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'''2009''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMIX]]''') will be a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]].

[[File:2009 Events Collage V2.png|Clockwise from top-left: [[Air France Flight 447]] crashes in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] leaving no survivors; [[Barack Obama]] becomes the [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|first]] [[African American]] to become [[President of the United States]]; [[2009 Iranian presidential election protests|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 known as the "Miracle on the Hudson"; the "King of Pop" [[Michael Jackson]] [[Death of Michael Jackson|dies]] by acute propofol intoxication; [[Bitcoin]] is initially launched by the [[pseudonymous]] name [[Satoshi Nakamoto]]; an [[2009 L'Aquila earthquake|earthquake]] strikes central [[Italy]], killing 308; the [[H1N1]] [[virus]] was responsible for the [[2009 swine flu pandemic|swine flu pandemic]].|300x300px|thumb|right]]

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'''2009''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMIX]]''') was a [[common year]] that [[common year that started on Thursday|started on a Thursday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It was the 2009th year of the [[Common Era]] or the [[Anno Domini]] designation, the 9th year of the [[2nd millennium]] and the 21st century, and the 10th and last of the [[2000s (decade)|2000s decade]]. -->

2009 was designated as the [[International Year of Astronomy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0606/|title=News Release – IAU0606: The International Astronomical Union announces the International Year of Astronomy 2009|date=October 27, 2006|publisher=International Astronomical Union|access-date=2008-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919162557/http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0606|archive-date=September 19, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://astronomy2009.org |title=The International Year of Astronomy 2009 |publisher=IYA2009 |access-date=2008-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103045057/http://www.astronomy2009.org/ |archive-date=November 3, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau0702/ | title=International Astronomical Union {{pipe}} IAU | access-date=November 11, 2022 | archive-date=November 11, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111231940/https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau0702/ | url-status=live }}</ref> It was also declared as the [[International Year of Natural Fibres]]<ref>{{UN document |docid=A-RES-61-189|type=Resolution|body=General Assembly|session=61|resolution_number=189 |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=December 20, 2006|title=International Year of National Fibres, 2009}}</ref> by the [[United Nations General Assembly]], as well as the International Year of Reconciliation and the Year of the Gorilla (UNEP and UNESCO).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.cms.int/en/campaign/year-gorilla | title = Year of the Gorilla | year = 2009 | website = [[Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals]] | access-date = 2023-01-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140914030546/https://www.cms.int/en/campaign/year-gorilla | archive-date = 2014-09-14}}</ref>

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== Population ==

2009 has been designated as:

The [[world population]] on January 1, 2009, was estimated to be 6.888&nbsp;billion people and increased to 6.977&nbsp;billion people by January 1, 2010.{{Sfn|UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs|2024}} An estimated 143.0&nbsp;million births and 54.1&nbsp;million deaths took place in 2009.{{Sfn|UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs|2024}} The average global [[life expectancy]] was 69.7 years, an increase of 0.4 years from 2008.{{Sfn|UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs|2024}} The estimated number of global refugees decreased from 10.5&nbsp;million to 10.4&nbsp;million by the end of the year.{{Sfn|UN High Commissioner for Refugees|2010|p=7}} The largest sources of refugees were Afghanistan with 2.9&nbsp;million people and Iraq with 1.8&nbsp;million people.{{Sfn|UN High Commissioner for Refugees|2010|pp=8–9}}

* [[International Year of Astronomy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0606/|title=News Release - IAU0606: The International Astronomical Union announces the International Year of Astronomy 2009|date=October 27, 2006|publisher=International Astronomical Union|accessdate=2008-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://astronomy2009.org/|title=The International Year of Astronomy 2009|publisher=IYA2009|accessdate=2008-11-01}}</ref>

* [[International Year of Natural Fibres]].<ref name="UN_ARES61189">{{UN document |docid=A-RES-61-189 |type=Resolution |body=General Assembly |session=61 |resolution_number=189 |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=20 December 2006|title=International Year of National Fibres, 2009}}</ref>

== Conflicts ==

==Predicted and scheduled events==

There were 36 conflicts in 2009 that resulted in at least 25 fatalities, six of which resulted in at least 1,000 fatalities: the [[Taliban insurgency]] in Afghanistan, the [[Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)|Iraqi insurgency]], [[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|the insurgency]] by the [[Pakistani Taliban]], the conflict against the [[Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda|FDLR]] in Rwanda, [[Eelam War IV]] in Sri Lanka, and the [[Somali Civil War (2009–present)|Somali Civil War]].{{Sfn|Harbom|Wallensteen|2010|pp=501, 506–508}} All conflicts in 2009 were intrastate conflicts that involved [[violent non-state actor]]s.{{Sfn|Harbom|Wallensteen|2010|p=503}}

===January===

* January - The [[Republic of Ireland]] will [[Banning of incandescent lightbulbs|ban]] the sale of [[incandescent light bulb]]s.<ref>[http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=204702457 Ireland to ban incandescent lightbulbs]</ref>

* January - The final [[Nimitz class aircraft carrier]], named the [[USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)|USS ''George H. W. Bush'']], will be commissioned.

* January - The [[United States Mint]] will follow the [[50 State Quarters]] program by minting quarters in honor of [[Washington, D.C.]] Coins for [[Puerto Rico]], [[Guam]], [[American Samoa]], the [[United States Virgin Islands|US Virgin Islands]], and the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]<ref name="quarters">United States Mint. [http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/DCAndTerritories/index.cfm The District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarter Program]. Retrieved [[2008-08-23]]. "In 2009, the United States Mint will mint and issue six quarter-dollar coins in honor of the District of Columbia and the five United States Territories: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands."</ref> will follow every eight weeks throughout the year.<ref name="dustqp">Ganz, David. [http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=4584 Voting Starts to Choose D.C. Quarter Design]. Numismatic News, [[2008-06-03]]. Retrieved [[2008-08-23]]. "Since there are six coins in 2009, the coins will be produced at an even greater pace, once every eight weeks or so."</ref>

* [[January 1]] - [[Czech Republic]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]] from [[France]].

* [[January 1]] - [[Turkey]] will introduce the 9th emission of the [[Turkish Lira]].

* [[January 1]] - [[Slovakia]] will adopt the [[Euro]] as the nation's official [[currency]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7495169.stm Slovak euro exchange rate is set]</ref>

* [[January 1]] - The [[Apoteket|Swedish pharmacy monopoly]] will end.<ref>[http://www.isa.se/templates/News____63548.aspx Parliament votes to end pharmacy monopoly]</ref>

* [[January 1]] - [[Norway]] will legalize [[same-sex marriage]], and [[Hungary]] will recognize [[registered partnership]]s.<ref>[http://www.ilga-europe.org/europe/issues/marriage_and_partnership/marriage_and_partnership_rights_for_same_sex_partners_country_by_country Marriage and partnership rights for same-sex partners: country-by-country]</ref>

* [[January 1]] - The European small claims procedure comes into force throughout the [[European Union]], other than [[Denmark]]. The [[small claims court|small claims procedure]] is applicable to cross-border legal claims under the [[Brussels Regime]] with value up to 2,000 [[Euro|EUR]].<ref>[http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l16028.htm European small claims procedure]</ref>

* [[January 1]] - A new constitution for the [[Falkland Islands]] goes into effect.<ref>Staff reporter. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7713948.stm New Falklands constitution agreed], [[BBC News]], 6 November 2008. "The constitution comes into force on 1 January 2009 and clarifies the division of powers between the executive council and the islands' governor. "</ref>

* [[January 1]] - The [[2009 NHL Winter Classic]] will be held at [[Wrigley Field]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] between the host [[Chicago Blackhawks]] and the visiting [[Detroit Red Wings]].<ref>[http://nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=368489 Blackhawks, Red Wings meet in the great outdoors]</ref>

* [[January 3]] - [[111th United States Congress]] begins. A new [[Delegate (United States Congress)|delegate]] will be added for the [[Northern Mariana Islands]].

* [[January 8]] - The [[BCS National Championship Game|BCS National Championship Game 2009]] will be held at the [[Orange Bowl]] in [[Miami]], [[Florida]].<ref>[http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfootball/ Bowl Championship Series]</ref>

* [[January 15]] - [[International Year of Astronomy|International Year of Astronomy 2009]] Opening Ceremony at [[UNESCO]] HQ, [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref>[http://www.astronomy2009.org/iyacalendar/ Year of Astronomy Calendar]</ref>

* [[January 20]] - [[Inauguration Day|Inauguration]] of [[Barack Obama]] as the 44th [[President of the United States]], at 12:00 noon EST (17:00 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]).

* [[January 25]] - The [[57th National Hockey League All-Star Game|57th NHL All-Star Game]] will be held in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]].

