WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 2008
Find out what all happened October to 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)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst day in the Dow's history based on a percentage drop. (15. October 2008)

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

"Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices. (24. October 2008)

RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) sets sail on her final voyage to Dubai. (11. November 2008)

Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost. (10. November 2008)

The 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing kills 110 and injures 200 more. (10. October 2008)

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

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

Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades. (25. November 2008)

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

India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1. (22. October 2008)