What happened in 2008?

Global Financial Crisis

Major Events · New York, USA

The collapse of Lehman Brothers triggers a worldwide financial crisis and recession.

Barack Obama elected US President

Major Events · Chicago, USA

Barack Obama is elected as the first Black president of the United States.

Russo-Georgian War

Wars & Conflicts

2008 Russian invasion of Georgia

Gaza War (2008–2009)

Wars & Conflicts · Gaza Strip

December 2008–January 2009 armed conflict in the Gaza Strip

Battle of Tskhinvali

Wars & Conflicts · Tskhinval

2008 only major battle in the Russo-Georgian War

Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict

Wars & Conflicts · Ras Doumeira

2008 armed conflict in East Africa

Battle of the Kodori Valley

Wars & Conflicts · Kodori Valley

2008 battle in the Russo-Georgian War

Battle of Basra

Wars & Conflicts · Basra

Battle which began on March 25, 2008

Battle off the coast of Abkhazia

Wars & Conflicts · Black Sea

Naval engagement during the 2008 Russo-Georgian war

2008 Mardakert skirmishes

Wars & Conflicts · Aghdara

Fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Uzbin Valley ambush

Wars & Conflicts · Surobi

2008 military Skirmish Between Taliban and French ISAF Forces in Afghanistan

2008–2009 Battle of Kilinochchi

Wars & Conflicts · Kilinochchi

2008 battle fought between the Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Battle of Wanat

Wars & Conflicts · Nuristan Province

2008 battle of the War in Afghanistan

Operation Karez

Wars & Conflicts · Badghis Province

2008 military operation

Operation Red Dagger

Wars & Conflicts · Helmand Province

2008 battle

Occupation of Poti

Wars & Conflicts · Poti

Aspect of the 2008 Russo-Georgian war

Battle of Bajaur

Wars & Conflicts · Bajaur District

2008 military offensive in the Bajaur region of Pakistan

Battle of N'Djamena

Wars & Conflicts · N'Djamena

2008 battle during the 2005–2010 War in Chad

Battle of Arghandab

Wars & Conflicts · Arghandab District

2008 battle during the War in Afghanistan

Battle of Mogadishu

Wars & Conflicts · Mogadishu

2008 battle between the TFG/Ethiopia and the Islamist PRM

Battle of Shewan

Wars & Conflicts · Farah Province

2008 military engagement in Afghanistan

Siege of Baidoa

Wars & Conflicts · Bay

2009 military conflict in Somalia

Battle of Am Zoer

Wars & Conflicts · Am Zoer

2008 battle

Battle of Kismayo

Wars & Conflicts · Kismayo

Offensive begun by Islamist al-Shabaab and ICU fighters

Angoor Ada raid

Wars & Conflicts · Angoor Adda

2008 conflict

Battle of Garmsir

Wars & Conflicts · Helmand Province

2008 battle

Operation Lalgarh

Wars & Conflicts · Lalgarh

Armed operation by the police and security forces in India against the Maoists

Iraq spring fighting of 2008

Wars & Conflicts · Iraq

Battles between the Mahdi Army and the Iraqi Army

2008 Qusar clashes

Wars & Conflicts · Qusar District

Battle of Tezirzait

Wars & Conflicts · Tezirzaït

Battle of Beledweyne

Wars & Conflicts · Beledweyne

2008 battle between Ethiopia and Somali terrorists

Battle of Las Qoray

Wars & Conflicts · Las Khorey

2008 battle

Battle of Abeïbara

Wars & Conflicts

2008 battle

Beni Douala Operations

Wars & Conflicts

2008 battle in Algeria

2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting

Wars & Conflicts · Basra

Battle of Paranthan

Wars & Conflicts · Paranthan

Battle in the Liakhvi Gorge

Wars & Conflicts · Liakhvi Strict Nature Reserve

Battle of Ebrahimkhel

Wars & Conflicts

2008 battle

Battle of Khaz Oruzgan

Wars & Conflicts · Khas Uruzgan District

2008 battle

Osaka movie theater fire

Wars & Conflicts

2008 arson in Japan

2008 U.S.–Iranian naval dispute

Wars & Conflicts · Strait of Hormuz

Naval dispute

Battle off the coast of Jaffna

Wars & Conflicts

Naval battle between Sri Lanka and Tamil Tigers

Operation Atalanta

Wars & Conflicts · Gulf of Aden

2008 European military operation in Somalia

2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq

Wars & Conflicts · Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Military operation

Operation Hot Winter

Wars & Conflicts · Gaza Strip

2008 military offensive in the Gaza strip

occupation of Gori

Wars & Conflicts · Gori

2008 military occupation

2008 Abu Kamal raid

Wars & Conflicts · Abu Kamal

2008 US attack on militant groups in Syria

2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum

Wars & Conflicts · Khartoum

2008 raid

Operation Eagle's Summit

Wars & Conflicts · Kandahar Province

2008 military operation

Operation Allied Protector

Wars & Conflicts · Gulf of Aden

Conflict

Operation Jaque

Wars & Conflicts · Guaviare Department

2008 military operation

Operation Assured Delivery

Wars & Conflicts · Georgia

Azizabad airstrike

Wars & Conflicts · Azizabad

2008 attack on Azizabad village by the U.S. Air Force

Dhusamareb airstrike

Wars & Conflicts · Dusmareb

2008 military operation

Sarposa prison attack of 2008

Wars & Conflicts · Kandahar

Taliban raid of Sarposa Prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Operation Augurs of Prosperity

Wars & Conflicts · Diyala Governorate

2008 military operation in Iraq

2008 Nineveh campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Nineveh Governorate

Part of the Iraq War

Balamorghab ambush

Wars & Conflicts · Badghis Province

Conflict

2008 Wadi Dawan ambush

Wars & Conflicts · Hadhramaut Governorate

Terrorist attack on Belgian tourists in the Wadi Dawan desert on January 18, 2008

Operation Phoenix

Wars & Conflicts

2008 attack by the Colombian military against the FARC

Bombing of Tbilisi

Wars & Conflicts · Tbilisi

Bombing of Georgian Capital in 2008 by Russia

2008 Khurcha incident

Wars & Conflicts · Khurcha

2008 incident in Khurcha, Georgia

2008 Achamkhara incident

Wars & Conflicts · Gulripsh District

2008 Mauritanian coup d'état

Politics & Government

Military overthrow of Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi

2008 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election

Politics & Government

2008 United States Senate elections

Politics & Government · United States

Elections to the United States Senate held on November 4, 2008

2008 Arkansas Democratic primary

Politics & Government · Arkansas

2008 Arkansas Republican primary

Politics & Government · Arkansas

Andrew Gleason died

People · Cambridge

American mathematician (1921-2008)

Arthur C. Clarke died

People · Colombo

British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)

Bobby Fischer died

People · Reykjavík

American chess player (1943–2008)

Albert Hofmann died

People · Burg im Leimental

Swiss chemist (1906–2008)

Willis Lamb died

People · Tucson

American physicist (1913–2008)

Edmund Hillary died

People · Auckland

New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)

Jacques Piccard died

People · La Tour-de-Peilz

Swiss oceanographer (1922–2008)

Paul Newman died

People · Westport

American actor (1925–2008)

Charlton Heston died

People · Beverly Hills

American actor (1923–2008)

Sigitas Geda died

People · Vilnius

Lithuanian writer (1943-2008)

Maryam Farman Farmaian died

People · Tehran

Qajar princess

Harold Pinter died

People · London

British playwright (1930–2008)

Heath Ledger died

People · Manhattan

Australian actor (1979–2008)

George Carlin died

People · Santa Monica

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

Miriam Makeba died

People · Castel Volturno

South African singer and civil rights activist (1932–2008)

Eartha Kitt died

People · Weston

American singer and actress (1927–2008)

Sydney Pollack died

People · Los Angeles

American film director, producer and actor (1934-2008)

Bernie Mac died

People · Chicago

American actor (1957–2008)

Abdelkrim al-Khatib died

People · Rabat

Activist and politician in Morocco

Paul Barrière died

People · Biarritz

French rugby league administrator

Leonid Hurwicz died

People · Minneapolis

Polish-American economist and mathematician (1917–2008)

John Archibald Wheeler died

People · Hightstown

American physicist (1911-2008)

George Emil Palade died

People · Del Mar

Romanian cell biologist, physician and Nobel laureate (1912–2008)

Daniel Carleton Gajdusek died

People · Tromsø Municipality

American medical researcher

Joshua Lederberg died

People · New York City

American molecular biologist (1925–2008)

Thomas Huckle Weller died

People · Needham

American virologist (1915-2008)

Henri Cartan died

People · 13th arrondissement of Paris

Died in 13th arrondissement of Paris. French mathematician (1904–2008).

