567 notable events from 2008 — murders, bombings and air crashes. Page 4 of 6.
- Freeway Complex Fire
Nov 15, 2008 · United States · Fire
- 2008 Putre traffic accident
Aug 29, 2008 · Chile · Road accident
- 2008 French mistaken virginity case
Nov 17, 2008 · Scandal & controversy
- 2008 Jodhpur stampede
Sep 30, 2008 · India · Stampede & crowd crush
- Wuwang Club fire
Sep 20, 2008 · China · Fire
- 2008 Nonhyeon-dong gosiwon murders
Oct 20, 2008 · South Korea · Attack (other)
- Action of 11 November 2008
Nov 11, 2008 · Yemen · War & armed conflict
- Azizabad airstrike
Aug 22, 2008 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- 2008 Latvian financial crisis
2008–2009 · Latvia · Crisis
- Murder of Choo Xue Ying
Oct 16, 2008 · Singapore · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Reno earthquakes
Apr 15, 2008 · United States · Earthquake
- 2008–2012 California budget crisis
2008–2012 · United States · Crisis
- British Chiropractic Association v Singh
Jan 1, 2008 · United Kingdom · Crime & justice
- Murder of Francesca Bimpson
Dec 2, 2008 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Al-Hidaya Mosque massacre
Apr 20, 2008 · Somalia · Massacre
- 2008 Weliveriya bombing
Apr 6, 2008 · Sri Lanka · Bombing & explosion
- Jägerstraße Ludwigshafen
Feb 3, 2008 · Germany · Fire
- 2008 Nineveh campaign
Jan 23, 2008–Jul 28, 2008 · Iraq · War & armed conflict
- Disappearance of Sharlinie Mohd Nashar
Jan 9, 2008 · Disappearance
- Cyclone Emma (2008)
Feb 28, 2008 · Natural disaster
- 2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak
Aug 2008–Jul 1, 2009 · Zimbabwe · Epidemic & disease
- Death of Sean Rigg
Aug 21, 2008 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Wah bombing
Aug 21, 2008 · Pakistan · Terrorism
- 2008 Murshidabad murder
Jul 14, 2008 · India · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Radika Devi Thayagarajah
Sep 3, 2008 · Singapore · Murder & homicide
- Free Software Foundation, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.
Dec 11, 2008–May 20, 2009 · Crime & justice
- Killing of Rachel Genofre
Nov 3, 2008 · Brazil · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Canadian listeriosis outbreak
Aug 2008–Dec 2008 · Canada · Epidemic & disease
- Cottonwood, Minnesota bus crash
Feb 19, 2008 · United States · Road accident
- 2008 Damascus car bombing
Sep 27, 2008 · Syrian Arab Republic · Bombing & explosion
- 2008 Aktütün attack
Oct 3, 2008 · Iraq · Attack (other)
- 2008 El Calvario earthquake
May 24, 2008 · Colombia · Earthquake
- Aeroflot Flight 846
Jun 30, 2008 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Alberd Tersargyan
Jan 1, 2008–Jan 1, 2010 · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests
Feb 29, 2008 · Cameroon · Riot & unrest
- Ashley Todd mugging hoax
Oct 22, 2008 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- 2008 Kunming bus bombings
Jul 21, 2008 · China · Bombing & explosion
- 2008 Lhasa riots
2008 · Riot & unrest
- 2008 attack on the United States embassy in Sanaa
Sep 17, 2008 · Yemen · Attack (other)
- Shiraz bombing
Apr 12, 2008 · Iran · Bombing & explosion
- Woodburn bank bombing
Dec 12, 2008 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- 2008 Shanxi mudslide
Sep 8, 2008 · China · Industrial & structural disaster
- Murder of Khuan Phokaeng
Aug 2, 2008 · Thailand · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Andrew Cunningham
Dec 10, 2008 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Bangladesh–Myanmar naval standoff
Nov 7, 2008 · India · Maritime disaster
- Bombing of Tbilisi
Aug 12, 2008 · Georgia · Bombing & explosion
- 2008 Manhattan crane collapse
Mar 15, 2008 · United States · Industrial & structural disaster
- 2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack
Oct 19, 2008 · India · Terrorism
- 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake
Feb 3, 2008 · Rwanda · Earthquake
