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2009 (MMIX) was a common year that Millennium: 3rd millennium

started on a Thursday. In the Gregorian Centuries: 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
calendar, it was the 2009th year of the Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s – 2000s – 2010s 2020s 2030s
Common Era or of Anno Domini; the 9th Years: 2006 2007 2008 – 2009 – 2010 2011 2012
year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st
century; and the 10th and last of the 2000s
decade. 2009 by topic:
News by month
2009 was designated as the:
Jan – Feb – Mar – Apr – May – Jun
International Year of Astronomy. [1][2] Jul – Aug – Sep – Oct – Nov – Dec
Arts
International Year of Natural Fibres.[3]
Architecture – Art – Film – Home video –
Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country,
Metal, UK) – Radio – Television
Contents Politics
Elections – Int'l leaders – Politics – State
1 Events leaders – Sovereign states
1.1 January Science and technology
1.2 February
1.3 March Archaeology – Aviation –
1.4 April Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Rail
1.5 May transport – Science – Spaceflight
1.6 June Sports
1.7 July Sport – Athletics (Track and Field) –
1.8 August Australian Football League – Baseball –
1.9 September Football (soccer) – Ice Hockey –
1.10 October Motorsport – Tennis – National Rugby
1.11 November League
1.12 December By place
2 Deaths Algeria – Argentina – Australia – Canada –

2.1 January China – Denmark – Egypt – European
2.2 February Union – France – Germany – India – Iraq –
2.3 March Ireland – Italy – Japan – Kenya –
2.4 April Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – New
2.5 May Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Philippines
2.6 June – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea -
2.7 July Sri Lanka -United Arab Emirates -United
2.8 August Kingdom – United States – Zimbabwe
2.9 September Other topics
2.10 October Awards – Games – Law – Religious leaders
2.11 November – Video gaming
2.12 December Birth and death categories
3 Awards Births – Deaths
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2009&printable=yes 5/15/2010
3.1 Nobel Prizes Establishments and disestablishments categories