Edward Norton Lorenz died

People · Cambridge

American mathematician and meteorologist (1917–2008)

Randy Pausch died

People · Chesapeake

American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design

Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo died

People · Pozuelo de Alarcón

Spanish politician (1926–2008)

Joseph Weizenbaum died

People · Gröben

German-American computer scientist (1923–2008)

Dorothy Vaughan died

People · Hampton

African-American mathematician

Kiyoshi Itō died

People · Kyoto

Japanese mathematician who pioneered stochastic calculus (1915–2008)

Stan Winston died

People · Malibu

American special effects artist (1946–2008)

Marlyn Meltzer died

People · Yardley

Programmer for the ENIAC computer

Norman Smith died

People · East Sussex

British recording engineer, producer, musician (1923-2008)

Edwin Ernest Salpeter died

People · Ithaca

Austrian–Australian–American astrophysicist (1924–2008)

Karl Unterkircher died

People · Nanga Parbat

Italian climber (1970–2008)

Pavle Kozjek died

People · Muztagh Tower

Slovenian mountaineer (1959–2008)

Miha Valič died

People · Cho Oyu

Slovenian mountaineer (1978-2008)

Joseph Otis Fletcher died

People · Sequim

Meteorologist

Abie Nathan died

People · Tel Aviv

Israeli peace activist, humanist, pilot (1927-2008)

James Bevel died

People · Springfield

1960s Civil Rights Movement strategist (1936–2008)

Hemalatha Lavanam died

People · Vinukonda

Indian social worker

Abraham Adesanya died

People · Ijebu Igbo

Politician, lawyer, activist (1922–2008)

Waltrude Schleyer died

People · Stuttgart

German activist (1916-2008)

Del Martin died

People · San Francisco

American feminist and gay-rights activist

Madalena Barbosa died

People · Lisbon

Portuguese feminist politician, founder of the Movement for the Liberation of Women (Movimento de Libertação das Mulheres)

Betty Dubiner died

People · Tel Aviv

Canadian-Israeli disabilities activist

Lee Baxandall died

People · Oshkosh

American activist and writer

Irene Grootboom died

People · Wallacedene

South African activist

Helen Gardiner died

People · Ontario

Canadian activist (1938–2008)

Thomas Lewis died

People · Worcester

Artist and peace activist, born 1940 (1940–2008)

Eirlys Roberts died

People · Caerphilly

Welsh advocate of consumer rights

Cyd Charisse died

People · Los Angeles

American dancer and actress (1921–2008)

Isaac Hayes died

People · Memphis

American musician and actor (1942-2008)

Suzanne Pleshette died

People · Los Angeles

American actress (1937-2008)

Alain Robbe-Grillet died

People · Caen

French author and film director (1922–2008)

Roy Scheider died

People · Little Rock

American actor (1932–2008)

Paul Scofield died

People · Brighton

British actor (1922–2008)

Muslim Magomayev died

People · Moscow

Soviet-Azerbaijani singer

Richard Widmark died

People · Roxbury

American actor and producer (1914–2008)

Yma Sumac died

People · Los Angeles

Peruvian-American singer (1922–2008)

Mel Ferrer died

People · Santa Barbara

American actor, director and producer (1917–2008)

Jules Dassin died

People · Athens

American film director (1911–2008)

Brad Renfro died

People · Los Angeles

American actor (1982–2008)

Bo Diddley died

People · Florida

American guitarist (1928–2008)

Don S. Davis died

People · Gibsons

American character actor (1942–2008)

Majel Barrett died

People · Bel Air

American actress (1932–2008)

Guillaume Depardieu died

People · Garches

French actor (1971-2008)

Youssef Chahine died

People · Cairo

Egyptian film director (1926–2008)

Estelle Getty died

People · Hollywood

American actress (1923–2008)

Yegor Letov died

People · Omsk

Soviet-Russian musician, poet, and painter (1964–2008)

Studs Terkel died

People · Chicago

American author, historian and broadcaster (1912-2008)

Odetta died

People · New York City

American singer (1930–2008)

Aleksandr Abdulov died

People · Moscow

Soviet and Russian actor (1953–2008)

Mitch Mitchell died

People · Portland

English drummer (1946–2008)

Henri Salvador died

People · 1st arrondissement of Paris

French Caribbean recording artist; singer, songwriter (1917–2008)

Van Johnson died

People · Nyack

American actor (1916–2008)

Estelle Reiner died

People · Beverly Hills

American actress and singer

Harvey Korman died

People · Los Angeles

American actor and comedian (1927–2008)

Yodrak Salakjai died

People · Bangkok

Thai male singer

Anita Page died

People · Van Nuys

American actress (1910-2008)

Eva Dahlbeck died

People · Hässelby parish

Swedish actress and writer (1920-2008)

Nonna Mordyukova died

People · Moscow

Soviet and Russian actress

Sofiko Chiaureli died

People · Tbilisi

Soviet and Georgian actress(1937-2008)

Ivan Rebroff died

People · Frankfurt

German singer (1931–2008)

Nina Foch died

People · Los Angeles

American actress (1924–2008)

Evelyn Keyes died

People · Montecito

American film actress

Edie Adams died

People · Los Angeles

American actress, comedian, singer, and businesswoman (1927–2008)

Vija Artmane died

People · Strenči

Latvian actress (1929-2008)

Frederick Seitz died

People · New York City

American physicist (1911–2008)

Judah Folkman died

People · Denver

American biologist (1933–2008)

Neil Bartlett died

People · Walnut Creek

English-American chemist (1932-2008)

Nikolai Baibakov died

People · Moscow

Soviet economist (1911-2008)

Jürgen Ehlers died

People · Potsdam

German physicist (1929–2008)

Grigory Romanov died

People · Moscow

Soviet politician (1923-2008)

Jimmy Stewart died

People · Helensburgh

British racing driver

Sam Tingle died

People · Somerset West

Racecar driver

G. David Low died

People · Reston

American astronaut (1956–2008)

Mikhail Solomentsev died

People · Moscow

Soviet politician (1913-2008)

Douglas Bennett died

People · Montreal

Canoe racer

Inga Fischer-Hjalmars died

People · Lidingö

Swedish physicist, chemist, and humanist (1918-2008)

Anatoly Karatsuba died

People · Moscow

Russian mathematician (1937-2008)

Mustafa Khalil died

People · Cairo

Egyptian Prime Minister (1920-2008)

Frank Piasecki died

People · Haverford

American aerospace engineer (1919–2008)

Zlata Bartl died

People · Koprivnica

Croatian chemist (1920-2008)

Sergey Mergelyan died

People · Los Angeles

Armenian mathematician (1928–2008)

Graham Higman died

People · Oxford

British mathematician (1917–2008)

David Gale died

People · Berkeley

American mathematician (1921–2008)

Alla Masevich died

People · Moscow

Soviet astronomer (1918–2008)

Sheldon Brown died

People · Boston

American cyclist, writer and mechanic (1944–2008)

Mary Golda Ross died

People · Los Altos

American aerospace engineer, first Native American female engineer

Patsy O'Connell Sherman died

People · Minneapolis

American chemist

Beno Eckmann died

People · Zurich

Swiss mathematician (1917–2008)

Giovanni de Riu died

People · Stresa

Racecar driver (1925–2008)

Masayoshi Nagata died

People · Kyoto

Japanese mathematician (1927-2008)

Rose Dieng Kuntz died

People · Nice

Senegalese computer scientist (1956–2008)

Robert Jastrow died

People · Arlington County

American astronomer (1925-2008)

Ernst Stuhlinger died

People · Huntsville

German rocket scientist (1913-2008)

Tracy Hall died

People · Provo

American chemist (1919–2008)

Andrea Pininfarina died

People · Cambiano

Italian engineer and manager (1957–2008)

Aryeh Dvoretzky died

People · Jerusalem

Israeli mathematician (1916–2008)

Lipke Holthuis died

People · Leiden

Dutch carcinologist (1921–2008)

Bernhard Caesar Einstein died

People · Bern

American physicist (1930-2008)

Oliver Selfridge died

People · Boston

British computer scientist (1926–2008)

Dino Toso died

People · Oxford

Italian-Dutch motorsport engineer

Alan Ford died

People · Sarasota

American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder, engineer

Bengt Westerlund died

People · Uppsala

Swedish astronomer (1921–2008)

Aziz Sedki died

People · 15th arrondissement of Paris

Prime Minister of Egypt (1920-2008)

George Brecht died

People · Cologne

American artist and composer (1926-2008)

Brian Pippard died

People · Cambridge

British physicist (1920-2008)

Yoji Totsuka died

People · Tokyo

Japanese physicist (1942–2008)

Michael Martin Hammer died

People · Boston

American academic (1948–2008)

Claus Luthe died

People · Munich

German automobile designer (1932–2008)

Arthur Burks died

People · Ann Arbor

American mathematician who contributed to the design of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (1915–2008)

John Paul Wild died

People · Canberra

Australian radiophysicist (1923-2008)

Ralph Plaisted died

People · Wyoming

American explorer (1927 - 2008)

Roy Koerner died

People · Copnor

British explorer

Hermann Hess Helfenstein died

People · Engelberg

Swiss naturalist, explorer, climber and engineer

Su-Lin Young died

People · Hercules

American explorer

Georgette Watson died

People · Baltimore

American activist

Flann Ó Riain died

People · Tipperary

Cartoonist, writer, and Irish language activist

James Orange died

People · Atlanta

American pastor and activist

Ronald Segal died

People · South Africa

South African journalist and opinion journalist

Ruby G. Woodson died

People · Houston County

American teacher (1931-2008)

Sarah Conlon died

People · Belfast

Northern Irish activist (1926-2008)

Keith Dowding died

People · Melbourne

Australian minister and left-wing activist (1911-2008)

Choi Jin-sil died

People · Seoul

South Korean actress (1968-2008)

Richey Edwards died

People · Cardiff

Welsh guitarist (1967–1995)

Jerry Reed died

People · Nashville

American singer and actor (1937–2008)

Horst Tappert died

People · Planegg

German actor (1923–2008)

Ronnie Drew died

People · Dublin

Irish musician (1934-2008)

Jeff Healey died

People · Toronto

Canadian musician (1966–2008)

Jo Stafford died

People · Los Angeles

American singer (1917–2008)

Don LaFontaine died

People · Los Angeles

American voice actor (1940-2008)

Nunzio Gallo died

People · Telese Terme

Italian singer (1928-2008)

Josef Tal died

People · Jerusalem

Israeli composer (1910–2008)

Mikel Laboa died

People · San Sebastián

Basque singer-songwriter from Donostia (1934-2008)

Elfriede Kaun died

People · Kiel

German high jumper (1914–2008)

Joy Page died

People · Los Angeles

American actress (1924-2008)

Rob Knox died

People · Sidcup

British actor (1989–2008)

Robert Prosky died

People · Washington, D.C.

