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May 2008 events in North America
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The list May 2008 events in North America includes
Rachel Hoffman, Disappearance of Brandon Swanson, Caravana de Campeones (2008), 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee and Tornado outbreak sequence of May 22–31, 2008.
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Rachel Hoffman
American murder vicitmOverview: Rachel Morningstar Hoffman (December 17, 1984 – May 7, 2008) was a 23-year-old Florida State University graduate who was murdered while acting as a police informant during a botched drug sting that started ...Date of birth: 17 December 1984Date of death: 7 May 2008Age: 23 (age at death)Nationality: American
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2008 Dominican Republic presidential election
election in the Dominican Republic
Overview: Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2008. The result was a victory for incumbent President Leonel Fernández of the Dominican Liberation Party. 0
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Disappearance of Brandon Swanson
2008 Minnesota missing person case
Overview: Shortly after midnight on May 14, 2008, Brandon Swanson (born January 30, 1989) of Marshall, Minnesota, United States, drove his car into a ditch on his way home from celebrating the end of the spring ... 0
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81st Scripps National Spelling Bee
2008 spelling competition
Overview: The 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee finals took place on May 30, 2008. 0
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Tornado outbreak sequence of May 22–31, 2008
2008 natural disaster in the US
Overview: A multi-day tornado outbreak affected the central plains of the United States from May 22–27, 2008. It was also one of the largest continuous tornado outbreaks on record. A total of 173 tornadoes were ... 0
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Judgment Day (2008)
2008 World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view event
Overview: The 2008 Judgment Day was the 10th Judgment Day professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, Sma ... 0
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Overview: The February 2, 2008 resignation of Republican Richard Baker triggered a special election for Louisiana's 6th district. In anticipation of this election, party qualifying occurred before Baker's resig ... 0
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2008 Libertarian National Convention
May 2008 Libertarian convention in Denver, Colorado
Overview: The 2008 Libertarian National Convention was held from May 22 to May 26, 2008, at the Sheraton Hotel (formerly the Adam's Mark Hotel) in Denver, Colorado. The delegates at the convention, on behalf of ... 0
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TACA Flight 390
2008 aviation accident in Honduras
Overview: TACA Flight 390 was a scheduled flight on May 30, 2008, by TACA International from San Salvador, El Salvador, to Miami, Florida, United States, with intermediate stops at Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula ... 0
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Overview: On May 28, 2008, shortly before 6 p.m., two westbound MBTA trains collided on the Green Line D branch between Woodland and Waban stations, behind 56 Dorset Road in Newton, Massachusetts. An investigation ... 0
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Caravana de Campeones (2008)
2008 International Wrestling Revolution Group eventOverview: The Caravana de Campeones (2008), Spanish for "Caravan of Champions", was a major professional wrestling show produced and scripted by the Mexican Lucha libre promotion International Wrestling Revolution ... 0
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Overview: A long-lived tornado outbreak sequence affected the Southern Plains, the southeastern and Middle Atlantic region of the United States from May 7–11, 2008. The storm produced 120 confirmed tornadoes starting ... 0
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2008 Saint John River flood
Flood in New Brunswick, Canada and Maine, United States
Overview: The 2008 Saint John River flood was considered the worst flooding of the Saint John River in 35 years. Flood levels reached 27 feet and 4 inches in Fredericton on May 1, almost reaching the previous record ... 0
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Overview: The 2008 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary took place on May 13, 2008 with polls closing at 7:30 p.m. EST. It was open to Democrats and Independents. The primary determined 28 delegates to ... 0
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Overview: The 2008 West Virginia Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 5, 2008, to select 18 delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention. An additional nine delegates were selected in ... 0
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Overview: The 2008 Mississippi 1st congressional district special election was a special election in the state of Mississippi to determine who would serve the remainder of former Representative Roger Wicker's term ... 0
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2008 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election
Special election called due to resignation of Bobby Jindal who had been elected Governor
Overview: Voters in Louisiana's 1st congressional district voting in a special election on May 3, 2008, elected Steve Scalise as a new member of the United States House of Representatives, replacing Representative ... 0
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Postville raid
Immigration raid in United States
Overview: The Postville raid was a raid at the Agriprocessors, Inc., kosher slaughterhouse and meat packing plant in Postville, Iowa, on May 12, 2008, executed by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ... 0
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Summit Fire (2008)
2008 wildfire in California
Overview: The Summit Fire was a wildfire that started on May 22, 2008 in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near Corralitos, California, United States. The fire was fully contained on May 27, 2008. No injuries or fatalities ... 0
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Tornado outbreak of May 1–2, 2008
weather event in the United States
Overview: A destructive and deadly tornado outbreak that took place across the Southern and Central United States from May 1 to May 3, 2008. The outbreak was responsible for at least seven fatalities (six from ... 0
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