Events in 2008

567 notable events from 2008. Page 1 of 6.

• 2008 Mumbai attacks
  Nov 26, 2008–Nov 29, 2008 · India
• Death of Caylee Anthony
  Dec 11, 2008 · United States
• Russo-Georgian War
  Aug 7, 2008–Aug 12, 2008 · Georgia
• Murder of Travis Alexander
  Jun 4, 2008 · United States
• 2008 Noida double murder case
  May 16, 2008 · India
• Sudan Airways Flight 109
  Jun 10, 2008 · Sudan
• Cho Doo-soon case
  Dec 2008 · South Korea
• Iwate 17-year-old woman murder case
  Jul 1, 2008 · Japan
• 2008 Akihabara massacre
  Jun 8, 2008 · Japan
• 2008 K2 disaster
  Aug 1, 2008 · Pakistan
• 2008 Sichuan earthquake
  May 12, 2008 · China
• Caffey family murders
  Mar 1, 2008 · United States
• Disappearance of Brandon Swanson
  May 14, 2008 · United States
• 2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash
  Sep 19, 2008 · United States
• Murder of Denise Amber Lee
  Jan 17, 2008 · United States
• Killing of Tim McLean
  Jul 30, 2008–Jul 31, 2008 · Canada
• Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews
  Feb 19, 2008–Mar 14, 2008 · United Kingdom
• British Airways Flight 38
  Jan 17, 2008 · United Kingdom
• Renault Formula One crash controversy
  2008 · Singapore
• Spanair Flight 5022
  Aug 20, 2008 · Spain
• Lane Bryant shooting
  Feb 2, 2008 · United States
• Gaza War (2008–2009)
  Dec 27, 2008–Jan 18, 2009 · Palestine
• 2008 Chinese milk scandal
  2008 · China
• Aeroflot Flight 821
  Sep 14, 2008 · Russian Federation
• Murder of Brianna Denison
  Jan 20, 2008 · United States
• Britney Spears conservatorship case
  Feb 1, 2008–Nov 12, 2021 · United States
• Murder of Isabella Nardoni
  Mar 29, 2008 · Brazil
• Murder of Ben Kinsella
  Jun 29, 2008 · United Kingdom
• Kidnapping and murder of Eloá Cristina Pimentel
  Oct 2008 · Brazil
• Koto apartment disappearance murder case
  Apr 18, 2008 · Japan
• Qantas Flight 72
  Oct 7, 2008 · Australia
• 2008 UEFA Cup final riots
  May 14, 2008 · United Kingdom
• Xenophobia in South Africa
  May 1, 2008 · South Africa
• Rochdale child sex abuse ring
  Jan 1, 2008 · United Kingdom
• Raffaello Follieri scandal
  2008 · United States
• George W. Bush shoe-throwing incident
  Dec 14, 2008 · Iraq
• Okayama underground lake disappearance incident
  Jan 5, 2008 · Japan
• Adelir Antônio de Carli
  Apr 20, 2008 · Brazil
• XL Airways Germany Flight 888T
  Nov 27, 2008 · France
• 2008 Lebanon conflict
  May 7, 2008–May 14, 2008 · Lebanon
• Christian Gerhartsreiter
  Jul 27, 2008 · —
• Ryanair Flight 4102
  Nov 10, 2008 · Italy
• 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis
  2008–2011 · Iceland
• Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
  Sep 20, 2008 · Pakistan
• Felix Batista
  Dec 10, 2008 · Mexico
• Continental Airlines Flight 1404
  Dec 20, 2008 · United States
• Blaine Milam
  Dec 2, 2008 · United States
• 2008 Mexico City Learjet 45 crash
  Nov 4, 2008 · Mexico
• 4 World Trade Center
  Jan 1, 2008 · United States
• Tata Nano Singur controversy
  2008 · India
• Kids for cash scandal
  2008 · United States
• Hurricane Ike
  Sep 1, 2008–Sep 15, 2008 · United States
• 2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 crash
  Feb 23, 2008 · Guam
• Browning family murders
  Feb 1, 2008 · —
• Kauhajoki school shooting
  Sep 23, 2008 · Finland
• Nishi-Shinjuku incident
  Mar 2008 · Japan
• Battle of Wanat
  Jul 13, 2008 · Afghanistan
• Murder of Jason Hudson
  Oct 24, 2008 · United States
• 2008–2014 Spanish financial crisis
  2008–2014 · Spain
• Toyota city high school girl murder incident
  May 2, 2008 · Japan
• Murder of Jimmy Mizen
  May 10, 2008 · United Kingdom
• Disappearance of Amy Fitzpatrick
  Jan 1, 2008 · Spain
• Garanhuns cannibals
  2008 · Brazil
• 2008 Tibetan unrest
  from Mar 10, 2008 · China
• 2008 Universal Studios fire
  Jun 1, 2008–Jun 2, 2008 · United States
• Uzbin Valley ambush
  until Aug 19, 2008 · Afghanistan
• Osaka movie theatre fire
  Oct 1, 2008 · Japan
• Tsuchiura stabbing spree
  Mar 19, 2008–Mar 23, 2008 · Japan
• Murder of Larry King
  Feb 12, 2008 · United States
• Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia
  Jan 1, 2008 · Georgia
• Jaipur bombings
  May 13, 2008 · India
• Operation Jaque
  Jul 2, 2008 · Colombia
• Steven Kazmierczak
  Feb 14, 2008 · —
• 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting
  Feb 14, 2008 · United States
• Christie Michelle Scott
  Aug 16, 2008 · —
• Besançon poisonings
  Jan 1, 2008–Jan 1, 2017 · France
• Lake Biwa dismemberment murder case
  May 17, 2008 · Japan
• Covina massacre
  Dec 24, 2008 · United States
• 2008 Chatsworth train collision
  Sep 12, 2008 · United States
• Kennedy v. Louisiana
  Jun 25, 2008 · United States
• Murder of Alijah Mullis
  Jan 29, 2008 · United States
• Murders of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and Khandalyce Pearce
  2008 · —
• TACA Flight 390
  May 30, 2008 · Honduras
• Tea Fire
  Nov 13, 2008 · United States
• 2008–2011 Cambodian–Thai border crisis
  Oct 1, 2008 · Thailand
• Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518
  Feb 21, 2008 · Venezuela
• Batla House encounter case
  Sep 19, 2008 · India
• Murder of Eve Carson
  Mar 5, 2008 · United States
• Castel Volturno massacre
  Sep 18, 2008 · Italy
• Amroha murder case
  Apr 15, 2008 · India
• Disappearance of Alex Sloley
  Aug 2, 2008 · United Kingdom
• East Coast Jets Flight 81
  Jul 31, 2008 · United States
• Murder of Sophie Elliott
  Jan 9, 2008 · New Zealand
• Kho Jabing
  Feb 17, 2008 · —
• Murder of Lauren Burk
  Mar 4, 2008 · United States
• Murder of Martine Vik Magnussen
  Mar 14, 2008 · United Kingdom
• 2008 Polish Air Force C-295 crash
  Jan 23, 2008 · Poland
• Cornwall Court fire
  Aug 10, 2008 · Hong Kong
• Disappearance of Marilyn Bergeron
  Feb 17, 2008 · Canada
• Murders of Jan Pietrzak and Quiana Jenkins-Pietrzak
  Oct 15, 2008 · United States