* [[January 26]] - [[Solar eclipse|Annular solar eclipse]].<ref>[http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2009.html ECLIPSES DURING 2009]</ref>

Several new conflicts began against rebel groups in 2009. The [[Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace|CPJP]] reignited conflict in the [[Central African Bush War]], [[National Democratic Front of Boroland (D.R. Nabla faction)|a faction]] of the [[National Democratic Front of Boroland|NDFB]] broke a 2004 ceasefire with India in the [[Bodoland Territorial Region|Bodoland region]], and [[2009 Kokang incident|a conflict]] broke out between Myanmar and the [[Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army|MNDAA]] when the government forced the MNDAA out of the [[Kokang Self-Administered Zone|Kokang]]. [[Boko Haram]] launched [[Boko Haram insurgency|an insurgency]] in Nigeria, which was paused when its leader [[Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram)|Mohammed Yusuf]] was killed.{{Sfn|Harbom|Wallensteen|2010|p=504}}

===February===

* February - The [[NASA|NASA's]] [[Dawn (spacecraft)|Dawn]] spacecraft will flyby [[Mars]] for [[Exploration of Mars|data]] and [[Gravity assist|gravitational assist]] en route to [[4 Vesta|Vesta]] and [[Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]].<ref>[http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/educ/themes/display.cfm?Item=asteroid_belt Between Mars and Jupiter]</ref>

* [[February 1]] - The International [[Cospas-Sarsat]] Satellite System will stop monitoring for 121.5 MHz and 243 MHz (Class B) signals from [[distress radiobeacon]]s.<ref>[http://www.cospas-sarsat.org/FirstPage/121.5PhaseOut.htm Cospas-Sarsat Phase-Out of 121.5/243 MHz Alerting Services]</ref>

* [[February 1]] - The [[Super Bowl XLIII]] will take place in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], [[Florida]].<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/futuresites Future Super Bowl Locations]</ref>

* [[February 2]]–[[February 15|15]] - The [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009]] will take place in [[Val-d'Isère]], [[France]].<ref>[http://valdisere2009.org/en/ FIS Alpine World Ski Championship Val d'Isère 2009]</ref>

* [[February 8]] - The [[Grammy Award|51st Annual Grammy Awards]] will be held at [[Staples Center]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]].

* [[February 12]] - Celebration of [[Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln's]] 200th birthday in the [[United States]]. The [[Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission]] has scheduled a series of events in [[Washington, D.C.]]

* [[February 12]] - [[Darwin Day]], the 200th anniversary of the birth of [[Charles Darwin]]. Events are already being planned at the [[Natural History Museum|London Natural History Museum]].

* [[February 12]] - On [[STS-119]], the [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] will deliver and install the fourth [[Integrated Truss Structure|starboard truss]] segment on the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="nasa1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html|title=NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions|publisher=NASA}}</ref>

* [[February 13]] - The [[Unix time]] number reaches 1234567890 seconds at 23:31:30 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]].

* [[February 14]] - [[Lithuania]] will celebrate the [[millennium]] of [[Name of Lithuania|its name]].

* [[February 15]] - The [[2009 NBA All-Star Game]] will be held at the [[US Airways Center]] in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], [[Arizona]].

* [[February 15]] - The [[2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series]] will begin its 61st season with the [[Daytona 500]] in [[Daytona Beach, FL]].

* [[February 17]] - [[Analog television]] broadcasts will [[DTV transition in the United States|mostly end]] in the [[United States]], as the [[Federal Communications Commission]] will require all full power stations to send their signals [[Digital television|digitally]].<ref>[http://www.twice.com/article/CA6517473.html?industryid=23099 Broadcasters Prepare For DTV Transition]</ref>

* [[February 18]]–[[February 28|28]] - The [[2009 Winter Universiade]] will be held in [[Harbin]], [[China]].<ref>[http://www.harbin2009.org/en/ Harbin 24th Winter Universiade]</ref><ref>[http://www.fisu.net/site/page_1071.php 24th Winter Universiade]</ref>

* [[February 22]] - The [[81st Academy Awards]] will be held at the [[Kodak Theatre]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref>[http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2008/08.04.14a.html Key Dates Announced for 81st Academy Awards]</ref>

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) resumed conflict against the FDLR when they launched [[Operation Umoja Wetu]] in January. The DRC and [[MONUSCO|a United Nations mission]] launched [[Operation Kimia II]] against the FDLR in March after the group regained its strength. Conflict also resumed in Angola against the [[Forças Armadas de Cabinda]], and [[al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula]] formed in Yemen to expand [[Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen|al-Qaeda's insurgency]] in the country.{{Sfn|Harbom|Wallensteen|2010|pp=503–504}}

===March===

* March - The [[United States]] will begin first round of negotiations with the [[Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership]] countries on a possible [[Free trade area|free trade agreement]].<ref>[http://mfat.govt.nz/Features/Trans-Pacific-SEP-backgrounder.php US announces full participation in Trans-Pacific FTA]</ref>

* [[March 5]] - The second [[2009 World Baseball Classic|World Baseball Classic]] will begin.

* [[March 5]] - The [[NASA|NASA's]] [[Kepler Mission]] will be launched. A [[photometer|space photometer]] which will search for [[extrasolar planet]]s in the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.<ref name="nasa1"/>

* [[March 5]]–[[March 7|7]] - The [[2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens]] will be hosted by [[Dubai]].

The [[Ihussi Accord]] ended conflict between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the [[National Congress for the Defence of the People|CNDP]] within the broader [[Kivu conflict]]. This was the only peace agreement reached in 2009.{{Sfn|Harbom|Wallensteen|2010|p=503}} Eelam War IV, the final stage in the [[Sri Lankan civil war]], ended in May when the Sri Lankan government defeated the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]. It remained the deadliest conflict of the year.{{Sfn|Harbom|Wallensteen|2010|p=501}}

* [[March 29]] - The 60th [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[Formula One|Formula One World Championship]] will begin in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]].

===April= Events ==

=== January ===

* April - [[Albania]] and [[Croatia]] are expected to join [[NATO]].

* [[January 1]]

* April - The [[Women's Professional Soccer]] league will debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womensprosoccer.com/soccer_ektid34.aspx|title=Women's Professional Soccer - home of pro soccer players - About WPS|publisher=Women's Soccer, LLC|accessdate=2008-10-30}}</ref>

** [[Japan]], [[Mexico]], [[Turkey]] and [[Uganda]] [[United Nations Security Council election, 2008|assume their seats]] on the [[United Nations Security Council]].

* [[April 2]]–[[April 5|5]] - The [[100 Hours of Astronomy]] begins. This is a cornerstone project of the [[International Year of Astronomy]].<ref>[http://www.astronomy2009.org/cornerstone-projects-mainmenu-80/100-hours-of-astronomy-mainmenu-82.html Global Cornerstone Projects 100 Hours of Astronomy]. Official website.</ref>

** [[Asunción]], the capital of [[Paraguay]], becomes the [[American Capital of Culture]] and [[Vilnius]] and [[Linz]] become the [[European Capital of Culture|European Capitals of Culture]].

* [[April 4]]–[[April 6|6]] - The 2009 [[NCAA Basketball Tournament|NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament]] [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|Final Four]] will be held at [[Ford Field]] in [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]].<ref>[http://ncaa.com/basketball-mens/default.aspx?id=9920 2009: 71ST ANNUAL DIVISION I MENS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP]</ref>

** [[Slovakia]] adopts the [[euro]] as its national currency, replacing the [[Slovak koruna]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article5414398.ece|___location=London|work=The Times|first1=Rory|last1=Watson|title=Slovakia adopts the euro on January 1|date=December 29, 2008|access-date=March 9, 2010|archive-date=August 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807194735/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article5414398.ece|url-status=dead}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

* [[April 13]] - [[Citi Field]], which will replace [[Shea Stadium]] as the home of the [[New York Mets]], is scheduled to open with a game against the [[San Diego Padres]].

** A [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] [[Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department|police]] officer [[Killing of Oscar Grant|shoots and kills Oscar Grant]], an unarmed black man, at [[Fruitvale station]] in Oakland, United States. The event becomes one of the inciting incidents for the global [[Black Lives Matter]] movement.<ref>{{Cite news |title='On Our Watch' Litigation Reveals New Details In Police Shooting Of Oscar Grant : On Our Watch |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/06/23/1009486885/on-our-watch-litigation-reveals-new-details-in-police-shooting-of-oscar-grant |access-date=2023-01-07 |archive-date=July 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708092833/https://www.npr.org/2021/06/23/1009486885/on-our-watch-litigation-reveals-new-details-in-police-shooting-of-oscar-grant |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[April 16]] - The [[New York Yankees]] are scheduled to open their new [[Yankee Stadium (2009)|Yankee Stadium]], located across the street from [[Yankee Stadium|the original facility]], against the [[Cleveland Indians]].

* [[January 3]] – The first ("Genesis") block of the [[blockchain]] of the [[cryptocurrency]] and decentralized payment system [[Bitcoin]] is established by the creator of the system, known as [[Satoshi Nakamoto]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Davis|first=Joshua|author-link=Joshua Davis (writer)|title=The Crypto-Currency: Bitcoin and its mysterious inventor|url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/10/111010fa_fact_davis|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918090443/http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/10/111010fa_fact_davis|date=2011-10-11|archive-date=2013-09-18|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>

* [[April 24]] - The [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]] (LRO) and the [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter#LCROSS|LCROSS]] impactor will be launched to the [[Moon]]. Part of [[NASA|NASA's]] [[Lunar Precursor Robotic Program]] (LPRP).<ref name="nasa1"/>

* [[January 15]] – [[US Airways Flight 1549]] ditches in the [[Hudson River]] in an accident that becomes known as the "Miracle on the Hudson", as all 155 people on board are rescued.

