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2006 — Korea: 12월 5일 수출 3000억 달러 돌파 / China: 月，由30多位科学家组成的国际考察团进行了“长江淡水豚类考察”，白鱀豚被认为“野外功能性灭绝” / Japan: September — Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi resigns and Shinzo Abe becomes 92nd Prime Minister of Japan / United States: 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake

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KoreaSouth Korea 1948–	ChinaChina 1949–	JapanHeisei era 1989–2019	United StatesUnited States 1776–
12월 5일 수출 3000억 달러 돌파KO 20044월 1일 KTX가 개통 20043월 12일 노무현 대통령 탄핵 소추안이 국회를 통과 20045월 14일 대한민국의 헌법재판소가 노무현 대통령 탄핵 소추안을 기각 2007The second summit between DPRK and ROK leaders is held, with Roh Moo-hyun representing the south and Kim Jong Il the north. The DPRK fires short-range missile into the Sea of Japan. 20071월 23일 인민혁명당 사건에 대해 대한민국의 대법원이 무죄를 선고 200710월 2일~10월 4일 제2차 남북정상회담 개최. "남북관계 발전과 평화번영을 위한 선언" 발표 20082월 25일 이명박 대통령 취임, 이명박 정부 출범 20088 April. A Korean woman, Yi So-yeon, becomes the first Korean to fly to outer space. 2008논현동 고시원 살인 사건	月，由30多位科学家组成的国际考察团进行了“长江淡水豚类考察”，白鱀豚被认为“野外功能性灭绝”。ZH Hengchun earthquakes 2月27日国家统一纲领终止。7月1日青藏铁路全线通车。百万人民倒扁运动。ZH 月12日，中国运动员刘翔在瑞士洛桑创造男子110米栏“12秒88”的世界纪录。ZH 2006 Yanjin earthquake 2006 Central Tibetan Administration general election 2006 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections 月1日，青藏铁路全线通车，是世界上海拔最高、线路最长的高原铁路。ZH 月，《中华人民共和国农业税条例》废止，国家不再征收农业税。ZH 月，“陈良宇案”，时任中共中央政治局委员、上海市委员会书记陈良宇等人被查。ZH 月，中国南方水灾，造成至少452人死亡。ZH 2004月14日，俄罗斯归还中国一半黑瞎子岛（《中俄边界东段补充协定》）。 2004月19日，胡锦涛就任中国共产党中央军事委员会主席，并提出“和谐社会”的理念。 2004月14日，第十届全国人民代表大会第二次会议对《八二宪法》进行了第四次修改，江泽民“三个代表”重要思想被写入宪法。 2004三一九枪击事件。陈水扁连任中华民国总统。11月21日中国东方航空5210号班机空难。 2004月21日，内蒙古“包头空难”造成55人死亡。 2004月20日，河南大平矿难造成148人死亡。 2004月28日，陕西陈家山矿难造成166人死亡。 2005President Chen is invited and attends the funeral of Pope John Paul II. He is the first ROC president to visit the Vatican. 2005March — The controversial Anti-Secession Law was passed, reasserting the PRC's desire for "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan and its right to resolve the issue by force. In response, 1.6 million people marched in Taipei against the PRC's "anti-secession law". Similar marches occur across the world by Taiwanese nationalists. Protests against the PRC were held worldwide, including, but not limited to: Chicago, New York City, Washington DC, Paris, and Sydney. 2005月12日，“神舟六号 ”载人飞船搭载费俊龙、聂海胜两位航天员成功发射升空，执行双人多天宇航任务，并于10月17日返回地球。 2005April — 2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations: Mass demonstrations against Japan took place. 20052005 Ruichang earthquake 2005November — 2005 Jilin chemical plant explosions: A series of explosions at a chemical plant in Jilin City killed six and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands. 2005月-5月，中国国民党主席连战（2005年中國國民黨和平之旅）、亲民党主席宋楚瑜（2005年亲民党搭桥之旅）先后访问大陆，与中共中央总书记胡锦涛等领导人会面。 2005月10日，黑龙江省沙兰镇发生特大山洪和泥石流，洪水瞬间淹没位于低洼处的沙兰镇中心小学，共造成117人死亡，其中105人为学生。 2005月13日—18日，世界貿易組織首次在中國領土香港舉行部長級會議。 2005月19日-21日，时任美国总统小布什第三次访华，与时任中国国家主席胡锦涛会面。 2005The National Assembly of the Republic of China convenes for the last time to implement several constitutional reforms, including single-member two-vote districts, and votes to transfer the power of constitutional reform to the popular ballot, essentially abolishing itself. 20051月8日中越北部湾冲突。反日示威活动。三二六护台湾大游行。作家巴金逝世。 2005March-April — Pan-Blue leaders visit to mainland China 2005月，河北唐山刘官屯矿难造成108人死亡。 2005月17日，前中共中央總書記、前中华人民共和国国务院总理趙紫陽逝世。 2005月4日，胡锦涛对台提出四“不”原则，中华人民共和国《反分裂国家法》通过并执行。 2005月，黑龙江七台河特大矿难造成171人死亡。 20052005 Sunjiawan mine disaster 2005月，广东大兴矿难造成121人死亡。 