Barack Obama elected as United States’ first black president
Americans placed their faith in Barack Obama, turning their backs on a past of slavery and segregation and electing the first African-American to the US presidency.
2008 C.E.
The Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and highest-energy particle collider, goes live in Switzerland
It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research between 1998 and 2008 in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists and hundreds of universities and laboratories, as well as more than 100 countries.
Nepal abolishes its monarchy and declares itself a federal republic
Following the declaration of the federal republic, an election was held for the Constituent Assembly that would draft a new constitution.
12 nations sign the UNASUR Constitutive Treaty
The UNASUR Constitutive Treaty officially established the Union of South American Nations, an intergovernmental continental union of twelve South American nations.