Android operating system launched
2008 · Event
Google releases Android on the HTC Dream; it would become the world's most-used operating system, powering most smartphones.
On these timelines: USA, Master
More from USA
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- American Civil War (1861)
- US Constitution (1787)
- George Washington (1732)
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
- Cession of Louisiana to the US (1803)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
Around 2008
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- Pop music: the 2010s (2010)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)
- Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) (2006)
- Global financial crisis (2007)
- Shape of You (Ed Sheeran) (2017)
- iPhone launched (2007)
- Someone like You (Adele) (2011)
- Iraq War begins (2003)
- Brexit referendum (2016)