2008

2008 — Korea: 2월 25일 이명박 대통령 취임, 이명박 정부 출범 / China: Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Japan: 2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake / United States: 2008 financial crisis

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KoreaSouth Korea 1948–	ChinaChina 1949–	JapanHeisei era 1989–2019	United StatesUnited States 1776–
2월 25일 이명박 대통령 취임, 이명박 정부 출범KO 8 April. A Korean woman, Yi So-yeon, becomes the first Korean to fly to outer space. 논현동 고시원 살인 사건 200612월 5일 수출 3000억 달러 돌파 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 20099월 김대중 전 대통령 서거 20095월 노무현 전 대통령 서거 2009UAE 원전 수주 60조원 2010South Korean island Yeonpyeongdo is bombarded by North Korea.	Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2008 Sichuan earthquake 2008 Chinese milk scandal 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony September — 2008 Summer Paralympics: The thirteenth Paralympic Games began in Beijing. May — The Hangzhou Bay Bridge opened to the public. 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。ZH 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。ZH 2008 Kashgar attack 2008 Panzhihua earthquake September — The astronaut Zhai Zhigang completed China's first spacewalk on Shenzhou 7. Yingjiang earthquakes Wild Strawberries Movement 연합호 사건 January — 2008 Chinese winter storms: A series of severe winter storms began which would claim over a hundred lives. 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。ZH 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。ZH 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。ZH 月，“西藏骚乱”爆发，造成至少数十人伤亡。ZH 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。ZH 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。ZH 月-9月，北京奥运会以及残奥会。ZH 月20日，廣東深圳舞王俱樂部火災，43人死亡，88人受傷。ZH 月，中国奶制品污染事件爆发。ZH 月，中国大陆爆发大规模雪災，因灾死亡129人。ZH 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。ZH 月28日，山东胶济列车相撞，造成72人丧生、416人受伤。ZH 2006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”。 2006Hengchun earthquakes 20062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。 2006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。 20062006 Yanjin earthquake 20062006 Central Tibetan Administration general election 20062006 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections 2006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。 2006月，《中华人民共和国农业税条例》废止，国家不再征收农业税。 2006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。 2006月，中国南方水灾，造成至少452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 2009July 2009 Ürümqi riots 20092009 Bhutan earthquake 20092009 Hualien earthquake 20092009 Xinjiang earthquake 2009October — 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China: A military parade on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing commemorated the establishment of the PRC. 2009月，黑龙江“鹤岗新兴煤矿爆炸事故”造成108人死亡。 2009月，第24屆冬季大學生運動會在哈爾濱舉辦。 2009哈爾濱舉行第二十四屆冬季大學生運動會。乌鲁木齐七五事件。八八水災。 2009月，香港中文大学教授、前校长高锟获得诺贝尔物理学奖。 2009月，力拓集团驻上海办事处员工被中国国家安全机关依法刑事拘留（参见：力拓案）。 2009月，时任美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马首次访华，与时任中国国家主席胡锦涛会面。 2009月5日，新疆乌鲁木齐爆发大规模骚乱，史称“乌鲁木齐七五事件”，造成至少197人死亡，另有1721人受伤。 2010月，中国、俄罗斯、印度、巴西、南非成立“金砖五国”。 2010May — Expo 2010: A world's fair began in Shanghai. 20102010 Yushu earthquake 2010月，刘晓波获得诺贝尔和平奖，成为首位获得诺贝尔奖的中华人民共和国公民。 20102010 Kaohsiung earthquake 2010Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement 2010Li Gang incident 2010月1日，“嫦娥二号”月球探测器发射升空。 2010月，中华人民共和国第六次全国人口普查显示中国总人口超过13.39亿。 2010月24日，黑龙江“伊春空难”造成44人死亡、52人受伤。 2010月，青海玉树特大地震造成2698人死亡、270人失踪，另有12135人受伤。 2010月，广西重大泥石流事件造成至少43人死亡。 2010月-10月，上海世博会。 2010月，甘肃舟曲泥石流灾害导致1557人死亡，两条河流被截断形成堰塞湖。 2010月起，特大水灾造成至少1072人丧生、619人失踪，110万间房屋倒塌，直接经济损失达到2100亿元人民币。 2010月15日，上海靜安教師公寓發生大火，共造成58人死亡，死者多為退休教師，另有71人受傷。 2010月23日，谷歌公司宣称因为遭到中国网络攻击，决定退出中国。 2010月，第十六届亚洲运动会在中国广州举行。	2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake July 2008 Iwate earthquake September — Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda resigned and Tarō Asō become 94th Prime Minister of Japan. Osaka movie theatre fire 연합호 사건 January–December — Japan is severely affected by the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession. 2006September — Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi resigns and Shinzo Abe becomes 92nd Prime Minister of Japan. 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. 20092009 Shizuoka earthquake 2009September — Yukio Hatoyama was elected 95th Prime Minister of Japan. 2009(平成21年) 2009August — Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda lost his election to Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama. 2010July — According to the United Nations, Japanese population has now peaked. 2010July — Prime Minister Naoto Kan won the House of Councillors election. 2010지치지마 근해 지진 2010Habikino shooting 2010후쿠시마현 해역 지진 2010일본 구제역 확산 2010June — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned and Naoto Kan become the 96th Prime Minister of Japan. 2010(平成22年)	2008 financial crisis U.S. presidential election, 2008: Barack Obama is elected president, and Joe Biden elected vice president. Hurricane Ike kills 100 people along the Texas coast, produces $31 billion in damage, and contributes to rising oil prices. Covina massacre 2008 Chino Hills earthquake 2008 Illinois earthquake Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses Tennessee January 20, 2009 — Obama becomes the 44th president, Biden becomes the 47th vice president. Obama is the first African-American to hold the office. U.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. The Super Tuesday tornado outbreak kills over 60 people and produces $1 billion in damage across Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. campaign Steven 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. 20062006 Kiholo Bay earthquake 2006TNA Sacrifice (2006) 2006Dick Cheney hunting accident 20062006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake 2006The Democratic Party retakes control of both houses of Congress, and gains a majority of state governorships (28-22). 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. 2009Pop icon Michael Jackson dies, creating the largest public mourning for an entertainer since the death of Elvis Presley. 2009swine flu pandemic in the United States 2009shooting of Pittsburgh police officers 20092009 New York's 20th congressional district special election 2009Nobel Peace Prize 2009Tea Party protests 2009Nidal Hasan kills 12 servicemen and injures 31 in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. 2009President Obama obtains Congressional approval for the $787 billion stimulus package, the largest since President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 2010The Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history. 20102010 Times Square car bombing attempt 2010California Proposition 19 20102010 Eureka earthquake 2010더 투나잇 쇼 사태 20102010 Illinois earthquake 2010In the 2010 Midterm elections, the Republicans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.