American actor (1930–2008)

Forrest J Ackerman died

People · Los Angeles

American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia (1916-2008)

Ann Savage died

People · Hollywood

American actress (1921–2008)

Mikhail Pugovkin died

People · Moscow

Soviet and Russian actor (1923–2008)

Baldev Raj Chopra died

People · Mumbai

Indian film director (1914–2008)

Johnny Griffin died

People · Availles-Limouzine

American musician (1928–2008)

Eddy Arnold died

People · Nashville

American country music singer, songwriter (1918–2008)

Anne-Cath. Vestly died

People · Mjøndalen

Norwegian writer (1920-2008)

Julie Ege died

People · Oslo

Norwegian actress (1943–2008)

Elizabeth Spriggs died

People · Oxford

British actress (1929–2008)

Neal Hefti died

People · Los Angeles

American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1922-2008)

Natalia Bessmertnova died

People · Moscow

Soviet prima ballerina (1941-2008)

Barry Morse died

People · London

British-Canadian actor (1918-2008)

Beverly Garland died

People · Hollywood Hills

American actress (1926–2008)

Jimmy Giuffre died

People · Pittsfield

American jazz clarinet and saxophone player (1921–2008)

Stanley Kamel died

People · Los Angeles

Actor (1943-2008)

Mahendra Kapoor died

People · Mumbai

Indian singer (1934–2008)

Dora Ratjen died

People · Bremen

German high jumper (1918–2008)

Lois Nettleton died

People · Woodland Hills

Actress (1927-2008)

Margaret Truman died

People · Chicago

American author of murder mysteries; daughter of 33rd President of the United States Harry S. Truman (1924-2008)

Semka Sokolović-Bertok died

People · Zagreb

Croatian actress (1935–2008)

Buddy Miles died

People · Austin

American rock and funk drummer (1947–2008)

Anton Allemann died

People · Klosters

Swiss footballer (1936-2008)

Jimmy Carl Black died

People · Siegsdorf

American musician (1938–2008)

Marisa Merlini died

People · Rome

Italian actress (1923–2008)

Dorival Caymmi died

People · Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter (1914–2008)

Suzanne Tamim died

People · Dubai

Lebanese singer (1977-2008)

John Phillip Law died

People · Los Angeles

American film actor (1937-2008)

Leonard Rosenman died

People · Woodland Hills

American composer (1924-2008)

Lydia Shum died

People · Queen Mary Hospital

Hong Kong comedian and actress (1945–2008)

Nadezhda Rumyantseva died

People · Moscow

Soviet actress

Ja’afar I of Negeri Sembilan died

People · Seremban

Died in Seremban. King of Negeri Sembilan (1967 - 2008) & King of Malaysia (1994 - 1999).

Saukam Khoy died

People · Stockton

Died in Stockton. Cambodian politician.

European Institute of Innovation and Technology

Science & Technology

Research institute, independent EU body

University for Information Science and Technology "St. Paul The Apostle"

Science & Technology

State university, located in Ohrid, North Macedonia

Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station

Science & Technology

Building in Dongping Town, China

Mulungushi University

Science & Technology

University in Zambia

Thanet Wind Farm

Science & Technology

Wind farm in the North Sea

All Saints University

Science & Technology

Private university in Uganda

Northwestern University in Qatar

Science & Technology · Education City

University campus in Education City, Doha, Qatar

Wrexham University

Science & Technology

University in Wrexham, north-east Wales

Université Libanaise Internationale en Mauritanie

Science & Technology

University in Mauritania

Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology

Science & Technology

University in Nigeria

Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

Science & Technology

University in Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh

SkyMapper

Science & Technology

Optical telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory

Universidad Técnica de Oruro

Science & Technology

Public university in Bolivia

Université Dan Dicko Dankoulodo de Maradi

Science & Technology

University in Maradi, Niger

Egyptian e-Learning University

Science & Technology

National university in Cairo, Egypt

Mount Kenya University

Science & Technology

Private university in Kenya

University of Nagasaki

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Institute of International Relations

Science & Technology

Diplomatic academy of Turkmenistan

Institute of Cancer of São Paulo

Science & Technology

Hospital in Brazil

Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor

Science & Technology

Hospital in Spain

Montsec Astronomical Observatory

Science & Technology

Astronomical observatory in Spain

Iranian National Observatory

Science & Technology

Observatory in Kashan County, Iran

Parque Explora

Science & Technology · Medellín

Space for science, technology and innovation promotion in Medellin

Temisas Astronomical Observatory

Science & Technology

Astronomical Observatory in Gran Canaria

Cavendish University Uganda

Science & Technology

Private university in Uganda

Taraba State University

Science & Technology · Taraba State

Public university in Nigeria

Dubrovnik International University

Science & Technology

Private university in Croatia

Euro-Mediterranean University of Slovenia

Science & Technology

Academic publisher and university

Gautam Buddha University

Science & Technology

State public university in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

International Health Sciences University

Science & Technology

Private university in Uganda

Krishna University

Science & Technology

State public university in Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, India

Management and Science University

Science & Technology

Private university in Malaysia

St. Andrews Georgian University

Science & Technology

University in Tbilisi, Georgia

Ghazni University

Science & Technology

Public university in Afghanistan

Meru University of Science and Technology

Science & Technology

Public university in Kenya

National Law University, Delhi

Science & Technology

State public university in South West, Delhi, India

Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts

Science & Technology

Film institute

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Srikakulam

Science & Technology

State public university in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Bahrain Polytechnic

Science & Technology

Ajman Specialty General Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital

Basque Center for Applied Mathematics

Science & Technology

JICA Research Institute

Science & Technology

The Science Factory

Science & Technology · Sandnes Municipality

Science museum in Rogaland, Norway

Army College of Medical Sciences

Science & Technology

College in New Delhi, India

Vietnamese-German University

Science & Technology

Public university school in Vietnam

University Primagraha

Science & Technology

Private university primagraha, Indonesia

Shubun University

Science & Technology

Japan private university

Uekusa University

Science & Technology

Private university in Japan

École nationale des sciences appliquées de Tétouan

Science & Technology

University in Morocco

Zambia Catholic University

Science & Technology

University in Zambia

Golestan University

Science & Technology

Institution of higher education in Iran

International Burch University

Science & Technology

Private university in Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina

University AbdelHafid Boussouf - Mila

Science & Technology

Algerian University

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur

Science & Technology

State public university in Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh, India

Kobe Tokiwa University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli

Science & Technology

University in Lucknow, India

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati

Science & Technology

University in Guwahati, India

Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Basara

Science & Technology

State public university in Nirmal, Telangana, India

Nitte University

Science & Technology

University in Mangalore, India

Mirpur University of Science and Technology

Science & Technology

Public university in Mirpur, Pakistan

Geetanjali Medical College

Science & Technology

Medical college in Rajsthan, India

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Ongole

Science & Technology

Government Medical College

Universidad Politecnica Metropolitana de Hidalgo

Science & Technology

University in Hidalgo, Mexico

Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt

Science & Technology

Center for IT security research and development

Plant & Food Research

Science & Technology

New Zealand research institute

Institute of Evolutionary Biology

Science & Technology

Facility in Barcelona, Spain

Azeezia Medical College

Science & Technology

College in Kerala, India

Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino

Science & Technology

Research institute of the government of Spain

Children's Medical Center at Legacy

Science & Technology

Hospital in Texas, United States

Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Taiwan

Encino Hospital Medical Center

Science & Technology

Hospital in Encino, California, United States

Infanta Cristina Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Parla, Madrid, Spain

Hospital Universitario del Henares

Science & Technology

Hospital in Spain

Hospital del Tajo, Aranjuez

Science & Technology

Hospital in Spain

Travancore Medical College Hospital, Kollam

Science & Technology

Hospital in Kerala, India

Isar Klinikum

Science & Technology

Building in Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Mahalapye District Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Botswana

Letsholathebe II Memorial Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Botswana

Maasai Mara University

Science & Technology

Public university in Kenya

EUCLID

Science & Technology

Intergovernmental organization

Aryabhatta Knowledge University

Science & Technology

State public university in Patna, Bihar, India

National Law University Odisha

Science & Technology

State public university in Cuttack, Odisha, India

Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi

Science & Technology

State public university in South, Delhi, India

Indian Institute of Technology Patna

Science & Technology

Autonomous institute of education and research in science, engineering and technology located in Patna, Bihar

Zaytuna College

Science & Technology

Muslim liberal arts college

Universidad Isabel I

Science & Technology

Private university located in Burgos, Spain

Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

Science & Technology

Engineering and technology higher education institute in Rupnagar, Punjab

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Science & Technology

Public university located in Sangareddy district, Hyderabad, Telangana

Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

Science & Technology

One of the national engineering university situated at Bhubaneswar Odisha

Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

Science & Technology

Public engineering institution located in Jodhpur

Catholic University of South Sudan

Science & Technology

Indian Maritime University

Science & Technology

The Indian Maritime University (IMU) is a Central University, that was established by an Act of the Indian Parliament namely the Indian Maritime University Act 2008, on 14 November 2008.

