American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps’]
Tag: 2008
11 September 2008
A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months. When a…
15 September 2008
Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the largest bankruptcy filing in USA history. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank, succumbed…
11 September 2008
A major fire in Channel Tunnel broke out on a freight train. Part of the tunnel is closed for 6 months. Firefighters endured extreme temperatures…
2 May 2008
cyclone Nargis makes kills over 138,000 people in Burma. In early May 2008, Burma was struck by Cyclone Nargis, which left over 138,000 dead and…
10 September 2008
The Large Hadron Collider built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research is started in Geneva, Switzerland.
17 August 2008
The USA swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at the one Olympic Games.
25 July 2008
A series of nine bombs exploded in which two people were killed and 20 injured in Bangalore.
23 September 2008
Matti Saari kills 10 people in a school before committing suicide in Kauhajoki.