WHAT HAPPENED IN 2008.
Look what happened the 2008.

Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race. (20. April 2008)

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

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

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

Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people. (2. May 2008)

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

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

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

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)

NASA's Phoenix lander lands in Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life. (25. 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)

The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty. (28. May 2008)

A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people. (29. May 2008)

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

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