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A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould…
A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould…
The start of the Russo-Georgian War over the territory of South Ossetia.
A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge…
Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
The President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, resigns under threat of impeachment.
War of Afghanistan: The Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.
Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.
The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and…
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva,…
Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.
The stock market crashes with the Dow Jones dropping a then record 778 points after the United States House of…
The stock market crashes with the Dow Jones dropping a then record 778 points after the United States House of…
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's…
Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy wi
Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments