Portal:Current events/2008 November 2
November 2, 2008 (Sunday)
- Lewis Hamilton wins the 2008 Formula One Drivers' Championship, beating Felipe Massa by one point to become the youngest and first black Formula One World Champion in history. (Sky News)
- Sébastien Loeb of Citroën becomes the first World Rally Championship driver to become World Champion for the fifth consecutive time. (BBC News)
- Rupiah Banda of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy is sworn in as President of Zambia after being elected on October 30. (Canadian Press via Google)[permanent dead link]
