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4 Sept 2008 - Physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory reported the discovery of the O- b, a "doubly-strange" baryon containing two strange quarks and a bottom quark.

10 Sep 2008 - The proton beam was circulated for the first time in the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and the highest-energy collider. It is located at CERN, near Geneva, under the Franco-Swiss border.

23 Sept 2008 - The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva was shut down until the northern spring while engineers probe magnet failures.

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Astronomy including solar system astronomy, stellar astronomy, galactic astronomy, and cosmology can be connected.

5 Sep 2008 The European Union's Rosetta spacecraft performed a flyby of the asteroid 2867 Steins.

17 Sept 2008 - The International Astronomical Union classified Haumea as the fifth dwarf planet in the Solar System and named it after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility.

Earth science including geology, hydrospheric science, atmospheric science, physical geography, and geohistory can be connected.

5 Sep 2008 Estimates of sea-level rise due to global warming were scaled back.

15 Sept 2008 - NASA scientists reported that the Ozone hole over the Antarctic had reached its largest expanse, 27 million square kilometers vs 26 million square kilometers in 2006. European Scientists at ESA concurred.

24 Sept 2008 - Preliminary findings made for the American Geophysical Union that support the Clathrate gun hypothesis, indicate the possible release of millions of tons of methane, a greenhouse gas, from Arctic seabeds.

Biology including molecular biology, cell biology, organism biology, systematics, ecology, and biohistory can be connected.

Personal studies

2 Sept 2008 - New study showed that children of older fathers are at higher risk of psychological conditions such as bipolar disorder, autism and schizophrenia.

The human body including body systems, bodu functions, human life cycle, disease, and form ans appearance can be connected. Psychology including behavioral elements, mind, behavior patterns, developmental psychololgy, mental disorders, personality, and social psychology can be connected. Biography can also be connected.

Anthropology

1-14 September 2008 - Hurricane Ike made landfall on Texas as Category 2 and killed 27 in the United States, after killing 4 in Cuba, 1 in the Dominican Republic, and 75 in Haiti.

1 Sept 2008 - 2008 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Hanna became Hurricane Hanna (2008) with hurricane warnings issued for the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos. Tropical Storm Ike (2008) formed east of the Leeward Islands. (Miami Herald) Hurricane Gustav weakened to a tropical storm in central Louisiana after being responsible for 7 deaths in the United States and more than 90 in the Caribbean.

2 Sept 2008 - 2008 Atlantic hurricane season: Hurricane Gustav weakened to a tropical depression.

3 Sept 2008 - 2008 Atlantic hurricane season: Hurricane Ike became the fifth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, later strengthening to Category 3. Flooding from Tropical Storm Hanna causes 26 deaths in Haiti.

6 Sep 2008 - 2008 Pacific hurricane season: Tropical Storm Lowell formed off the coast of Mexico.

6 Sep 2008 - 2008 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Hanna made landfall in the United States on the border between North Carolina and South Carolina. Hurricane Ike reached Category 4 strength as it prepared to hit Turks and Caicos.

7 Sep 2008 - Hurricane Ike damaged 80 percent of homes in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

4 Sept 2008 - The death toll from flooding in Haiti caused by Tropical Storm Hanna rose to 61.

5 Sep 2008 Five hundred people had died in the Haitian town of Gonaïves as a result of flooding caused by Tropical Storm Hanna.

8 Sept 2008 - Hurricane Ike made landfall near Banes, Cuba, and weakened.

9 Sept 2008 - Hurricane Ike made its second landfall on Cuba, near San Cristóbal, north of the Isle of Youth, on its way into the Gulf of Mexico.

Social foundations including social presentation, social interaction, social control, social group types, and social group behavior can be considered. Demography including births, deaths, migration, population size and structure, and population change can be connected. Physical anthropology including human origins, racial variation, and human dispersion can be connected. Human ecology including effects of the environment on people, relations with other life, and effects of people on the environment can be considered. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, African geography, North American geography, South America geography, and particular groups can be connected. Particular groups can also possibly be considered.

Culture

1 Sept 2008 - Manchester City Football Club was bought out by the Abu Dhabi United Group for Investment and Development Limited, the consortium led by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. This effectively made City the richest Football Club in the world. It also made Transfer Deadline Day one of the most memorable, with City's new found wealth allowing them to bid for such players as Dimitar Berbatov, Fernando Torres, Mario Gomez and David Villa. They eventually signed Robinho for a Britsh Record Fee of £32.5million. The takeover and the Robinho deal as a whole sent shockwaves throughout the Sporting world. (http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/ manchester-city-takeover-complete-914841.html)

5 Sep 2008 La Princesse, a giant mechanical spider, started to roam the streets of Liverpool, England, as part of the 2008 European City of Culture celebrations.

6 Sep 2008 - The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games began in Beijing.

6 Sep 2008 - Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler won the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival.

7 Sep 2008 - Serena Williams defeated Jelena Jankovic to win the U.S. Open for the third time, regaining the World Number 1 ranking for the first time in five years.

8 Sept 2008 - Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray to win the U.S. Tennis Open for a record-breaking fifth consecutive time.

11 Sept 2008 - A new survey of residents of 17 countries by WorldPublicOpinion.org indicates that an average of 46 percent believe that Al-Qaeda was behind the 9/11 attacks of 2001.

11 Sept 2008 - A fire occurred in the Channel Tunnel and the tunnel was closed until further notice.

13 Sept 2008 - The All Blacks defeated Australia (28–24) to win the 2008 Tri Nations Series at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

14 Sept 2008 - Sebastian Vettel of Toro Rosso won the 2008 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, becoming the youngest driver in history to win a Formula One grand prix.

15 Sept 2008 - Richard Wright, a founding member of the seminal English Rock Group Pink Floyd died at the age of 65 after a long battle with cancer.

19 Sept 2008 - Professor Stephen Hawking unveiled the Corpus Clock, a 'terrifying' new way to read the time, at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, England.

20 Sept 2008 - Toonami has ended with these final words "Until we meet again, stay gold."

21 Sept 2008 - Mad Men wins the Emmy Award for Best Drama and 30 Rock wins for Best Comedy at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards.

21 Sept 2008 - The United States won the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1999.

21 Sept 2008 - Tyrone beat Kerry 1-15 to 0-14 to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2008.

27 Sept 2008 - A 12.9 million digit Mersenne prime was discovered.

27 Sept 2008 - In Australian football, the Hawthorn Football Club defeats the Geelong Football Club in the 2008 AFL Grand Final by 115 points to 89.

28 Sept 2008 - Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia set a new world record in the marathon of two hours three minutes 58 seconds at the Berlin Marathon.

28 Sept 2008 - Fernando Alonso won the Singapore Grand Prix in Formula One's first night race.

Material culture including industrial technology, building technology, foodstuffs, clothing, transportation technology, communication technology, and other artifacts can be considered. Conceptual culture including language, graphic arts, literature, mathematics, applied science, and philosophy can be connected. Behavioral culture including customs, occupations, recreation and entertainment, and cultural events can be considered.

Institutions

Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families can be connected. Education including research and teaching can be connected. Cultural institutions including museums, libraries, and performance venues can be connected. Educational organization including course material, students, faculty, and adminitration can be connected. Schools including primary education, secondary education, and higher education can be connected.

Economics is important. Economic activity such as production, distribution and exchange, and consumption can be connected. Industries including companies, agriculture, extraction and manufacturing, building, social and medical services, transportation, communication, and commercial and financial services are important. Economic systems including firms, networks, types of systems, and system behavior can be considered.

10 Sept 2008 - OPEC announced it would cut oil production by 500,000 barrels a day; prices rose accordingly.

10 Sept 2008 - The European Commission predicted the U.K., Germany, and Spain 'to fall into recession'; the outlook for rest of the Eurozone is gloomy.

11 Sept 2008 - Prices for oil fell, and wholesale prices for gasoline rose sharply.

15 Sept 2008 - Hewlett-Packard announced plans to cut 24,600 jobs.

18 Sept 2008 - Subprime mortgage crisis: British bank Lloyds TSB completed a £12.2bn takeover of rival HBOS, the UK's largest mortgage lender. The Competition Commission has allowed the deal as it has government backing, despite the fact that it will leave Lloyd's HBOS in control of a third of the UK mortgage market. The Swedish National Debt Office announced it is putting a temporary hold on its market commitment in treasury bills due to the spike in demand for treasury bonds, which are seen as a safe investment during rocky periods in the financial markets. Following the recent rapid fall of the share value of HBOS, The FSA restricted short selling in an attempt to bring about market stability in the United Kingdom. This action followed a similar move by SEC in the United States on Wednesday. Republican presidential candidate John McCain calls for Christopher Cox, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to be dismissed. Kraft Foods replaces American International Group in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Securities and Exchange Commission declared an emergency ban on shorting financial-sector stocks.

25 Sept 2008 - Following the purchase of British Energy by Electricité de France, plans for a new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station have been announced.

Government can be connected. Law including tribal law, Asiatic law, Western law, and international law can be connected. Government structure including political parties and interest groups, judicial systems, legislative systems, executive systems, heads of state, and forms of government can be connected. Government activity including administration, succession, and state relations can be considered. Particular governments including local, national and international government can be connected.

6 Sep 2008 - Nuclear Suppliers Group cleared Indo-US nuclear deal.

9 Sept 2008 - The United Nations decided to withdraw aid workers from Tamil Tiger-held areas of Sri Lanka.

27 Sept 2008 - United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1835 on Iran, calling for compliance with previous resolutions, with no further sanctions.

Religion including religious beliefs, religious practice, and religious organization can be connected. Particular religious traditions including Abrahamic religion, Asiatic religion, pagan religion, and secularism can be considered.

Sociology

Social structure and change

Social structure including anthropological structure, cultural structure, institutional structure, class structure, and community and regional structure can be considered. Social types including hunting and gathering societies, horticultural societies, agrarian societies, and industrial societies can be connected. Social change including social change factors, social change processes, and particular changes can be connected.

Communities such as Los Angeles, Shanghai, Osaka, and Calcutta can be connected.

Peoples can be connected. Nations including , France, Congo, UK, Italy, and South Korea can be connected.

14 Sept 2008 - Two people were killed and 10 injured when a tourist riverboat collided with a pillar of the Pont de l'Archevêché and sinks, on the River Seine in Paris.