West Bengal State University

Science & Technology

State public university in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Science & Technology

Indian institute for higher education

Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital

Science & Technology · Chennai

Hospital in Tamil Nadu, India

Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing

Science & Technology

Non-profit research institute in Germany

Assam Don Bosco University

Science & Technology

State private university in Kamrup, Assam, India

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal

Science & Technology

Autonomous research and education institute in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences

Science & Technology

Deemed to be University in Odisha, India

interface

Science & Technology

German non-profit think tank

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

Science & Technology

Think tank in Seoul, South Korea

Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University

Science & Technology

State private university in Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India

Maharshi Panini Sanskrit University

Science & Technology

State public university in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India

Raja Mansingh Tomar Music & Arts University

Science & Technology

State public university in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

University of Gour Banga

Science & Technology

State public university in Malda, West Bengal, India

Teerthanker Mahaveer University

Science & Technology

State private university in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences

Science & Technology

State public university in Rohtak, Haryana, India

Aichi Medical College for Physical and Occupational Therapy

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Hanbat Arboretum

Science & Technology

Arboretum in Daejeon, South Korea

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram

Science & Technology

Institution of higher education in Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala

Altınbaş University

Science & Technology

Private university in İstanbul, Turkey

International University of La Rioja

Science & Technology

Private university in Spain

Valencian International University

Science & Technology

Private university

Tishk International University

Science & Technology

Private University in Kurdistan - Iraq

Bayburt University

Science & Technology

State university in Bayburt, Turkey

Universidade de Santiago

Science & Technology

Private university in Cape Verde (IAU-018563)

Université de Maroua

Science & Technology

University in Cameroon

Istanbul Gelisim University

Science & Technology

Private university in İstanbul, Turkey

Piri Reis University

Science & Technology

Private university in İstanbul, Turkey

Mountcrest University College

Science & Technology

Private higher-education institution in Ghana

Melikşah University

Science & Technology

University in Turkey

Hasan Kalyoncu University

Science & Technology

Private university in Gaziantep, Turkey

2008 TC3

Exploration & Discovery

Small asteroid which entered Earth's atmosphere in October 2008

Venus of Hohle Fels

Exploration & Discovery

Sculpture

Areni-1 shoe

Exploration & Discovery · History Museum of Armenia

Archaeological artifact from Armenia; oldest known leather shoe

KV64

Exploration & Discovery · Valley of the Kings

Ancient Egyptian tomb

KV65

Exploration & Discovery

Ancient Egyptian tomb

Malapa Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind

Exploration & Discovery · Gauteng

Cave

Mithrim Montes

Exploration & Discovery

Mountains on Titan

Buzzard Coulee meteorite

Exploration & Discovery

November 20, 2008 Canadian meteorites

Centurion

Exploration & Discovery

The tallest tree in Australia

Fanciulla di Vagli

Exploration & Discovery

Annalistic History

Exploration & Discovery · Tsinghua University

Ancient Chinese annals discovered in 2008

Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Russia

Nur-Astana Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Astana, Kazakhstan

Al Shaab Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Sana'a, Yemen

Khadija Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Heinersdorf

Mosque in Berlin, Germany

Baitun Nur Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Calgary, Canda

Baitus Sami

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Hanover, Germany

Al-Mahdi Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Bradford, England

Al-Ittihad Mosque Jatibarang

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Indonesia

DITIB-Merkez-Moschee

Religion & Belief Systems

Architectural structure

Umar Ibn Al Khattab Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Kreuzberg

Mosque in Berlin

Messiah Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Indonesian megachurch

Dharma Kidangu Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in India

Mubarak Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Saint Prix, France

Al-Fath Mosque, Besançon

Religion & Belief Systems · Planoise

Mosque in France

Tahir Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in India

Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs of the 20th century

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Patti, Italy

mosquée de Vigneux-sur-Seine

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in France

Ciglane Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Sarajevo

Džamija Broda

Religion & Belief Systems

Centro Cultural Clavijero

Religion & Belief Systems

Church of All Saints, Minsk

Religion & Belief Systems

Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Skopje

Religion & Belief Systems · Skopje

Church building in Skopje, North Macedonia

Church of the Intercession, Yasenevo

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Russia

Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Texas, United States

Mar Thoma Shleeha Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Illinois, United States

Saint Michael Archangel Cathedral in Arkhangelsk

Religion & Belief Systems

Saint Peter's Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral of Gabon

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Orthodox monastery in Zwierki

Religion & Belief Systems

Orthodox monastery in Wysowa-Zdrój

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel of Saint Vladimir I of Kiev in Luzhniki

Religion & Belief Systems

Sint-Jacobuskapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Herten

Chapel in Herten, Netherlands

Lancaster W4960 monument

Religion & Belief Systems · Sluipwijk

World War II memorial in Reeuwijk, Netherlands

Shree Ram Krishna Temple

Religion & Belief Systems · Austral

Hindu temple in Austral, New South Wales, Australia

Al Saleh Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Sana'a, Yemen

espace protestant Théodore-Monod

Religion & Belief Systems

Meeting house located in Rhône, in France

Kapuzinerkloster Koblenz

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Koblenz, Germany

Airbnb

Economy & Trade · San Francisco

American online platform for rental accommodations

BioNTech

Economy & Trade · Mainz

Biotechnology company from Germany

Activision Blizzard

Economy & Trade · Santa Monica

American video game company

Shein

Economy & Trade · Singapore

Chinese-Singaporean online fashion retailer

Philip Morris International

Economy & Trade · Stamford

American global cigarette and tobacco company

9GAG

Economy & Trade · Hong Kong

Social media website where users upload and share user-generated images and videos

Thomson Reuters

Economy & Trade · Toronto

Canadian publisher (2008-)

Comac

Economy & Trade · Shanghai

Chinese state-owned aerospace manufacturer

Groupon

Economy & Trade · Chicago

American worldwide e-commerce marketplace

Itaú Unibanco

Economy & Trade · São Paulo

Brazilian banking institution

Bellator MMA

Economy & Trade · Newport Beach

American mixed martial arts promoter

AUTODOC

Economy & Trade · Berlin

Online shop for auto parts

ASCII Media Works

Economy & Trade · Shinjuku

Japanese publishing company

Expo 2008

Economy & Trade · Zaragoza

International exposition in Zaragoza

Koryolink

Economy & Trade · Pyongyang

North Korean company (joint venture with Global Telecom Holding)

Edmodo

Economy & Trade · San Mateo

Discontinued learning management system

Zomato

Economy & Trade · New Delhi

Indian food delivery service

Vinted

Economy & Trade · Vilnius

Lithuanian online second-hand fashion marketplace

GlobalFoundries

Economy & Trade · Malta

Multinational semiconductor company

BMG Rights Management

Economy & Trade · Quartier 205

International music company with headquarters in Berlin, Germany; division of Bertelsmann

Banijay Entertainment

Economy & Trade · Paris

French entertainment content production and distribution company

Disneynature

Economy & Trade · Paris

Independent film unit of Walt Disney Studios that produces nature documentary films

Embracer Group

Economy & Trade · Karlstad

Swedish video game holding company based in Karlstad

South Caucasus Railway

Economy & Trade · Yerevan

One of the subsidiaries of Russian Railways and operator of Armenia Railways

Skyline Express Airlines

Economy & Trade · Kyiv

Ukrainian airline

JVCKenwood

Economy & Trade · Moriya-chō

Japanese multinational electronics company

Nuvoton

Economy & Trade · Hsinchu City

Company

Sirius XM

Economy & Trade · New York City

American broadcasting company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City

