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- Music
The List. Oct 6 Manhattan Records releases "The List", the...
- Film & TV
Feb 12 40th NAACP Image Awards: "The Secret Life of Bees"...
- Sport
Jun 12 Stanley Cup Final, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI:...
- Jul
Jul 19 The Wesley Impact: black spot the size of Earth...
- Mar Ch
Mar 4 Malaysia has a 50% chance of slipping into the...
- Sep Tember
Sep 9 Cyprus enters recession after 0.6% contraction in the...
- Dec Ember
Dec 25 Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab unsuccessfully attempts a...
- Feb Ruary
Feb 12 40th NAACP Image Awards: "The Secret Life of Bees"...
- Music
- 1 Jan 2009: Slovakia adopted the Euro Currency. Here is the first of our 2009 facts. The Euro was adopted to assist the process of conversion of currency.
- 1 Jan 2009: Hanyu Pinyin was adopted as the Republic of China’s official Chinese romanization. The government of the Republic of China officially adopts this style of Chinese romanization as its official format.
- 3 Jan 2009: Bitcoin Network was created. This network was created as the first block of the digital currency. It was mined by a person by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto.
- 12 Jan 2009: Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the 2008 FIFA player of the year. Ronaldo was awarded the FIFA World Player of the Year in Zurich. This makes him the first player from the Premier League to win this award.
Clockwise from top-left: Air France Flight 447 crashes in the Atlantic Ocean leaving no survivors; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; protests erupt over the 2009 Iranian presidential election; US Airways Flight 1549 crash-lands in the Hudson River with no fatalities, with the event becoming...
Continue reading to uncover the significant events, groundbreaking news, chart-topping music, thought-provoking quotes, and impactful deaths that made 2009 an unforgettable year. Events. Here you can explore the unforgettable moments that shaped the unforgettable year of 2009.
- Ongoing Financial Crisis and Recession
- Europe - Russia Shuts Off All Gas Supplies to Europe
- Indian Ocean - Maersk Alabama Hijacking and Captain Richard Phillips
- United States - Hubble Telescope Repair
Ongoing financial crisis and recession which began in late 2007 continues with many calling it the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930scausing house prices to decline, and unemployment to increase. In 2009 governments in the US and around the world pumped trillions of dollars into the financial system and into the economie...
Russia shuts off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine. More Information and Timeline for Gas Crisis Russia fully closes down gas supplies to Ukraine due to a dispute over a debt of $2.4 billion to Gazprom. Reduced supply had started on January 1st but due to negotiations breaking down all supplies were cut on January 7th. Most of the European...
Pirates Attempt Hijack of MV Maersk Cargo Ship 280 miles southeast of Eyl, Somalia, Hijack Fails but they take the Captain Richard Phillips as a hostage More Information and Timeline For Cargo Ship MV Maersk hijacking 1. April 8th, four pirates based on the FV Win Far 161 attack the MV Maersk Cargo Ship 2. Chief Engineer Mike Perry takes 14 members...
NASA launches the final space shuttle mission to the Hubble Telescope during May. The Space Shuttle Atlantis carried a seven person crew to complete repairs on the Hubble Telescope for the fifth and final time during the STS-125 mission. The crew consisted of Commander Scott Altman and pilot Gregory Johnson, as well as mission Specialists Michael G...
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View a 2009 calendar. World Events. World Statistics. Population: 4.378 billion. population by decade. Nobel Peace Prize: Barack Obama (U.S) for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples" More World Statistics...
