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This article covers breaking news and events in August 2008.
Daily events
Friday August 1, 2008
- Islamabad / Pakistan : 9 mountaineers are killed in an accident on K2 in the Himalayas .
- Konya / Turkey : When a house collapses in the village of Balcilar near Konya, 17 students from a Koran course are killed.
- Nuku'alofa / Tonga : George Tupou V is solemnly crowned King of Tonga .
- Nunavut / Canada : total solar eclipse in the north polar region ( list of solar eclipses of the 21st century )
Saturday 2nd August 2008
- Istanbul / Turkey : The bomb attack on a shopping center in the Istanbul district of Güngören , which caused 17 deaths and 154 injuries on July 27, 2008, is said to have been cleared up, according to the Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay. There are eight suspects since the mid-week in custody .
- Munich / Germany : Siemens AG wants to sell 80 percent of its Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices division with the Gigaset family of telephones on October 1, 2008 to the investment company Arques Industries . Employment guarantees are to be given for the locations in Bocholt with 1,400 employees and Munich with 250 employees.
- Pretoria / South Africa : Tens of thousands of people celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday at the central event of the African National Congress (ANC) .
Sunday 3rd August 2008
- Naina Devi / India : A mass panic at the temple of the Hindu goddess Naina Devi kills at least 145 people.
Monday 4th August 2008
- Kashgar / China : 16 officers are killed in a grenade attack on a police station in the Xinjiang region .
Tuesday 5th August 2008
- Hagen / Germany : The SinnLeffers fashion house files an application to open insolvency proceedings and wants to keep as many of its 47 fashion houses as possible through this step.
Wednesday August 6, 2008
- Kunduz / Afghanistan : An assassin blows himself up near a Bundeswehr patrol. Three soldiers are injured, one dies in October 2009 from the long-term effects.
- Nouakchott / Mauritania : President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi as well as the prime minister and interior minister were arrested by insurgent officers during a coup in Mauritania .
Thursday 7th August 2008
- Caracas / Venezuela : In Venezuela, 38 Warao Indians die from a rabies epidemic caused by vampire bats.
Friday August 8, 2008
- Beijing / China : After an opening ceremony staged by Zhang Yimou , Chinese President Hu Jintao opens the XXIX. Olympic games .
- Studénka / Czech Republic : Around 10:30 CEST there was a train accident when the EC 108 drove into the rubble of a collapsing road bridge. At least ten people are killed and at least 31 are injured in the accident.
- Stuttgart / Germany : Jens Lehmann announces his resignation as goalkeeper of the national soccer team .
- Tbilisi / Georgia : To 00:45 CET Georgia declared the internationally unrecognized Republic of South Ossetia to the war . South Ossetia is part of Georgia, but is almost exclusively inhabited by the Ossetian ethnic group , which is hardly represented in the rest of Georgia.
Saturday 9th August 2008
- Beijing / China : A Chinese man attacks two US tourists with their city guide and kills one of them. The second tourist and the guide are injured. After the bloody act, the perpetrator falls from the historic drum tower .
- Zurich / Switzerland : Around 820,000 people from all over Europe come to the Street Parade on Zurich's lake basin, which begins in the early afternoon with the parade of 27 decorated “Love Mobiles” and this year the motto is “Friendship”.
Sunday 10th August 2008
- Boumerdes / Algeria : Eight people were killed and 19 people injured in a suicide attack on a gendarmerie post.
- Georgia : The Caucasus conflict against the South Ossetian protective power Russia continues to expand , Sergei Bagapsch has also declared a state of war in the breakaway region of Abkhazia . Russian fighter jets bomb Tbilisi airport , Poti port and Gori city . Georgia has declared a unilateral ceasefire for South Ossetia, the implementation of which is questioned by Russia. In the Black Sea there was heavy sea fighting between the Georgian Navy and the Russian Black Sea Fleet , which set up a sea blockade off the Georgian coast .
- Kuqa / China : After a series of more than 20 detonations and shootings in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region , police kill seven men while soldiers cordon off the city. The background to the riot is not clear.
