Biggest Events of the Year 2008

The Top Ten

1 Global Financial Crisis

It was the worst crisis since the Great Depression

2 Summer Olympic Games 2008

3 Large Hadron Collider Begins to Work

LGC researchers hope to find the Higgs boson, which is also known as "God Particle" - the only elementary particle that science was unable to observe

4 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake (Measuring Around 8.0 Magnitude) Occurs In Sichuan, China, Killing Over 69,000 People

5 War in South Ossetia

6 United States Presidential Election

7 Russian Presidential Election

8 Miss Universe 2008

9 The Death of the Russian Orthodox Leader

10 In the UN General Assembly, 105 countries vote for a resolution against the death penalty.

The Contenders

11 UEFA Euro 2008

12 President George W. Bush made his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and almost got struck by two shoes thrown at him by an Iraqi journalist

13 Nic Diederichs Technical High School slashing

14 Death of Caylee Anthony

15 George Carlin dies

16 Birth of Paul the Octopus

17 Volcanic activity of Mount St. Helens ends

18 Fritzl case

19 Mysterious Gnome reported in General Güemes, Salta

20 Super Bowl XLII

21 Atlanta Tornado Outbreak

22 The Dark Knight is released

23 Heath Ledger dies

24 Barack Obama Elected President

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