2007月3日，陕西省安康市发生华南虎照片事件。 2007月24日，“嫦娥一号”月球探测器发射升空。 20072007 Chinese slave scandal 2007月15日-21日，中国共产党第十七次全国代表大会在北京召开，胡锦涛在10月22日召开的中共十七届一中全会上连任中共中央总书记，其他当选的中共中央政治局常委包括吴邦国、温家宝、贾庆林、李长春、习近平、李克强、贺国强、周永康（参见：中国共产党第十七届中央委员会）。 2007August — The State Administration for Religious Affairs issued State Religious Affairs Bureau Order No. 5, which required tulkus who planned to be reincarnated to submit an application to the government. 2007July — Zheng Xiaoyu, the former head of the State Food and Drug Administration, was executed for corruption. 2007月6日，《中华人民共和国物权法》通过。 2007台灣高速鐵路1月5日通車。曾荫权当选香港第三届行政长官。 2007月，河南卢氏县特大洪灾，造成78人死亡、18人失踪。 2007月，山西新窑矿难造成104人死亡。 20072007 Shandong coal mine flood 2008Universal Declaration of Human Rights 20082008 Sichuan earthquake 20082008 Chinese milk scandal 20082008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony 2008September — 2008 Summer Paralympics: The thirteenth Paralympic Games began in Beijing. 2008May — The Hangzhou Bay Bridge opened to the public. 2008月20日，曾短暂担任中华人民共和国最高领导人的华国锋逝世。 2008馬英九當選中華民國總統。汶川大地震。北京夏季奥运会。9月27日翟志刚步出神舟七号成为首个太空行走的中国宇航员。 20082008 Kashgar attack 20082008 Panzhihua earthquake 2008September — The astronaut Zhai Zhigang completed China's first spacewalk on Shenzhou 7. 2008Yingjiang earthquakes 2008Wild Strawberries Movement 2008연합호 사건 2008January — 2008 Chinese winter storms: A series of severe winter storms began which would claim over a hundred lives. 2008月8日，山西省襄汾尾矿库溃坝事故，死亡277人、失踪4人，另有受伤33人，直接经济损失9619万元。 2008月5日，为应对全球金融危机，时任中国国务院总理温家宝推出四万亿投资计划。 2008月5日-18日，在第十一届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上，胡锦涛连任中华人民共和国主席，温家宝连任中华人民共和国国务院总理。 2008月，“西藏骚乱”爆发，造成至少数十人伤亡。 2008月25日，“神舟七号 ”载人飞船搭载翟志刚、刘伯明、景海鹏三位航天员成功发射，中国宇航员首次实现太空漫步，并于9月28日返回地球。 2008月起，中国南方水灾特大水灾，至少57人死亡、数百人失踪，受灾人口超2100万。 2008月-9月，北京奥运会以及残奥会。 2008月20日，廣東深圳舞王俱樂部火災，43人死亡，88人受傷。 2008月，中国奶制品污染事件爆发。 2008月，中国大陆爆发大规模雪災，因灾死亡129人。 2008月，时任美国总统小布什第四次访华，与时任中国国家主席胡锦涛会面，观赏奥运会。 2008月28日，山东胶济列车相撞，造成72人丧生、416人受伤。	September — Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi resigns and Shinzo Abe becomes 92nd Prime Minister of Japan. 20042004 Chūetsu earthquake 2004오무타 연쇄 살인 사건 2004기이반도 동남쪽 해역 지진 2004July — Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won the House of Councillors election. 2005November — Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s robotic spacecraft Hayabusa landed on an asteroid and collected samples in the form of tiny grains of asteroidal material, which were returned to Earth aboard the spacecraft on 13 June 2010. It was the first spacecraft in history designed to deliberately land on an asteroid and then take off again. The Hayabusa mission was the first to return an asteroid sample to Earth for analysis. 20052005 Fukuoka earthquake 2005지바현 북서부 지진 2005September — Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won the general elections at the third time. 20072007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake 2007September — Yasuo Fukuda become 93rd Prime Minister of Japan following Shinzo Abe lost the House of Councillors election and his resignation. 20072007 Noto earthquake 2007Japanese unified local elections 2007July — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns due to lost his power in the House of Councillors election to Ichirō Ozawa. 20082008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake 2008July 2008 Iwate earthquake 2008September — Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda resigned and Tarō Asō become 94th Prime Minister of Japan. 2008Osaka movie theatre fire 2008연합호 사건 2008January–December — Japan is severely affected by the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession.	2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake TNA Sacrifice (2006) Dick Cheney hunting accident 2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake The Democratic Party retakes control of both houses of Congress, and gains a majority of state governorships (28-22). 2004The social networking website Facebook is launched. 2004Massachusetts becomes the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in compliance with a ruling from the state's Supreme Court ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health 20042004 Democratic National Convention 2004Former President Ronald Reagan dies from complications resulting from Alzheimer's disease. He lies in state at the U.S. Capitol building before being interred. 2004George W. Bush is re-elected president, Dick Cheney is re-elected vice president. 20042004 United States presidential election in Illinois 2004The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season produces four deadly and damaging hurricanes which impact Florida, Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne, which kill a combined 100 people in the U.S. and produce over $50 billion in damage 2004January 20, 2005 — President Bush and Vice President Cheney begin their second terms. 2007A South Korean student shoots and kills 32 other students and professors in the Virginia Tech shooting before killing himself. It stands as the worst mass shooting in U.S. history until 2016 and spurs a series of debates on gun control and journalism ethics. 2007Democrat Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. 20072007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident 2007The I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota collapses, killing 13 people. The bridge collapse brings to national attention the need to rehabilitate the aging U.S. infrastructure system. 2007George W. Bush orders a troop surge which substantially increases the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and ultimately leads to reductions in casualties and major victories for coalition and Iraqi forces, against the insurgency. 20072007 Alum Rock earthquake 2007The first iPhone is released for sale in the U.S. 2007The Great Recession officially begins in December. 20082008 financial crisis 2008U.S. presidential election, 2008: Barack Obama is elected president, and Joe Biden elected vice president. 2008Hurricane Ike kills 100 people along the Texas coast, produces $31 billion in damage, and contributes to rising oil prices. 2008Covina massacre 20082008 Chino Hills earthquake 20082008 Illinois earthquake 2008Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses 2008Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses 2008Tennessee 2008January 20, 2009 — Obama becomes the 44th president, Biden becomes the 47th vice president. Obama is the first African-American to hold the office. 2008U.S. oil prices hit a record $147 per barrel in the wake of—among other factors—international tensions and the falling U.S. dollar vs. the Euro. 2008The Super Tuesday tornado outbreak kills over 60 people and produces $1 billion in damage across Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. 2008campaign 2008Steven Kazmierczak kills five, injures 21, and then kills himself in the Northern Illinois University shooting. After this incident, calls are made for more focus on mental health services and interest grows substantially in the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus.

KoreaSouth Korea 1948–

ChinaChina 1949–

JapanHeisei era 1989–2019

United StatesUnited States 1776–

12월 5일 수출 3000억 달러 돌파KO

20044월 1일 KTX가 개통
20043월 12일 노무현 대통령 탄핵 소추안이 국회를 통과
20045월 14일 대한민국의 헌법재판소가 노무현 대통령 탄핵 소추안을 기각
2007The second summit between DPRK and ROK leaders is held, with Roh Moo-hyun representing the south and Kim Jong Il the north. The DPRK fires short-range missile into the Sea of Japan.
20071월 23일 인민혁명당 사건에 대해 대한민국의 대법원이 무죄를 선고
200710월 2일~10월 4일 제2차 남북정상회담 개최. "남북관계 발전과 평화번영을 위한 선언" 발표
20082월 25일 이명박 대통령 취임, 이명박 정부 출범
20088 April. A Korean woman, Yi So-yeon, becomes the first Korean to fly to outer space.
2008논현동 고시원 살인 사건

月，由30多位科学家组成的国际考察团进行了“长江淡水豚类考察”，白鱀豚被认为“野外功能性灭绝”。ZH
Hengchun earthquakes
2月27日国家统一纲领终止。7月1日青藏铁路全线通车。百万人民倒扁运动。ZH
月12日，中国运动员刘翔在瑞士洛桑创造男子110米栏“12秒88”的世界纪录。ZH
2006 Yanjin earthquake
2006 Central Tibetan Administration general election
2006 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections
月1日，青藏铁路全线通车，是世界上海拔最高、线路最长的高原铁路。ZH
月，《中华人民共和国农业税条例》废止，国家不再征收农业税。ZH
月，“陈良宇案”，时任中共中央政治局委员、上海市委员会书记陈良宇等人被查。ZH
月，中国南方水灾，造成至少452人死亡。ZH

2004月14日，俄罗斯归还中国一半黑瞎子岛（《中俄边界东段补充协定》）。
2004月19日，胡锦涛就任中国共产党中央军事委员会主席，并提出“和谐社会”的理念。
2004月14日，第十届全国人民代表大会第二次会议对《八二宪法》进行了第四次修改，江泽民“三个代表”重要思想被写入宪法。
2004三一九枪击事件。陈水扁连任中华民国总统。11月21日中国东方航空5210号班机空难。
2004月21日，内蒙古“包头空难”造成55人死亡。
2004月20日，河南大平矿难造成148人死亡。
2004月28日，陕西陈家山矿难造成166人死亡。
2005President Chen is invited and attends the funeral of Pope John Paul II. He is the first ROC president to visit the Vatican.
2005March — The controversial Anti-Secession Law was passed, reasserting the PRC's desire for "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan and its right to resolve the issue by force. In response, 1.6 million people marched in Taipei against the PRC's "anti-secession law". Similar marches occur across the world by Taiwanese nationalists. Protests against the PRC were held worldwide, including, but not limited to: Chicago, New York City, Washington DC, Paris, and Sydney.
2005月12日，“神舟六号 ”载人飞船搭载费俊龙、聂海胜两位航天员成功发射升空，执行双人多天宇航任务，并于10月17日返回地球。
2005April — 2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations: Mass demonstrations against Japan took place.
20052005 Ruichang earthquake
2005November — 2005 Jilin chemical plant explosions: A series of explosions at a chemical plant in Jilin City killed six and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands.
2005月-5月，中国国民党主席连战（2005年中國國民黨和平之旅）、亲民党主席宋楚瑜（2005年亲民党搭桥之旅）先后访问大陆，与中共中央总书记胡锦涛等领导人会面。
2005月10日，黑龙江省沙兰镇发生特大山洪和泥石流，洪水瞬间淹没位于低洼处的沙兰镇中心小学，共造成117人死亡，其中105人为学生。
2005月13日—18日，世界貿易組織首次在中國領土香港舉行部長級會議。
2005月19日-21日，时任美国总统小布什第三次访华，与时任中国国家主席胡锦涛会面。
2005The National Assembly of the Republic of China convenes for the last time to implement several constitutional reforms, including single-member two-vote districts, and votes to transfer the power of constitutional reform to the popular ballot, essentially abolishing itself.
20051月8日中越北部湾冲突。反日示威活动。三二六护台湾大游行。作家巴金逝世。
2005March-April — Pan-Blue leaders visit to mainland China
2005月，河北唐山刘官屯矿难造成108人死亡。
2005月17日，前中共中央總書記、前中华人民共和国国务院总理趙紫陽逝世。
2005月4日，胡锦涛对台提出四“不”原则，中华人民共和国《反分裂国家法》通过并执行。
2005月，黑龙江七台河特大矿难造成171人死亡。
20052005 Sunjiawan mine disaster
2005月，广东大兴矿难造成121人死亡。
2007月3日，陕西省安康市发生华南虎照片事件。
2007月24日，“嫦娥一号”月球探测器发射升空。
20072007 Chinese slave scandal
2007月15日-21日，中国共产党第十七次全国代表大会在北京召开，胡锦涛在10月22日召开的中共十七届一中全会上连任中共中央总书记，其他当选的中共中央政治局常委包括吴邦国、温家宝、贾庆林、李长春、习近平、李克强、贺国强、周永康（参见：中国共产党第十七届中央委员会）。
2007August — The State Administration for Religious Affairs issued State Religious Affairs Bureau Order No. 5, which required tulkus who planned to be reincarnated to submit an application to the government.
2007July — Zheng Xiaoyu, the former head of the State Food and Drug Administration, was executed for corruption.
2007月6日，《中华人民共和国物权法》通过。
2007台灣高速鐵路1月5日通車。曾荫权当选香港第三届行政长官。
2007月，河南卢氏县特大洪灾，造成78人死亡、18人失踪。
2007月，山西新窑矿难造成104人死亡。
20072007 Shandong coal mine flood
2008Universal Declaration of Human Rights
20082008 Sichuan earthquake
20082008 Chinese milk scandal
20082008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
2008September — 2008 Summer Paralympics: The thirteenth Paralympic Games began in Beijing.
2008May — The Hangzhou Bay Bridge opened to the public.
2008月20日，曾短暂担任中华人民共和国最高领导人的华国锋逝世。
2008馬英九當選中華民國總統。汶川大地震。北京夏季奥运会。9月27日翟志刚步出神舟七号成为首个太空行走的中国宇航员。
20082008 Kashgar attack
20082008 Panzhihua earthquake
2008September — The astronaut Zhai Zhigang completed China's first spacewalk on Shenzhou 7.
2008Yingjiang earthquakes
2008Wild Strawberries Movement
2008연합호 사건
2008January — 2008 Chinese winter storms: A series of severe winter storms began which would claim over a hundred lives.
2008月8日，山西省襄汾尾矿库溃坝事故，死亡277人、失踪4人，另有受伤33人，直接经济损失9619万元。
2008月5日，为应对全球金融危机，时任中国国务院总理温家宝推出四万亿投资计划。
2008月5日-18日，在第十一届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上，胡锦涛连任中华人民共和国主席，温家宝连任中华人民共和国国务院总理。
2008月，“西藏骚乱”爆发，造成至少数十人伤亡。
2008月25日，“神舟七号 ”载人飞船搭载翟志刚、刘伯明、景海鹏三位航天员成功发射，中国宇航员首次实现太空漫步，并于9月28日返回地球。
2008月起，中国南方水灾特大水灾，至少57人死亡、数百人失踪，受灾人口超2100万。
2008月-9月，北京奥运会以及残奥会。
2008月20日，廣東深圳舞王俱樂部火災，43人死亡，88人受傷。
2008月，中国奶制品污染事件爆发。
2008月，中国大陆爆发大规模雪災，因灾死亡129人。
2008月，时任美国总统小布什第四次访华，与时任中国国家主席胡锦涛会面，观赏奥运会。
2008月28日，山东胶济列车相撞，造成72人丧生、416人受伤。

September — Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi resigns and Shinzo Abe becomes 92nd Prime Minister of Japan.

