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{{*mp|June 2}} A '''[[Danish_embassy_bombing%2C_2008|bomb explodes]]''' outside of the [[Denmark|Danish]] [[embassy]] in [[Islamabad, Pakistan]], killing at least eight. |
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{{*mp|June 1}} [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonian]] voters go to the polls for '''[[Macedonian parliamentary election, 2008|parliamentary elections]]''' amid reports of violence in [[Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia|ethnic Albania]]n areas. |
{{*mp|June 1}} [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonian]] voters go to the polls for '''[[Macedonian parliamentary election, 2008|parliamentary elections]]''' amid reports of violence in [[Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia|ethnic Albania]]n areas. |
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{{*mp|June 1}} '''[[Usain Bolt]]''' of [[Jamaica]] sets a new [[world record]] in the [[100 metres|100 metre sprint]] of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix in [[New York City|New York]]. |
{{*mp|June 1}} '''[[Usain Bolt]]''' of [[Jamaica]] sets a new [[world record]] in the [[100 metres|100 metre sprint]] of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix in [[New York City|New York]]. |
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Revision as of 08:18, 2 June 2008
- A bomb explodes outside of the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing at least eight.
- Macedonian voters go to the polls for parliamentary elections amid reports of violence in ethnic Albanian areas.
- Usain Bolt of Jamaica sets a new world record in the 100 metre sprint of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York.
- In rugby union, the Crusaders defeat the New South Wales Waratahs in the 2008 Super 14 Final.
- Space Shuttle mission STS-124 launches, carrying the Japanese laboratory Kibō's main module for the International Space Station.
- Grupo TACA Flight 390, an Airbus A320 flying from San Salvador, El Salvador, crashes in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- China begins inspecting the ruins of thousands of schools that collapsed in the Sichuan earthquake, searching for clues about why they crumbled.
- Paleontologists discover Materpiscis (model pictured), a 380-million-year-old placoderm fish which is the earliest known animal to bear live young.
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