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2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy{{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}}{{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 }} 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.{{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 }} It was also declared as the International Year of Natural Fibres{{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}} by the United Nations General Assembly, as well as the International Year of Reconciliation and the Year of the Gorilla (UNEP and UNESCO).{{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}}

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Events

= January =

  • January 1
  • Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda assume their seats on the United Nations Security Council.
  • Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, becomes the American Capital of Culture and Vilnius and Linz become the European Capitals of Culture.
  • Slovakia adopts the euro as its national currency, replacing the Slovak koruna.{{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}}
  • A Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer 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.{{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 }}
  • 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.{{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}}
  • 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: 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 three-week war with Hamas.{{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}} However, intermittent air strikes by both sides continue in the following weeks.{{cite news|author=Yanir Yagna|date=February 28, 2009|url=http://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}}{{cite news|date=February 26, 2009|url=http://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}}{{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}}
  • Virginia Tech student Zhu Haiyang decapitates Yang Xin in the first campus murder since the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007.{{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 }}
  • 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 soldiers to kill, pillage and rape.{{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}}
  • The Icelandic government and banking system collapse. Prime Minister Geir Haarde immediately resigns.{{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}}
  • An annular solar eclipse takes place over the Indian Ocean, the 50th solar eclipse of Saros cycle 131.
  • January 28 – WikiLeaks releases 86 intercepted telephone recordings of politicians and businessmen involved in the 2008 Peru oil scandal.{{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}}
  • January 31 – Tiféret Israel Synagogue attack, profanation of the oldest synagogue in Caracas, Venezuela.{{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}}

= February =

  • February 1
  • Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is enthroned as the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church following the death of his predecessor, Alexy II in 2008.{{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}}
  • Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the world's first openly lesbian head of government.{{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}}
  • February 7 – Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.{{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 }}
  • 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.
  • 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.{{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}}
  • February 25 – Soldiers of Bangladeshi border security force Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny and take the commanding army officers and their families hostages at the force's headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka. 57 army officers are killed along with 17 civilians by the mutineers.
  • February 26 – Former Serbian president Milan Milutinović is acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia regarding war crimes during the Kosovo War.{{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}}

= March =

= April =

  • April 1 – Albania and Croatia join the NATO.{{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}}
  • 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.{{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}}
  • April 6 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 308 and injuring more than 1,500.{{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}}
  • April 7 – April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests: four people died and 270 were injured.
  • April 21 – UNESCO launches The World Digital Library.{{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}}

= May =

  • May 11–24 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope on May 11, landing at Edwards Air Force Base May 24.{{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}}
  • May 12–16 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 takes place in Moscow, Russia, and is won by Norwegian entrant Alexander Rybak with the song "Fairytale".
  • May 15
  • France–Pakistan Atomic Energy Framework bilateral energy treaty is signed.{{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}}
  • 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 best-selling video game of all time, is first released to the public as Cave Game.
  • May 18 – Following more than 25 years of fighting, the Sri Lankan Civil War ends with the total military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.{{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 }}
  • May 19 – German football club RB Leipzig is founded by Red Bull.{{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}}
  • May 25 – North Korea announces that it has conducted a second successful nuclear test in North Hamgyong Province. The United Nations Security Council condemns the reported test.{{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}}

= June =

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  • June 1 – Air France Flight 447, en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 on board.
  • June 11 – The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza strain, commonly referred to as "swine flu", is deemed a global pandemic.{{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}}
  • June 12 – Analog television ends in the United States as part of the digital television transition.
  • June 13 – Mass protests erupt across Iran following a disputed presidential election in which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reelected president, the largest demonstrations in the country since the Iranian Revolution.{{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}}
  • June 18 – NASA launches the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter / LCROSS probes to the Moon, the first American lunar mission since Lunar Prospector in 1998.{{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}}
  • 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.{{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}}
  • June 25 – The death of American pop star Michael Jackson triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief. Online, reactions to the event cripple several major websites and services, as the abundance of people accessing the web addresses pushes internet traffic to unprecedented and historic levels.{{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}}
  • June 28 – The Military of Honduras ousts Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in a coup d'état,{{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}} condemned by OAS.{{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}}
  • 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.{{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 }}
  • June 30 – Yemenia Flight 626 crashes off the coast of Moroni, Comoros, killing all but one of the 153 passengers and crew.{{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}}

= July =

= August =

  • August 1 – Former President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino dies at the age of 76 of cardiopulmonary arrest after complications of colon cancer. A memorial service and funeral is scheduled for August 5. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
  • August 3 – Bolivia becomes the first South American country to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves.{{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}}
  • 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.{{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}}
  • August 8 – A small plane and a tour helicopter collide over the Hudson River in the United States. (CNN)
  • August 14 – The United Kingdom imposes direct rule on the Turks and Caicos Islands after an inquiry that found evidence of government corruption.{{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}}
  • August 30 – At least five people are killed and 275 injured in a train crash near Yaoundé, Cameroon. (BBC) (Press TV)