HBIS Group

Economy & Trade · Shijiazhuang

Steel company based in Hebei, China

Star Studio18

Economy & Trade · Mumbai

Indian Motion Picture Studio

Bitly

Economy & Trade · New York City

Link management platform

Dream

Economy & Trade · Tokyo

Japanese mixed martial arts organization

Ageas

Economy & Trade · Brussels metropolitan area

Belgian company

Givova Sport

Economy & Trade · Scafati

Italian sports equipment and sportswear company

TerraPower

Economy & Trade · Bellevue

Nuclear reactor design company

Marvel Animation

Economy & Trade · Glendale

American animation production company

Twilio

Economy & Trade · San Francisco

US technology company

Fantagio

Economy & Trade · Seoul

South Korean entertainment management company

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Economy & Trade · Plano

Company

Gaikai

Economy & Trade · Aliso Viejo

Company which provides technology for the streaming of high-end video games

Hootsuite

Economy & Trade · Vancouver

Social media management platform

Uterqüe

Economy & Trade · Tordera

Clothing and accessories brand of Massimo Dutti

Rosseti

Economy & Trade · Moscow

Russian power company

Alior Bank

Economy & Trade · Warsaw

Polish bank

Uproxx

Economy & Trade · Culver City

American music, entertainment, and popular culture website

Sentai Filmworks

Economy & Trade · Houston

American entertainment company

WESTbahn

Economy & Trade · Vienna

Private Austrian railway company

Samruk-Kazyna

Economy & Trade · Astana

Sovereign wealth fund of Kazakhstan

National Payments Corporation of India

Economy & Trade · Mumbai

NPCI payment system

SwiftKey

Economy & Trade · London

Company and input method

A2A

Economy & Trade · Milan

Italian energy company

Genii Capital

Economy & Trade · Hesperange

Company

United Engine Corporation

Economy & Trade · Moscow

Subsidiary of Rostec

Arrinera

Economy & Trade · Warsaw

Polish carmaker

Brave Entertainment

Economy & Trade · Seoul

South Korean entertainment company

Mercedes-Benz Mobility Services

Economy & Trade · Leinfelden-Echterdingen

German company

Mozilla Messaging

Economy & Trade · Mountain View

Company

Ziggo

Economy & Trade · Utrecht

Dutch cable operator

Zscaler

Economy & Trade · San Jose

American Cybersecurity Company

Malwarebytes

Economy & Trade · Santa Clara

Internet security company

888sport

Economy & Trade · Gibraltar

Multinational online bookmaker

OneFootball

Economy & Trade · Berlin

Berlin-based football media company

AVer Information

Economy & Trade · New Taipei City

Company

Symbian Foundation

Economy & Trade · London

Nonprofit organization

Tata DoCoMo

Economy & Trade · New Delhi

Indian telecommunication company

FCA Srbija

Economy & Trade · Kragujevac

Serbian automobile manufacturing company

Parkwood Entertainment

Economy & Trade · Los Angeles

American entertainment and management company

Abu Dhabi United Group

Economy & Trade · Abu Dhabi

Private equity company

2008 Sichuan earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in China

2008 Pakistan earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake

2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake struck mid Tōhoku region, Japan on June 14, 2008

2008 Chechnya earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake

2008 Lake Kivu earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in the Democratic Republic of Congo

2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

2008 Skåne County earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Sweden

2008 Qeshm earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Qeshm County, Iran

2008 Iceland earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

2008 earthquake centered in southwestern Iceland

2008 Peloponnese earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake

2008 Iwate earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Japan

2008 Santa Catarina floods

Disasters & Pandemics

2008 El Calvario earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Colombia

2008 Chino Hills earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake that occurred on July 29 in southern California

2008 Damxung earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake

Toronto propane explosion

Disasters & Pandemics · Downsview

Gas explosion in Toronto

2008 Sulawesi earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Indonesia

2008 Dodecanese earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

2008 Illinois earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake on the Wabash Valley Fault

2008 Lincolnshire earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

2008 Earthquake epicentred around Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England

2008 Earthquake in Simeulue

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Indonesia

2008 Reno earthquakes

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake swarm in Nevada, United States

2008 Tanana Valley flood

Disasters & Pandemics

2008 flood in Alaska, United States

Iowa flood of 2008

Disasters & Pandemics · Iowa

Natural disaster (flood) in Iowa, US from June 8 - July 1, 2008

2008 Wells earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Nevada

2008 Papua New Guinea floods

Disasters & Pandemics

Natural disaster in Papua New Guinea

Simshar incident

Disasters & Pandemics

2008 maritime incident in Malta

26/11 Mumbai attacks

Disasters & Pandemics · Mumbai

Islamist terror attacks in India

tung tung balerina shooting

Disasters & Pandemics · Kauhajoki

School shooting in Kauhajoki, Finland, on 23 September 2008

Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Islamabad

Wikinews article

Akihabara massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Chiyoda

2008 mass murder in Japan

death of Caylee Anthony

Disasters & Pandemics · Orlando

2008 death in Orlando, Florida, United States

2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad

Disasters & Pandemics · Islamabad

Car-bomb attack on Danish Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan on 2nd June, 2008

2008 Namdaemun fire

Disasters & Pandemics

Arson attack in Seoul, South Korea

2008 Assam bombings

Disasters & Pandemics · Assam

Terrorist attacks in India

murder of Ahmet Yıldız

Disasters & Pandemics · Üsküdar

Hate crime in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey

murder of Travis Alexander

Disasters & Pandemics · Mesa

Salesman Travis Alexander was murdered in his home in Mesa, Arizona in 2008

2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack

Disasters & Pandemics · Kabul

Attack on the gym of the Kabul Serena Hotel, in Kabul, Afghanistan

Cornwall Court fire

Disasters & Pandemics · Mong Kok

2008 building fire incident in Hong Kong

2008 Universal Studios fire

Disasters & Pandemics · Universal Studios Hollywood

2008 fire that destroyed media archives

assassination of Ivo Pukanić

Disasters & Pandemics · Donji grad

2008 murder in Zagreb, Croatia

2008 Kashgar attack

Disasters & Pandemics · Kashgar

Terrorist attack in Kashgar

2008 Peshawar bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Peshawar

Terrorist Attack in Pakistan

2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack

Disasters & Pandemics · Jerusalem

Vehicle-ramming attack with a front-end loader

2008 Istanbul bombings

Disasters & Pandemics · Güngören

2008 bombings with 17 fatalities, including 5 children

Murder of Nagore Laffage

Disasters & Pandemics · Pamplona

2008 Bin Salman Mosque bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Saada

Bin Salman mosque bombing and casualties

2008 Minsk bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Minsk

Terrorist attack occurred in 2008

13 September 2008 Delhi bombings

Disasters & Pandemics · Delhi

5 synchronised bomb blasts on 13 Sept. 2008 in Delhi, India, killing at least 20 people

Eloá Pimentel hostage crisis

Disasters & Pandemics · Jardim Santo André

Brazilian criminal case

2008 Naina Devi temple stampede

Disasters & Pandemics · Bilaspur district

Stampede which took place in Himachal Pradesh

murder of Larry King

Disasters & Pandemics

American murder case

2008 Murshidabad beheading

Disasters & Pandemics · Murshidabad district

People killed by Islamic terrorism

2008 Shiraz explosion

Disasters & Pandemics · Shiraz

Iranian mosque deadly explosion (2008)

2008 Morelia grenade attacks

Disasters & Pandemics · Morelia

2008 grenade attack in Mexico

2008 Kunming bus bombings

Disasters & Pandemics · Kunming

2008 Bus blastings in China

2008 Imphal bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Imphal

Terrorist incident in India

2008 Wah bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Wah Cantonment

Double suicide attack on the Pakistan Ordnance Factories

Castel Volturno massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

Massacre of African migrants by an Italian crime gang

1 February 2008 Baghdad bombings

Disasters & Pandemics · Baghdad

1 February 2008 Baghdad bombings

2008 Dujail bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Dujail

2008 Yevpatoria gas explosion

Disasters & Pandemics · Yevpatoriya

Gas explosion in the resort town of Yevpatoria

2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion

Disasters & Pandemics · Port Wentworth

Sugar Dust Explosion

2008 Beijing Drum Tower stabbings

Disasters & Pandemics · Gulou and Zhonglou

Mass stabbing in Beijing, China

murder of Martine Vik Magnussen

Disasters & Pandemics · Great Portland Street

Murder victim

2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul

Disasters & Pandemics · Mosul

Series of targeted attacks

Al-Hidaya Mosque massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Mogadishu

2008 massacre in Somalia by Ethiopian armed forces

2008 Weliveriya bombing

Disasters & Pandemics

Suicide bombing attack at a marathon in Sri Lanka

2008 Exeter attempted bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Exeter

Failed bombing attempt in Princesshay, Exeter, England, UK

2008 Getxo bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Getxo

Terrorist incident in Spain

2008 Kandahar bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Kandahar

Attack on Afghan soil

2008 Charsadda bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Charsadda

Terrorist incident in Pakistan

Jerusalem BMW attack

Disasters & Pandemics · Jerusalem

Terrorist attack in Jerusalem

2008 attack on the Israeli embassy in Mauritania

Disasters & Pandemics · Nouakchott

Terrorist attack by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion

Disasters & Pandemics · Ijegun

Tea Fire

Disasters & Pandemics · Montecito

A 2008 wildfire in California

Wuwang Club fire

Disasters & Pandemics

Fire incident in Shenzhen, Guangdong

2008 Bukit Antarabangsa landslide

Disasters & Pandemics · Bukit Antarabangsa

Landslide in Malaysia

2008 Vladikavkaz bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Vladikavkaz

Chechen suicide bombing in North Ossetia

2008 Issers bombing

Disasters & Pandemics

Terrorist incident in Algeria

2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul

Disasters & Pandemics

Suicide bomb terrorist attack

2008 Agartala bombings

Disasters & Pandemics · Agartala

Terrorist incident in Tripura, India

2008 Diyarbakır bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Diyarbakır

Terrorist incident in Turkey

Sayre Fire

Disasters & Pandemics · Sylmar

2008 wildfire in Los Angeles, California

2008 Chelopechene explosions

Disasters & Pandemics · Sofia

2008 explosions in Bulgaria

Freeway Complex Fire

Disasters & Pandemics · Chino Hills State Park

2008 wildfire in Orange County, California

2008 Delta del Paraná wildfires

Disasters & Pandemics · Paraná Delta

Wildfire in the Paraná river Delta (Argentina)

