September 10, 2008 - Produced the official launch of the Large Hadron Collider.September 15, 2008 - Lehman Brothers filed a petition in bankruptcy.
November 20, 2009 - For the first time after the accident on Sept. 19, 2008 a beam of protons was successfully around the ring of the Large Hadron Collider.November 26, 2009 - Dubai has asked creditors to postpone debt payments state-owned Dubai World.