KoreaSouth Korea 1948–

ChinaChina 1949–

JapanHeisei era 1989–2019

United StatesUnited States 1776–

2월 25일 이명박 대통령 취임, 이명박 정부 출범KO
8 April. A Korean woman, Yi So-yeon, becomes the first Korean to fly to outer space.
논현동 고시원 살인 사건

200612월 5일 수출 3000억 달러 돌파
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
20099월 김대중 전 대통령 서거
20095월 노무현 전 대통령 서거
2009UAE 원전 수주 60조원
2010South Korean island Yeonpyeongdo is bombarded by North Korea.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
2008 Sichuan earthquake
2008 Chinese milk scandal
2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
September — 2008 Summer Paralympics: The thirteenth Paralympic Games began in Beijing.
May — The Hangzhou Bay Bridge opened to the public.
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。ZH
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。ZH
2008 Kashgar attack
2008 Panzhihua earthquake
September — The astronaut Zhai Zhigang completed China's first spacewalk on Shenzhou 7.
Yingjiang earthquakes
Wild Strawberries Movement
연합호 사건
January — 2008 Chinese winter storms: A series of severe winter storms began which would claim over a hundred lives.
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。ZH
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。ZH
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。ZH
月，“西藏骚乱”爆发，造成至少数十人伤亡。ZH
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。ZH
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。ZH
月-9月，北京奥运会以及残奥会。ZH
月20日，廣東深圳舞王俱樂部火災，43人死亡，88人受傷。ZH
月，中国奶制品污染事件爆发。ZH
月，中国大陆爆发大规模雪災，因灾死亡129人。ZH
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。ZH
月28日，山东胶济列车相撞，造成72人丧生、416人受伤。ZH