Jägerstraße Ludwigshafen

Disasters & Pandemics

2008 Ukraine coal mine collapse

Disasters & Pandemics

Coal mine incident

6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Baghdad

2008 suicide bombing at a shopping center in Baghdad, Iraq

17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Baghdad

Terrorist incident in Baghdad, Iraq

Spin Boldak bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Spin Boldak

2008 Taliban attack in Afghanistan

2008 Balad bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Balad

Suicide car bombing in Iraq

2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings

Disasters & Pandemics · Hargeisa

Terrorist incident in Somalia

2008 Orakzai bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Orakzai District

Terrorist incident in Pakistan

2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack

Disasters & Pandemics · Consulate General of the United States, Istanbul

Terrorist incident in Turkey

Nonhyeon-dong massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Nonhyeon-dong

Mass murder in Seoul, South Korea

Kauhajoki school shooting

Disasters & Pandemics · Kauhajoki

School shooting in Kauhajoki, Finland, on 23 September 2008

29 September 2008 western India bombings

Disasters & Pandemics · Maharashtra

2008 series of terror attacks in the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra

2008 Ahmedabad blasts

Disasters & Pandemics · Ahmedabad

2008 terror attacks by Mujahideen in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

2008 Benin floods

Disasters & Pandemics

Multiple floods in Benin in 2008

Covina massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Covina

2008 mass shooting in Covina, California, US

2008 Damascus car bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Damascus

Terrorist incident in Syria

2008 Beni Amrane bombings

Disasters & Pandemics · Beni Amrane

2008 train bombings in Beni Amrane, Boumerdès Province, Algeria

2008 Karbala bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Karbala

Terrorist incident in Iraq in 2008

2008 Zemmouri bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Zemmouri

Suicide bombing in 2008 in Algeria

2008 Sednaya Prison massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Sednaya Prison

2008 massacre

murder of Wong Ka-mui

Disasters & Pandemics · Hong Kong

2008 murder in Hong Kong

murder of Lindsay Buziak

Disasters & Pandemics · Saanich

Unsolved murder of a Canadian real estate agent who was murdered on a property viewing, on February 2, 2008

murder of Anna Beshnova

Disasters & Pandemics · Moscow

Criminal case

February 2008 Bosaso bombings

Disasters & Pandemics · Bosaso

2008 Somali bombings

2008 Greek riots

Social Movements & Revolutions · Chios

Riots in response to the police killing of Alexandros Grigoropoulos

2008 Tibetan unrest

Social Movements & Revolutions · Tibet Autonomous Region

Ethnic violence in Tibet

Bush shoeing incident

Social Movements & Revolutions · Baghdad

2008 incident in Baghdad, Iraq

2008 Weng'an riot

Social Movements & Revolutions · Weng'an County

Riot in China

2008 Shenzhen anti-police riot

Social Movements & Revolutions · Shenzhen

Riot in China

Emos vs. Punks

Social Movements & Revolutions · Mexico

2008 confrontations between emos and punks and other subcultures in Mexico

Singur Tata Nano controversy

Social Movements & Revolutions · Singur

Dhule Riots

Social Movements & Revolutions · Dhule

Communal violence in Dhule

2008 Congo football riots

Social Movements & Revolutions · Butembo

Riot

Brighton Community Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Association football stadium in Brighton & Hove

Nationals Park

Architecture & Engineering

Baseball park in Washington, D.C., United States

Echo Arena Liverpool

Architecture & Engineering

Arena in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Ski jumping hill located in Pyeongchang, South Korea

Richmond Olympic Oval

Architecture & Engineering

Sports arena in British Columbia, Canada

ARVI Football Arena

Architecture & Engineering · Marijampolė

Mixed-use playground in Lithuania

Mika Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Football stadium in Yerevan, Armenia, former home ground for FC Mika

Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary

Architecture & Engineering

Roman Catholic church at the Religious Complex in Abu Hamour, Doha, Qatar

Leigh Sports Village

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium

The Sevens

Architecture & Engineering · Dubai

Rugby stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sparbanken Skåne Arena

Architecture & Engineering · Lund

Building in Lund, Skåne County, Sweden

Robina Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Robina

Stadium in Robina, Queensland, Australia

Zaqatala City Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Zagatala

Zaqatala, Azerbaijan

Hitachi Energy Arena

Architecture & Engineering · Rocklunda

Multi-use stadium in Västerås, Sweden

De Hoeksteen, Barneveld

Architecture & Engineering · Barneveld

Large church in the Netherlands

Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Kazan

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Russia

Cathedral of Christ the Light

Architecture & Engineering

Cathedral

Snail Tower

Architecture & Engineering

Apartment building in Tartu City, Estonia

Zagulba Presidential Residence

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Azerbaijan

Irrawaddy Bridge

Architecture & Engineering · Mandalay Region

Bridge in Myanmar

Hefei Olympic Sports Center Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Hefei

Building in Hefei, China

Grand Prairie Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Sports stadium

Thu Thiem Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in Vietnam

Paper Dome

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Nantou County, Taiwan

Frøyland og Orstad Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Orstad, Norway

Yadegar-e Emam Stadium (Qom)

Architecture & Engineering

Kamëz Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Albanian sports stadium

ARVI Football Indoor Arena

Architecture & Engineering · Marijampolė

Arena in Lithuania

Estádio Olímpico Horácio Domingos de Sousa

Architecture & Engineering

Football venue in Brazil

Kazemi Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Tehran, Iran

Ali Daei Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Soccer stadium in Iran

Yeni Sahra Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Sporting venue in Turkey

Ainslie Park

Architecture & Engineering · Pilton

Football stadium Edinburgh, Scotland

Estadio Nuevo Laredo

Architecture & Engineering

Architectural structure

Lewis Bandt Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in Australia

Zahedan Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Football stadium in Zahedan, Iran

Siger Tower

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Indonesia

Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge

Architecture & Engineering · Cuttack

Bridge in India

Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium at University of Incarnate Word

Foxburg Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in United States of America

Luoyang Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Building in People's Republic of China

Nowon Madeul Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

South Korean stadium

St Dunstan's Church, Woking

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Surrey, United Kingdom

Estadio Municipal Arsénio Ramos

Architecture & Engineering · Sal Rei

Building in Cape Verde

Regency Furniture Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Waldorf

Baseball stadium in Waldorf, Maryland

Pomeroy–Mason Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in United States of America

Estádio de Mangue

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Cape Verde

Estádio Municipal 20 de Janeiro

Architecture & Engineering · Porto Inglês

Building in Cape Verde

Estádio Municipal 25 de Julho

Architecture & Engineering · Pedra Badejo

Building in Cape Verde

Jewfish Creek Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in United States of America

Tema Sports Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Tema

Building in Ghana

Lindstrom Field

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Kansas, U.S.

Wildcat Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium at Fort Valley State University

Wesley Brown Field House

Architecture & Engineering

Sports arena at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, US

Stade des Alpes

Architecture & Engineering

Rugby and football stadium in Grenoble, France

Punakha Cantilever Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in Bhutan

African Renaissance Monument

Architecture & Engineering · Deux Mamelles

Memorial outside of Dakar, Senegal

Monument to the Sun

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Zadar, Croatia

Newborn monument

Architecture & Engineering

2008 monument to Kosovo independence

Memorial in Commemoration of Famines' Victims in Ukraine

Architecture & Engineering

Hall of Memory in Kyiv, Ukraine

Khojaly Massacre Memorial

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Netherlands

Khojaly Genocide Memorial

Architecture & Engineering · Baku

Monument

Charles de Gaulle Memorial

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in memory of General De Gaulle

Fountain

Architecture & Engineering

Fountain complex in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Statue of Stepan Bandera in Ternopil

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Ternopil, Ukraine

Monument to Taras Shevchenko (Baku)

Architecture & Engineering

Monument

La Danse de la fontaine emergente

Architecture & Engineering

Fountain in Paris, France

Wollheim Memorial

Architecture & Engineering

Holocaust memorial site in Frankfurt am Main

Memorial of the Russian 3rd guard infantry division

Architecture & Engineering · Sofia

Monument in Sofia, Bulgaria

Spydeberg rectory

Architecture & Engineering

Rectory in Østfold, Norway

Pentagon Memorial

Architecture & Engineering

historic site

Sarasota National Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

veterans cemetery in Sarasota, Florida

Mehmetçik Monument

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Polatlı, Turkey

Battle of Otlukbeli Martyrs' Monument

Architecture & Engineering

Battle site in Otlukbel, Erzincan,Turkey

The Royal Grand Hall of Buddhism

Architecture & Engineering

Buddhist temple of the Nenbutsushu Sampozan Muryojuji Temple sect dedicated to Three Sages of the West in Kato, Japan

wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's Greco-Roman 66 kg

Sports & Entertainment · China Agricultural University Gymnasium

Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg events at the Olympics

wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

Sports & Entertainment · China Agricultural University Gymnasium

Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg events at the Olympics

wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's Greco-Roman 55 kg

Sports & Entertainment · China Agricultural University Gymnasium

Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg events at the Olympics

FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2010

Sports & Entertainment · Baku

Chess tournament series

2008 World Series

Sports & Entertainment · Citizens Bank Park

104th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series

2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Harbin

Short track team championship

2008 National League Championship Series

Sports & Entertainment · Citizens Bank Park

39th edition of Major League Baseball's National League Championship Series

2008 American League Championship Series

Sports & Entertainment · Tropicana Field

39th edition of Major League Baseball's American League Championship Series

2008 Rink hockey World Club Championship

Sports & Entertainment · Spain

2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Sports & Entertainment · University of Namibia