* [[January 18]] – [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Gaza War]]: Hamas announces that they will accept the Israel Defense Forces offer of a ceasefire, ending the conflict.

* [[January 21]]

** Israel withdraws from the [[Gaza Strip]], officially ending its [[Gaza War (2008–09)|three-week war]] with [[Hamas]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7841902.stm|access-date=July 7, 2009|work=BBC News|title=Last Israeli troops 'leave Gaza'|date=January 21, 2009|archive-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927212647/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7841902.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> However, intermittent air strikes by both sides continue in the following weeks.<ref>{{cite news|author=Yanir Yagna|date=February 28, 2009|url=https://www.haaretz.com/news/at-least-six-gaza-rockets-hit-southern-israel-1.271104|title=At least six Gaza rockets hit southern Israel|work=Haaretz|access-date=2015-04-15|archive-date=May 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511041455/http://www.haaretz.com/news/at-least-six-gaza-rockets-hit-southern-israel-1.271104|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=February 26, 2009|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel/Kassam-rocket-strikes-Eshkol-Region|title=Kassam rocket strikes Eshkol Region|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=2015-04-15|archive-date=September 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904033319/http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Kassam-rocket-strikes-Eshkol-Region|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Five rockets' fired into Israel|work=BBC News|date=February 28, 2009|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7916555.stm|access-date=February 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228235142/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7916555.stm|archive-date=February 28, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

** [[Virginia Tech]] student Zhu Haiyang [[Murder of Yang Xin|decapitates]] Yang Xin in the first campus murder since the [[Virginia Tech shooting]] in 2007.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Killer decapitates Va. Tech student, police say - CNN.com |url=https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/22/virginia.tech.death/index.html |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.cnn.com |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129030825/https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/22/virginia.tech.death/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[January 26]]

** The first trial at the [[International Criminal Court]] opens. Former [[Union of Congolese Patriots]] leader [[Thomas Lubanga Dyilo]] is accused of training [[child soldier]]s to [[Three Alls Policy|kill, pillage and rape]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Jurjen van de Pol|author2=Franz Wild|date=January 26, 2009|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=a_4iKnLHRml4&refer=africa|title=Congo Warlord Pleads Not Guilty at ICC's First Trial (Update1)|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=2009-07-07}}</ref>

** The [[Iceland]]ic government and banking system [[2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis|collapse]]. [[Prime Minister of Iceland|Prime Minister]] [[Geir Haarde]] immediately resigns.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/27/iceland-prime-minister-resignation|access-date=2015-04-15|___location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Mark|last=Tran|title=Icelandic PM becomes world's first leader to step down over banking system crisis|date=January 27, 2009|archive-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201030621/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/27/iceland-prime-minister-resignation|url-status=live}}</ref>

** An [[Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009|annular solar eclipse]] takes place over the Indian Ocean, the 50th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 131|Saros cycle 131]].

*[[January 28]] – [[WikiLeaks]] releases 86 intercepted telephone recordings of [[Romulo Leon|politicians]] and businessmen involved in the [[2008 Peru oil scandal]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Terra Mexico|url=https://www.terra.com.mx/|access-date=2021-03-10|website=www.terra.com.mx|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310172900/https://www.terra.com.mx/|url-status=live}}</ref>

*[[January 31]] – [[Tiféret Israel Synagogue attack]], profanation of the oldest synagogue in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]].<ref name="NYTjan2009">{{cite news|last1=Romero|first1=Simon|date=31 January 2009|title=Synagogue in Venezuela Vandalized in Break-In|work=The New York Times|agency=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/world/americas/01webvenez.html?_r=0|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801005727/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/world/americas/01webvenez.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref>

===May February ===

* [[February 1]]

* May - On [[STS-125]], the [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]] will conduct the last servicing mission to the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]. It will be one of the most advanced missions in [[Outer space|space]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/preparing_to_rescue_hubble.html|title=Preparing to rescue Hubble}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/index.html|title=Last Mission to Hubble}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html|title=NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions}}</ref>

** [[Patriarch Kirill of Moscow]] is enthroned as the [[Patriarch of Moscow|Patriarch]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] following the death of his predecessor, [[Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow|Alexy II]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7863385.stm|title=Orthodox Church enthrones leader|date=February 1, 2009|access-date=July 16, 2009|work=BBC News|archive-date=February 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223065626/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7863385.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

* May - The [[UEFA Cup]] final will be held in [[Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium]] in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]].

** [[Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir]] is appointed as the new [[Prime Minister of Iceland]], becoming the world's first openly [[lesbian]] [[head of government]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7863923.stm|title=First gay PM for Iceland cabinet|work=BBC News|date=February 1, 2009|access-date=July 16, 2009|archive-date=February 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215104234/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7863923.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

* May - [[Indian general election, 2009|General Elections]] will be held in [[India]].

* [[February 7]] – [[Black Saturday bushfires|Bushfires in Victoria]] leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-02-07 |title=Black Saturday: The bushfire disaster that shook Australia |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47038202 |access-date=2022-07-04 |archive-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704020308/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47038202 |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[May 2]]–[[May 11|11]] - The Men's U19 World Floorball Championships take place in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]].

* [[February 12]] – [[Colgan Air Flight 3407]] crashes in [[Clarence Center, New York]] while on final approach to [[Buffalo Niagara International Airport]], killing all 49 people onboard the aircraft as well as one person on the ground.

* [[May 2]] - [[Indonesian presidential election, 2009|Presidential Election]] will take place in [[Indonesia]].

* [[February 13]] – At 23:31:30 UTC, the decimal representation of Unix time reached 1234567890 seconds. Celebrations were held around the world, among various technical subcultures, to celebrate the 1234567890th second.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shankland |first=Stephen |date=February 14, 2009 |title=Time for Unix nerds to celebrate 1234567890 Day |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/time-for-unix-nerds-to-celebrate-1234567890-day/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=CNET |language=en}}</ref>

* [[May 3]] - [[Elections in Panama|Parliamentary and Presidential Elections]] will take place in [[Panama]].

* [[February 25]] – Soldiers of [[Bangladesh]]i border security force [[Bangladesh Rifles]] (BDR) [[Bangladesh Rifles revolt|mutiny]] and take the commanding army officers and their families hostages at the force's headquarters in [[Pilkhana, Bangladesh|Pilkhana]], [[Dhaka]]. 57 army officers are killed along with 17 civilians by the mutineers.

* [[May 12]] - [[British Columbia general election, 2009|General election]] and [[British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2009|referendum on electoral reform]] will take place in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]].<ref>[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/elections-results.htm Elections BC]</ref>

* [[February 26]] – Former [[President of Serbia|Serbian president]] [[Milan Milutinović]] is acquitted by the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] regarding [[war crime]]s during the [[Kosovo War]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUKLQ706014._CH_.2420|title=Ex-Serbian president acquitted of Kosovo war crimes |date=2009-02-26 |work=Reuters|access-date=2009-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301111046/http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUKLQ706014._CH_.2420|archive-date=March 1, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* [[May 15]] - On [[STS-127]], the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] will deliver and install the Exposed Facility of [[Japanese Experiment Module|Japan's Kibo laboratory]] on the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="nasa1"/>

* [[May 16]] - The Final of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009|54th Eurovision Song Contest]] will be held in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]].<ref>[http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1144 Stockselius met 2009 organizers in Moscow]</ref>

* [[May 25]] - [[Triple conjunction]] of [[Jupiter]] and [[Neptune]], Jupiter 24' south. First of three [[triple conjunction]]s of Jupiter and Neptune.

* [[May 27]] - [[UEFA Champions League]] Final will be held at the [[Stadio Olimpico]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]].

* [[May 30]] - Rededication of the [[Lincoln Memorial]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Titled "Retrospective" the ceremony will recreate the program from the original [[May 30]], [[1922]] ceremony.

===June March ===

* [[March 2]] – The President of [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[João Bernardo Vieira]], is assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in [[Bissau]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/02/guineabissau.general/index.html|access-date=July 7, 2009|publisher=CNN|title=President of Guinea-Bissau assassinated|date=March 2, 2009|archive-date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429123834/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/02/guineabissau.general/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[June 4]] - The [[European Parliament]] elections will be held in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. This may also be a date for the [[next United Kingdom general election|next UK general election]].

* [[March 4]] – The [[International Criminal Court]] issues an arrest warrant for [[President of Sudan|Sudanese President]] [[Omar al-Bashir]] for [[war crime]]s and [[crimes against humanity]] in [[Darfur]]. al-Bashir is the first sitting [[head of state]] to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUS123622821727|title=VIDEO: ICC issues arrest warrant for Bashir|date=March 4, 2009|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=March 4, 2009|archive-date=November 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121202650/https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUS123622821727|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[June 6]]–[[June 13|13]] - The [[World Air Games]] will be held in [[Turin]], [[Italy]].<ref>[http://www.wag2009.com/eng World Air Games Turin 2009]. Official website.</ref>

* [[March 5]] - [[Michael Jackson]] announces his [[This Is It (concert residency)|This Is It]] [[concert residency]] in [[London, England]]. Ultimately, a [[fortnight]] before the concerts were supposed to begin, [[Death of Michael Jackson|Jackson dies]] from Acute Propofol Intoxication.