14 Sept 2008 - Accusations of witchcraft caused football riots in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in 13 dead and 36 injured.

15 Sept 2008 - At least 11 spectators died in a stampede at a club football match in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, following a riot incited when a goalkeeper proceeded to use an animist spell in an attempt to rally his team.

20 Sept 2008 - The Ugandan Lords Resistance Army launched a surprise offensive in Southern Sudan hitting an army base and villages in the nearby Democratic Republic of Congo.

Western Civilization can be connected. Germany can be connected. Sao Paulo can be connected.

7 Sep 2008 - Kurt Beck, the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany stepped down. According to media reports, Frank Walter Steinmeier was to become the candidate for Chancellor of Germany in the 2009 elections.

3 Sep 2008 Cyprus peace talks between the Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and the TRNC leader Mehmet Ali Talat were held in Nicosia, aimed at reunifying the 34-year-divided island.

7 Sep 2008 - On the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Governor General Michaëlle Jean dissolved the 39th Canadian Parliament and called early elections.

Anglic peoples

New York City can be connected.

In the United States

US Culture

11 Sept 2008 - Officials ordered the evacuation of Galveston Island in the U.S. state of Texas before Hurricane Ike made landfall later in the week.

11 Sept 2008 - The Pentagon Memorial in Washington, DC, dedicated to the 184 people who died in the attack on the building on September 11, 2001, was opened to the public.

11 Sept 2008 - Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501: Fifty years after the airliner vanished over Lake Michigan, it was claimed that human remains washed ashore and were buried without the relatives' knowledge in an unmarked mass grave.

13 Sept 2008 - Hurricane Ike: Hurricane Ike made landfall in the United States at Galveston, Texas, as a Category 2 hurricane. Hurricane Ike weakened to a tropical storm over eastern Texas. President George W. Bush declared that Texas was a disaster zone. As many as one million Haitians became homeless due to hurricanes.

14 Sept 2008 - Hurricane Ike Authorities in Texas have rescued nearly 2,000 victims of Hurricane Ike who refused to evacuate. The American death toll from Hurricane Ike rose to 8.

15 Sept 2008 - Hurricane Ike (2008) The remnants of Ike were blamed for 13 more deaths in the Midwestern United States. More than one million households in the Midwestern United States are left without electricity due to high winds. President George W. Bush warned that motorists will face a "pinch" from rising costs caused by Hurricane Ike.

20 Sept 2008 - Residents of Galveston Island, Texas were advised that they could return home next Wednesday but there will be little or no services after Hurricane Ike destroyed much of the town.

21 Sept 2008 - The New York Yankees beat The Baltimore Orioles, 7-3, at their last home game at Yankee Stadium. This was the last time the New York Yankees were to play at Yankee Stadium before moving to the New Yankee Stadium across the street.

28 Sept 2008 - SpaceX Falcon 1 became the world's first privately developed space launch vehicle successfully to make orbit.

26 Sept 2008 - Legendary actor Paul Newman died at age 83, after suffering from lung cancer for more than 6 months.

27 Sept 2008 - 2008 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Kyle strengthened into Hurricane Kyle with predictions that it would make landfall in the New England region of the United States or Canada's Maritime Provinces on Sunday.

28 Sept 2008 - SpaceX Falcon 1 made orbit, becoming the first privately developed liquid-fueled space launch vehicle to do so.

US Economics

3 Sept 2008 - GMAC's Residential Capital mortgage provider announced plans to dramatically reduce the size of its business resulting in the loss of 5,000 jobs.

5 Sep 2008 According to several news reports, the US government planned to take control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a takeover plan. (MSNBC)

5 Sep 2008 The unemployment rate in the United States rose to its highest level since December 2003 after the US economy lost 84,000 jobs in August 2008.

7 Sep 2008 - In one of the largest banking interventions in United States history, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed into conservatorship by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

7 Sep 2008 - Subprime mortgage crisis: The United States federal government placed mortgage financing companies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae into conservatorship. The Federal Housing Finance Agency was to manage the companies on a temporary basis.

7 Sep 2008 - Boeing Machinists went on strike against Boeing over outsourcing, job security, pay and benefits

9 Sept 2008 - Apple Inc. unveiled the revamped iPod line-up including the redesigned, fourth-generation iPod Nano.

8 Sept 2008 - Washington Mutual, the largest savings and loan in the United States, ousted Chief Executive Kerry Killinger as a result of losses incurred as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis.

10 Sept 2008 - U.S.-based financial services company Lehman Brothers announced a third-quarter loss of $4.9 billion and planned to sell assets.

14 Sept 2008 - Subprime mortgage crisis The American International Group sought an emergency $40 billion loan from the United States Federal Reserve. Bank of America negotiated to buy Merrill Lynch for $38.25 billion in stock. The United States Federal Reserve announces several initiatives to expand emergency lending to combat the crisis. Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after British bank Barclays and Bank of America pulled out of emergency talks on a buyout.

15 Sept 2008 - Global financial crisis: Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection, in the largest bankruptcy in United States history.

16 Sept 2008 Global financial crisis: The US Government, through the Federal Reserve, lent $85 billion dollars to AIG in exchange for the right to buy 80% of the company, in another of the largest US interventions in the banking industry.

