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This article is about the year 2009. For the
Glee
episode, see
2009 (
Glee
)
.
Calendar year
2009
(
MMIX
) was a
common year starting on Thursday
of the
Gregorian calendar
, the 2009th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 9th year of the
3rd millennium
and the
21st century
, and the 10th and last year of the
2000s
decade.
Calendar year
2009 was designated as the
International Year of Astronomy
[1]
[2]
by the
United Nations
to coincide with the 400th anniversary of
Galileo Galilei
's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of
Astronomia Nova
by
Johannes Kepler
.
[3]
It was also declared as the
International Year of Natural Fibres
[4]
by the
United Nations General Assembly
, as well as the International Year of Reconciliation and the Year of the Gorilla (UNEP and UNESCO).
[5]
Events
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January
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February
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March
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April
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June
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- June 1
?
Air France Flight 447
, en route from
Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil, to Paris, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 on board.
- June 11
? The
outbreak
of the
H1N1 influenza strain
, commonly referred to as "swine flu", is deemed a global
pandemic
.
[35]
- June 12
?
Analog television
ends in the United States as part of the
digital television transition
.
- June 13
?
Mass protests erupt across Iran
following a
disputed presidential election
in which
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
was reelected president, the largest demonstrations in the country since the
Iranian Revolution
.
[36]
- June 18
?
NASA
launches the
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
/
LCROSS
probes to the Moon, the first American lunar mission since
Lunar Prospector
in
1998
.
- June 21
?
Greenland
gains self-rule.
- June 22
?
June 2009 Washington Metro train collision
, 9 people were killed and 80 people were injured when a
Red Line (Washington Metro)
train rear ended another train between Takoma and Fort Totten stations, this resulted in the worst train crash in DC Metro's history.
[37]
- June 25
? The
death
of American pop star
Michael Jackson
triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief. Online, reactions to the event cripple several major websites and services, as the abundance of people accessing the
web addresses
pushes
internet traffic
to unprecedented and historic levels.
[38]
- June 28
? The
Military of Honduras
ousts
Honduran President
Manuel Zelaya
in a
coup d'etat
,
[39]
condemned by
OAS
.
[40]
- June 29
?
Viareggio train derailment
occurred when a freight train carrying
liquified petroleum gas
derailed at
Viareggio railway station
in
Lucca
,
Italy
. The accident killed 32 people and injured 26 people.
[41]
- June 30
?
Yemenia Flight 626
crashes off the coast of
Moroni, Comoros
, killing all but
one
of the 153 passengers and crew.
[42]
July
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- July 5
?
Violent riots
broke out in
Urumqi, Xinjiang
. PRC officials said that a total of 197 people died.
- July 7
?
A public memorial service for Michael Jackson
is held at
Staples Center
. It is watched by over 2.5 billion people worldwide.
- July 15
?
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908
, en route from
Tehran
,
Iran
, to
Yerevan
,
Armenia
crashes into the
Jannatabad village
in
Qazvin Province
; killing all 168 on board.
- July 16
?
Iceland
's national
parliament
, the
Althingi
, votes to
pursue joining
the EU.
[43]
- July 17
?
Two bombs exploded
separately at the
JW Marriott
and
Ritz-Carlton
Hotels in
Jakarta
,
Indonesia
, killing 9 people (including 2 suicide bombers) and injuring 53.
[44]
- July 22
? The
longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century
, lasting up to 6 minutes and 38.86 seconds (0.14 seconds shorter than 6 minutes and 39 seconds), occurs over parts of
Asia
and the
Pacific Ocean
.
- July 26
? The Islamic extremist group
Boko Haram
initiates
an uprising
in
Bauchi State, Nigeria
and quickly spreads throughout the northern part of the country.
[45]
August
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September
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- September 21
?
China
becomes the first country to succeed a completed clinical trial by a company for the
2009/H1N1 vaccine
in the world during the
flu pandemic
.
- September 22
?
WikiLeaks
exposes the contents of
Kaupthing Bank
's internal documents prior to the
Icelandic Financial Crisis
. These documents showed suspicious amounts of money were
loaned
to bank owners, and
debts
being written off.
[49]
- September 23
?
Korba chimney collapse
: At least 45 workers are killed when lightning strikes a chimney under construction in
Korba, Chhattisgarh, India
, causing it to collapse.
[50]
- September 26
?
Typhoon Ketsana
, PAGASA Name: Ondoy, makes
landfall
in
The Philippines
, killing hundreds in
Metro Manila
and
flooding
in
Hu?, Vietnam
.
- September 28
? At least 157 demonstrators
are massacred
by the
Guinean military
at the
Stade du 28 Septembre
during a protest against the government that came to power in a
coup d'etat
the previous year.
[51]
- September 29
? A 8.1
earthquake strikes Samoa
, with a maximum
Mercalli intensity
of VII (
Very strong
), leaving at least 192 people dead.
[52]
- September 30
? A 7.6
earthquake strikes Sumatra, Indonesia
, with a maximum
Mercalli intensity
of VIII (
Severe
), leaving at least 1,115 people dead.
[53]
October
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November
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December
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Births and deaths
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Nobel Prizes
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New English words
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