- 2008 Santiago plane crash
Feb 27, 2008 · Chile · Aviation accident
- 2008 Jos riots
Nov 29, 2008 · Nigeria · Riot & unrest
- 2008 South China floods
May 26, 2008 · China · Natural disaster
- 2008 Blue Wing Airlines An-28 crash
Apr 3, 2008 · French Guiana · Aviation accident
- 2008 Egyptian general strike
2008 · Riot & unrest
- 2008 Lake Baikal earthquake
Aug 27, 2008 · Russian Federation · Earthquake
- International reactions to the Gaza War (2008–2009)
from 2008 · War & armed conflict
- Hong Kong acid attacks
Dec 13, 2008 · Hong Kong · Attack (other)
- 2008 Parañaque shootout
Dec 5, 2008 · Philippines · Shooting
- Murder of Fernando Martí
Jul 1, 2008 · Mexico · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Álvaro Ussía
Nov 15, 2008 · Murder & homicide
- Militant attack on Benoi-Vedeno
Jun 13, 2008 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Ribeirão Pires dismembered brothers case
Sep 5, 2008 · Brazil · Murder & homicide
- 2008–2009 Oslo anti-Israel riots
Dec 29, 2008 · Norway · Riot & unrest
- Creel Massacre
Aug 16, 2008 · Mexico · Massacre
- 2008 Dimona suicide bombing
Feb 4, 2008 · Israel · Terrorism
- 2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq
Apr 15, 2008–May 19, 2008 · Iraq · War & armed conflict
- Río Hondo massacre
Mar 25, 2008 · Guatemala · Massacre
- 2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul
Oct 2008–Jan 2009 · Iraq · Massacre
- 2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack
Jul 9, 2008 · Türkiye · Shooting
- 2008 University of Central Arkansas shooting
Oct 26, 2008 · United States · Shooting
- Ranong human-smuggling incident
Apr 8, 2008 · Thailand · Crime & justice
- 2008 Aéreo Ruta Maya crash
Aug 24, 2008 · Guatemala · Aviation accident
- Dhusamareb airstrike
May 1, 2008 · Somalia · War & armed conflict
- 2008 Karmah bombing
Jun 26, 2008 · Iraq · Bombing & explosion
- Ashgabat mutiny (2008)
Sep 13, 2008 · Turkmenistan · War & armed conflict
- Kander boating accident
Jun 12, 2008 · Switzerland · Accident
- 2008 Istanbul bombings
Jul 27, 2008 · Türkiye · Bombing & explosion
- 2008 Yevpatoria gas explosion
Dec 24, 2008 · Ukraine · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of Tan Lead Sane
Jun 28, 2008 · Singapore · Murder & homicide
- Train crash on the Irtyshskoye–Cherlak line
Sep 28, 2008 · Russian Federation · Industrial & structural disaster
- Balimela reservoir boat attack
Jun 29, 2008 · India · War & armed conflict
- 2008 Abu Bakr Mosque Bombing (Baku)
Aug 17, 2008 · Azerbaijan · Attack (other)
- Fort railway station bombing
Feb 3, 2008 · Sri Lanka · Bombing & explosion
- 2008 Congo football riots
Sep 14, 2008 · DR Congo · Riot & unrest
- 2008 Panzhihua earthquake
Aug 30, 2008 · China · Earthquake
- SiPort shooting
Nov 14, 2008 · United States · Shooting
- 2008 Ukraine coal mine collapse
Jun 8, 2008 · Ukraine · Industrial & structural disaster
- 2008 Chechnya earthquake
Oct 11, 2008 · Russian Federation · Earthquake
- Angoor Adda raid
Sep 3, 2008 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- Sarposa prison attack of 2008
Jun 13, 2008 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- 27 September 2008 Delhi bombing
Sep 27, 2008 · India · Bombing & explosion
- Balamorghab ambush
Nov 27, 2008 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- Battle of Kismayo (2008)
Aug 20, 2008–Aug 22, 2008 · Somalia · War & armed conflict
- Explosions at Arsenal No. 61 in Lozova
Sep 9, 2008 · Ukraine · Bombing & explosion
- 2008 Ziarat earthquakes
Oct 29, 2008 · Pakistan · Earthquake
- Sherman, Texas bus accident
Aug 8, 2008 · United States · Road accident
- 2008 Western Australian gas crisis
Jun 3, 2008–Dec 2008 · Australia · Crisis
- Lusignan massacre
Jan 26, 2008 · Guyana · Massacre
- 2008 Chelopechene explosions
Jul 3, 2008 · Bulgaria · Fire
- Lianhe No. incident
Jun 2008 · Japan · Maritime disaster