15 Sept 2008 - Subprime mortgage crisis Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy resulting from the subprime mortgage crisis. The Dow Jones industrial average fells by over 500 points as the New York Stock Exchange responds to events over the weekend.

16 Sept 2008 - Subprime mortgage crisis The United States Federal Reserve agreed to lend the American International Group $85 billion in return for a 79.9% stake.

16 Sept 2008 - The employees (not the members) of Oregon's largest teachers' union went on strike against the union itself.

19 Sept 2008 - Global stock market crash of September 2008 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and United Kingdom Financial Services Authority took emergency action to temporarily ban short-selling of financial companies stock. The United States Department of the Treasury guarantees money market mutual funds up to an amount of $50 billion to guarantee their viability. The New York Stock Exchange respondes positively to these initiatives with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising by 390 points.

20 Sept 2008 - The Bush administration asked the United States Congress for $700 billion to buy mortgage-related assets to try and resolve the subprime mortgage crisis.

21 Sept 2008 - Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the two last remaining independent investment banks on Wall Street, became bank holding companies as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis.

22 Sept 2008 - Proposed bailout of U.S. financial system (2008) The Proposed bailout of U.S. financial system (2008) to rescue the U.S. Banking system was debated by the 110th United States Congress. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 370 points due to uncertainty over the plan.

23 Sept 2008 - Government officials say that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into possible fraud for mortgage financing companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, and insurer American International Group.

23 Sept 2008 - Ben Bernanke, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, warns the United States Congress that failure to pass the Paulson Plan quickly would make a recession more likely.

24 Sept 2008 - Subprime mortgage crisis President of the United States George W. Bush addressed the nation on prime time television to discuss the crisis and the Paulson plan. He warned that the United States faces a "long and painful recession" if the package is not passed.

25 Sept 2008 - Global financial crisis: In the largest bank failure in U.S. history, Washington Mutual was placed into receivership by the Office of Thrift Supervision. As receiver, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation sold the bank's accounts and operations to JPMorgan Chase.

25 Sept 2008 - United States economy Jobless claims in the United States rose to a seven year high while orders for durable goods fell to their lowest level in 18 months, underscoring the weakness of the United States economy.

25 Sept 2008 - Home sales in the United States during August 2008 fell to a 17-year low.

26 Sept 2008 - Subprime mortgage crisis: In the biggest bank failure in American history, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation seized Washington Mutual and sold most of the bank to JPMorgan Chase.

28 Sept 2008 - Subprime mortgage crisis: US Congressional leaders and the George W. Bush administration reached an outline Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 of a bailout of financial institutions as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis. British bank Bradford & Bingley was to be purchased by the Treasury and Financial Services Authority. Belgian bank Fortis NV was partly nationalised as part of an 11.4 billion euro rescue package funded by the Governments of Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

29 Sept 2008 - Subprime mortgage crisis: The United States House of Representatives rejected a proposed bailout of the U.S. financial system. Head of the Swedish National Debt Office Bo Lundgren says that the $700 billion U.S. financial industry bailout was based on too-optimistic valuations, and may not be enough to restore confidence in the financial system. The German government and private banks injected 35 billion Euros into the struggling Hypo Real Estate, a bank that is heavily involved in the real estate business. The bank had been stuggling because its Irish subsidy Depfa Bank had suffered massive losses during the subprime mortgage crisis. The HRE is the first company from the DAX that had to be rescued by the government in recent memory. Brazil's stock market had its worst one-day plunge in almost a decade, the São Paulo Stock Exchange sank 9.36% to 46,028.06 points, its steepest drop since 1999. Russian RTS fell 7,1%, MICEX 5,5%, as investors sold off assets on emerging markets on concerns that the U.S. government's bailout plan would not be enough to stem the financial crisis caused by the U.S. housing bubble. Citigroup acquired the banking operations of Wachovia, the troubled Charlotte, N.C.-based bank. Under the agreement, Citigroup would absorb up to $42 billion of losses on a $312 billion pool of loans, while the U.S. Government would take losses beyond that. The Government of Iceland took control of the country's number three bank, the struggling Glitnir Bank The British Government confirmed that the mortgage and loans components of Bradford & Bingley would be nationalised, whilst the company's savings operations will be sold to the Spanish banking group, Grupo Santander. The financial crisis around Europe deepened with the nationalization of Fortis and a cash infusion from the Benelux states amounting to €11.2 billion. Intervention is needed to support the US's Wachovia, Britian's Bradford & Bingley, Iceland's Glitnir, Germany's Hypo Real Estate and the Belgian-Dutch group Fortis, following on from the Subprime mortgage crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had the biggest intra-day decline in its history as it dropped by 777 points.

30 Sept 2008 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up almost 500 points, following its largest one day point drop in history yesterday.

US Government

1 Sept 2008 - U.S. Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's 17 year old daughter Bristol was revealed to be five months pregnant.

1 Sept 2008 - An ACLU lawsuit challenged gag orders in National Security Letters.

1 Sept 2008 - The U.S. military handed control of Al Anbar Governorate over to the Iraqi government.

2 Sept 2008 - The United States Environmental Protection Agency vetoed plans by the Army Corps of Engineers to build the world's largest water pump on the Mississippi River Delta raising concerns about the impact on wetlands.