* [[June 14]]–[[June 28|28]] - The [[FIFA Confederations Cup]] will be held in [[South Africa]].<ref>[http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/ FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009]</ref>

* [[March 7]] – [[NASA]]'s [[Kepler Mission]], a space [[photometer]] that will search for [[extrasolar planets]] in the [[Milky Way]] galaxy, is launched from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]], [[Florida]], USA.

* [[March 17]] – The President of [[Madagascar]], [[Marc Ravalomanana]], is overthrown in a [[2009 Malagasy political crisis|coup d'état]], following a month of unrest in [[Antananarivo]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7948196.stm|title=Madagascar president forced out|date=March 17, 2009|work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=March 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319061800/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7948196.stm|archive-date=March 19, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[March 23]] – A [[McDonnell Douglas MD-11]] operated by [[FedEx Express Flight 80|FedEx suffers a bounced landing at Narita international airport resulting in the loss of 2 lives]].

* [[March 31]] – [[Rachel Crandall Crocker]] founds the [[International Transgender Day of Visibility]].

===July April ===

* [[April 1]] – [[Albania]] and [[Croatia]] join [[NATO]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29995397|title=Albania, Croatia become NATO members|date=2009-04-01|newspaper=msnbc.com|access-date=2017-01-14|archive-date=January 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109232239/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/29995397/ns/world_news-europe/t/albania-croatia-become-nato-members/#.WHpG5FxMGUk|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[July 1]] - [[Sweden]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]] from [[Czech Republic]].

* [[April 5]] – [[North Korea]] launches a rocket from its [[Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground]], which it says is carrying the [[Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2]] [[satellite]], prompting an emergency meeting of the [[United Nations Security Council]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/nkorea.worldreax/?iref=mpstoryview|title=U.N. Security Council to meet on N. Korea launch|date=April 5, 2009|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=April 5, 2009|archive-date=August 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805035025/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/nkorea.worldreax/?iref=mpstoryview|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[July 1]]–[[July 12|12]] - The [[2009 Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]] will take place in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]].<ref>[http://www.universiade-belgrade2009.org/en/ Universiade Belgrade 2009]</ref>

* [[April 6]] – [[2009 L'Aquila earthquake|A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes]] near [[L'Aquila]], Italy, killing 308 and injuring more than 1,500.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7986727.stm|title=BBC: Italian rescuers work into night|work=BBC News|date=April 7, 2009|access-date=August 23, 2010|archive-date=April 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420234155/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7986727.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[July 3]]–[[July 5|5]] - The Global Conference on [[Abraham Lincoln]] at [[St Catherine's College, Oxford|St Catherine’s College]], [[University of Oxford]].

* [[April 7]] – [[April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests]]: four people died and 270 were injured.

* [[July 11]] - The [[Ares I-X|Ares I-X test flight]] of the [[Multistage rocket|first stage]] of the [[Ares I]] [[launch vehicle]], the crew launch vehicle of [[NASA|NASA's]] [[Constellation program]].<ref name="nasa1"/>

* [[April 21]] – [[UNESCO]] launches The [[World Digital Library]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/20/AR2009042001324.html?hpid=sec-world|title=U.N. Launches Library Of World's Knowledge|date=April 21, 2009|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 21, 2009|archive-date=November 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107215643/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/20/AR2009042001324.html?hpid=sec-world|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[July 13]] - [[Triple conjunction]] of [[Jupiter]] and [[Neptune]], Jupiter 37' south. Second of three [[triple conjunction]]s of Jupiter and Neptune.

* [[July 14]] - [[2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] will be held at the [[Busch Stadium]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070115&content_id=1779665&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |title=The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: St. Louis awarded 2009 All-Star Game |date=01/16/07 |accessdate=2008-11-05}}</ref>

* [[July 22]] - [[Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009|Total solar eclipse]]. The longest lasting total solar eclipse of the [[21st century]].<ref>[http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2009/TSE2009.html TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 2009 JULY 22]</ref><ref>[http://astroadventures.net/2009/CHINA/eclipse.html A SUMMARY OF THE 2009 JULY 22 ECLIPSE]</ref>

* [[July 30]] - On [[STS-128]], the [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]] will use the [[Multi-Purpose Logistics Module|MPLM Donatello]] to deliver [[International Standard Payload Rack|experiment and storage racks]] to the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="nasa1"/>

===August May ===

* [[May 11]]–[[May 24|24]] – [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]] is launched to refurbish the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] on May 11, landing at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] May 24.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/main/index.html|title=NASA – STS-125|website=www.nasa.gov|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=June 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615053932/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/main/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[August 23]]–[[August 30|30]] - The [[2009 World Rowing Championships]] regatta will be held at the [[Lake Malta]] in [[Poznań]], [[Poland]].

* [[May 12]]–[[May 16|16]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]] takes place in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]], and is won by [[Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest|Norwegian]] entrant [[Alexander Rybak]] with the song "[[Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song)|Fairytale]]".

* [[May 15]]

** [[France–Pakistan Atomic Energy Framework]] bilateral energy treaty is signed.<ref name="BBC Pakistan, 2009">{{cite news|last=Staff reports|title=Pakistan in 'French nuclear deal'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8052587.stm|accessdate=17 September 2012|newspaper=BBC Pakistan, 2009|date=15 May 2009|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620160337/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8052587.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

** The album [[21st Century Breakdown]] is released by American rock band [[Green Day]], which sold over 5 million copies.

* [[May 17]] – Video game ''[[Minecraft]]'', the [[List of best-selling video games|best-selling video game of all time]], is first released to the public.

* [[May 18]] – Following more than 25 years of fighting, the [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]] ends with the total military defeat of the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1605285 |title=Sri Lanka's long war reaches end, Tigers defeated |author=C. Bryson Hull and Ranga Sirilal |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110115170258/http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1605285 |archive-date=January 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 31, 2009 }}</ref>

* [[May 19]] – German football club [[RB Leipzig]] is founded by [[Red Bull]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=From the fifth division to the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in 11 years: the history of RB Leipzig |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/history-of-rb-leipzig-from-fifth-division-to-champions-league-nagelsmann-rangnick-12466 |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=www.bundesliga.com |language=en}}</ref>

* [[May 25]] – [[North Korea]] announces that it has conducted a second successful [[2009 North Korean nuclear test|nuclear test]] in [[North Hamgyong Province]]. The [[United Nations Security Council]] condemns the reported test.<ref>{{cite news|title=UN Security Council Condemns North Korea Nuclear Test (Update1)|publisher=Bloomberg|date=May 25, 2009|access-date=May 31, 2009|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=aOoNPErMuqyg}}</ref>

===September June ===

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* September - The [[Burj Dubai]] in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]] will be completed. It is already the [[List of tallest buildings and structures in the world|tallest man-made structure]] ever built.<ref>[http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/08/06/09/10219878.html Burj Dubai completion delayed by another eight to nine months]</ref><ref>[http://burjdubai.com/MediaCenter/PressReleases/2008September01.asp Burj Dubai now a record 688 meters tall and continues to rise]</ref>

* [[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.

* [[September 12]] - [[TCF Bank Stadium]] at the [[University of Minnesota]] Twin Cities is scheduled to open against the [[Air Force Falcons football|Air Force Academy]].

* [[June 11]] – The [[2009 flu pandemic|outbreak]] of the [[Influenza A virus subtype H1N1|H1N1 influenza strain]], commonly referred to as "swine flu", is deemed a global [[pandemic]].<ref name="WHO level 6">{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2009/h1n1_pandemic_phase6_20090611/en/index.html|title=World now at the start of 2009 influenza pandemic|publisher=[[World Health Organization]]|access-date=June 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701182352/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2009/h1n1_pandemic_phase6_20090611/en/index.html|archive-date=July 1, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* [[September 14]] - [[Elections in Norway|Parliamentary election]] in [[Norway]].

* [[June 12]] – [[Analog television]] ends in the United States as part of the [[digital television transition]].

* [[September 27]] - [[German federal election, 2009|Federal election]] in [[Germany]].

* [[June 13]] – [[2009 Iranian presidential election protests|Mass protests erupt across Iran]] following a [[Iranian presidential election, 2009|disputed presidential election]] in which [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] was reelected president, the largest demonstrations in the country since the [[Iranian Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article24542008.html|title=Police in Iran beat protesters after huge Ahmadinejad win|publisher=McClatchy|access-date=November 13, 2016|archive-date=November 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114232255/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article24542008.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[September 29]] - The [[NASA|NASA's]] [[MESSENGER]] spacecraft will make its final flyby of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]], decreasing the velocity for [[Orbit insertion|orbital insertion]] on [[March 18]], [[2011]].<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/208300main_Factsheet_Rev11-07.pdf APL's MESSENGER fact sheet]</ref>

* [[June 18]] – [[NASA]] launches the [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]] / [[LCROSS]] probes to the Moon, the first American lunar mission since [[Lunar Prospector]] in [[1998]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-06 |title=LCROSS - NASA Science |url=https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lcross/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[June 19]] – [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]]: British forces began '''[[Operation Panther's Claw]]''', in which more than 350 troops made an aerial assault on [[Taliban]] positions in southern Afghanistan.

