Discover the remarkable milestones and game-changing moments that made 2008 a year to be remembered.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Jan 20\r\n\r\nThe first episode of Breaking Bad premiered on AMC.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 10\r\n\r\nAmy Winehouse scored five awards at the 50th Grammy Awards.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British soul singer wasn’t able to attend even though she won big, including an award for her song about her own struggles called “Rehab.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 17\r\n\r\nThe Republic of Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nSerbia disputed the separation of Kosovo and has repeatedly sought out international support to invalidate Kosovo’s independence.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 24\r\n\r\nFidel Castro stepped down as President of Cuba after keeping the position for thirty-two years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fidel was one of the leading men behind the Cuban Revolution, and after achieving victory, he assumed complete power over the nation. In his tenure as President of Cuba, he survived countless attempts on his life by the US. While his initial actions may have been just, he ended up a despot and a dictator.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 26\r\n\r\nThe New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang, North Korea.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The concert was possible thanks to an invitation sent by North Korea’s Ministry of Culture to the orchestra in August 2007. The orchestra played the US and North Korean national anthems, among other pieces.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 1\r\n\r\nThe UK’s Prince Harry was withdrawn from a military tour of Afghanistan.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The UK’s Ministry of Defense made the decision after the media began reporting on Prince Harry’s presence in Afghanistan, fearing that both he and the units he was serving with would be at an increased risk of attack.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 2\r\n\r\nDmitry Medvedev was elected as the third President of Russia.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 3\r\n\r\nAfter recording for four years, Duffy released her debut studio album “Rockferry.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 12\r\n\r\nSpace shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station during NASA’s STS-123 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 27\r\n\r\nThe Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe one-off airport restaurant cost a staggering $3.4 million (£2.5 million) to build.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nBeyoncé and Jay-Z married with only 40 guests present on their special day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 8\r\n\r\nConstruction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Bahrain WTC was the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design, which provide approximately 11-15% of the tower’s total power consumption.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nDanica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick, just 26 at the time, finished the race 5.86 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi oval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Feb 10\r\n\r\nAmy Winehouse scored five awards at the 50th Grammy Awards.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British soul singer wasn’t able to attend even though she won big, including an award for her song about her own struggles called “Rehab.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 17\r\n\r\nThe Republic of Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSerbia disputed the separation of Kosovo and has repeatedly sought out international support to invalidate Kosovo’s independence.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 24\r\n\r\nFidel Castro stepped down as President of Cuba after keeping the position for thirty-two years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fidel was one of the leading men behind the Cuban Revolution, and after achieving victory, he assumed complete power over the nation. In his tenure as President of Cuba, he survived countless attempts on his life by the US. While his initial actions may have been just, he ended up a despot and a dictator.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 26\r\n\r\nThe New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang, North Korea.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The concert was possible thanks to an invitation sent by North Korea’s Ministry of Culture to the orchestra in August 2007. The orchestra played the US and North Korean national anthems, among other pieces.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 1\r\n\r\nThe UK’s Prince Harry was withdrawn from a military tour of Afghanistan.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The UK’s Ministry of Defense made the decision after the media began reporting on Prince Harry’s presence in Afghanistan, fearing that both he and the units he was serving with would be at an increased risk of attack.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 2\r\n\r\nDmitry Medvedev was elected as the third President of Russia.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 3\r\n\r\nAfter recording for four years, Duffy released her debut studio album “Rockferry.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 12\r\n\r\nSpace shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station during NASA’s STS-123 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 27\r\n\r\nThe Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe one-off airport restaurant cost a staggering $3.4 million (£2.5 million) to build.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nBeyoncé and Jay-Z married with only 40 guests present on their special day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 8\r\n\r\nConstruction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Bahrain WTC was the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design, which provide approximately 11-15% of the tower’s total power consumption.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nDanica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick, just 26 at the time, finished the race 5.86 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi oval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Feb 17\r\n\r\nThe Republic of Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSerbia disputed the separation of Kosovo and has repeatedly sought out international support to invalidate Kosovo’s independence.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 24\r\n\r\nFidel Castro stepped down as President of Cuba after keeping the position for thirty-two years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fidel was one of the leading men behind the Cuban Revolution, and after achieving victory, he assumed complete power over the nation. In his tenure as President of Cuba, he survived countless attempts on his life by the US. While his initial actions may have been just, he ended up a despot and a dictator.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 26\r\n\r\nThe New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang, North Korea.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The concert was possible thanks to an invitation sent by North Korea’s Ministry of Culture to the orchestra in August 2007. The orchestra played the US and North Korean national anthems, among other pieces.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 1\r\n\r\nThe UK’s Prince Harry was withdrawn from a military tour of Afghanistan.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The UK’s Ministry of Defense made the decision after the media began reporting on Prince Harry’s presence in Afghanistan, fearing that both he and the units he was serving with would be at an increased risk of attack.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 2\r\n\r\nDmitry Medvedev was elected as the third President of Russia.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 3\r\n\r\nAfter recording for four years, Duffy released her debut studio album “Rockferry.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 12\r\n\r\nSpace shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station during NASA’s STS-123 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 27\r\n\r\nThe Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe one-off airport restaurant cost a staggering $3.4 million (£2.5 million) to build.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nBeyoncé and Jay-Z married with only 40 guests present on their special day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 8\r\n\r\nConstruction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Bahrain WTC was the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design, which provide approximately 11-15% of the tower’s total power consumption.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nDanica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick, just 26 at the time, finished the race 5.86 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi oval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nSerbia disputed the separation of Kosovo and has repeatedly sought out international support to invalidate Kosovo’s independence.\r\n\r\n