2 Sept 2008 - Republican Party adopted a platform at its national convention that was critical of George W. Bush and John McCain for their support of government bailouts of companies.

3 Sept 2008 - The Republican Party officially endorsed Arizona Senator John McCain as its candidate in the 2008 United States presidential election.

3 Sept 2008 - The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit found "that a reliance on information in Wikipedia is insufficient grounds for a ruling" in an immigration case.

3 Sept 2008 - United States Army troops crossed the Pakistan border and launched a raid in the Angoor Ada region of Waziristan. Twenty civilians died. Earlier 'up to 90' people were killed during US air raid in Herat province, Afganistan, many of them women and children, the Afgan government and the UN said. HRW says civilians deaths from international air strikes nearly tripled between 2006 and 2007.

4 Sept 2008 - Senator John McCain officially accepted the nomination of the Republican Party in the United States presidential election.

4 Sept 2008 - Former United States political lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the Jack Abramoff scandals.

5 Sep 2008 Condoleezza Rice became the first United States Secretary of State to visit Libya since 1953.

8 Sept 2008 - The US military was to 'review an inquiry' into an air raid on a village in Herat province, Afghanistan, after a new video evidence emerged indicating 'scores of civilian deaths'. The US air raid in Afghanistan left up to 90 people dead, 'many of them women and children', the Afghan government and the UN said. However, US officials claimed earlier that 'no more than seven civilians died'. The bodies of 'at least 10 children and many more adults' appeared in two videos made with cell phones in the Afghan village Azizabad after the raid.

9 Sept 2008 - Al Franken won a primary election for the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party to challenge incumbent Senator Norm Coleman in the Minnesota Senate election.

9 Sept 2008 - US President George W. Bush pledged 4,500 troops to Afghanistan over the next few months and ordered 8,000 troops currently stationed in Iraq to be home by February.

10 Sept 2008 - United States presidential election, 2008: Former Republican candidate Ron Paul endorsed third-party candidates Chuck Baldwin, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney and Ralph Nader, calling the two-party system a "charade."

11 Sept 2008 - President George W. Bush was reported to have authorized United States special forces to conduct operations against insurgents inside Pakistan without seeking approval from the Government of Pakistan.

12 Sept 2008 - The United States-led coalition claimed to kill at least 10 militants in fighting in Afghanistan.

17 Sept 2008 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 440 points as the bailout of the American International Group by the Federal Reserve failed to reassure jittery investors.

15 Sept 2008 - Shots were fired into the air in a confrontation between US and Pakistani forces; US forces retreated; Pakistan denies involvement of their forces.

16 Sept 2008 - The United States government opened up a partnership with the Swedish municipality of Södertälje, a city of 80,000 that had received nearly 6,000 Iraqi refugees since the beginning of the Iraq war.

18 Sept 2008 - A United States Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed in southern Iraq killing seven United States soldiers.

24 Sept 2008 - Senator John McCain, the Republican Party nominee in the presidential election, postponed campaigning and sought deferral of a presidential debate so that he could return to Washington D.C. to discuss the subprime mortgage crisis and the Paulson Plan. President Bush invited Senator McCain, Senator Barack Obama of the Democratic Party and leaders of the United States Congress to a meeting at the White House tomorrow to discuss the crisis.

25 Sept 2008 - Pakistani and United States forces exchanged fire on the Afghan-Pakistan border.

25 Sept 2008 - Senior members of the United States Congress agreed on a legislative deal to bailout the U.S. financial system from lingering effects of the subprime mortgage crisis.

25 Sept 2008 - The Texas Supreme Court denied a petition by the Bob Barr US Presidential campaign seeking removal of Senators Barack Obama and John McCain from that state's ballot due to both candidates missing the filing deadline.

25 Sept 2008 - An effigy of Barack Obama was found hanging from a tree at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.

29 Sept 2008 - Global financial crisis: The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act was rejected by the U.S. House of Representatives and, as a result, the Dow Jones stock market index recorded its largest-ever one-day fall of 777.68 points.

26 Sept 2008 - Senators John McCain and Barack Obama took part in the first of the United States presidential election debates.

27 Sept 2008 - The United States Senate passes a large spending bill including $25 billion in taxpayer subsidised loans for automakers and the end of offshore drilling bans.

29 Sept 2008 - United States Attorney General Michael Mukasey announced the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the firings of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006.

US Local

2 Sept 2008 - A gunman went on a shooting spree that leaves 6 people, including a police deputy, dead, and four injured, in Alger, Washington, United States.

12 Sept 2008 - A Metrolink train collided head-on into a freight train in Los Angeles, California, killing 25 and injuring 130.

12 Sept 2008 - Twenty Four people died in Chatsworth in Los Angeles, California following a collision between a Metrolink passenger train and a Union Pacific freight train. At least 135 people were also injured in the accident.

13 Sept 2008 - The death toll from the 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles rose to 24 with more fatalities expected.

19 Sept 2008 - Four people died in a plane crash in Columbia, South Carolina with Travis Barker, formerly of Blink 182, and DJ AM being critically injured.

Among Latin peoples, Mexico can be connected. Mexico City can be connected.

