and taken into state custody. (3. April 2008)

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland. (10. September 2008)

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

In a highly-scrutizined election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters. (27. June 2008)

2008 Mumbai attacks by Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba. (26. November 2008)

The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C. (14. November 2008)

Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five. (29. October 2008)

President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns due to the threat of impeachment. (18. August 2008)

The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush. (3. October 2008)

Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries. (13. September 2008)

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

After critical failures in the US financial system began to build up after mid-September, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level since 1997. (20. November 2008)

American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games. (17. August 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)