2008 Florida Power blackout
The 2008 Florida Power Blackout resulted in 2.5 million customers losing electricity on February 26, 2008.The blackout was initially caused by an over...
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2008 genocide of Georgians in South Ossetia
2008 genocide of Georgians in South Ossetia , started during and after the 2008 South Ossetia war genocide of Georgian people was conducted in South O...
2008 Greece earthquake
The 2008 Greece earthquake was an earthquake which occurred near the city of Leonidio in Peloponnese, Greece, on January 6, 2008 at 05:14:17 UTC on Ja...
2008 Kenosha helicopter crash
The 2008 Kenosha helicopter crash was an accident in which a helicopter crashed into a house in Kenosha, Wisconsin, killing the two people on the heli...
2008 Neurosurgery Residency Match List
The following is the list (incomplete) of people that matched to a Neurosurgery residency position on January 24, 2008. The list will be updated as mo...
2008 New Switchfoot Album
The new Switchfoot record will be recorded sometime in the Spring of 2008, and will be released in the Fall of 2008. This marks the first full-length ...
2008 Ohrid 172N crash
The 2008 Ohrid 172N crash occurred when a Cessna 172N Skyhawk 100 II, belonging to a Skopje flight school, crashed in the village of Skrebatino in Ohr...
2008 Olympics attack on American nationals
The 2008 Olympics attack on American nationals was a stabbing of two Americans, one of whom died, and an accompanying Chinese tour guide at Beijing's ...
2008 Parma earthquake
The 2008 Parma earthquake struck the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy on 23 December at 16:25 CET (local time) with a magnitude of approximately 5.2, an...
2008 Poole Harbour bus accident
The 2008 Poole Harbour bus accident is a bus crash that occured on July 31 2008 in Poole in Dorset on the south coast of England. The crash involved a...
2008 South China animal consumption incidents
In 2008, numerous incidents occurred in the People's Republic of China, mostly in southern China's Guangdong region, over the selling of dog and cat m...
2008 Spain Pilatus PC-6 crash
On 30 May 2008, the Pilatus PC-6 (Registration EC-JXH), carrying 10 skydivers as well as the pilot, crashed around 3km from Lillo. The 11-seater PC-6 ...
2008 Summit Series
An ice hockey Summit Series between Canada and Russia has been proposed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the International Ice Hockey Federation....
2008 Texas vs. Oklahoma football game
The 2008 Oklahoma vs. Texas football game, played October 11, 2008, was the 103rd meeting between the University of Oklahoma and The University of Tex...
2008 Turkey UFO sightings
The 2008 Turkey UFO sightings were a series of videotaped and documented UFO sightings by the 42-year-old Yalcin Yalman, a night guard in Turkey. He c...
2008 US dollar Speculative Attack
On September 11 2008, according to Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, a speculative attack against the US dollar was launched. During a closed doors session of C...
2008-2009 San Jose jr. Sharks Bantam AAA
The San Jose jr. Sharks Bantam AAA team in the 08-09 season had its ups and downs. Coach Sean Castagna took this team to many high end hockey tourname...
2009 Agdam skirmish
The 2009 Agdam skirmish began on January 26, 2009 in the village of Javakhirli, Agdam region. It involved the heavy fighting between ethnic Armenian a...
2009 alberta amateur MMA championship
The 2009 amateur MMA Championship was the second annual sanctioned Mixed martial arts tournament in alberta. the tournament was held over three days i...
2009 Belleville school bus beating
The 2009 Belleville school bus beating was an event that occurred in Belleville, Illinois, quickly drawing national attention due to the overtones of ...