Boxing competitions

Oslo Opera House

Sports & Entertainment · Oslo

Opera house in Oslo, Norway

2008 Cannes Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Cannes

Film festival edition

2008 World Snooker Championship

Sports & Entertainment · Sheffield

Snooker tournament

65th Venice International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Venice

2008 film festival edition

Wiz-Art

Sports & Entertainment · Lviv

Annual Ukrainian international short film festival

58th Berlin International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Berlin

2008 film festival edition

Royal Danish Playhouse

Sports & Entertainment · Frederiksstaden

Theatre in Copenhagen

Asia Song Festival

Sports & Entertainment

Pop music festival

2008 Sundance Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Park City

2008 film festival edition

Eusébio Cup

Sports & Entertainment

Football tournament

TBS Akasaka ACT Theater

Sports & Entertainment · akasaka Sacas

Theatre in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

30th Moscow International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Moscow

Film festival

Angoulême Francophone Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Angoulême

Annual Francophone film festival

Curve

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Leicester, England

Leeds City Museum

Sports & Entertainment · Millennium Square

Museum in Leeds, England, United Kingdom, in a former mechanic's institute, later civic theatre building

Grand 10 Berlin

Sports & Entertainment · Berlin

Annual road running event

World 10K Bangalore

Sports & Entertainment · Bengaluru

Street run

Viru Folk

Sports & Entertainment · Käsmu

Annual folk music festival in Käsmu, Haljala Rural Municipality, Estonia

Lethal Lesbian

Sports & Entertainment · Tel Aviv

Israeli lesbian film festival

Cairo International Women's Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Cairo

Film festival

2008 San Sebastián International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Victoria Eugenia Theater

2008 film festival edition

Sanremo Music Festival 2008

Sports & Entertainment · Teatro Ariston

58th Italian Song Festival

Festivali i Këngës 47

Sports & Entertainment · Palace of Congresses

Heavy Montréal

Sports & Entertainment · Parc Jean-Drapeau

Two-day heavy metal and hard rock festival

Bangalore Queer Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Bengaluru

LGBT film festival in Bangalore, India

Uma Pido

Sports & Entertainment · Estonia

Music festival held in Estonia

Outside Lands

Sports & Entertainment · Golden Gate Park

Music festival held annually in San Francisco

Dinosaur Land

Sports & Entertainment

Miniature park

32nd Cairo International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Cairo

Film festival edition

2008 Toronto International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Toronto

2008 film festival edition

International Festival of Independent Cinema PKO Off Camera

Sports & Entertainment · Kraków

Polish film festival

Gulf Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Dubai

Film festival

LaSemo

Sports & Entertainment

Music festival in Belgium

Animator

Sports & Entertainment · Poznań

International animated film festival held in Poland

Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International

Sports & Entertainment · Frankfurt

Annual film festival held in Frankfurt, Germany

Branchage

Sports & Entertainment · Channel Islands

UK film festival

Hop Farm Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Paddock Wood

Music festival in Kent, England

2008 European Mountain Bike Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Sankt Wendel

Margarita Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Margarita Island

Suwałki Blues Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Suwałki

Festival of Film Music in Krakow

Sports & Entertainment · Kraków

Teatro Era

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in Pontedera, Italy

Central Square Theater

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Maihama Amphitheater

Sports & Entertainment · Tokyo Disney Resort

Theater at Tokyo

5th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Yerevan

2008 film festival edition

2008 Metro Manila Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Manila

Film festival edition

2008 Summer Biathlon World Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Maurienne

2008 Sitges Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Sitges

Singapore Grand Prix

Sports & Entertainment · Marina Bay Street Circuit

Formula 1 Grand Prix

basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Cadillac Arena

Basketball played during the 2008 Summer Olympics

athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing National Stadium

Athletics events at the Olympics

swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing National Aquatics Center

Olympic swimming events in Beijing 2008

2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing

Multi-parasport event in Beijing, China

handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · National Olympic Sports Centre Stadium

Handball tournaments played during the 2008 Olympic Summer Games

football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing National Stadium

2008 edition of association football at the Olympic Summer Games

badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing

Badminton championships

cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX) Venue

Cycling events at the Olympics

archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Olympic Green Archery Field

Archery events at the Olympics

judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium

Judo competition

boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Workers Indoor Arena

Boxing competitions

field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Olympic Green Hockey Field

Field hockey competition

rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park

Rowing regatta

fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · China National Convention Center

Fencing events at the Olympics

wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · China Agricultural University Gymnasium

Competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics

volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Capital Indoor Stadium

Volleyball events at the Olympics

canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park

Canoeing events at the Olympics

weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beihang University Gymnasium

Weightlifting events at the Olympics

triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Ming Tombs Reservoir

Triathlon events at the Olympics

baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Cadillac Arena

Baseball events at the Olympics

shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing Shooting Range Hall

Competition at the 2008 Olympic Summer Games

water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Ying Tung Natatorium

softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Fengtai Softball Field

Softball events at the Olympics

gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing National Indoor Stadium

Competitive events at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games

diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing National Aquatics Center

Diving events at the Olympics

taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium

Taekwondo competition

table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Peking University Gymnasium

Table tennis events at the Olympics

synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing National Aquatics Center

Synchronized swimming events at the Olympics

sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Qingdao International Sailing Centre

Sailing at the Olympics

equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Hong Kong

Event in Olympics

modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · National Olympic Sports Centre Stadium

Modern pentathlon events at the Olympics

tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's doubles

Sports & Entertainment · National Tennis Center, Beijing

Held from August 10 to August 16 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre.

athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metres

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing National Stadium

Athletics discipline event at an athletics meeting

2008 UEFA Cup Final

Sports & Entertainment · Etihad Stadium

Final

J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship

Sports & Entertainment · Japan

Football tournament

athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 200 metres

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing National Stadium

Athletics discipline event at an athletics meeting

2008 AFC Challenge Cup

Sports & Entertainment · India

Football tournament

2008 World Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Scandinavium

Figure skating competition

2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final

Sports & Entertainment · International Stadium Yokohama

Association football match

athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing National Stadium

Athletics discipline event at an athletics meeting

Championship League

Sports & Entertainment · Leicester

Snooker tournament

Six-red World Championship

Sports & Entertainment · Bangkok

Snooker tournament

2008 European Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Dom Sportova

Figure skating competition

2008 French Open – women's doubles

Sports & Entertainment · Stade Roland Garros

2008 tennis event results

Wuxi Classic

Sports & Entertainment · Wuxi

Snooker tournament

2008–09 OFC Champions League

Sports & Entertainment · Oceania

International football competition

Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat

Sports & Entertainment · Rabat

Annual athletics event in Rabat, Morocco

2008 Bahrain Championship

Sports & Entertainment · Manama

Snooker tournament

athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing National Stadium

archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Olympic Green Archery Field

wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing

swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing National Aquatics Center

cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Laoshan Velodrome

2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Winter Sports Palace

Figure skating competition

2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final

Sports & Entertainment · Accra Sports Stadium

Association football match

2008 Welsh Open

Sports & Entertainment · Newport

Snooker tournament

2008 Masters

Sports & Entertainment · London

Snooker tournament

2008 UK Championship

Sports & Entertainment · Telford

Snooker tournament

2008 Shanghai Masters

Sports & Entertainment · Shanghai

Snooker tournament

boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · China National Convention Center

2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Goyang

Figure skating competition

2008 DFB-Pokal Final

Sports & Entertainment · Berlin Olympic Stadium

Association football match

wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing

Tennis tournament

Küstendorf Film and Music Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Küstendorf

Annual festival in Serbia

football 5-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Olympic Green Hockey Field

2008 IAAF World Athletics Final

Sports & Entertainment · Stuttgart

International track and field competition

2008 China Open

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing

Snooker tournament

2008 Jiangsu Classic

Sports & Entertainment · Wuxi Sports Center

Snooker tournament

Cachantún Cup

Sports & Entertainment · Viña del Mar

2008 tennis tournament in Chile

beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing Chaoyang Park

Sporting event

powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beihang University Gymnasium

Powerlifting at the Olympics

table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Peking University Gymnasium

sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Hillcrest Park

2008 NHK Trophy

Sports & Entertainment · Yoyogi National Gymnasium

Figure skating competition

2008 Cup of China

Sports & Entertainment · Capital Indoor Stadium

Figure skating competition

2008 Skate America

Sports & Entertainment · Angel of the Winds Arena

Figure skating competition

2008 Copa del Rey Final

Sports & Entertainment · Vicente Calderón Stadium

Football match

2008 Copa Libertadores Finals

Sports & Entertainment · Maracanã Stadium

Football match

2008 Coppa Italia Final

Sports & Entertainment · Stadio Olimpico

Football match

gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – women's artistic qualification

