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2009 is a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).
Predicted Events
- January 20 - George W. Bush's second term as President of the United States is due to end. A new President will be inaugurated.
- January 26 - Annular solar eclipse
- March 3rd- Square root day,first one in over 7 years.
- April 11 - Neptune will return to the same degree and minute as when it was discovered.
- July 22 - Total solar eclipse (Longest lasting total eclipse of the 21st century)
- September - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its final flyby of Mercury before entering orbit around the planet in 2011.
- Completion of Freedom Tower
- A US aircraft carrier named the USS George H. W. Bush will be launched
- Conan O'Brien is scheduled to replace Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show.