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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. 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy [1] [2] by the United Nations ...
2009 in science. 22 July 2009: the longest-lasting total solar eclipse of the 21st century occurs. The year 2009 involved numerous significant scientific events and discoveries, some of which are listed below. 2009 was designated the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations. [1]
Events from the year 2009 in the United States . The inauguration of Barack Obama as the president, occurred on January 20. The nation, still recovering from the 2007–2008 financial crisis, received various economic stimuli through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and similar legislation, which most notably gave Americans tax credits.
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from September 2009. September 1, 2009 (Tuesday) edit. history. watch. European leaders remember the victims of World War II at ceremonies marking the start of the conflict 70 years ago. (RTÉ) (BBC) (CBC) ( Time) (Japan Today)
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2009. At least two people are killed and at least fifteen are wounded in a shooting attack at a building frequented by gay youths in Tel-Aviv, Israel. ( Haaretz) 4,000 people are evacuated from the Canary Islands due to severe forest fires.
The United Kingdom experiences its first critical case of A (H1N1) influenza. (BBC) Pakistan 's military rescues 80 people whom the Taliban kidnapped on June 1. (Reuters) At least 61 people are discovered dead in a Harmony Gold mine in Free State, South Africa. (BBC) June 3, 2009 (Wednesday) edit. history.
November 20, 2009 (Friday) edit. history. watch. The Large Hadron Collider, the largest atom collider in the world, is restarted after a fourteen-month delay for repairs. ( The Daily Telegraph) (BBC) (Reuters) Three political parties file a motion of no confidence against French Polynesian President Oscar Temaru. ( Tahitipresse) The United ...
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Yunnan province of China, killing one person and destroying over 10,000 homes. (BBC) July 2009 Ürümqi riots. Chinese President Hu Jintao returns to Beijing and chairs Politburo Meeting, vowing "severe punishment" on culprits as the social order in Ürümqi is being restored.