= September =

  • September 21 – China becomes the first country to succeed a completed clinical trial by a company for the 2009/H1N1 vaccine in the world during the swine flu pandemic.
  • September 22 – WikiLeaks exposes the contents of Kaupthing Bank's internal documents prior to the Icelandic Financial Crisis. These documents showed suspicious amounts of money were loaned to bank owners, and debts being written off.{{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}}
  • September 23 – Korba chimney collapse: At least 45 workers are killed when lightning strikes a chimney under construction in Korba, Chhattisgarh, India, causing it to collapse.{{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}}
  • September 26 – Typhoon Ketsana, PAGASA Name: Ondoy, makes landfall in The Philippines, killing hundreds in Metro Manila and flooding in Huế, Vietnam.
  • September 28 – At least 157 demonstrators are massacred by the Guinean military at the Stade du 28 Septembre during a protest against the government that came to power in a coup d'état the previous year.{{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}}
  • September 29 – A 8.1 {{M|w|link=y}} earthquake strikes Samoa, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), leaving at least 192 people dead.{{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}}
  • September 30 – A 7.6 {{M|w|link=y}} earthquake strikes Sumatra, Indonesia, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving at least 1,115 people dead.{{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}}

= October =

  • October 1 – Paleontologists announce the discovery of an Ardipithecus ramidus fossil skeleton, deeming it the oldest remains of a human ancestor yet found.{{cite journal|last=Hanson|first=Brooks|date=2009-10-02|title=Light on the Origin of Man|journal=Science|volume=326|issue=5949|pages=60–61|doi=10.1126/science.326.5949.60-a|doi-access=free |issn = 0036-8075}}
  • October 2
  • Ireland holds a second referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty. The amendment is approved by the Irish electorate,{{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 }}{{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}}{{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 }}{{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}}{{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}} having been rejected in the Lisbon I referendum held last year.
  • The International Olympic Committee awards Rio de Janeiro the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{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}}
  • October 15 – It is revealed the company Trafigura has been using a super-injunction to stop The Guardian from reporting about the 2006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic dumping incident, which Trafigura was responsible for.{{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}}
  • October 17 – Rudra pawar was born who will become the greatest
  • October 18 – British racing driver Jenson Button won his first Formula One World Championship, driving for Brawn GP at the Brazilian Grand Prix.{{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}}
  • October 20
  • Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is inaugurated for a second term as President of Indonesia.
  • WikiLeaks leaked the membership listing of a radical political group known as the British National Party.{{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}}
  • October 22 – Microsoft releases Windows 7 to all computers and laptops, including an edition for ATMs.{{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=}}
  • October 23 – The 2009 Cataño oil refinery fire began after an explosion at the refinery in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.{{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 }}
  • 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.{{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}}
  • October 25 – Two suicide attacks in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 155 people and injure at least 721 people.{{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}}

= November =

  • November 3
  • The Czech Republic becomes the final member-state of the European Union to sign the Treaty of Lisbon, thereby permitting that document's initiation into European law.{{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}}
  • The Prime Minister of Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy, is designated the first permanent President of the European Council,{{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}} a position he takes up on December 1, 2009.{{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}}{{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}}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 }}
  • November 10 – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released.{{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}}
  • November 13 – Having analyzed the data from the LCROSS lunar impact, NASA announces that it has found a "significant" quantity of water in the Moon's Cabeus crater.{{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}}{{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}}
  • November 23 – In the Philippines, at least 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.{{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}}
  • November 24 – The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is founded in Bucharest, Romania.{{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}}

= December =

  • December 1 – The Treaty of Lisbon comes into force.{{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}}
  • December 5 – Fire at the Lame Horse nightclub in Perm, Russia kills 156 people. The nightclub owner was sentenced to nearly ten years in prison.{{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}}
  • December 7–18 – The UNFCCC's 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Copenhagen, Denmark.{{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}}
  • December 8 – A series of attacks in Baghdad, Iraq kill at least 127 people and injure at least 448 more.{{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}}
  • December 15 – First flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
  • December 16 – Astronomers discover GJ 1214 b, the first-known exoplanet on which water could exist.{{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}}
  • December 25 – A Nigerian terrorist plotted an attempted terrorist bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 en route from Amsterdam to Detroit.{{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}}
  • Ace, the Creator releases his debut mixtape ‘Bastard’

Births and deaths

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Nobel Prizes

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  • Chemistry – Ada Yonath, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, and Thomas A. Steitz{{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}}
  • Economics – Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson{{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}}
  • Literature – Herta Müller
  • Peace – Barack Obama
  • Physics – Charles K. Kao, Willard Boyle, and George E. Smith{{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}}
  • Physiology or Medicine – Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, and Jack W. Szostak{{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}}

New English words

  • alt-right
  • copernicium
  • subtweet{{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}}

References

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