During the first half of 2008, Armenia's widening current-account trade deficit grew by 66 percent to $ 1. 39 billion USD, with a 40 percent rise in imports.

During the 2008 Democratic presidential primary campaign, Clinton vigorously advocated on behalf of his wife, Hillary Clinton.

During his post-ABBA career Andersson won four Swedish Grammis awards, and together with Ulvaeus received the " Special International " Ivor Novello award from ' The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters ', twice " The Music Export Prize " from the Swedish Ministry of Industry and Trade ( 2008 ), as well as the " Lifetime Achievement " award from the Swedish Music Publishers Association ( SMFF ).

During the 2008 United States presidential election, she branded the Republican Party vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as " stupid " and a " disgrace to women ".

During the Orioles ' heyday in the 1970s, a club song, appropriately titled " Orioles Magic ", was composed, and played when the team ran out until Opening Day of 2008.

During the 2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute, two of Canada's opposition parties signed an agreement to form what would become the country's second coalition government since Confederation if the minority Conservative government was defeated on a vote of non-confidence ; unseating Stephen Harper as Prime Minister.

During the 2008 regular season, the Cardinals traveled to play the Panthers and took a 17-3 lead at halftime, but the Panthers rallied in the 3rd and 4th quarters to win.

During the Fiscal Year 2008, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing delivered 7. 7 billion notes at an average cost of 6. 4 cents per note.

During periods of particularly high demand for ammunition, such as after the November 2008 election of President Barack Obama, or after the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban in that country, factory ammunition can become considerably more expensive or even unavailable in stores.

During the first decade of the new century, hedge funds regained popularity worldwide and in 2008, the worldwide industry held US $ 1. 93 trillion in assets under management.

During the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, Lynch was one of eight superdelegates from New Hampshire.

During their marriage, several of Grammer and Donatacci's homes were featured in magazines, including ones in: Malibu, California ( February 2001, InStyle ), Maui ( May 2004, InStyle ), Long Island, New York ( April 2008, InStyle ), Bachelor Gulch, Colorado ( Architectural Digest ), and Bel Air, Los Angeles ( Architectural Digest ).

During the season, the Vikings had many distractions, including trading for Randy Moss and then waiving him only a month later, Brett Favre's NFL investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to Jets ' employee Jenn Sterger while he was with the team in 2008, the Metrodome's collapse and resulting venue changes, and finally head coach Brad Childress ' firing on November 22 following a 31 – 3 loss at the hands of the rival Green Bay Packers.

During the 1990s and until 2008, the country was in civil strife.

During the crop year 2008, many of the certified organic potatoes produced in the United Kingdom and certified by the Soil Association as organic were sprayed with a copper pesticide to control potato blight ( Phytophthora infestans ).

During a 2008 interview with the BBC, Major General Qian Lihua, a senior Chinese defense official, stated that the PLAN aspired to possess a small number of aircraft carriers to allow it to expand China's air defense perimeter.

During the 2008 presidential election, King voiced his support for Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

During the November 2008 trial on the lawsuit, a former member of the IKA said that the Klan head told him to kill Dees.

During the period October 2007-October 2008 Spain had its unemployment rate climbing 37 %, exceeding the unemployment surge of past economic crises like 1993.

During the All-Star festivities at Yankee Stadium, Hamilton crushed a first round home run record in the 2008 Home Run Derby with 28.

During Putin's first premiership and presidency ( 1999 – 2008 ), real incomes increased by a factor of 2. 5, real wages more than tripled ; unemployment and poverty more than halved and the Russians ' self-assessed life satisfaction rose significantly.

During May and June 2008, Zanzibar suffered a major failure of its electricity system, which left the island without electricity for nearly a month.

During 2003, the price rose above $ 30, reached $ 60 by August 11, 2005, and peaked at $ 147. 30 in July 2008.

* During the decade, Windows 2000 And Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 And Windows vista And Microsoft Office 2008 And Then Windows 7 become the ubiquitous industry standards in personal computer software until the end of the decade, when Apple began to slowly gain market share.

In the famous long scroll Along the River During the Qingming Festival painted by Zhang Zeduan ( 1085 – 1145 AD ) during the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1297 AD ), a suanpan is clearly seen lying beside an account book and doctor's prescriptions on the counter of an apothecary's ( Feibao ).

During the period of the Iberian Union ( 1580 – 1640 ), Portugal lost influence and power and made new enemies.

* 1793 – During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.

* 1911 – During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti ( Skenderbeg ).

During January – February 2007, Armenia ’ s trade with the European Union totaled $ 200 million.

During January – February 2007, Armenia ’ s trade with Russia and other former Soviet republics was $ 205. 6 million ( double the amount from the same period the previous year ), making them the country ’ s number one trading partner.

* 1925 – During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.

During the Tokugawa period ( 1600 – 1868 ) the Ainu became increasingly involved in trade with Japanese who controlled the southern portion of the island that is now called Hokkaido.

During the Invasion of the Kuril Islands, Akira Nakamura ( b. 1897 ) was captured by the Soviet army and his elder son Takeshi Nakamura ( 1925 – 1945 ) was killed in the battle.

* 1958 – During the Cold War, American Van Cliburn wins the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

During his 72 years of Imamat ( 1885 – 1957 ), the community celebrated his Golden ( 1937 ), Diamond ( 1946 ) and Platinum ( 1954 ) Jubilees.

* 1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.

During the 4th century BC, there may well have been some 250, 000 – 300, 000 people in Attica.

During the turn of the 20th century British Israelites carried out some excavations of the Hill of Tara in Ireland looking for the Ark of the Covenant – the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland campaigned successfully to have them stopped before they destroyed the hill.

* 1242 – During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.

During the Helvetic Republic ( 1798 – 1803 ), the county of Baden, the Freie Ämter and the region known as the Kelleramt were combined into the Canton of Baden.

During 1823 – 1931 the grown settlement was known as Ust-Abakanskoye, 1914 – 1925: Abakan, 1925 – 1931: Khakassk.

* Mann, Horace, K. The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, Vol III: The Popes During the Carolingian Empire, 858 – 891.

During the summer months ( April – September ), dogs are banned from the Silver Sands but they are allowed all year round at the Black Sands.

During the period 1825 – 1863 a sheep market was held at a site in Castle Street, to stop the sale of sheep on the streets of the town.

* 1983 – During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk.

" During 1903 – 1930, he published his critical edition of Manilius's Astronomicon in five volumes.