* [[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.<ref>{{cite web|title= 10 Years Later: Metro Crash That Killed Nine Was an 'Unbelievable Nightmare'|date= June 20, 2019|url= https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/10-years-later-metro-crash-remembered/149057/?amp=1|access-date= August 1, 2023|archive-date= August 1, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230801115942/https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/10-years-later-metro-crash-remembered/149057/?amp=1|url-status= live}}</ref>

* [[June 25]] – The [[Death of Michael Jackson|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 [[uniform resource locator|web addresses]] pushes [[internet traffic]] to unprecedented and historic levels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/26/michael.jackson.internet/|title=Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him|website=[[CNN]]|date=June 26, 2009|access-date=December 25, 2022|archive-date=December 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225202917/https://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/26/michael.jackson.internet/|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[June 28]] – The [[Military of Honduras]] ousts [[President of Honduras|Honduran President]] [[Manuel Zelaya]] in a [[2009 Honduran coup d'état|''coup d'état'']],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8123126.stm|title=Honduran leader forced into exile|work=BBC News|date=June 28, 2009|access-date=August 23, 2010|archive-date=January 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105174821/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8123126.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> condemned by [[Organization of American States|OAS]].<ref name="WB-2009-06-29">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=44074|title=OAS condemns Honduras coup, demands return of Zelaya|agency=Reuters|work=World Bulletin|access-date=June 29, 2009|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702162722/http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=44074|archive-date=July 2, 2009}}</ref>

* [[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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Train carrying liquid gas explodes in Italy killing 12 |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=June 30, 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/30/train-crash-viareggio-lucca |last1=Pidd |first1=Helen |access-date=September 12, 2023 |archive-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024052540/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/30/train-crash-viareggio-lucca |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[June 30]] – [[Yemenia Flight 626]] crashes off the coast of [[Moroni, Comoros]], killing all but [[Bahia Bakari|one]] of the 153 passengers and crew.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8127812.stm|title=Girl survives Yemen plane crash|work=BBC News|access-date=July 1, 2009|date=July 1, 2009|archive-date=February 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203173422/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8127812.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===October July ===

* October - The [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]] will be opened.<ref>[http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/announcement_081007c.htm Written Statement of the Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary regarding the Supreme Court]</ref>

* October - [[Elections in Tunisia|Presidential elections]] in [[Tunisia]].

* [[October 2]] - The host city of [[2016 Summer Olympics]] will be announced at the 121st Session (which will also be the XIIIth [[Olympic Congress]]) of the [[International Olympic Committee]] to be held in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]].

* [[October 8]] - The [[NASA|NASA's]] [[Mars Science Laboratory]] (MSL) [[Rover (space exploration)|rover]] will be launched to [[Mars]]. Landing is expected in July-September of [[2010]].<ref name="nasa1"/> Edit: Launch has been delayed until 2011.

* [[October 10]] - The "Conference on Precession and Ancient Knowledge" (CPAK) will be held at the National Academy of Sciences Beckman Center at the University of California, Irvine.

* [[October 15]] - On [[STS-129]], the [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] will deliver integral components including gyroscopes, tank assemblies, and a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm to the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="nasa1"/>

* [[October 25]] - Presidential Elections in [[Uruguay]].

* [[July 4]] – [[Steve McNair]], former NFL quarterback for the [[Tennessee Titans]], is shot and killed by his girlfriend in Nashville, [[Tennessee]].

===November===

* [[July 5]] – [[July 2009 Ürümqi riots|Violent riots]] broke out in [[Ürümqi, Xinjiang]]. PRC officials said that a total of 197 people died.

* November - [[Singapore]] will host the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] (APEC) forum.

* [[July 7]] – [[Michael Jackson memorial service|A public memorial service for Michael Jackson]] is held at [[Staples Center]]. It is watched by over 2.5 billion people worldwide.

* November - [[Romanian presidential election, 2009|Presidential Elections]] in [[Romania]].

* [[July 15]] – [[Caspian Airlines Flight 7908]], en route from [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], to [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]] crashes into the [[Jannatabad, Qazvin|Jannatabad village]] in [[Qazvin Province]]; killing all 168 on board.

* November - The retail sale of [[incandescent light bulb]]s will be banned in [[Australia]].<ref>[http://environment.gov.au/settlements/energyefficiency/lighting.html Phase-out of inefficient incandescent light bulbs]</ref>

* [[July 16]] – [[Iceland]]'s national [[parliament]], the [[Althing]]i, votes to [[Accession of Iceland to the European Union|pursue joining]] the EU.<ref name=Helgason>{{cite news|last=Helgason|first=Gudjon|author2=Meera Selva|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090716/ap_on_re_eu/eu_iceland_eu|title=Iceland's parliament votes to join EU|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=July 16, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728044252/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090716/ap_on_re_eu/eu_iceland_eu|archive-date=July 28, 2009}}</ref>

* November - The [[NASA|NASA's]] [[Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer|WISE]] mission will be launched. It will survey the entire sky in the [[Infrared astronomy|infrared]] with far greater sensitivity than any previous mission ever has, over hundreds of millions of [[astronomical object]]s will be catalogued.<ref name="nasa1"/>

* [[July 17]] – [[2009 Jakarta bombings|Two bombs exploded]] separately at the [[JW Marriott Jakarta|JW Marriott]] and [[Ritz-Carlton Jakarta|Ritz-Carlton]] Hotels in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], killing 9 people (including 2 suicide bombers) and injuring 53.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Onishi |first=Norimitsu |date=July 17, 2009 |title=Indonesia Bombings Signal Militants' Resilience |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/world/asia/18indo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427074636/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/world/asia/18indo.html |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |access-date=June 22, 2020 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

* [[November 29]] - [[Elections in Honduras|Presidential Elections]] in [[Honduras]].

* [[July 19]] – Amateur astronomer [[Anthony Wesley]] is the first to report that a new dark spot has developed on the planet [[Jupiter]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Jupiter Impact |url=https://www.planetary.org/articles/2049 |access-date=2025-07-14 |website=The Planetary Society |language=en}}</ref> This event would come to be known as the [[2009 Jupiter impact event]].

* [[November 30]] - [[Vancouver]], [[Canada]] will open the [[Canada Line]] [[rapid transit]] line connecting Vancouver with [[Richmond, British Columbia|Richmond]], [[British Columbia]] and the [[Vancouver International Airport]].

* [[July 22]] – The [[Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009|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]].

* [[November 30]] – [[December 11]] - The [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|UNFCCC's]] [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change#COP-15, Copenhagen, Denmark|COP15 Copenhagen 2009]] conference will be held in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]].<ref>[http://www.cop15.dk/en COP15, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen 2009]</ref>

* [[July 26]] – The Islamic extremist group [[Boko Haram]] initiates [[2009 Boko Haram uprising|an uprising]] in [[Bauchi State, Nigeria]] and quickly spreads throughout the northern part of the country.<ref>{{cite book| author = Abegunrin, Olayiwola | title = Africa in the New World Order: Peace and Security Challenges in the Twenty-First Century| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=9cvGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA83| year = 2014| publisher = Lexington| isbn = 978-0-7391-9352-5| page = 83 }}</ref>

===December August ===

*[[August 1]] – Former [[President of the Philippines|President]] of the Philippines [[Corazon Aquino]] dies at the age of 76 of cardiopulmonary arrest after complications of [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]]. A memorial service and [[funeral]] is scheduled for August 5. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

* [[December 11]] - [[Chilean presidential election, 2009|Presidential election]] in [[Chile]].

* [[August 3]] – [[Bolivia]] becomes the first South American country to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20090803_006808/nota_249_855052.htm |title=Evo inicia la implementación de la autonomía indígena con fiesta |publisher=La Razón |access-date=September 1, 2009 |date=August 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807041043/http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20090803_006808/nota_249_855052.htm |archive-date=August 7, 2009 |url-status=dead }} {{in lang|es}}</ref>

* [[December 10]] - On [[STS-130]], the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] will deliver and install the [[ISS node 3|Node 3]] and the [[Cupola (ISS)|Cupola]] on the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="nasa1"/>

* [[August 7]] – [[Typhoon Morakot]] hits [[Taiwan]], killing 673 and stranding more than 1,000 via the worst flooding on the island in half a century.<ref>{{cite news|title=Taiwan president under fire for go it alone handling of typhoon accepts US aid|work=The Telegraph|date=August 16, 2009|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/taiwan/6038112/Taiwan-president-under-fire-for-go-it-alone-handling-of-typhoon-accepts-US-aid.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/taiwan/6038112/Taiwan-president-under-fire-for-go-it-alone-handling-of-typhoon-accepts-US-aid.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=August 16, 2009|___location=London|first=Peter|last=Foster}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

* [[December 12]] - The [[MS Oasis of the Seas|Oasis of the Seas]] cruise ship will make its [[maiden voyage]]. When completed it will be the largest [[passenger ship]] ever built, carrying 5,400 passengers.<ref>[http://www.oasisoftheseas.com/viewRelease.php?id=21 INNOVATION AND IMAGINATION ARE CORNERSTONES OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ONBOARD ROYAL CARIBBEAN’S OASIS OF THE SEAS]</ref><ref>[http://www.micportal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=784:oasis-of-the-seas-maiden-voyage-set-for-december-12-2009&catid=9:Cruisers%20/%20RO-RO%20/%20Passengers&Itemid=17 Oasis of the Seas maiden voyage set for December 12, 2009]</ref>

* [[August 8]] – A small plane and a tour helicopter [[2009 Hudson River mid-air collision|collide]] over the [[Hudson River]] in the [[United States]]. ([[CNN]])

* [[December 20]] - [[Triple conjunction]] of [[Jupiter]] and [[Neptune]], Jupiter 34' south. Last of three [[triple conjunction]]s of Jupiter and Neptune.

