Editing 2008 (section)

===August===
*[[August 1]]
** India and United States sign the historic [[India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement|Civil Nuclear deal]].
** Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions die on [[K2]], the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the [[2008 K2 disaster|worst single accident]] in the history of K2 mountaineering.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bowley |first=Graham |date=2010-11-13 |title=K2 tragedy: 'We had no body, no funeral, no farewell ...' |url=https://theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/13/k2-accident-himalayas-climbers-families |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
* [[August 6]] – President [[Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi]] of [[Mauritania]] is deposed in a [[2008 Mauritanian coup d'état|military coup d'état]].<ref name="nuVDF" />
* [[August 7]] – [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] intervenes against Russian-backed separatists in its [[South Ossetia|South-Ossetia]] and [[Abkhazia]] regions, causing [[Russia]] to invade Georgia and spark the [[Russo-Georgian War|Russo-Georgian war]], the first major European land war of the 21st century.
* [[August 8]]–[[August 24|24]] – The [[2008 Summer Olympics]] take place in [[Beijing]], China.<ref name="zc8qK" />
* [[August 20]] – [[Spanair Flight 5022]] crashes at [[Madrid–Barajas Airport]], killing 154 people on board.