WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 2008
Find out what all happened May to December 2008

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

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

Sixteen infants in Gansu Province, China, who had been fed on tainted milk powder, are diagnosed with kidney stones; in total an estimated 300,000 infants are affected. (16. July 2008)

Georgia launches a large-scale military offensive against South Ossetia, in an attempt to reclaim the territory from Russia, starting the 2008 South Ossetia war. (7. August 2008)

Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston and surrounding areas. (13. September 2008)

An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people. (12. 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election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.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)

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)

Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all charges by a United Nations Tribunal accusing him of war crimes. (10. July 2008)

The London Agreement on translation of European patents, concluded in 2000, enters into force in 14 of the 34 Contracting States to the European Patent Convention. (1. May 2008)

Barack Obama becomes the first man of African-American descent to be elected President of the United States. (4. November 2008)

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

War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed. (28. December 2008)

SpaceX launches the first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit. (28. September 2008)

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

Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest single-day point loss in its history. (29. September 2008)

Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq. (14. December 2008)

RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) sets sail on her final voyage to Dubai. (11. November 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)

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