567 notable events from 2008 — murders, bombings and air crashes. Page 3 of 6.
- Nishimatsu Construction case
2008 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- 2008 Minsk bombing
Jul 4, 2008 · Belarus · Bombing & explosion
- Assassination of Imad Mughniyeh
Feb 12, 2008 · Syrian Arab Republic · Bombing & explosion
- Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Flight 301
Feb 1, 2008 · Bolivia · Aviation accident
- James Herard
Nov 27, 2008 · Murder & homicide
- Gurgaon kidney scandal
Jan 2008 · India · Scandal & controversy
- Murder of Melissa Batten
Jul 29, 2008 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2008 India–Pakistan standoff
Dec 2008 · India · War & armed conflict
- Triple crime
Aug 13, 2008 · Argentina · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Bangalore serial blasts
Jul 25, 2008 · India · Bombing & explosion
- 2008 Bolivian political crisis
Oct 28, 2008 · Bolivia · Crisis
- 2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash
Dec 8, 2008 · United States · Aviation accident
- 2008 Exeter attempted bombing
May 22, 2008 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- 2008 Thai political crisis
2008–2010 · Thailand · Crisis
- Porvenir massacre
Sep 11, 2008 · Bolivia · Massacre
- 2008 Guam B-52 crash
Jul 21, 2008 · Guam · Aviation accident
- 2008 US beef protest in South Korea
2008 · South Korea · Riot & unrest
- 2008 Scania earthquake
Dec 16, 2008 · Sweden · Earthquake
- Aichi bus hijacking incident
Jul 16, 2008 · Japan
- Murder of Lakshmanananda Saraswati
Aug 23, 2008 · India · Murder & homicide
- August 2008 European tornado outbreak
Aug 1, 2008 · France · Natural disaster
- Hewa Bora Airways Flight 122
Apr 15, 2008 · DR Congo · Aviation accident
- 2008 East Timorese assassination attempts
Feb 11, 2008 · Timor-Leste · War & armed conflict
- 2008 Kashgar attack
Aug 4, 2008 · China · Terrorism
- 2008 protests against Kosovo declaration of independence
Feb 28, 2008 · Serbia · Riot & unrest
- Murder of Ahmet Yıldız
Jul 15, 2008 · Türkiye · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Skierlik shooting
Jan 14, 2008 · South Africa · Shooting
- 2008 Landrückentunnel rail accident
Apr 26, 2008 · Germany · Rail accident
- 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack
Jan 14, 2008 · Afghanistan · Terrorism
- Morelia grenade attacks
Sep 15, 2008 · Mexico · Terrorism
- 2008 Barcelona terror plot
Jan 18, 2008–Jan 19, 2008 · Spain · Terrorism
- Tornado outbreak sequence of June 3–11, 2008
Jan 1, 2008 · United States · Natural disaster
- Hurricane Hanna (2008)
Aug 28, 2008–Sep 7, 2008 · United States · Natural disaster
- 2008 Atkins–Clinton tornado
Feb 5, 2008 · United States · Natural disaster
- July 2008 Iwate earthquake
Jul 24, 2008 · Japan · Earthquake
- Killing of Rachel Genofre
Nov 3, 2008 · Brazil · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Skagit County shootings
Sep 2, 2008 · United States · Shooting
- Akasaka Hie Shrine shrine maiden rape case
Jun 13, 2008 · Japan · Crime & justice
- 2008–2009 neo-Nazi murders of Roma in Hungary
Jul 2008–Aug 2009 · Hungary · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq
Feb 21, 2008 · Iraq · War & armed conflict
- Hachioji slasher attack
Jul 22, 2008 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident
Jan 12, 2008 · Canada · Road accident
- 2008 Illinois earthquake
Apr 18, 2008 · United States · Earthquake
- Tornado outbreak sequence of May 7–11, 2008
Jan 1, 2008 · United States · Natural disaster
- 2008 Ukrainian political crisis
2008 · Ukraine · Crisis
- Zibo train collision
Apr 28, 2008 · China · Rail accident
- Eagle Airways Flight 2279
Feb 8, 2008 · New Zealand · Aviation accident
- 2008 Assam bombings
Oct 30, 2008 · India · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of Roxana Vargas
Jul 12, 2008 · Venezuela · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Atlantis Plastics shooting
Jun 25, 2008 · United States · Shooting