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing

World Science Festival

Sports & Entertainment · United States

Organization in New York, United States

goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Olympic Green Hockey Field

2008 Grand Prix

Sports & Entertainment · Glasgow

Snooker tournament

2008 Northern Ireland Trophy

Sports & Entertainment · Belfast

Snooker tournament

2008 Malta Cup

Sports & Entertainment · Portomaso

Snooker tournament

OEC Taipei Ladies Open

Sports & Entertainment · Taipei

Women's tennis tournament

L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo (ITF)

Sports & Entertainment · Saint-Malo

Women's tennis tournament

BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux

Sports & Entertainment · Bordeaux

Tournament

equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Hong Kong

Equestrian behaviour exhibition

2008 Cup of Russia

Sports & Entertainment · Megasport Arena

Figure skating competition

2008–2009 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

Sports & Entertainment · Goyang

Figure skating competition

2008 Skate Canada International

Sports & Entertainment · Canadian Tire Centre

Figure skating competition

2008 Trophée Eric Bompard

Sports & Entertainment · Accor Arena

Figure skating competition

2008 Nebelhorn Trophy

Sports & Entertainment · Oberstdorf

Figure skating competition

gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's artistic qualification

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing

wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing National Indoor Stadium

Wheelchair Basketball competition

shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing Shooting Range Hall

wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium

UFC 90

Sports & Entertainment · Allstate Arena

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC 91

Sports & Entertainment · MGM Grand Garden Arena

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC 83

Sports & Entertainment · Bell Centre

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC 84

Sports & Entertainment · MGM Grand Garden Arena

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

ATP Challenger Guangzhou

Sports & Entertainment · Guangzhou

Tennis tournament

NACAM Rally Championship

Sports & Entertainment · North America

Rallying championship series held in North America

Ballantine's Championship

Sports & Entertainment · Tampines

Golf tournament

MLS Cup 2008

Sports & Entertainment · Dignity Health Sports Park

2008 edition of the MLS Cup soccer competition

2008 Coupe de France Final

Sports & Entertainment · Stade de France

Association football final

2008 Coupe de la Ligue Final

Sports & Entertainment · Stade de France

Association football match

2008 Ukrainian Cup Final

Sports & Entertainment · Metalist Stadium

Association football match

sitting volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports & Entertainment · China Agricultural University Gymnasium

Sitting volleyball competition held in the China Agricultural University Gymnasium in September, 2008.

2008 Championship League

Sports & Entertainment · Stock

Snooker tournament

2008 Six-red Snooker International

Sports & Entertainment · Bangkok

Snooker tournament

Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008

Sports & Entertainment · Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2008–09

Sports & Entertainment · Bangladesh

Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes

Sports & Entertainment · Meknes

Tennis tournament

UFC 89

Sports & Entertainment · Arena Birmingham

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC 85

Sports & Entertainment · The O2 Arena

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC 88

Sports & Entertainment · State Farm Arena

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC 86

Sports & Entertainment · Michelob Ultra Arena

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC 81

Sports & Entertainment · Michelob Ultra Arena

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC 92

Sports & Entertainment · MGM Grand Garden Arena

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC 87

Sports & Entertainment · Target Center

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC 82

Sports & Entertainment · Nationwide Arena

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC 80

Sports & Entertainment · Utilita Arena

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer

Sports & Entertainment · Omaha Civic Auditorium

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

Dunlop World Challenge

Sports & Entertainment · Sky Hall Toyota

Tennis tournament

Türk Telecom İzmir Cup

Sports & Entertainment · İzmir

Tennis tournament

Morocco Tennis Tour – Tanger

Sports & Entertainment · Tangier

Tennis tournament

UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin

Sports & Entertainment · Pearl Concert Theater

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon

Sports & Entertainment · 1stBank Center

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC: Fight for the Troops

Sports & Entertainment · Cumberland County Crown Coliseum

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC Fight Night: Swick vs Burkman

Sports & Entertainment · Pearl Concert Theater

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

HSBC Women's Champions

Sports & Entertainment · Singapore

Women's professional golf tournament

Puerto Rico Open

Sports & Entertainment · Río Grande

Golf tournament

Napoli Teatro Festival Italia

Sports & Entertainment

Annual theatre festival in Naples, Italy

2008–2009 Japan Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Big Hat

Figure skating competition

2008 AFC Champions League finals

Sports & Entertainment · Hindmarsh Stadium

Football match

2008 Turkish Cup Final

Sports & Entertainment · Bursa Atatürk Stadium

Association football match

Irish cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007–08

Sports & Entertainment · Bangladesh

South African cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007–08

Sports & Entertainment · Bangladesh

New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2008–09

Sports & Entertainment · Bangladesh

Israel Open

Sports & Entertainment · Ramat HaSharon

Tennis tournament

Slammiversary

Sports & Entertainment · Southaven

2008 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view event

Internazionali Femminili di Brescia

Sports & Entertainment · Brescia

Tennis tournament

Tashkent Challenger

Sports & Entertainment · Tashkent

Tennis tournament

Morocco Tennis Tour – Kenitra

Sports & Entertainment · Kenitra

Tennis tournament

The Jersey International

Sports & Entertainment · Q15706498

Men's tennis tournament (2008-2010)

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale

Sports & Entertainment · Pearl Concert Theater

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale

Sports & Entertainment · Pearl Concert Theater

Antonio Puerta Trophy

Sports & Entertainment · Seville

Football tournament

2008 Ondrej Nepela Memorial

Sports & Entertainment · Ondrej Nepela Arena

Figure skating competition

2008 Finlandia Trophy

Sports & Entertainment · Tikkurila Areena

Figure skating competition

2009 Russian Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Kazan

Figure skating competition

2008 A-League Grand Final

Sports & Entertainment · Sydney Football Stadium

Football match

2008 Belgian Cup Final

Sports & Entertainment · King Baudouin Stadium

Association football match

2008 Taça de Portugal Final

Sports & Entertainment · Estádio Nacional

Association football match

2008 Wimbledon Championships – men's singles final

Sports & Entertainment · London

2008 Paul Hunter Classic

Sports & Entertainment · Fürth

Snooker tournament

King of the Ring

Sports & Entertainment · Bon Secours Wellness Arena

2008 professional wrestling event

Aegon GB Pro-Series Barnstaple

Sports & Entertainment · Barnstaple

ITF Women's Circuit tennis tournament

Alessandria Challenger

Sports & Entertainment · Alessandria

Tennis tournament

Concurso Internacional de Tenis – San Sebastián

Sports & Entertainment · San Sebastián

Tennis tournament

Abierto Internacional Varonil Casablanca Cancún

Sports & Entertainment · Cancun

Tennis tournament

BNP Paribas Showdown

Sports & Entertainment · Manhattan

Tennis tournament

Seguros Bolívar Open Cali

Sports & Entertainment · Cali

Tennis tournament

Status Athens Open

Sports & Entertainment · Athens

Professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts

Dynamite!! 2008

Sports & Entertainment · Saitama Super Arena

K-1 martial arts event in 2008

2008 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics

Sports & Entertainment · Toluca de Lerdo

International athletics championship event

Netherlands - Russia, 21 Jun 2008

Sports & Entertainment · St. Jakob-Park

UEFA Euro 2008 match

The World Festival of Clowns in Yekaterinburg

Sports & Entertainment · Yekaterinburg

Annual festival of world clowning

"Asrlar Sadosi" Festival of Traditional Culture

Sports & Entertainment · Tashkent

Uzbek traditional culture festival

2008 Indian Premier League Final

Sports & Entertainment · DY Patil Stadium

Twenty20 Cricket Final

Final Copa Mustang 2008-II

Sports & Entertainment · Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex

Football match

Subversive Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Zagreb

Interdisciplinarni festival

Sztukmistrzów Carnival

Sports & Entertainment · Lublin

Miasto Poezji

Sports & Entertainment · Lublin

Inter Continental Cup

Sports & Entertainment · Kuala Lumpur

Invitational football tournament held in 2008

wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – men's doubles

Sports & Entertainment · National Tennis Center, Beijing

2008 tennis event results

2008 Uber Cup group stage

Sports & Entertainment · Jakarta

Badminton championships

2008 Thomas Cup group stage

Sports & Entertainment · Jakarta

Badminton championships

Nepal founded

Empires & Countries · Kathmandu

Nepal was founded, with its capital at Kathmandu.

Kosovo founded

Empires & Countries · Pristina

Kosovo was founded, with its capital at Pristina.

Kingdom of Nepal dissolved

Empires & Countries · Kathmandu

Kingdom of Nepal ceased to exist, having been centered at Kathmandu.

Mustang dissolved

Empires & Countries · Lo Manthang

Mustang ceased to exist, having been centered at Lo Manthang.

Northland State founded

Empires & Countries · Las Anod

Northland State was founded, with its capital at Las Anod.

Grand Duchy of Flandrensis founded

Empires & Countries

Grand Duchy of Flandrensis was founded.

Sovereign State of Forvik founded

Empires & Countries

Sovereign State of Forvik was founded.