2009 _ CURRENT EVENTS

___ 12-30-2008 ___
Case-Schiller Home Price Index reports largest price drop in its history
__________________
# housing bubble , financial meltdown

12-28-2008
Hostilies reignite between Israel and Hammas
__________________
# Palestinian uprising / revolt


___ 12-19-2008 ___
President Bush announces $17-b government loan to aide General Motors & Chrysler
__________________
# financial meltdown , auto bailout , GM


___ 12-14-2008 ___
Shoe thrown at President Bush during TV announcement in Baghdad
__________________
# Iraq War


___ 12-11-2008 ___
B. Madoff arrested in $50-b Ponzi scheme
__________________
# stock market fraud


___ 12-01-2008 ___
International Climate Conference opens in Poznan, Poland
__________________
# UNFCCC (COP-14)


___ 11-21-2008 ___
President Bush signs bill to extent unemployment benefits
__________________
# Great Recession


___ 11-18-2008 ___
U.S. & Iraq finalize SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) that outlines U.S. troop withdrawl
__________________
# Iraq War


___ 11-04-2008 ___
Democrat B. Obama wins election
- 1st African-American to become President of the United States
__________________
# politics / leadership - history


___ 11-04-2008 ___ **
Success of California Proposition 8 reverses gay marriage decision in a narrow victory of the popular vote
__________________
# Prop 8


___ 10-22-2008 ___
India launches 1st unmanned lunar probe
__________________
# space program - history


___ 10-18-2008 ___
Republican Vice President candidate S. Palin appears on Saturday Night Live
__________________
# TV comedy ; politics \ leadership - election


___ 10-09-2008 ___
President Bush signs bill to end lifting ban on nuclear trade with India
__________________
# U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement


___ 10-03-2008 ___
$700-b bank bailout bill signed
__________________
# financial meltdown , housing bubble , banking crisis


___ 10-01-2008 ___
Senate ratifies agreement for India to purchase nuclear fuel
__________________
# nuclear energy


___ 09-29-2008 ___
DOW Jones Industrial Average has largest one-day point drop in history ( 777 pts.)
__________________
# financial meltdown , housing bubble


___ 09-27-2008 ___
Chinese astronaut makes 1st spacewalk
__________________
# China space program - history


___ 09-21-2008 ___
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley become bank holding companies
__________________
# banking crisis , housing bubble , financial meltdown


___ 09-21-2008 ___ **
E. Olmert resigns as Prime Minister of Israel while under investigation for corruption
__________________
# politics \ leadership


___ 09-20-2008 ___
Truck bomb explodes outside the Marriott hotel in Islamabad , Pakistan
__________________
# anti-American terrorist attack ; islamic extremist


___ 09-13-2008 ___
Hurricane Ike hits Galveston , Texas
__________________
# severe weather


___ 09-10-2008 ___
President Bush has a prime-time TV announcement to outline a $700-b bank rescue package
__________________
# scary "chicken-little speech" , banking crisis , financial meltdown , housing bubble , bailout , history


___ 09-06-2008 ___
A.A. Zardari , widower of former Prime Minister B. Bhutto , wins election to become president of Pakistan
__________________
# politics / leadership


___ 09-04-2008 ___
J. McCain formally nominated at the Republican National Convention
__________________
# politics \ leadership - president


___ 08-29-2008 ___
Republican J. McCain selects Alaska Governor S. Palin to be his running mate
__________________
# politics \ leadership - vice president


___ 08-27-2008 ___
B. Obama formally nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention
__________________
# politics / leadership


___ 08-18-2008 ___
P. Musharraf resigns as president of Pakistan while under investigation and pressure from opposition
-
key_> politics / leadership


___ 08-07-2008 ___
Georgia breakaway region South Ossetia attacked
__________________
# former soviet republic / Russia


___ 08-03-2008 ___
Space X rocket fails shortly after launch with three satellites aboard
__________________
# Falcon 1


___ 07-30-2008 ___
Housing and Economic Recovery Act
__________________
# housing bubble , Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac


___ 07-21-2008 ___
R. Karadzic arrested for genocide
__________________
# war crimes - Bosnian Serb


___ 06-30-2008 ___
President Bush signs $162_B supplemental spending bill
__________________
# Iraq War, Afghanistan War


___ 06-27-2008 ___
Billionaire B. Gates steps down as CEO of Microsoft
__________________
# philantrophy / Gates Foundation


___ 06-19-2008 ___
Egypt brokers a cease fire between Israel and Hammas
__________________
# Palestinian uprising / revolt


___ 06-03-2008 ___
B. Obama secures winning delegate count edging out H. Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary
__________________
# politics / leadership


___ 05-15-2008 ___
California Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples have the right to marry
__________________
# gay marriage


___ 05-12-2008 ___
7.9M earthquake causes major damage and loss of life in China
__________________
# natural disaster


___ 05-02-2008 ___
Cyclone Nargis hits Myanmar - major damage & loss of life
__________________
# severe weather


___ 04-16-2008 ___
President Bush gives Rose Garden press conference on national climate change goals
__________________
# 0 emissions growth by 2025 ; GLOBAL WARMING


___ 03-16-2008 ___
$30-b Federal Reserve loan to help JPMorgan Chase take over the investment bank Bear Stearns
__________________
# banking crisis - subprime loans


___ 03-13-2008 ___
Gold hits $1000/oz.
__________________
# commodities market - metals ;


___ 03-08-2008 ___
President Bush vetos legislation outlawing banned interrogation methods
__________________
# War on Terrorism ; Army Field Maual


___ 03-04-2008 ___
Republican J. McCain secures winning delegate count
__________________
# politics / leadership - president ; primary election


___ 03-02-2008 ___
D. Medvedv wins election in Russia
- V. Putin 's hand picked successor
__________________
# politics / leadership - president


___ 02-20-2008 ___
F. Castro permanently steps down from power in Cuba his brother takes over
__________________
# politics / leadership - dictator


___ 02-13-2008 ___
President Bush signs Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
__________________
# recession ; tax rebate check


___ 01-28-2008 ___
Senator E. Kennedy backs Democratic presidential hopeful Senator B. Obama
__________________
# politics \ leadership ; primary election


___ 01-23-2008 ___
Thousands of Palestinians flow into Egypt when a border wall is blown up in Gaza
__________________
# Palestinian uprising - blockade


___ 01-21-2008 ___
The British FTSE stock market index has its largest one-day point drop in history
__________________
# banking crisis - subprime loans


___ 01-08-2008 ___
UFO sighting Stephenville , Texas
__________________


___ 01-01-2008 ___
New Hampshire legitimizes civil unions for same-sex couples
__________________

**
01-01-2008
Malta & Cyprus adopt the Euro as their native currency - they are the 14th & 15th countries to do so
__________________


2007 _ CURRENT EVENTS

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