15 Sept 2008 - Morelia Bomb Attacks: Eight people were killed and 100 injured in a presumed terrorist attack at El Grito Independence Day celebrations in the main square of Morelia, Michoacán.

For Lusitanic peoples including Brazil I have no events listed.

29 Sept 2008 - Brazil's government was named as the worst illegal logger of the Amazon rainforest.

Among Northeast European peoples, Russia is connected.

1 Sept 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: The European Union suspended talks on a new partnership agreement with Moscow until Russian troops have withdrawn from Georgia.

1 Sept 2008 - Russia accused the West of sending weapons to Georgia along with aid, while the European Union considered possible sanctions against Russia.

14 Sept 2008 - Aeroflot Flight 821 crashed near the city of Perm, Russia, killing all 88 on board.

8 Sept 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and President of France Nicolas Sarkozy announced after talks in Moscow that an agreement to pull Russian forces from Georgia within a month had been reached. The agreement has become possible as EU will send 200 civilian monitors to the area and guarantee that Georgia signs a pledge to not use military force in Abkhazia and South Ossetia again. 'Senior US soldiers and two military contractors' were training 80 Georgian special forces serviceman only 'month prior' these commandos entered South Ossetia on the night of August 8. MPRI, one of the contractors, is known also for training the Croatian military in 1995 'prior to their invasion of the ethnically-Serbian Krajina region, which led to the displacement of 200,000 refugees'. However, 'there is no evidence' that the contractors or US military knew these commandos 'were likely be used in the assault on South Ossetia'.

10 Sept 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: Some members of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs have expressed disagreement with Georgia's actions in the war: 'The recent fighting [...] was started by Georgia. The Georgians broke the truce, not the Russians' said Dana Rohrabacher, Senior Republican.

13 Sept 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: Russians troops left west, but remained in Georgia. UNHCR: around 192,000 people were forced to flee their homes in South Ossetia and Georgia during the four-day war of Georgia with South Ossetia and Russia. Around 35 thousand of them left South Ossetia shortly before August, 8th for North Ossetia, Russia, others were forced to relocate during the conflict. A US Defense Department team was to arrive in Georgia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that Abkhazia and South Ossetia cannot legally join the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) due to their status, local press reported. Western countries were pledging substantial aid to Georgia – as much as 3.5-4 billion dollars in grants and loans. Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili has arrived in the village of Koda and to supervise rehabilitation works of ten blocks, owned by the Georgian Defense ministry, in which the IDPs from South Ossetia will be temporarily settled there.

14 Sept 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: The Georgian foreign ministry has released an official statement stating that 'In the villages of the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia, the separatist regime continues carrying out persecution of local Georgian population based on their ethnic origin', adding that 'Once again it becomes evident that for the Russian government the ethnic cleansing remains as one of the main methods for achieving its political goals'. Dick Cheney on his visit to Tbilisi, Georgia (country) earlier condemned Russian "invasion" and said that United States was "fully committed" to Georgia's efforts to join NATO. Russian forces pulled out of the Black Sea port of Poti and wer preparing to withdraw from positions in western Georgia. Russian forces were to withdraw completely from Georgia proper to an October 10 deadline. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said he was confident this deadline would be met. Irakli Okruashvili, ex-defense minister of Georgia granted political asylum in France, claims President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili 'must be held accountable [for the war] and resign... If he doesn't it will lead to criminal charges against him'. Irakli Okruashvili claimed he had been working with Saakashvili on plans to regain control on Abkhazia and South Ossetia since 2005 but was sure that Georgia could not succeed by military means.

14 Sept 2008 - Boeing 737 Aeroflot Flight 821 crashes near the city of Perm in Russia, killing all 88 on board. The cause of the crash was attributed to engine failure.

16 Sept 2008 - 2008 Russian financial crisis: Russia's most liquid stock exchange MICEX and the dollar-denominated RTS suspend trade for one hour after the worst one-day fall in ten years as Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin reassured markets there was no "systemic" crisis.

17 Sept 2008 - 2008 Russian financial crisis: Trading was suspended for the second day in succession on Russia's two main stock exchanges (the MICEX and the dollar-denominated RTS) after shares fell dramatically, forcing the central bank in Moscow to intervene. Russia's government lent the country's three biggest banks, Sberbank, VTB Bank and Gazprombank, as much as 1.13 trillion rubles ($44 billion) for at least three months to boost liquidity.

18 Sept 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: US President George W. Bush was to urge Russia to honor its commitment to fully withdraw troops from Georgia during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly next week, a top White House official said Friday. Russia said EU observers and extra OSCE monitors should monitor situation on the border land of Georgia and South Ossetia and Abkhazia. On September 1 Tbilisi had withdrawn from Dagomys peace agreement, which was providing legal basis for OSCE monitors in the two states.

18 Sept 2008 - 2008 Russian financial crisis: Trading was suspended for the third day in succession on Russia's two main stock exchanges, the MICEX and the dollar-denominated RTS, amidst fear of financial collapse. News agencies were quoting Russia's Finance Minister, Alexei Kudrin, as saying trading on Russian exchanges won't resume until September 19. Officials at MICEX stock exchange describe conditions in the Russian markets as "extraordinary". Russia is facing its worst stock market decline in a decade mainly because of a confidence crisis rather than liquidity problems, Deputy Finance Minister Pyotr Kazakevich says. (Hurriyet) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev orders ministers to inject another 500 billion rubles (£10.8 billion, US$20 billion) of funds from the state budget into the markets and pledges in remarks broadcast on national television that the financial system would receive "all necessary support".

