NASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.
Barack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.
The James Bond spy movie 'Quantum of Solace' with Daniel Craig premiered in London.
Google Play was launched.
NASA launched its IBEX satellite from the Stargazer mother ship launch pad above the Marshall Islands.
Iran 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.
Swedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.
Zhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.
Google launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.
Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan's Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.
American swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.
Airbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.
Morgan Freeman's car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.
Batman's 'The Dark Knight' premiered in London.