WHAT HAPPENED IN 2008.
Look what happened the 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 Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland. (10. September 2008)

The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people. (12. September 2008)

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

All 88 people on board Aeroflot Flight 821 are killed when the plane crashes on approach to Perm Airport. (14. September 2008)

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

A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others. (20. September 2008)

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

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

Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel. (26. September 2008)

CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7. (27. September 2008)

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

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

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

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

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)