Feb 24\r\n\r\nFidel Castro stepped down as President of Cuba after keeping the position for thirty-two years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fidel was one of the leading men behind the Cuban Revolution, and after achieving victory, he assumed complete power over the nation. In his tenure as President of Cuba, he survived countless attempts on his life by the US. While his initial actions may have been just, he ended up a despot and a dictator.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 26\r\n\r\nThe New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang, North Korea.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The concert was possible thanks to an invitation sent by North Korea’s Ministry of Culture to the orchestra in August 2007. The orchestra played the US and North Korean national anthems, among other pieces.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 1\r\n\r\nThe UK’s Prince Harry was withdrawn from a military tour of Afghanistan.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The UK’s Ministry of Defense made the decision after the media began reporting on Prince Harry’s presence in Afghanistan, fearing that both he and the units he was serving with would be at an increased risk of attack.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 2\r\n\r\nDmitry Medvedev was elected as the third President of Russia.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 3\r\n\r\nAfter recording for four years, Duffy released her debut studio album “Rockferry.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 12\r\n\r\nSpace shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station during NASA’s STS-123 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 27\r\n\r\nThe Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe one-off airport restaurant cost a staggering $3.4 million (£2.5 million) to build.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nBeyoncé and Jay-Z married with only 40 guests present on their special day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 8\r\n\r\nConstruction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Bahrain WTC was the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design, which provide approximately 11-15% of the tower’s total power consumption.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nDanica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick, just 26 at the time, finished the race 5.86 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi oval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Feb 26\r\n\r\nThe New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang, North Korea.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The concert was possible thanks to an invitation sent by North Korea’s Ministry of Culture to the orchestra in August 2007. The orchestra played the US and North Korean national anthems, among other pieces.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 1\r\n\r\nThe UK’s Prince Harry was withdrawn from a military tour of Afghanistan.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The UK’s Ministry of Defense made the decision after the media began reporting on Prince Harry’s presence in Afghanistan, fearing that both he and the units he was serving with would be at an increased risk of attack.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 2\r\n\r\nDmitry Medvedev was elected as the third President of Russia.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 3\r\n\r\nAfter recording for four years, Duffy released her debut studio album “Rockferry.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 12\r\n\r\nSpace shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station during NASA’s STS-123 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 27\r\n\r\nThe Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe one-off airport restaurant cost a staggering $3.4 million (£2.5 million) to build.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nBeyoncé and Jay-Z married with only 40 guests present on their special day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 8\r\n\r\nConstruction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Bahrain WTC was the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design, which provide approximately 11-15% of the tower’s total power consumption.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nDanica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick, just 26 at the time, finished the race 5.86 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi oval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Mar 1\r\n\r\nThe UK’s Prince Harry was withdrawn from a military tour of Afghanistan.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The UK’s Ministry of Defense made the decision after the media began reporting on Prince Harry’s presence in Afghanistan, fearing that both he and the units he was serving with would be at an increased risk of attack.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 2\r\n\r\nDmitry Medvedev was elected as the third President of Russia.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 3\r\n\r\nAfter recording for four years, Duffy released her debut studio album “Rockferry.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 12\r\n\r\nSpace shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station during NASA’s STS-123 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 27\r\n\r\nThe Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe one-off airport restaurant cost a staggering $3.4 million (£2.5 million) to build.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nBeyoncé and Jay-Z married with only 40 guests present on their special day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 8\r\n\r\nConstruction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Bahrain WTC was the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design, which provide approximately 11-15% of the tower’s total power consumption.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nDanica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick, just 26 at the time, finished the race 5.86 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi oval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Mar 2\r\n\r\nDmitry Medvedev was elected as the third President of Russia.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 3\r\n\r\nAfter recording for four years, Duffy released her debut studio album “Rockferry.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 12\r\n\r\nSpace shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station during NASA’s STS-123 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 27\r\n\r\nThe Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe one-off airport restaurant cost a staggering $3.4 million (£2.5 million) to build.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nBeyoncé and Jay-Z married with only 40 guests present on their special day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 8\r\n\r\nConstruction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Bahrain WTC was the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design, which provide approximately 11-15% of the tower’s total power consumption.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nDanica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick, just 26 at the time, finished the race 5.86 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi oval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 3\r\n\r\nAfter recording for four years, Duffy released her debut studio album “Rockferry.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 12\r\n\r\nSpace shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station during NASA’s STS-123 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 27\r\n\r\nThe Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe one-off airport restaurant cost a staggering $3.4 million (£2.5 million) to build.