- Beijing / China : Michael Phelps has won the first of the eight gold medals he was aiming for. The American won over 400 m medley and at the same time improved his own world record by 1.5 seconds.
- Toronto / Canada : A firefighter is killed in an explosion in a propane gas system . 13,000 residents have to be temporarily evacuated.
Tuesday August 12, 2008
- Moscow / Russia : After five days of war in the Caucasus , Russian President Medvedev has announced a halt to military operations in South Ossetia and Abkhazia and a withdrawal of Russian soldiers.
Wednesday August 13, 2008
- Central Europe : The Perseids can be seen in the sky from around 2:00 a.m. on the night of August 13 from Central Europe.
- Beijing / China : After winning his eleventh gold medal, US swimming star Michael Phelps is the most successful participant in the Summer Olympics.
Thursday August 14, 2008
- Tripoli / Lebanon : 18 people are killed in an attack, probably against the Lebanese President Michel Suleiman .
- Warsaw / Poland : Poland and the United States despite fierce Russian criticism to build a US missile defense National Missile Defense decided (NMD) on Polish soil.
Friday August 15, 2008
- Berlin / Germany : The German mechanical engineering sector is developing with significant export growth in 2008 and is making a major contribution to improving the German labor market .
- Kassel / Germany : The head is put back on during the restoration work on the Kassel Hercules .
- Luxembourg / Luxembourg : According to Eurostat , in the second quarter of 2008 the gross domestic product of the euro zone fell by 0.2% after seasonal and calendar adjustments compared to the first quarter of 2008 , including in Italy and France by 0.3% and in Germany by 0.5%. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the gross domestic product in Germany increased by 1.8% in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the previous year and by 3.1% in the second. Seasonally and calendar adjusted, the corresponding rates are 2.6% and 1.7%, so growth has weakened in a seasonally adjusted view. Second quarter of 2008 compared to the first quarter of 2008, GDP contracted by 0.5%, seasonally and calendar adjusted.
- Beijing / China : Michael Phelps wins the sixth gold medal over 200 layers and Britta Steffen takes gold over 100 m freestyle.
Saturday August 16, 2008
- Central Europe : A partial lunar eclipse can be observed from all over Central Europe ( lunar eclipse on August 16, 2008 ).
- Mönchengladbach / Germany : 107 people are injured in a gas accident in a paint factory.
- Beijing / China : Sprinter Usain Bolt from Jamaica sets a new world record over 100 meters with 9.69 seconds.
- Beijing / China : Michael Phelps wins the seventh gold medal, setting the record held by Mark Spitz for most gold medals won at a Summer Olympics.
Sunday 17th August 2008
- Berlin / Germany : Two and a half months after its inauguration, the memorial for homosexuals persecuted under National Socialism in Berlin was badly damaged in an attack.
- Durach / Germany : A single-engine sport aircraft gets caught in a high-voltage line. The couple, stuck at a height of 20 meters, are rescued by the fire brigade after two hours.
- Havana / Cuba : Tropical storm Fay claims 4 lives in the Caribbean.
- Beijing / China : Michael Phelps wins the eighth gold medal, beating the record held by Mark Spitz since 1972 . Britta Steffen wins gold in the 50 m freestyle.
- Beijing / China : The United Kingdom's Olympic athletes win 8 gold medals in Beijing in one weekend. The British cyclists in particular are successful in Beijing with Bradley Wiggins , Chris Hoy , Rebecca Romero and Nicole Cooke both individually and as a team with Jamie Staff / Jason Kenny / Chris Hoy and dominate Olympic cycling.
- Beijing / China : The Olympic athletes of the People's Republic of China win eight gold medals in Beijing in one day and lead the medal table with 35 gold medals. Among other things, Wang Jiao wins gold in wrestling, Zou Kai wins gold in floor exercise, Xiao Qin wins gold in horse-drawn gymnastics , Guo Yue , Wang Nan and Zhang Yining win gold in table tennis doubles, Lin Dan wins gold in badminton singles and Guo Jingjing receives Gold from the 3 meter springboard in synchronized jumping.
Monday August 18, 2008
- Islamabad / Pakistan : Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has announced his resignation. He anticipates impeachment proceedings announced by the Pakistani People's Party .
- Beijing / China : The Olympic athletes of the People's Republic of China dominate the table tennis competitions . The Chinese team with Wang Hao , Wang Liqin and Ma Lin won 3-0 against the Germans Timo Boll , Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Christian Süß , who achieved silver. In the women's category, the Chinese athletes Zhang Yining , Wang Nan and Guo Yue also beat Singapore 3-0.
- Beijing / China : Russian Jelena Issinbajewa wins gold in the pole vault and reaches a new world record for women with a jump of 5.05 meters.
Tuesday August 19, 2008
- Algiers / Algeria : In a suicide bombing of the Algerian terrorist organization Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in front of a police academy are 43 people to their deaths torn
- Berlin / Germany : As a reaction to the global financial crisis, the so-called Risk Limitation Act comes into force, through which the protection of consumers against credit speculation is to be improved. In particular, the law inserted Section 1192 (1a) into the Civil Code, which significantly changed the security of the land charge.
- Kabul / Afghanistan : Ten French soldiers are killed in fighting between French units and Taliban militias.
- Beijing / China : Matthias Steiner wins gold in weightlifting (super heavyweight) and Jan Frodeno in triathlon . The Estonian Gerd Kanter is Olympic champion in the discus throw with 68.82 meters.
Wednesday August 20, 2008
- Berlin / Germany : With a draft law , the German federal government intends to protect German companies more strongly against takeovers by foreign sovereign wealth funds based outside the European Union .
- Berlin / Germany : The increase in the truck toll from 13.5 to 16.2 cents per kilometer from January 1, 2009, planned by Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD) , is rejected by the CDU / CSU majority in the Federal Council . The CDU transport ministers are pushing for the increase in truck tolls to be mitigated and postponed.
- Madrid / Spain : At Madrid-Barajas airport , the accident of a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 of Spanair claims around 153 dead and 19 seriously injured. ( Spanair flight 5022 )
Thursday August 21, 2008
- Islamabad / Pakistan : At least 64 people are killed in two suicide attacks by the Taliban in front of an arms factory in Wah , Pakistan.
- Somalia : Three ships are again hijacked by piracy off the coast of Somalia .
Saturday 23rd August 2008
- Berlin / Germany : The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe has been desecrated by the biggest graffiti since it opened in 2005. The State Criminal Police Office assumes an act by neo-Nazis .
- Cardiff / United Kingdom : At the start of her European tour, Madonna compares the Republican presidential candidate John McCain with Adolf Hitler .
- Lampedusa / Italy : As every summer, African migrants try to immigrate to Europe via the Mediterranean . Boats get into distress and people die off the Italian coast.
- Washington, DC / United States : Democratic presidential nominee-designate Barack Obama names Joe Biden as a candidate for vice president.
Sunday August 24, 2008
- Bishkek / Kyrgyzstan : At least 71 people are killed in a plane crash near Manas Airport .
- Beijing / China : The Kenyan Samuel Wanjiru wins the marathon with a new Olympic record. The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games begins at around 8 p.m. local time . The most successful nation is the United States with 112 medals, although Chinese athletes have won more gold medals. 41 medals go to Germany , seven to Switzerland and three to Austria .
Monday 25th August 2008
- Denver / United States : The three-day Democratic National Convention begins.
- Wülfrath / Germany : The break in an overpressure safety device was the reason for the gas accident in a chemical plant in Wülfrath with 53 injured. A mixture with the chemical dicyclopentadiene escaped in a gaseous cloud.
Tuesday August 26, 2008
- Bihar / India : When a dam breaks on the Koshi River in the Indian state of Bihar, large areas are flooded and 42 people are killed.
- Diyala / Iraq : At least 28 people are killed in a suicide attack in the Diyala province of Iraq.
- Moscow / Russia : Russian President Dmitri Anatoljewitsch Medvedev recognizes the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia .
Wednesday August 27, 2008
- Port-au-Prince / Haiti : Tropical storm Gustav kills at least 22 people in Haiti.
- Venice / Italy : The International Film Festival begins.