2006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”。
2006Hengchun earthquakes
20062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。
2006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。
20062006 Yanjin earthquake
20062006 Central Tibetan Administration general election
20062006 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections
2006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。
2006月，《中华人民共和国农业税条例》废止，国家不再征收农业税。
2006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。
2006月，中国南方水灾，造成至少452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
2009July 2009 Ürümqi riots
20092009 Bhutan earthquake
20092009 Hualien earthquake
20092009 Xinjiang earthquake
2009October — 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China: A military parade on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing commemorated the establishment of the PRC.
2009月，黑龙江“鹤岗新兴煤矿爆炸事故”造成108人死亡。
2009月，第24屆冬季大學生運動會在哈爾濱舉辦。
2009哈爾濱舉行第二十四屆冬季大學生運動會。乌鲁木齐七五事件。八八水災。
2009月，香港中文大学教授、前校长高锟获得诺贝尔物理学奖。
2009月，力拓集团驻上海办事处员工被中国国家安全机关依法刑事拘留（参见：力拓案）。
2009月，时任美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马首次访华，与时任中国国家主席胡锦涛会面。
2009月5日，新疆乌鲁木齐爆发大规模骚乱，史称“乌鲁木齐七五事件”，造成至少197人死亡，另有1721人受伤。
2010月，中国、俄罗斯、印度、巴西、南非成立“金砖五国”。
2010May — Expo 2010: A world's fair began in Shanghai.
20102010 Yushu earthquake
2010月，刘晓波获得诺贝尔和平奖，成为首位获得诺贝尔奖的中华人民共和国公民。
20102010 Kaohsiung earthquake
2010Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement
2010Li Gang incident
2010月1日，“嫦娥二号”月球探测器发射升空。
2010月，中华人民共和国第六次全国人口普查显示中国总人口超过13.39亿。
2010月24日，黑龙江“伊春空难”造成44人死亡、52人受伤。
2010月，青海玉树特大地震造成2698人死亡、270人失踪，另有12135人受伤。
2010月，广西重大泥石流事件造成至少43人死亡。
2010月-10月，上海世博会。
2010月，甘肃舟曲泥石流灾害导致1557人死亡，两条河流被截断形成堰塞湖。
2010月起，特大水灾造成至少1072人丧生、619人失踪，110万间房屋倒塌，直接经济损失达到2100亿元人民币。
2010月15日，上海靜安教師公寓發生大火，共造成58人死亡，死者多為退休教師，另有71人受傷。
2010月23日，谷歌公司宣称因为遭到中国网络攻击，决定退出中国。
2010月，第十六届亚洲运动会在中国广州举行。

2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake
July 2008 Iwate earthquake
September — Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda resigned and Tarō Asō become 94th Prime Minister of Japan.
Osaka movie theatre fire
연합호 사건
January–December — Japan is severely affected by the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession.

2006September — Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi resigns and Shinzo Abe becomes 92nd Prime Minister of Japan.
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.
20092009 Shizuoka earthquake
2009September — Yukio Hatoyama was elected 95th Prime Minister of Japan.
2009(平成21年)
2009August — Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda lost his election to Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama.
2010July — According to the United Nations, Japanese population has now peaked.
2010July — Prime Minister Naoto Kan won the House of Councillors election.
2010지치지마 근해 지진
2010Habikino shooting
2010후쿠시마현 해역 지진
2010일본 구제역 확산
2010June — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned and Naoto Kan become the 96th Prime Minister of Japan.
2010(平成22年)

2008 financial crisis
U.S. presidential election, 2008: Barack Obama is elected president, and Joe Biden elected vice president.
Hurricane Ike kills 100 people along the Texas coast, produces $31 billion in damage, and contributes to rising oil prices.
Covina massacre
2008 Chino Hills earthquake
2008 Illinois earthquake
Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses
Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses
Tennessee
January 20, 2009 — Obama becomes the 44th president, Biden becomes the 47th vice president. Obama is the first African-American to hold the office.
U.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.
The Super Tuesday tornado outbreak kills over 60 people and produces $1 billion in damage across Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama.
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Steven 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.

20062006 Kiholo Bay earthquake
2006TNA Sacrifice (2006)
2006Dick Cheney hunting accident
20062006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake
2006The Democratic Party retakes control of both houses of Congress, and gains a majority of state governorships (28-22).
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.
2009Pop icon Michael Jackson dies, creating the largest public mourning for an entertainer since the death of Elvis Presley.
2009swine flu pandemic in the United States
2009shooting of Pittsburgh police officers
20092009 New York's 20th congressional district special election
2009Nobel Peace Prize
2009Tea Party protests
2009Nidal Hasan kills 12 servicemen and injures 31 in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.
2009President Obama obtains Congressional approval for the $787 billion stimulus package, the largest since President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
2010The Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history.
20102010 Times Square car bombing attempt
2010California Proposition 19
20102010 Eureka earthquake
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20102010 Illinois earthquake
2010In the 2010 Midterm elections, the Republicans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.