* [[August 14]] – The [[United Kingdom]] imposes [[wikt:direct rule|direct rule]] on the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]] after an inquiry that found evidence of [[government corruption]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8202339.stm|title=UK imposes Turks and Caicos rule|work=BBC News|date=2009-08-14|access-date=2009-08-14|archive-date=December 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225075343/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8202339.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[December 31]] - The deadline for implementation of the controversial [[United States]] legislation [[REAL ID Act]].<ref>[http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2007/03/05/real-id-act-deadline-extended-by-dhs.htm REAL-ID Act Deadline Extended by DHS]</ref><ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/02/nation/na-realid2 National ID requirements postponed under criticism]</ref>

* [[August 30]] – At least five people are killed and 275 injured in a train crash near [[Yaoundé]], [[Cameroon]]. ([[BBC]]) ([[Press TV]])

===Unknown datesSeptember ===

* [[September 2]] – [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister helicopter crash]]. A helicopter carrying Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy went missing in the [[Nallamala Forest]] area. It was later confirmed to have crashed with all five people including Reddy pronounced dead.

* [[Apple, Inc.]] will release their next Operating System, [[OS X]] Snow Leopard.

* [[AsunciónSeptember 9]], the– capital ofThe [[ParaguayDubai Metro]], isthe goingfirst tourban betrain network in the [[AmericanArabian Capital of CulturePeninsula]], officials opens.

* [[September 21]] – [[2009 swine flu pandemic in Asia|China]] becomes the first country to succeed a completed clinical trial by a company for the [[2009 swine flu pandemic vaccine|2009/H1N1 vaccine]] in the world during the [[2009 swine flu pandemic|swine flu pandemic]].

* [[Albania]], [[Croatia]] and maybe [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] will join [[NATO]]. [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Montenegro]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] hope to join [[NATO]] program [[Membership Action Plan]], the last step before full membership.

* [[September 22]] – [[WikiLeaks]] exposes the contents of [[Kaupthing Bank]]'s internal documents prior to the [[2008-2011 Icelandic financial crisis|Icelandic Financial Crisis]]. These documents showed suspicious amounts of money were [[loan]]ed to bank owners, and [[debts]] being written off.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-08-09|title=Miklar hreyfingar rétt fyrir hrun {{!}} Ríkisútvarpið vefur|url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/miklar-hreyfingar-rett-fyrir-hrun|access-date=2021-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809051437/http://www.ruv.is/frett/miklar-hreyfingar-rett-fyrir-hrun|archive-date=August 9, 2011}}</ref>

* Completion of the [[Metro Gold Line (LACMTA)]] Expansion and the Expo Line in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]].

* [[September 23]] – [[Korba chimney collapse]]: At least 45 workers are killed when lightning strikes a chimney under construction in [[Korba, Chhattisgarh|Korba, Chhattisgarh, India]], causing it to collapse.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/3-Chinese-techies-held-for-Balco-mishap/H1-Article1-496274.aspx |last=Kaiser |first=Ejaz |title=Balco chimney mishap: Three Chinese officials arrested in Korba |date=11 January 2010 |access-date=25 July 2021 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115082506/http://www.hindustantimes.com/3-Chinese-techies-held-for-Balco-mishap/H1-Article1-496274.aspx |archive-date=15 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

* Completion of the [[Three Gorges Dam]] in [[People's Republic of China|China]].

* [[September 26]] – [[Typhoon Ketsana]], PAGASA Name: Ondoy, makes [[landfall]] in [[The Philippines]], killing hundreds in [[Metro Manila]] and [[flooding]] in [[Huế, Vietnam]].

* Completion of the [[Virgin Galactic]] [[Spaceport]] in [[New Mexico]], [[United States]].

* [[September 28]] – At least 157 demonstrators [[2009 Guinea protest|are massacred]] by the [[Military of Guinea|Guinean military]] at the [[Stade du 28 Septembre]] during a protest against the government that came to power in a [[2008 Guinean coup d'état|coup d'état]] the previous year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/world/africa/30guinea.html|title=Guinea's Capital Fades Into a Ghost Town After Soldiers' Rampage|last=Nossiter|first=Adam|date=2009-09-29|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2017-01-14|archive-date=July 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726043924/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/world/africa/30guinea.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[East African Community]] to implement a [[Monetary union|common currency]] called the [[East African shilling]].

* [[September 29]] – A 8.1 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami|earthquake strikes Samoa]], with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VII (''Very strong''), leaving at least 192 people dead.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5387874.stm|title=Samoa quake 'triggered tsunami'|work=BBC News|access-date=2006-09-28|archive-date=February 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223164655/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5387874.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

* First flight of the [[SpaceX Dragon]] commercial manned orbital [[spacecraft]].

* [[September 30]] – A 7.6 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2009 Sumatra earthquakes|earthquake strikes Sumatra, Indonesia]], with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), leaving at least 1,115 people dead.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8284208.stm|title=Indonesia quake deaths pass 1,000|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-14|archive-date=October 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013114252/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8284208.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[Intel Corporation|Intel]] plans to release as many as five new microprocessor variants of the [[Intel Nehalem (microarchitecture)|Nehalem]] microarchitecture throughout the year. The Beckton variant may have as many as eight cores.

* [[New Zealand]] will stop the sales of [[incandescent light bulb]]s.

* Next award of the [[Sylvester Medal]].

* Opening of [[Tseung Kwan O]] South Line, [[MTR]], [[Hong Kong]].

* Possible launch of the [[KEO]] satellite time capsule. If it is not launched in 2009, it will be launched in [[2010]].

* Possible start of construction for a fixed-guideway mass transit system for [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]].

* [[Russian Federal Space Agency|RFSA's]] [[Phobos-Grunt]], sample return from [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]].

* [[Tesla Motors]] will mass produce the [[Tesla Model S]], its second [[electric car]].

* The completion of the [[Sound Transit]] [[Central Link]] Light Rail system in [[Seattle]].

* The [[Boeing 747-8]] will achieve entry into service (EIS).

* The [[Compact of Free Association]] between the United States and [[Palau]] expires.

* The final phase of the [[L.A. Live]] project will be completed, including a 54-story Ritz-Carlton/JW Marriott hotel and the 14-screen West Coast flagship theatre multiplex operated by the [[Regal Entertainment Group]].

* The [[Dallas Cowboys New Stadium]] will be inaugurated.

* The [[Greenville Bridge]] will open to traffic.

* The [[United Kingdom]] will continue a 5-year process to cease [[analog television]] broadcasts region-by-region, with [[Granada Television|Granada]], [[HTV]] Wales and [[Westcountry Television]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/en/when.html |title=When is the Digital TV Switchover? The different regions and dates |publisher=Digitaluk.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2008-11-05}}</ref>

* The [[University of Greenland]] will move into a new research complex called Llimmarfik.

* [[Vilnius]], the capital of [[Lithuania]], is going to be the [[European Capital of Culture]].

* [[Western Australia]] will vote on the controversial topic of [[daylight saving time]].

* [[World Trade Center Tower 5]] will have its groundbreaking ceremony in [[New York City]].

==Major= religiousOctober holidays===

* [[October 1]] – [[Paleontologist]]s announce the discovery of an ''[[Ardipithecus ramidus]]'' fossil skeleton, deeming it the oldest remains of a human ancestor yet found.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hanson|first=Brooks|date=2009-10-02|title=Light on the Origin of Man|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|volume=326|issue=5949|pages=60–61|doi=10.1126/science.326.5949.60-a|doi-access=free |issn = 0036-8075}}</ref>

{{Year in other calendars}}

* [[October 2]]

* [[January 7]] - [[Christmas]] in most [[Eastern Orthodox Churches]] of [[Christianity]].