Thursday August 28, 2008
- New York / United States : The Forbes Magazine selects Angela Merkel , the third consecutive year, the most powerful woman in the world.
- Nuremberg / Germany : The number of unemployed in Germany fell to 3.196 million in August. That is 14,000 fewer than in July and 510,000 fewer than a year ago.
Friday August 29, 2008
- Arctic : For the first time, the Northeast Passage and Northwest Passage in the Arctic can be used simultaneously for some time, even without an icebreaker.
- Berlin / Germany : The federal government review after statements by German Economics Minister Michael Glos after the Caucasus conflict in 2008 with Russia to build a national gas reserve. With a natural gas reserve , similar to the strategic oil reserve , Germany should also become more independent against interruptions in supply by Russia (see Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute ).
- Bihar / India : After a flood disaster in the state of Bihar, over 3.5 million people are on the run.
- Dayton / United States : Republican presidential candidate John McCain nominates Sarah Palin , the governor of Alaska , as a vice-presidential candidate.
- Cologne / Germany : The majority of the Cologne City Council votes for the construction of a large mosque in the Ehrenfeld district . The city administration then issued the building permit.
Saturday August 30, 2008
- Mexico : In a nationwide action, hundreds of thousands demonstrated against the wave of kidnappings in Mexico. In 2007 alone there were 758 known abduction cases in one year.
- Panzhihua / China : An earthquake of intensity 6.1 rocked the southern Chinese province of Sichuan , while die 41 people and more than 500 more are injured.
- Thailand : In Thailand there are demonstrations against the incumbent Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej , u. a. the tourism industry is feeling the effects of the demonstrations.
Sunday August 31, 2008
- Bihar / India : 1700 people die in India as a result of a monsoon , more than a million people are made homeless in the province of Bihar.
- Düsseldorf / Germany : After the death of Lord Mayor Joachim Erwin ( CDU ), citizens of the city who are eligible to vote elect Dirk Elbers (CDU) as his successor with almost 60% of the vote .
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : From Allianz SE that takes Commerzbank the Dresdner Bank for 9.8 billion euros .
- Gulf of Mexico : Hurricane Gustav moves over Cuba with wind speeds of more than 230 km / h and causes severe damage there. Meanwhile, the metropolis of New Orleans , which the storm is moving towards, is being completely cleared.
See also
- Nekrolog August 2008 for deaths this month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in August
- Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in August
Web links
Commons : August 2008 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ At least nine dead during a mountaineering expedition on K2 ( memento from July 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Koran students dead
- ↑ New King of Tonga crowned in front of a thousand celebrity guests ( Memento from March 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ tagesschau.de Minister: Istanbul bombers captured ( Memento from August 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 2, 2008)
- ↑ tagesschau.de Siemens separates from Gigaset telephones ( Memento from April 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 2, 2008)
- ↑ tagesschau.de Party on Mandela's 90th birthday ( Memento from August 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 2, 2008)
- ↑ tagesschau.de: More than 145 people die in mass panic (tagesschau.de archive) (accessed on August 4, 2008)
- ↑ China / Uighurs (1949 - present). In: uca.edu . Accessed May 5, 2019 .
- ↑ tagesschau.de - Ver.di: SinnLeffers in Finanzproblemen ( Memento from August 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 5, 2008)
- ^ Bundeswehr soldier dies of long-term consequences of attack in Afghanistan
- ^ Military coup in Mauritania ( Memento from March 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Mystery Disease Kills Dozens in Venezuela
- ↑ radio.cz : Train accident in northern Moravia results in 10 dead and 100 injured
- ↑ lidovky.cz : Dráhy viní z tragédie stavební firmu ( Memento of August 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Czech)
- ↑ Jens Lehmann resigns from the national team , Die Welt from August 8, 2008
- ↑ ORF.at - US tourist killed.
- ↑ https://www.focus.de/panorama/vermischtes/street-parade-820-000-techno-und-housefans-tanzen-in-zuerich_aid_323817.html
- ↑ ORF.at - Eight dead in a suicide attack in Algeria.