Asiatic peoples can be connected. I do not have events for Manila

Thailand

2 Sept 2008 - 2008 Thai political crisis: Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej declared a state of emergency in Bangkok after clashes between groups of pro- and anti-government protesters resulted in one death and 43 injuries. Anupong Paochinda, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, stated that the Army "will not use force" in enforcing the state of emergency.

4 Sept 2008 - The Government of Thailand agreed to hold a referendum to resolve the 2008 Thai political crisis.

9 Sept 2008 - A Thai court ruled that Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej must be removed from office for receiving payment for appearing on a television cooking show.

12 Sept 2008 - The Thai People's Power Party agreed not to renominate ousted Prime Minister of Thailand Samak Sundaravej for the position following objections from the other members of the coalition.

14 Sept 2008 - 2008 Thai political crisis: The Acting Prime Minister of Thailand Somchai Wongsawat lifted a state of emergency in place since September 2.

17 Sept 2008 - 2008 Thai political crisis: Somchai Wongsawat had been elected as the next Prime Minister of Thailand by the National Assembly of Thailand with King Bhumibol Adulyadej having to endorse the selection.

21 Sept 2008 - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel resigned.

Middle Eastern peoples can be connected.

I do not yet have many events for Iran.

Egypt

6 Sep 2008 - 2008 Cairo landslide: At least 18 people were killed and 22 injured when dozens of homes in northern Cairo collapsed after being hit by a massive rockslide.

6 Sep 2008 - At least eight boulders peeled of a cliff near Cairo, Egypt, killing at least 18 and burying an estimated 500 people.

15 Sept 2008 - 12 tourists were killed and 37 injured when a coach collided with a delivery truck outside of Ras Sidr in Egypt. Reports suggest 7 of the 12 dead were foreign nationals

22 Sept 2008 - 15 people, including 11 foreign nationals, were kidnapped near Aswan in southern Egypt.

Turkey has a few events.

15 Sept 2008 - At least 1 person had died and 26 were missing after a Ro-ro ferry sank near the Turkish city of Bandirma.

Events of South Asian peoples will be important. I do not yet have events for Bombay.

Events of India are not yet recorded.

1 Sept 2008 - A Government of Orissa report stated 558 houses and 17 places of worship were burnt in the 2008 Orissa violence.

4 Sept 2008 - Tata Motors suspended work at its Tata Nano plant at Singur, West Bengal, due to continued agitations from the Trinamul Congress.

7 Sep 2008 - Floods in Brahmaputra river displaced estimated 2.1 million people and caused 24 deaths in north-eastern state of Assam, India.

11 Sept 2008 - Forty people went missing in the northern Indian state of Bihar after a boat capsizes in the Harohar River.

17 Sept 2008 - India deployed Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear warheads in Jammu and Kashmir amidst continuing ceasefire violations with Pakistan along the Line of Control.

29 Sept 2008 - Three bombs went off in western India, killing 8 people and injuring 30.

30 Sept 2008 - 147 people were dead after a human stampede at the Chamunda Hindu temple near Jodhpur in India.

In Delhi,

13 Sept 2008 - Five explosions rocked various places in Delhi, killing at least 30 people.

27 Sept 2008 - A bomb blast in Delhi, India killed 2 and injured 23.

In Pakistan

3 Sep 2008 Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan survived an assassination attempt near Islamabad while on his way to meet the British Leader of the Opposition David Cameron.

5 Sep 2008 Pakistan reinstated Supreme Court judges ousted by former President Pervez Musharraf.

6 Sep 2008 - The Electoral College of Pakistan elected Asif Ali Zardari of the Pakistan People's Party as the next President of Pakistan.

6 Sep 2008 - A car bomb in Peshawar in northwest Pakistan killed at least thirty people.

20 Sept 2008 - A suicide truck bomb explosion destroyed the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing at least 60 and injuring 266.

12 Sept 2008 - The Pakistan Army claimed that at least 30 militants and 2 soldiers had been killed in fighting in the Bajaur region of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

20 Sept 2008 - War in North-West Pakistan: A suicide bomber attacked a Pakistan Army convoy, killing eight soldiers.

20 Sept 2008 - Pakistan detains 13 Indian fishermen after they drifted in Pakistani waters.

23 Sept 2008 - Pakistani soldiers and tribesmen reportedly shot down a suspected U.S. military drone near the village of Jalal Khel in South Waziristan. The report came a day after intelligence officers said two United States helicopters crossed a mile into Pakistan over North Waziristan, but flew off after Pakistani troops and tribesmen opened fire.

30 Sept 2008 - At least 35 people died when a bus collides with a milk tanker and catches fire in central Pakistan, police said.

In Bangladesh I have no events recorded.

Among Oriental peoples there are various events. I do not yet have events for Seoul.

China can be connected.

19 - 25 Sept 2008 - Typhoon Hagupit killed 17 in China, 8 in the Philippines, 1 in Taiwan, and 41 in Vietnam.

