173 people died in Victoria, Australia, during the Black Saturday bushfires.
The USA's first African-American President, Barack Obama, conducted his first address.
US Airways Flight 1549 landed on the Hudson River, NYC.
Billionaire conman Bernard Madoff arrested.
Former NFL star O.J. Simpson was sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery.
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.
India's first unmanned lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, 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.
Zhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.
China launches Shenzhou spacecraft with 3 astronauts.
Lehman Brothers file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Airbedandbreakfast.com was launched by its three founders, which is now known as Airbnb.
War Between Russia and Georgia Breaks Out.
Coup in Mauritania.
United States Congress apologizes for slavery.
Batman's 'The Dark Knight' premiered in London.
The state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
The Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.
The California Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.
More than 69,000 people lost their lives to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Sichuan, China.
139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.
Construction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.
The Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.
Space shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station during NASA's STS-123 mission.
Dmitry Medvedev was elected as the third President of Russia.
The UK's Prince Harry was withdrawn from a military tour of Afghanistan.
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Fidel Castro stepped down as President of Cuba after keeping the position for thirty-two years.
Fidel Castro steps down as Cuba's president.
The Republic of Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologizes to Indigenous Australians for the 'stolen generations'.
Nepal abolishes monarchy.
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated.
Queen Elizabeth becomes the longest-living British monarch.
Cristina Fernandez was sworn in as Argentina's first elected female president.
Spacecraft Chang'e 1 entered lunar orbit at 02:15 UT and became the first Chinese spacecraft to orbit the moon successfully.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became Argentina's first female president.
Argentina elects its first female president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
China's first lunar probe Chang'e 1 launched.
Former Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan as suicide bombers attacked her convoy in Karachi.
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor became the first Malaysian in space aboard Russia's Soyuz TMA-10.
First successful human powered attempt to circumnavigate the world.
Russia Tests 'Father of All Bombs'.
Manuel Noriega's sentence in the United States ends.
The Israeli Air Force conducted a secret airstrike on an alleged nuclear facility in southeastern Syria.
The EF2 tornado ripped through Brooklyn, New York, for 18 minutes, causing nine injuries and $20 million in damages.
NASA launched the Phoenix spaceship from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, US.
The Mississippi River Bridge collapsed during rush hour.