- ↑ ORF.at - The war in the Caucasus continues
- ^ ORF.at - Attacks in the unrest province of Xinjiang.
- ↑ nzz.ch
- Jump up ↑ "A Giant Explosion" - Fire in Propane Gas Storage
- ↑ Tagesspiegel: 18 people die in attack in Lebanon (accessed on August 14, 2008)
- ↑ South German: Poland and United States agree on anti-missile shield ( Memento from August 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ n-tv: Worldwide coveted technology mechanical engineering remains strong (accessed on August 15, 2008)
- ↑ Hercules has his head back
- ↑ Financial Times Germany August 15
- ↑ Kölnische Rundschau: Britta Steffen wins Olympic gold (accessed on August 15, 2008)
- ↑ Reuters: 107 injured in gas accident in Mönchengladbach (accessed on August 16, 2008)
- ↑ Spiegel: Politicians are demanding consequences
- ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung : Airplane gets stuck in power line ( Memento from August 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 27, 2008)
- ^ Tropical storm «Fay» rages in the Caribbean: Four dead ( Memento from August 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ BBC: Golden weekend for Team GB .
- ↑ BBC: Team win gains China gold record
- ↑ Courier: Musharraf resigns ( Memento from August 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Yelena Isinbayeva gives Beijing world record (accessed on August 19, 2008)
- ↑ 43 dead in the worst attack in Algeria in years ( memento from July 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Taliban kill ten French soldiers near Kabul
- ^ ARD: Five precious metals for Germany
- ↑ Tagesschau: Cabinet wants to protect companies from foreign takeovers
- ↑ ksta.de - The dispute about the toll continues to smolder from August 20, 2008
- ↑ Tagesschau: At least 45 dead in a plane crash in Madrid ( Memento from August 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ At least 64 dead in Taliban attack in Pakistan
- ↑ FAZ: Three ships captured off Somalia
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of August 25, 2008, page 19
- ↑ zeit.de: Madonna compares McCain with Hitler (accessed on September 14, 2008)
- ↑ Tagesschau: Refugee storm on the island of Lampedusa "The real problem are the dead in the Mediterranean" ( Memento from 23 August 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Tagesschau: Obama names Biden as Vice ( Memento from August 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 71 dead in plane crash in Kyrgyzstan
- ↑ South German: Wanjiru wins first marathon gold for Kenya ( Memento from October 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ www.tagesspiegel.de: Chemical accident - gas cloud in Wülfrath injures 51 people (accessed on September 14, 2008)
- ↑ IbnLive: Bihar Flood catastrophe (accessed on August 27, 2008)
- ↑ Reuters via The Ottawa Citizen ( Memento from August 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 27, 2008)
- ↑ focus.de: Hurricane "Gustav" collides with Haiti (accessed on September 14, 2008)
- ↑ The 100 most powerful women
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Unemployment figures fell slightly in August ( Memento from August 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 28, 2008)
- ↑ focus.de - Federal government examines building state gas reserve ( memento of September 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) of August 29, 2008
- ↑ news.ch
- ↑ Spiegel: McCain plays at risk in the runner-up election (accessed on August 30, 2008)
- ↑ n-tv: Cologne Grand Mosque is coming
- ↑ Tagesschau: Hundreds of kidnapping cases in Mexico trafficking in fear and agony ( Memento from August 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 31, 2008)
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080913211015/http://www.eqsc.gov.cn/manage/html/ff808181126bebda01126bec4dd00001/_content/08_09/05/1220608312876.html
- ↑ Tagesschau Protests in Thailand Airport in Phuket reopened ( Memento from September 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 31, 2008)
- ↑ SpiegelOnline: Monsoon catastrophe makes 1.2 million people homeless (accessed on August 31, 2008)
- ↑ Preliminary election results from August 31, 2008. In: wahlrecht.de . Retrieved November 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Spiegelonline: Commerzbank buys Dresdner Bank for ten billion euros
- ↑ tagesschau.de: "Gustav" leaves devastation on Cuba ( Memento from August 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 31, 2008)
- ↑ n-tv.de: "Gustav" is coming: New Orleans will be evacuated (accessed on August 31, 2008)