25 Sept 2008 - Shenzhou 7, the third manned Chinese spaceflight and the first with three crew members, was successfully launched. China became the third country ever to conduct a spacewalk.

7 Sep 2008 - Xinhua reported that 20 people were trapped in a coal mine in the Henan province of China following flooding.

7 Sep 2008 - Voters in Hong Kong went to the polls for the Hong Kong legislative election, 2008. The Democratic Alliance remained the largest party in the legislature.

8 Sept 2008 - A landslide triggered by heavy rain struck a warehouse in Linfen in Shanxi province, China, killing at least 26 people and injuring others.

13 Sept 2008 - A mudslide caused by an illegal mine in Shanxi province in China killed 254 people.

13 Sept 2008 - A bus crashed into a 100 m gorge in Sichuan, China, killing 51.

17 Sept 2008 - The emerging 2008 baby milk scandal showed evidence of coverup by officials during the Olympics.

20 Sept 2008 - A fire in a nightclub in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen results in 43 dead and another 51 injured.

21 Sept 2008 - The number of babies in China hospitalized due to adulterated milk products and infant formula reached 12,892.

24 Sept 2008 - Typhoon Hagupit hit Vietnam, the Philippines and southern China, killing at least eight.

25 Sept 2008 - The death toll from Typhoon Hagupit rose to 18 with 10 people dead in the People's Republic of China as well as 8 people killed earlier in the Philippines.

25 Sept 2008 - Shenzhou 7, the third manned Chinese spaceflight, was successfully launched with three crew members, with a planned first Chinese spacewalk.

26 Sept 2008 - 2008 Chinese Milk Scandal: Japan and Hong Kong detected melamine in Chinese food products including breakfast cereals and crackers.

27 Sept 2008 - During mission Shenzhou 7, Zhai Zhigang successfully performed the first spacewalk by a Chinese astronaut, as China became the third country to carry out extra-vehicular activity independently.

28 Sept 2008 - Chinese astronauts returned safely as the Shenzhou 7 re-entry capsule lands. This marked the third country to successfully return three astronauts from space, and the third country to successfully return a spacewalker from space. And the mission marked the third country to successfully develop and deploy a spacesuit.

30 Sept 2008 - 2008 Chinese milk scandal Dutch food giant Unilever began recalling Lipton-brand milk tea powder in Hong Kong and Macau after they were found to contain traces of melamine.

30 Sept 2008 - Chinese police reported having arrested 22 people on Monday over melamine tainted milk products.

Japan I have no specific events recorded for Tokyo

1 Sept 2008 - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda abruptly resigned less than a year after taking office following Shinzo Abe's resignation, triggering a leadership election.

3 Sept 2008 - Japan's Kyodo news agency reported that North Korea had started rebuilding the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in retaliation for the United States failing to remove it from a list of states that sponsor terrorism.

11 Sept 2008 - a 7.2 magnitude quake struck near Hokkaido, Japan.

22 Sept 2008 - Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2008: Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party chose former Foreign Minister of Japan Taro Aso as the next Prime Minister of Japan replacing Yasuo Fukuda.

23 Sept 2008 - Japanese investment bank Nomura Holdings acquired the European, Asian and Middle Eastern equities and investment banking operations of Lehman Brothers.

24 Sept 2008 - The Diet elected Taro Aso of the Liberal Democratic Party as the new Prime Minister of Japan.

28 Sept 2008 - Four days after the formation of new Japan cabinet, Transport Minister Nariaki Nakayama resigned after series of controversial speeches.

Among Southeast Asian peoples, Events of Indonesia are not yet recorded.

11 Sept 2008 - A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit near Ternate, Indonesia

15 Sept 2008 - A stampede in the Indonesian town of Pasuruan leaves 21 people dead, most of whom are thought to be women.

I do not yet have events for the Philippines.

I do not yet have events for Vietnam

29 Sept 2008 - Floods caused by Typhoon Hagupit cause at least 41 deaths in northern Vietnam.

Among African peoples, Ethiopia can be connected. Among West African peoples, Nigeria can be considered.

14 Sept 2008 - Nigerian Oil Crisis: Nigeria's main rebel group declared an "oil war" in the west African nation in response to what it said were "unprovoked" attacks by Nigerian government forces a day earlier.

15 Sept 2008 - Nigerian Oil Crisis: Nigeria's main rebel group claimed to have destroyed an oil installation owned by Shell in the Rivers State region in the south of the Country.

19 Sept 2008 - Nigerian Oil Crisis The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta announced that it had blown up a pipeline operated by Royal Dutch Shell. Nigerian oil production has been reduced by 280,000 barrels per day since renewed attacks on oil facilities began.

American Indian peoples may include events in Mexico. South American Indian peoples including those of Brazil can be connected. North American Indian peoples including those found in the United States can be connected.

Other History

Earlier periods through classical and medieval history are only weakly connected. Earlier periods of modern history through the 19th century can be considered. This is connected to earlier periods of the 20th century through the late 20th century. It is not well connected to the early 2000s. It is immediately preceded by 2007 and is part of 2008. This belongs to the third quarter, and is preceded by August.

It is followed by the fourth quarter, specifically October. There are also some connections to the future including the near future, down to next quarter, and next year. The middle future, and far future are not yet strongly connected.