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On July 1, 2008, riots erupt in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections. The year's #1 song was "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain. Hyein, Rio Ngumoha, Hudson Meek would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · July 1, 2008
On 1 July 2008, a riot broke out in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. The riot was sparked by allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 parliamentary election, which occurred three days earlier. While initially a peaceful protest, the riot resulted in Mongolia's first state of emergency, which lasted four days, and a military presence was brought into the city to quell the riot.
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2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.
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Rioting in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia
On 1 July 2008, a riot broke out in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. The riot was sparked by allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 parliamentary election, which occurred three days earlier. While initially a peaceful protest, the riot resulted in Mongolia's first state of emergency, which lasted four days, and a military presence was brought into the city to quell the riot.
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