- 2008 Los Roques Archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash
Jan 4, 2008 · Venezuela · Aviation accident
- Disappearance of Jordan Ratcliffe
Aug 31, 2008 · Disappearance
- Disappearance of Steven Cooper
Jan 21, 2008 · United Kingdom · Disappearance
- Operation Hot Winter
Mar 3, 2008 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- Yegor Khabarov
Jan 1, 2008–Jan 1, 2009 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike
Jul 6, 2008 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- 2008 breach of the Egypt–Gaza border
from Jan 23, 2008 · Egypt · Crisis
- 2008 Knoxville church shooting
Jul 27, 2008 · United States · Shooting
- Death of Mark Saunders
May 6, 2008 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- De Punt fire
May 9, 2008 · Netherlands · Fire
- Murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos
Dec 6, 2008 · Greece · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Uyghur unrest
Mar 18, 2008–Aug 28, 2008 · China · Riot & unrest
- 2008 riot in Mongolia
Jul 1, 2008 · Mongolia · Riot & unrest
- 2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash
Mar 30, 2008 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- 2008 Iran–United States naval dispute
Jan 6, 2008 · Iran · War & armed conflict
- Sochi bombings
Apr 3, 2008–Feb 20, 2009 · Russian Federation · Bombing & explosion
- Allinges accident
Jun 2, 2008 · France · Rail accident
- Reactions to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake
2008 · China · Earthquake
- Murder of Mellory Manning
Dec 18, 2008 · New Zealand · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Jeevitha Panippan
Jul 7, 2008 · Singapore · Murder & homicide
- Sriwijaya Air Flight 062
Aug 27, 2008 · Indonesia · Aviation accident
- 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka
Sep 14, 2008–Oct 10, 2008 · India · Attack (other)
- Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini
Aug 21, 2008 · Germany · Attack (other)
- Killing of Fredy Villanueva
Aug 9, 2008 · Canada · Murder & homicide
- K-152 Nerpa accident
Nov 8, 2008 · Russian Federation · Maritime disaster
- 2008 Carson Helicopters Sikorsky S-61 crash
Aug 5, 2008 · United States · Aviation accident
- 2008 unrest in Kosovo
Feb 17, 2008–Jun 28, 2008 · Kosovo · Riot & unrest
- 2008 Iceland earthquake
May 29, 2008 · Iceland · Earthquake
- Leonid Rozhetskin
Mar 16, 2008 · Latvia · Murder & homicide
- Moskovia Airlines Flight 9675
May 26, 2008 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Brandon Dewayne Johnson
Sep 1, 2008–Jan 13, 2009 · United States · Attack (other)
- 2008 Omdurman attack
May 10, 2008–May 12, 2008 · Sudan · War & armed conflict
- Quito Ultratumba nightclub fire
Apr 19, 2008 · Ecuador · Fire
- Hornslet wind-turbine collapse
Feb 22, 2008 · Denmark · Disaster
- Caroline Marcel case
Jun 2008 · France · Murder & homicide
- Killing of Tyler Cassidy
Dec 11, 2008 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad
Jun 2, 2008 · Pakistan · Terrorism
- 2008 Vladikavkaz bombing
Nov 6, 2008 · Russian Federation · Terrorism
- Death of Ophélie Bretnacher
Dec 4, 2008 · Hungary · Disappearance
- 2008 Studénka train wreck
Aug 8, 2008 · Czechia · Rail accident
- Carré d'As IV incident
Sep 2, 2008–Sep 15, 2008 · Somalia · War & armed conflict
- 2008 Guinean coup d'état
Dec 23, 2008 · Guinea · War & armed conflict
- June 2008 Midwest floods
Jun 2008 · United States · Natural disaster
- Pyramid scheme crisis in Colombia
2008 · Colombia · Scandal & controversy
- Sayre Fire
Nov 14, 2008 · United States · Fire
- Assassination of Ivo Pukanić
Oct 23, 2008 · Croatia · Bombing & explosion
- 2008 Conviasa Boeing 737 crash
Aug 30, 2008 · Ecuador · Aviation accident
- Kata Air Transport Flight 007
Apr 11, 2008 · Moldova · Aviation accident
- 2008 Times Square bombing
Mar 6, 2008 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Killing of Ronald Eugene Woodham IV
Dec 4, 2008 · United States · Murder & homicide