20042004 Chūetsu earthquake
2004오무타 연쇄 살인 사건
2004기이반도 동남쪽 해역 지진
2004July — Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won the House of Councillors election.
2005November — Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s robotic spacecraft Hayabusa landed on an asteroid and collected samples in the form of tiny grains of asteroidal material, which were returned to Earth aboard the spacecraft on 13 June 2010. It was the first spacecraft in history designed to deliberately land on an asteroid and then take off again. The Hayabusa mission was the first to return an asteroid sample to Earth for analysis.
20052005 Fukuoka earthquake
2005지바현 북서부 지진
2005September — Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won the general elections at the third time.
20072007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake
2007September — Yasuo Fukuda become 93rd Prime Minister of Japan following Shinzo Abe lost the House of Councillors election and his resignation.
20072007 Noto earthquake
2007Japanese unified local elections
2007July — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns due to lost his power in the House of Councillors election to Ichirō Ozawa.
20082008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake
2008July 2008 Iwate earthquake
2008September — Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda resigned and Tarō Asō become 94th Prime Minister of Japan.
2008Osaka movie theatre fire
2008연합호 사건
2008January–December — Japan is severely affected by the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession.

2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake
TNA Sacrifice (2006)
Dick Cheney hunting accident
2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake
The Democratic Party retakes control of both houses of Congress, and gains a majority of state governorships (28-22).

2004The social networking website Facebook is launched.
2004Massachusetts becomes the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in compliance with a ruling from the state's Supreme Court ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
20042004 Democratic National Convention
2004Former President Ronald Reagan dies from complications resulting from Alzheimer's disease. He lies in state at the U.S. Capitol building before being interred.
2004George W. Bush is re-elected president, Dick Cheney is re-elected vice president.
20042004 United States presidential election in Illinois
2004The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season produces four deadly and damaging hurricanes which impact Florida, Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne, which kill a combined 100 people in the U.S. and produce over $50 billion in damage
2004January 20, 2005 — President Bush and Vice President Cheney begin their second terms.
2007A South Korean student shoots and kills 32 other students and professors in the Virginia Tech shooting before killing himself. It stands as the worst mass shooting in U.S. history until 2016 and spurs a series of debates on gun control and journalism ethics.
2007Democrat Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
20072007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident
2007The I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota collapses, killing 13 people. The bridge collapse brings to national attention the need to rehabilitate the aging U.S. infrastructure system.
2007George W. Bush orders a troop surge which substantially increases the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and ultimately leads to reductions in casualties and major victories for coalition and Iraqi forces, against the insurgency.
20072007 Alum Rock earthquake
2007The first iPhone is released for sale in the U.S.
2007The Great Recession officially begins in December.
20082008 financial crisis
2008U.S. presidential election, 2008: Barack Obama is elected president, and Joe Biden elected vice president.
2008Hurricane Ike kills 100 people along the Texas coast, produces $31 billion in damage, and contributes to rising oil prices.
2008Covina massacre
20082008 Chino Hills earthquake
20082008 Illinois earthquake
2008Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses
2008Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses
2008Tennessee
2008January 20, 2009 — Obama becomes the 44th president, Biden becomes the 47th vice president. Obama is the first African-American to hold the office.
2008U.S. oil prices hit a record $147 per barrel in the wake of—among other factors—international tensions and the falling U.S. dollar vs. the Euro.
2008The Super Tuesday tornado outbreak kills over 60 people and produces $1 billion in damage across Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama.
2008campaign
2008Steven Kazmierczak kills five, injures 21, and then kills himself in the Northern Illinois University shooting. After this incident, calls are made for more focus on mental health services and interest grows substantially in the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus.