Other Notable Events, October 8

In 1998, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 258-176 to begin impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.

In 2001, the United Nations and Secretary-General Kofi Annan shared the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 2003, some $19 billion in peach-colored, redesigned $20 bills made their official debut across the United States.

In 2004, for the first time the Nobel Peace Prize went to an African woman, Dr. Wangari Maathai, an environmental activist from Kenya.

In 2005, a death toll close to 40,000 was reported in India and Pakistan after an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck the area.

Also in 2005, Tropical Storm Stan killed more than 500 people in Guatemala.

In 2007, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that half of the 5,000 British troops stationed in Iraq would be removed by the end of 2008.

In 2008, a Nepal Yeti Airlines plane, carrying a dozen German tourists and others on a flight from Kathmandu to Lukla, crashed near Mount Everest, killing 18 people. One crewman survived.

In 2010, former U.S. Marines Gen. James Jones, U.S. President Obama's national security adviser, announced his resignation reportedly because of statements made to the media about Obama's policies on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Jones was replaced by his deputy, Thomas Donilon.

In 2011, the head of the U.S. Energy Department's loan program, Jonathan Silver. resigned amid a fiscal firestorm over Solyndra, a solar energy company that filed for bankruptcy after receiving a $535 million federal loan guarantee.

Also in 2011, a speeding bus overturned on a North China expressway and collided with a car, killing 35 young people.