Boeing 787 Dreamliner completes first flight.
Tiger Woods announced his indefinite leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage.
A sequel to LittleBigPlanet was released for the PlayStation Portable.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon premiered in Los Angeles.
Microsoft released the Windows 7 operating system.
EA Games' FIFA 10, the highest-rated FIFA game made, was released in Europe.
The American sitcom 'Modern Family' premiered on ABC.
'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' movie by J.K. Rowling was released.
Air France flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic.
General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Justin Bieber made his first tweet at 8:27 pm, promoting his single 'One Time.'
The American sitcom 'Parks and Recreation' debuted on NBC.
Texas movie fans were surprised with a special premiere viewing of that year's Star Trek movie.
Brazilian soccer athlete Neymar da Silva Santos Jr. started his professional career at just 17 years old.
R&B superstar Rihanna was assaulted by Chris Brown, her boyfriend at the time.
RuPaul's Drag Race season 1 debuted on Logo TV.
Adrian Hidalgo set the world record for spinning a diabolo around his leg 117 times in 1 minute.
US Airways Flight 1549 landed on the Hudson River, NYC.
The cryptocurrency 'Bitcoin' was created, providing a new digital currency.
Former NFL star O.J. Simpson was sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery.
YouTube Live had the largest viewed broadcast ever, with guest artists performing from San Francisco and Tokyo.
Delta Air Lines merged with Northwest.
The James Bond spy movie 'Quantum of Solace' with Daniel Craig premiered in London.
Google Play was launched.
Swedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.
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.
Morgan Freeman's car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.
Batman's 'The Dark Knight' premiered in London.
Bill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth's orbit atop a Delta II rocket.
Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z married with only 40 guests present on their special day.
The Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.
After recording for four years, Duffy released her debut studio album 'Rockferry.'
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Amy Winehouse scored five awards at the 50th Grammy Awards.
The first episode of Breaking Bad premiered on AMC.
Pablo Picasso's 'Portrait of Suzanne Bloch' was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art, along with O Lavrador de Café by Candido Portinari.
MTV and Harmonix released Rock Band for PS3 and Xbox 360 in North America.
Super Mario Galaxy, Nintendo's third 3D Mario game, was released for the Nintendo Wii in North America.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was released in North America for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
American reality show 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' premiered on the E! Network.
The American Sitcom, 'The Big Bang Theory', premiered on CBS.
After three years in development, Bungie finally released Halo 3 for the Xbox 360.
The survival movie 'Into the Wild,' starring Emile Hirsch, premiered at the Rome Film Festival.
Actor George Clooney crashed on a motorcycle.
