Editing 2008 (section)

===October===
* [[October 3]] – [[2008 financial crisis]]: [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] signs the revised [[Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008|Emergency Economic Stabilization Act]] into law, creating a [[Troubled Asset Relief Program|700 billion dollar Treasury fund]] to purchase failing bank [[asset]]s.<ref name="Associated Press-Raum-2008-10-03" />
*[[October 6]] – A controversial [[Peruvian]] tape regarding a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[oil company]] causes the [[2008 Peru oil scandal]], sparking [[protest]]s which cause [[Jorge del Castillo|Jorge de Castillo]] to [[Resignation|resign from office]].<ref name="s5fxV" /><ref name="4KSLa" /><ref name="1X31j" /><ref name="1xnhk" />
* [[October 21]] – The [[Large Hadron Collider]] (LHC) is officially [[Inauguration|inaugurated]] at [[Geneva]].<ref name="lgOCn" /><ref name="exux6" /><ref name="j2gWy" /><ref name="tnapI" />
* [[October 22]] – The [[ISRO|Indian Space Research Organisation]] successfully launches the [[Chandrayaan-1]] spacecraft on a [[Exploration of the Moon|lunar exploration]] mission.<ref name="1wmbS" /><ref name="hLQzh" />
* [[October 30]] – [[2008 Vietnam floods|Floods]] affected in [[Northern Vietnam]] and [[Central Vietnam]] and lasted 5 days causing flooding in many [[Provinces of Vietnam|provinces]] and [[Municipalities of Vietnam|cities]].
* October
** The [[Easyswap]] on-line local exchange trading system (LETS) website is officially launched in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite news|last=Monnier|first=Philippe D.|title=Le troc remis au goût du jour|url=http://www.pme.ch/de/artikelanzeige/artikelanzeige.asp?pkBerichtNr=177504|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906050925/http://www.pme.ch/de/artikelanzeige/artikelanzeige.asp?pkBerichtNr=177504|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2012|accessdate=17 January 2012|newspaper=PME Magazine|date=February 27, 2009}}</ref>