Amy Winehouse scored five awards at the 50th Grammy Awards

The first episode of Breaking Bad premiered on AMC

Google launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser

Barack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election

The Giants defeated the Patriots by the score of 17–14 to win the Superbowl, the Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 4–1, to win their first championship in 28 years, Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley cup after defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins

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