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| Date |
Headline |
| January 1, 2008 |
Oil prices reach record high of $100 per barrel |
| February 5, 2008 |
Super Tuesday primary elections held in the United States |
| March 14, 2008 |
Bear Stearns, a major investment bank, collapses |
| April 2, 2008 |
Barack Obama wins the Democratic nomination for President of the United States |
| May 12, 2008 |
Earthquake in China kills over 69,000 people |
| June 3, 2008 |
Barack Obama becomes the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States |
| July 8, 2008 |
Oil prices reach record high of $147 per barrel |
| August 8, 2008 |
Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China |
| September 15, 2008 |
Lehman Brothers, a major investment bank, files for bankruptcy |
| October 3, 2008 |
U.S. Congress passes $700 billion bailout package for financial institutions |
| November 4, 2008 |
Barack Obama elected President of the United States |
| December 1, 2008 |
General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler CEOs testify before Congress requesting bailout funds |
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