** [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] holds a [[Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|second referendum]] on the [[European Union|EU]]'s [[Lisbon Treaty]]. The amendment is approved by the [[Irish electorate]],<ref name="RTE_20091003_Yes">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1003/eulisbon1.html |title=67% vote Yes to Lisbon Treaty |work=[[RTÉ News]] |date=October 3, 2009 |access-date=October 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005155154/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1003/eulisbon1.html |archive-date=October 5, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ref.ie">{{cite web|url=http://www.referendum.ie/referendum/current/index.asp?ballotid=79 |title=Results received at the Central Count Centre for the Referendum on Treaty of Lisbon 2009|access-date=October 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004235315/http://www.referendum.ie/referendum/current/index.asp?ballotid=79|archive-date=October 4, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1927731,00.html |magazine=Time |title=Irish Ayes on Lisbon Treaty Have Europe Smiling |date=October 4, 2009 |access-date=October 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005191607/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1927731%2C00.html |archive-date=October 5, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0708/eulisbon.html|title=Lisbon II referendum set for 2 October|work=[[RTÉ News]]|date=July 8, 2009|access-date=July 8, 2009|archive-date=September 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913081333/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0708/eulisbon.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8140269.stm|title=Irish treaty vote set for October|work=[[BBC News]]|date=July 8, 2009|access-date=July 8, 2009|archive-date=July 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711140614/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8140269.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> having been rejected in the [[Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008|Lisbon I referendum]] held last year.

* [[April 12]] - [[Easter]]

** The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[Rio de Janeiro]] the right to host the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/8282518.stm| title = Rio to stage 2016 Olympic Games| work = BBC News| date = October 2, 2009| access-date = September 17, 2017| archive-date = January 12, 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160112104246/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/8282518.stm| url-status = live}}</ref>

* [[April 19]] - [[Easter]] for many Eastern Christians

*[[October 15]] – It is revealed the company [[Trafigura]] has been using a [[Injunction|super-injunction]] to stop ''[[The Guardian]]'' from reporting about the [[2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump|2006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic dumping incident]], which Trafigura was responsible for.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Censorship|first=Index on|date=2009-10-14|title=A gag too far|url=https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/10/a-gag-too-far/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Index on Censorship|language=en-GB|archive-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227150303/https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/10/a-gag-too-far/|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[August 6]] - [[Raksha Bandhan]]

* [[October 18]] – British racing driver [[Jenson Button]] won his first [[Formula One]] World Championship, driving for [[Brawn GP]] at the [[2009 Brazilian Grand Prix|Brazilian Grand Prix]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/oct/18/jenson-button-wins-f1-world-title-brazil|title=Jenson Button wins Formula One title after dramatic Brazilian grand prix|date= October 18, 2009|language=en|website=theguardian.com}}</ref>

* [[November 27]] - [[Eid al-Adha]]

*[[October 20]]

* [[December 25]] - [[Christmas]] in [[Western Christianity]] and some [[Eastern Orthodox Churches]].

**[[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]] is inaugurated for a second term as [[President of Indonesia]].

**[[WikiLeaks]] [[News leak|leaked]] the membership listing of a [[List of active nationalist parties in Europe|radical political group]] known as the [[British National Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-10-20|title=BNP membership list appears on Wikileaks|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/oct/20/bnp-membership-list-wikileaks|access-date=2021-03-12|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=September 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930105607/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/oct/20/bnp-membership-list-wikileaks|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[October 22]] – [[Microsoft]] releases [[Windows 7]] to all computers and laptops, including an edition for ATMs.<ref name="rtm">{{cite web|url=http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/22/windows-7-has-been-released-to-manufacturing.aspx|title=Windows 7 Has Been Released to Manufacturing|last=LeBlanc|first=Brandon|website=Windows Team Blog|publisher=Microsoft|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227022915/http://blogs.windows.com/windows/archive/b/windows7/archive/2009/07/22/windows-7-has-been-released-to-manufacturing.aspx|archivedate=February 27, 2014|url-status=}}</ref>

* [[October 23]] – The [[2009 Cataño oil refinery fire]] began after an explosion at the refinery in [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico]].<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |title=Evacuation from Puerto Rico fire |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8323569.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2009-10-24 |access-date=2023-01-18 |archive-date=January 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119022156/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8323569.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[October 24]] – The [[2009 El Ayyat railway accident]] occurred in Giza, [[Egypt]], when a passenger train derailed due to stoppage of animals on the train tracks. 50 people were killed and 30 people were injured.<ref>{{cite web|title=Train collision kills at least 15 in Egypt|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/25/egypt.train.collision/index.html|access-date=September 12, 2023|archive-date=September 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902115816/https://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/25/egypt.train.collision/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[October 25]] – [[October 2009 Baghdad bombings|Two suicide attacks]] in [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]], kill 155 people and injure at least 721 people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8325600.stm|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} Middle East {{!}} Baghdad bomb fatalities pass 150|website=news.bbc.co.uk|date=October 26, 2009|access-date=2017-01-14|archive-date=February 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206215724/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8325600.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

==2009= inNovember fiction===

* [[November 3]]

===Computer and video games===

** The [[Czech Republic]] becomes the final [[member state of the European Union|member-state]] of the [[European Union]] to sign the [[Treaty of Lisbon]], thereby permitting that document's initiation into [[European law]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/03/czech.eu.lisbon.treaty/index.html|title=CCN.com|publisher=CNN|date=November 3, 2009|access-date=August 23, 2010|archive-date=March 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329063235/http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/03/czech.eu.lisbon.treaty/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Set in 2009:

** The [[Prime Minister of Belgium]], [[Herman Van Rompuy]], is designated the first permanent [[President of the European Council]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Miranda |last2=Thomas |first2=Philip |date=20 November 2009 |title=Tony Blair Has Dropped Out Of The Race To Be EU President As Herman Van Rompuy Gets The Nod – World News |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Tony-Blair-Has-Dropped-Out-Of-The-Race-To-Be-EU-President-As-Herman-Van-Rompuy-Gets-The-Nod/Article/200911315457404?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15457404_Tony_Blair_Has_Dropped_Out_Of_The_Race_To_Be_EU_President_As_Herman_Van_Rompuy_Gets_The_Nod |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122075535/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Tony-Blair-Has-Dropped-Out-Of-The-Race-To-Be-EU-President-As-Herman-Van-Rompuy-Gets-The-Nod/Article/200911315457404?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15457404_Tony_Blair_Has_Dropped_Out_Of_The_Race_To_Be_EU_President_As_Herman_Van_Rompuy_Gets_The_Nod |archive-date=November 22, 2009 |access-date=November 20, 2009 |website=Sky News}}</ref> a position he takes up on December 1, 2009.<ref name="consilium.europa.eu">{{cite web|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/showFocus.aspx?id=1&focusId=416&lang=en|title=Europa.eu|publisher=Consilium.europa.eu|access-date=2010-08-23|archive-date=November 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125101241/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/showFocus.aspx?id=1&focusId=416&lang=EN|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.se2009.eu/en/meetings_news/2009/11/12/webcast_one_week_to_go_until_crucial_summit|title=Webcast: One week to go until crucial summit – Swedish Presidency of the European Union|access-date=November 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115130855/http://www.se2009.eu/en/meetings_news/2009/11/12/webcast_one_week_to_go_until_crucial_summit|archive-date=November 15, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force on December 1, 2009, the six-month rotating presidency of the [[European Council]] ceased to exist (as the provision for its existence has been erased from the Treaties in force), and the new office of President of the European Council came into being. The appointment of [[Herman van Rompuy]] as President of the European Council became effective on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. Also, article 6 of the Protocol ''on transitional provisions'' annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon provided that on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty, the terms of office of the High Representative for the common foreign and security policy and of the Deputy Secretary General of the Council ceased, with the Council electing a Secretary General. [http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/08/st06/st06655.en08.pdf register.consilium.europa.eu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307100132/http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/08/st06/st06655.en08.pdf |date=March 7, 2012 }}</ref>

* ''[[Shattered Union]] (2005)'': U.S. President David Jefferson Adams is elected in a sham election, and becomes the most unpopular president in U.S. history.

* [[November 5]] – Fourteen people are killed during the [[2009 Fort Hood shooting]].<ref name="cbs01">{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/05/national/main5539067.shtml |publisher=CBS News |title=Soldier Opens Fire at Ft. Hood; 13 Dead |date=November 5, 2009 |access-date=June 8, 2025|archive-date=November 8, 2009 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20091108024006/http://www.cbsnews.com:80/stories/2009/11/05/national/main5539067.shtml|url-status=dead|quote=Captain Isaac Taylor, a spokesman at Fort Hood, confirmed to CBS News early Friday morning that one additional victim had died of wounds sustained in the attack after hospitalization, raising the death toll to 13. At least 30 others were wounded, according to Taylor.}}</ref>

* ''[[Abuse (computer game)|Abuse]]'' (1996)

* [[November 10]] – [[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]] was released.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sterling |first=Jim |date=November 12, 2009 |title=Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 |url=http://www.destructoid.com/review-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-154804.phtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110730051606/http://www.destructoid.com/review-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-154804.phtml |archive-date=July 30, 2011 |access-date=August 8, 2023 |website=Destructoid}}</ref>

* ''[[Dino Crisis]]'' (1999)

*[[November 13]] – Having analyzed the data from the [[LCROSS]] lunar impact, [[NASA]] announces that it has found a "significant" quantity of [[Lunar water|water]] in the [[Moon]]'s [[Cabeus (crater)|Cabeus]] crater.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/nov/HQ_09-265_LCROSS_Confirms_Water.html|title=NASA's LCROSS Impacts Confirm Water in Lunar Crater|publisher=[[NASA]]|date=November 13, 2009|access-date=November 21, 2009|quote=Preliminary data from NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates the mission successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115180658/http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/nov/HQ_09-265_LCROSS_Confirms_Water.html|archive-date=November 15, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 13, 2009 |title=NASA finds 'significant' water on moon |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/13/water.moon.nasa/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116064753/http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/13/water.moon.nasa/index.html |archive-date=November 16, 2009 |access-date=November 13, 2016 |publisher=CNN}}</ref>

