Photoshop was created in 1988 by brothers Thomas and John Knoll. The software was originally developed in 1987 by the Knoll brothers, and then was sold to Adobe Systems Inc. in 1988.
The program started as a simple solution for displaying grayscale images on monochrome displays. After some encouragement from John, the brothers both took a break from work and school to build a full image editing program.
Here are some of the significant events and developments that took place in the year 1988:
- The Winter Olympics were held in Calgary, Canada
- Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members.
- The bombing of the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon
- Iran-Iraq War officially ends after eight years
- George H. W. Bush was elected as the 41st President of the United States
- The Soviet Union started to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan
- The second Summer Youth Olympics were held in Seoul, South Korea
- Hurricane Gilbert hit Jamaica, causing widespread damage
- The Bodyguard, a movie starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, was released
- The start of the Palestinian Intifada against Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
- Benazir Bhutto became the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the first woman to lead a Muslim country.
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