- Fidel Castro steps down as president of Cuba after almost 50 years in聽power
- Usain Bolt breaks the 100m sprint world record in 9.72聽seconds.
- Barack Obama elected President of the United聽States
- Christian Bale returned as The Dark Knight, and Heath Ledger was found dead in his Manhatten聽apartment
- China hosted the聽Olympics
- Resurgence of the Taliban in聽Afghanistan
- Terrorist attacks in聽Mumbai
- Kosovo declared聽independent
- The Russia-Georgia聽war
- Global Financial聽Crisis
- Boris Johnson elected Mayor of聽London
- NASA spacecraft sent back first pictures of an unexplored region of聽Mars
- Fire destroyed the historic grand pier at聽Weston-super-Mare
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