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nBeyoncé and Jay-Z married with only 40 guests present on their special day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 8\r\n\r\nConstruction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Bahrain WTC was the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design, which provide approximately 11-15% of the tower’s total power consumption.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nDanica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick, just 26 at the time, finished the race 5.86 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi oval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Mar 12\r\n\r\nSpace shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station during NASA’s STS-123 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 27\r\n\r\nThe Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe one-off airport restaurant cost a staggering $3.4 million (£2.5 million) to build.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nBeyoncé and Jay-Z married with only 40 guests present on their special day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 8\r\n\r\nConstruction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Bahrain WTC was the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design, which provide approximately 11-15% of the tower’s total power consumption.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nDanica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick, just 26 at the time, finished the race 5.86 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi oval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Mar 27\r\n\r\nThe Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe one-off airport restaurant cost a staggering $3.4 million (£2.5 million) to build.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nBeyoncé and Jay-Z married with only 40 guests present on their special day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 8\r\n\r\nConstruction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Bahrain WTC was the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design, which provide approximately 11-15% of the tower’s total power consumption.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nDanica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick, just 26 at the time, finished the race 5.86 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi oval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nThe one-off airport restaurant cost a staggering $3.4 million (£2.5 million) to build.\r\n\r\n
Apr 4\r\n\r\nBeyoncé and Jay-Z married with only 40 guests present on their special day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 8\r\n\r\nConstruction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Bahrain WTC was the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design, which provide approximately 11-15% of the tower’s total power consumption.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nDanica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick, just 26 at the time, finished the race 5.86 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi oval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Apr 8\r\n\r\nConstruction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Bahrain WTC was the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design, which provide approximately 11-15% of the tower’s total power consumption.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nDanica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick, just 26 at the time, finished the race 5.86 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi oval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Apr 20\r\n\r\nDanica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick, just 26 at the time, finished the race 5.86 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi oval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Apr 29\r\n\r\nRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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May 2\r\n\r\n139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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May 12\r\n\r\nMore than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
May 15\r\n\r\nThe Californian Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nAt the time, less than 50% of Californians polled were in favor of same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, the first couples were married under the new changes in June of the same year.\r\n\r\n
May 31\r\n\r\nThe Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission’s primary payload was the Japanese Kibō Experiment Module, which the shuttle ferried to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the largest single module ever installed on the ISS. It was astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff’s first mission, and he brought the first bagels into space!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Jun 11\r\n\r\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth’s orbit atop a Delta II rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the telescope was designed to observe gamma rays from a low Earth orbit. At the time of its launch, it was the most highly advanced and sensitive gamma-ray telescope in space.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Jun 16\r\n\r\nThe state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Jun 27\r\n\r\nBill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gates resigned to have more time to focus on his charity organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Jul 14\r\n\r\nBatman’s “The Dark Knight” premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 3\r\n\r\nMorgan Freeman’s car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Two days later, he had a four-hour operation, where the doctors repaired nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Aug 11\r\n\r\nAirbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Aug 16\r\n\r\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Aug 17\r\n\r\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 30\r\n\r\nDanny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The British drama loosely adapted Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A. It won eight of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA awards.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Sep 2\r\n\r\nGoogle launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By 2011 Chrome was the preferred browser over Mozilla Firefox, and in 2013 it overtook Internet Explorer in the US. As of September 2022, it was the most commonly used browser in the world.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Sep 27\r\n\r\nZhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Oct 7\r\n\r\nSwedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 17\r\n\r\nIran attempted to create the world’s largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over 1,000 people gathered to put the sandwich together in Tehran in hopes of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, the sandwich was just too delicious to wait!\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Oct 19\r\n\r\nNASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The primary purpose of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was to use energetic neutral atoms to take photos of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. It was launched using a Pegasus XL launch vehicle, a special type of rocket launched from the air, as opposed to a launchpad on the ground, hence why the Stargazer mother ship was required.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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Oct 22\r\n\r\nGoogle Play was launched.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOct 29\r\n\r\nThe James Bond spy movie “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig premiered in London.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first Bond movie to feature a blonde James Bond and was a reboot of the series.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 4\r\n\r\nBarack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNov 10\r\n\r\nNASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed space probe landed on Mars on May 25, 2008, with a mission to study the history of water on Mars and determine the planet’s overall habitability. Despite being concluded so soon after commencing, the $420 million mission was declared a success, as the lander managed to complete all its planned projects by August.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nThe app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.\r\n\r\n