360What happened in 2008?
6 moments from 2008 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 8 August 2008
The Beijing Olympics open
At 8 pm on 8 August 2008, chosen because eight is considered a lucky number in China, the Beijing Olympic Games opened with a spectacular ceremony. At these Games, the swimmer Michael Phelps won a record eight gold medals and Usain Bolt won the 100 m in a world record.
- On this day · 10 September 2008
The Large Hadron Collider starts up
On 10 September 2008, scientists at CERN, near Geneva, sent the first beam of protons around the Large Hadron Collider, a 27 km ring and the world's largest particle accelerator. Four years later, it found the Higgs boson.
- 2008 · from CERN announces the discovery of the Higgs boson
The Large Hadron Collider starts up
- July 2008 · from The iPhone is unveiled and the smartphone age begins
App Store opens
- October 2008 · from The iPhone is unveiled and the smartphone age begins
First Android phone goes on sale
- 2008 · from The 2000s: the human genome and the smartphone
Global financial crisis