WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 2008
Find out what all happened April to September 2008

Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering. (1. August 2008)

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

CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7. (27. September 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)

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)

The Late-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence unleashes 235 tornadoes, including an EF4 and an EF5 tornado, between May 22 and May 31, 2008. The tornadoes strike 19 states and one Canadian province. (22. May 2008)

A train collision in Shandong, China, kills 72 people and injures 416 more. (28. April 2008)

At least 7 people are killed and 10 injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan. (8. June 2008)

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

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

Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills 10 people before committing suicide. (23. September 2008)

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

China launches the spacecraft Shenzhou 7. (25. September 2008)

Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia, are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, one of his sisters. (30. April 2008)

The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service. (22. April 2008)

The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (7. September 2008)

The Jaipur bombings in Rajasthan, India results in dozens of deaths. (13. May 2008)

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

Iran conducts the Great Prophet III missile test and war games exercise. (9. July 2008)