2008 CE

With some help from Wikipedia, I have compiled a list of major events that happened in year 2008 of the Common Era.

January 2 - Price of petroleum hits 100USD per barrel.
January 25 - China's worst snowstorm since 1954.
February 17 - Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
February 20 - US Navy shoots down spy satellite.
February 24 - Raul Castro elected President of Cuba.
March 14 - Violent riots by Tibetan separatists in Lhasa.
May 3 - Over 133,000 are killed by Cyclone Nargis in Burma.
May 12 - Over 69,000 are killed by the Sichuan Earthquake.
May 28 - The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is established.
June 12 - ARATS and SEF holds meeting in Beijing.
June 27 - Bill Gates retires from Chairman of Microsoft.
July 7 - 34th G8 Summit.
July 11 - IndyMac is placed in conservatorship.
August 3 - Stampede at temple in India kills 162 and injures 400.
August 4 - Uyghur separatists kill 16 and injure 16 police in Xinjiang.
August 7 - 2008 South Ossetia War begins.
August 8 - Beijing Olympics starts.
September 8 - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are placed in conservatorship.
September 10 - Proton beam of the LHC, in CERN, circulates for the first time.
September 15 - Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy.
September 25 - Shenzou 7 is launched.
September 29 - INDU drops 777.68 points.
September 30 - Stampede at temple in India kills 224 and injures 400.
October 3 - President Bush signs Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.
October 22 - India launches Chandrayaan 1.
November 3 - ARATS arrives in Taiwan.
November 4 - Barack Obama is elected 44th President of the United States of America.
November 12 - Former-President Chen is detained.
November 22 - APEC meeting in Peru.
November 25 - Protestors seize control over two airports in Thailand.
November 26 - Series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai kill 164 and injures 250.
December 6 - Greek boy is shot by police; anti-government riots spread in Greece.
December 15 - Three Links officially starts between Taiwan and China mainland.
December 23 - Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan arrive in Taiwan.
December 27 - Israel initiates series of air strikes against Gaza strip, killing over 345 and injuring 1,6000.
December 30 - Former-President Chen is detained again.

Happy New Year; and superstitious folks, don't forget to do your wish-making, and rabbiting!