* ''[[Fahrenheit (video game)|Fahrenheit]]'' (also known as ''Indigo Prophecy'')

* [[November 23]] – In the [[Philippines]], at least [[Maguindanao massacre|58 people are abducted and killed]] in the province of [[Maguindanao]], in what the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]] called the single deadliest attack on journalists in history.<ref name=pdi>{{cite news|first=Alcuin|last=Papa|title=Maguindanao massacre worst-ever for journalists|url=http://politics.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&article=20091126-238554|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|access-date=November 26, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202082845/http://politics.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&article=20091126-238554|archive-date=December 2, 2009}}</ref>

* ''[[Incoming]]'' (1998)

* [[November 24]] &ndash; The [[Avdhela Project]], an [[Aromanians|Aromanian]] [[digital library]] and cultural initiative, is founded in [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-cultura-6536622-avdhela-ndash-biblioteca-culturii-aromane.htm|title=Avdhela – Biblioteca Culturii Aromâne|first=Ionuț|last=Baiaș|newspaper=[[HotNews]]|date=22 November 2009|language=ro|access-date=September 11, 2022|archive-date=September 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909082146/https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-cultura-6536622-avdhela-ndash-biblioteca-culturii-aromane.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

* ''[[Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction]]'' (2005): Set in 2009 or 2010.

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' (2001), the Plant chapter occurs on [[April 29]] and [[April 30]], causing devastation to [[New York City]] from its coast, when Arsenal Gear crash lands into [[Federal Hall]].

* ''[[Splinter Cell Double Agent]]'' (2006)

* ''[[Mega Man II]] and [[Mega Man in Dr. Wily's Revenge]]''

* ''[[Army of Two]]-portion of game set in 2009.

* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3]]'' (2007), takes place between April 2009 and March 2010.

===Music December ===

* [[December 1]] – The [[Treaty of Lisbon]] comes into force.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8340664.stm|title=EU reform treaty passes last test|work=BBC News|date=November 3, 2009|access-date=August 23, 2010|archive-date=June 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612121705/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8340664.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

* ''[[Tokyo Police Club]]'''s song "Citizens of Tomorrow" has a few lines as to what will (fictionally) happen in 2009, for "our robot masters will know how to clean this mess up and build a better world, for man and machine alike, for the boys and the girls who are slaves building spaceships at night in the fluorescent light".

* [[December 5]] – [[Lame Horse fire|Fire at the Lame Horse nightclub]] in [[Perm, Russia|Perm]], [[Russia]] kills 156 people. The nightclub owner was sentenced to nearly ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-04-30 |title=Owner jailed over deadly 2009 Russia nightclub fire |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-22350836 |access-date=2025-03-09 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* [[December 7]]–[[December 18|18]] – The [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|UNFCCC]]'s [[2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] is held in [[Copenhagen, Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cop15.dk/en|title=COP15, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen 2009. Dates put back 1 week due to previous clash with Muslim period of Ramadan|publisher=Cop15.dk|access-date=August 23, 2010|archive-date=January 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119150922/http://www.cop15.dk/en/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* [[December 8]] – [[December 2009 Baghdad bombings|A series of attacks]] in [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]] kill at least 127 people and injure at least 448 more.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Spencer |first=Richard |date=8 December 2009 |title=More than 120 killed in Baghdad bombings |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/6761792/More-than-120-killed-in-Baghdad-bombings.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/6761792/More-than-120-killed-in-Baghdad-bombings.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |access-date=2017-01-14 |work=Telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

* [[December 15]] – First flight of the [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]].

* [[December 16]] – [[Astronomer]]s discover [[GJ 1214 b]], the first-known [[exoplanet]] on which [[Extraterrestrial liquid water|water]] could exist.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 17, 2009 |title=Waterworld planet six times the size of Earth discovered |newspaper=The Telegraph |___location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/6826763/Waterworld-planet-six-times-the-size-of-Earth-discovered.html |url-status=dead |access-date=August 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804171505/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/6826763/Waterworld-planet-six-times-the-size-of-Earth-discovered.html |archive-date=August 4, 2010}}</ref>

* [[December 25]] – A [[Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab|Nigerian terrorist]] plotted an attempted terrorist bombing of [[Northwest Airlines Flight 253]] en route from [[Amsterdam]] to [[Detroit]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/26/us/26plane.html|title=Terror Attempt Seen as Man Tries to Ignite Device on Jet|last1=O'Connor|first1=Anahad|date=2009-12-25|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-25|last2=Schmitt|first2=Eric|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429235953/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/26/us/26plane.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Births and deaths ==

===Film===

{{Main|:Category:2009 births|Deaths in 2009}}

* ''[[Freejack]]'' (1992): Set in 2009.

* ''[[2009 Lost Memories]]'' (2002): Set in 2009.

* ''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]'' (2007): The events triggering the story begin in January 1 2009.

* ''[[Cloverfield]]'' (2008): On May 22, the events of the story take place.

* ''[[Eagle Eye]]'' (2008): The surveillance cameras in the film read January 26, 2009.

===Television= Nobel Prizes ==

[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|120px|The Nobel Prize medallion.]]

* ''[[Charmed]]'' ("[[Morality Bites (Charmed episode)|Morality Bites]]," 1999) [[Phoebe Halliwell]] is executed on [[February 12]] by burning at the stake for murdering a man with her powers.

* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Ada Yonath]], [[Venkatraman Ramakrishnan]], and [[Thomas A. Steitz]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=2009-10-07| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091010063802/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/| archive-date=October 10, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

* ''[[The Super Dimension Fortress Macross|Macross]]'' (adapted outside Japan as the first part of ''[[Robotech]]''): The alien [[Zentradi]] arrive at Earth on [[February 7]] ([[February 9]] in ''Robotech''), triggering the devastating [[Space War I]] or [[First Robotech War]].

* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] – [[Elinor Ostrom]] and [[Oliver E. Williamson]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/ |title=All Laureates in Economic Sciences |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=2010-08-23| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100831112856/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/| archive-date=August 31, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

* ''[[The West Wing]]'' ("[[The Ticket (The West Wing)|The Ticket]]," 2005): Former President [[Jed Bartlet]] opens his presidential library in New Hampshire and chats with some of his former staffers.

* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Herta Müller]]

* ''[[Dark Angel (TV series)|Dark Angel]]'' (2000-2002): [[Max Guevara]] and her "brothers and sisters" escape from Manticore in 2009. America is devastated by an electromagnetic pulse later in the same year.

* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Barack Obama]]

* ''[[Family Matters (TV series)|Family Matters]]'': In a 1994 episode, [[Carl Winslow]] sleeps for fifteen years and wakes up in the year 2009 where main characters [[Steve Urkel]] and Laura Winslow are married with four children.

* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Charles K. Kao]], [[Willard Boyle]], and [[George E. Smith]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/index.html|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=2009-10-06| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091008215314/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/index.html| archive-date=October 8, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

* 2007 television series ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' is set in this time, the earliest January following "a year and a half" after ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[School Reunion (Doctor Who)|School Reunion]]".

* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Elizabeth Blackburn]], [[Carol W. Greider]], and [[Jack W. Szostak]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hJcSjQhDsEyGknin8ov1gIOLAj-QD9B54MS80|author=Ritter, Malcolm|title=3 Americans share Nobel medicine prize|agency=Associated Press|date=2009-10-05|access-date=2009-10-05| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091011084903/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hJcSjQhDsEyGknin8ov1gIOLAj-QD9B54MS80| archive-date=October 11, 2009 | url-status= dead}}</ref>

* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'' is set mainly in this year. Also Series 4 of the show is set in 2009 with the episode ''Partners In Crime'', ''The Sontaran Strategem/The Poison Sky'' and ''[[The Stolen Earth]]/[[Journey's End (Doctor Who)|Journey's End]]''. The events of the ''Turn Left'' parallel universe takes place partly here too.

*''[[Ultraman Nexus]]'' (2004-2005) is set in 2009, acting as a sequel to the 2004 film ''[[Ultraman (2004 film)|Ultraman: The Next]]'' which was set in it's production year.

== New English words ==

==Books==

*''[[alt-right]]''

* [[Gregory Benford]], ''Threads''

*''[[copernicium]]''

* [[David Brin]], ''[[The Postman]]

*''subtweet''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2009|title=Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 2009|website=merriam-webster.com|access-date=May 5, 2018|archive-date=May 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506103857/https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[Tracy Hickman]], ''[[The Immortals (novel)|The Immortals]]''

* [[Wilson Tucker]], ''[[The Year of the Quiet Sun (novel)|The Year of the Quiet Sun]]''

==Awards References ==

{{Reflist}}

====[[Nobel Prize]]s====

[[Image:Nobel medal dsc06171.png|right|100px]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - to be announced

* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] - to be announced

* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - to be announced

* [[Nobel Prize for Peace|Peace]] - to be announced

* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - to be announced

* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - to be announced

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