The 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on November 2, 2008 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the 18th and final race of the 2008 Formula One season. The race, contested over 71 laps, was won by Ferrari driver Felipe Massa after starting from pole position. Fernando Alonso finished second in a Renault, and Kimi Räikkönen third in a Ferrari. Massa started the race alongside Toyota driver Jarno Trulli. Massa's team-mate Räikkönen began from third next to McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton. Rain fell minutes before the race, delaying the start, and as the track dried Massa established a lead of several seconds. More rain late in the race made the last few laps treacherous for the drivers, but could not prevent Massa from winning the Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel of Toro Rosso finished in fourth place behind Alonso and Räikkönen. Hamilton passed Toyota's Timo Glock in the final corners of the race to finish fifth, securing him the points needed to take the Drivers' Championship. Hamilton received praise from many in the Formula One community, including former Champions Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher. Massa's win secured him second place in the Drivers' Championship, and helped Ferrari win the Constructors' Championship.

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1864:

Union General Ulysses S. Grant pulled his troops out of the Battle of Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Virginia, ending one of the bloodiest, most lopsided battles in the American Civil War. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor

1889:

In one of the worst rail disasters in Europe, runaway passenger carriages collided with a following train near Armagh, present-day Northern Ireland, killing 88 people and injuring 170 others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armagh_rail_disaster

1942:

On her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank began keeping her diary during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank

1964:

Nelson Mandela and other leaders of the African National Congress were found guilty for sabotaging the apartheid system in South Africa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela

1999:

In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered Kosovo with the UN-mandated responsibility of establishing a secure environment for the recently self-proclaimed, independent and partially recognized country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_Force

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