Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank.
- Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
- Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
- The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
- A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
- Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
- In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 bodies were exhumed from several mass graves made by Los Zetas.
- Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.
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