4 Major religious holidays Establishments – Disestablishments
5 In fiction Works and introductions categories
5.1 Computer and video games Works – Introductions
5.2 Film
5.3 Television
5.4 Books
6 References
Events
January
January 1 – Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Uganda January 2009
assume their seats on the United Nations Security Council. Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
January 1 – The Czech Republic takes over the presidency of
1 2 3 4
the Council of the European Union[4] from France.
January 1 – Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, becomes the 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
American Capital of Culture and Vilnius and Linz become 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
the European Capitals of Culture. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
January 1 – Slovakia adopts the euro as its national currency, 26 27 28 29 30 31
replacing the Slovak koruna.[5]
January 3 – Israel launches a ground invasion of the
Gaza Strip as the Gaza War enters its second week.[6]
January 7 – Russia shuts off all gas supplies to Europe
through Ukraine. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
publicly endorses the move and urges greater
international involvement in the energy dispute.[7]
January 13 – Ethiopian military forces begin pulling
out of Somalia, where they have tried to maintain
order for nearly two years.[8]
January 17 – Israel announces a unilateral ceasefire in
the Gaza War. It comes into effect the following day,
[9]
on which Hamas declares a ceasefire of its own.
[10][11][12]
January 20 – Barack Obama is inaugurated as the
44th, and first African American, President of the
United States.[13]
January 21 – Israel completes its withdrawal from the
Gaza Strip.[14] Intermittent air strikes by both sides of
the preceding war continue in the weeks to follow. 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict
[15][16][17]
January 22 – Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda
is captured by Rwandan forces after crossing over the border into Rwanda.[18]
January 26 – The first trial at the International Criminal Court is held. Former Union of Congolese
Patriots leader Thomas Lubanga is accused of training child soldiers to kill, pillage, and rape.[19]
January 26 – The Icelandic government and banking system collapse; Prime Minister Geir Haarde
immediately resigns.[20]
February
February 1 – Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow is enthroned as the February 2009
[21]
Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
February 1 – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is appointed as the new
1
Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the world's first openly
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
lesbian head of government.[22]
February 7 – The deadliest bushfires in Australian history 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
begin; they kill 173, injure 500 more, and leave 7,500 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
homeless. The fires come after Melbourne records the highest 23 24 25 26 27 28
-ever temperature (46.4°C, 115°F) of any capital city in
Australia. The majority of the fires are ignited by either fallen or clashing power lines or
deliberately lit.
February 8 – The Taliban releases a video of Polish geologist Piotr Staczak, whom they had
abducted a few months earlier, being beheaded. It is the first killing of a Western hostage in
Pakistan since American journalist Daniel Pearl was executed in 2002.[23]
February 10 – A Russian and an American satellite collide over Siberia, creating a large amount
of space debris.[24]
February 11 – Morgan Tsvangirai is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Zimbabwe following
the power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe signed in September, 2008.[25]
February 17 – The JEM rebel group in Darfur, Sudan sign a pact with the Sudanese government,
planning a ceasefire within the next three months.[26]
February 26 – Former Serbian president Milan Milutinovi is acquitted by the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia regarding war crimes during the Kosovo War.[27]
March
March 2 – The President of Guinea-Bissau, João Bernardo March 2009
Vieira, is assassinated during an armed attack on his Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
residence in Bissau.[28]
1
March 3 – Gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan
cricketers in Lahore, Pakistan, killing eight people and 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
injuring several others.[29] 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
March 4 – The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al- 30 31
Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the
ICC since its establishment in 2002.[30]
March 7 – NASA's Kepler Mission, a space photometer which 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 coup d'état,
following a month of rallies in Antananarivo. The military appoints opposition leader Andry
Rajoelina as the new president.[31]
April
April 1 – Albania and Croatia join the North Atlantic Treaty April 2009
Organization (NATO). Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
April 2 – The second G-20 summit, involving state leaders
rather than the usual finance ministers, meets in London. Its 1 2 3 4 5
main focus is an ongoing global financial crisis. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
April 3–4 – The 21st NATO Summit is held, 60 years after 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
the founding of the organization. Former Danish Prime 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen is appointed as the new
27 28 29 30
Secretary General of NATO.
April 5 – North Korea launches the Kwangmyngsng-2
rocket, prompting an emergency meeting of—but no
official reaction from—the United Nations Security
Council.[32]
April 6 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near
L'Aquila, Italy, killing nearly 300 and injuring more than
1,500.[33]
April 7 – Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is
sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and
kidnappings by security forces. Train commuters in Mexico City
April 10 – A political crisis begins in Fiji when President wearing surgical masks due to the
outbreak of swine flu
Josefa Iloilo suspends the nation's Constitution, dismisses
all judges and constitutional appointees and assumes all
governance in the country after the Court of Appeal rules that the government of Prime Minister
Frank Bainimarama is illegal.[34]
April 11–12 – The Fourth East Asia Summit is postponed after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit
Vejjajiva declares a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas.[35][36]
April 17 – Thirty-four heads of state and government meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad for the 5th
Summit of the Americas.
April 18 – Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist, is sentenced to eight years in prison for
espionage by an Iranian court.[37] She is released the following month, after an appeals court
reduces and suspends her sentence.
April 21 – UNESCO launches The World Digital Library.[38]
April 24 – The World Health Organization expresses concern at the spread of influenza from
Mexico and the United States to other countries.[39][40][41] International cases and resulting deaths
are confirmed.
April 29 – Amidst Russia's effort to improve relations with NATO and with the West in general,
NATO expels two Russian diplomats from NATO headquarters in Brussels over a spy scandal in
Estonia. Russia's Foreign Ministry criticises the expulsions.[42]
May
May 18 – The third C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership May 2009
Group meets in Seoul. Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
May 18 – Following more than a quarter-century of fighting,
the Sri Lankan Civil War ends with the total military defeat 1 2 3
of the LTTE.[43][44] 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
May 23 – Former President of South Korea Roh Moo-hyun, 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
under investigation for alleged bribery during his presidential 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
term, commits suicide.[45] 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
May 25 – North Korea announces that it has conducted a second successful nuclear test in the
province of North Hamgyong. The United Nations Security Council condemns the reported test.
[46]
June
June 1 – Air France Flight 447, en route from Rio de Janeiro, June 2009
Brazil to Paris, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
on board.
June 11 – The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza strain, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
commonly referred to as "swine flu", is deemed a global 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
[47]
pandemic, becoming the first condition since the Hong 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Kong flu of 1967–1968 to receive this designation. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
June 13 – Following the reelection of Iranian president 29 30
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, supporters of defeated candidate
Mir-Hossein Mousavi accuse the government of fraud, and
launch a series of sustained protests.[48]
June 18 – NASA launches the Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter/LCROSS probes to the Moon, the first American
lunar mission since Lunar Prospector in 1998.
June 20 – The death of Neda Agha-Soltan, an Iranian
student shot during a protest, is captured on what soon
becomes a viral video that helps to turn Neda into an
international symbol of the civil unrest following the
presidential election. A clash between pro-Zelaya
June 21 – As a step toward total independence from the protesters and the Honduran military
Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland assumes control over its
law enforcement, judicial affairs, and natural resources. Greenlandic becomes the official
language.[49]
June 25 – The death of American entertainer 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 potentially
unprecedented and historic levels.[50][51][52][53]
June 28 – The Supreme Court of Honduras orders the arrest and exile of President Manuel Zelaya,
claiming he was violating the nation's constitution by holding a referendum to stay in power.[54]
The coup d'état is condemned by the United Nations, the Organization of American States,[55] and
multiple nations around the world.
June 30 – Yemenia Flight 626 crashes off the coast of Moroni, Comoros, killing all but one of the
153 passengers and crew.[56]
July
July 1 – Sweden assumes the presidency of the European July 2009
Union.[57] Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
July 4 – The Organization of American States suspends
1 2 3 4 5
Honduras due to the country's recent political crisis after its
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
refusal to reinstate President Zelaya.[58][59]
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
July 5 – Over 150 are killed when a few thousand ethnic 27 28 29 30 31

Uyghurs target local Han Chinese during major rioting in
Ürümqi, Xinjiang.
July 7 – A public memorial service is held for musician Michael Jackson. It is regarded as one of
the most prominent funerals of all time.[60][61][62]
July 15 – Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Qazvin, Iran, killing all 168 on board.
July 16 – Iceland's national parliament, the Althingi, votes to pursue joining the EU.[63]
July 22 – The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting up to 6 minutes and 38.8
seconds, occurs over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean.
August
August 3 – Bolivia becomes the first South American country August 2009
to declare the right of indigenous people to govern Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
themselves.[64]
1 2
August 4 – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pardons two
American journalists, who had been arrested and imprisoned 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
for illegal entry earlier in the year, after former U.S. President 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
[65]
Bill Clinton meets with Kim in North Korea. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
August 7 – Typhoon Morakot hits Taiwan, killing 500 and 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
stranding more than 1,000 via the worst flooding on the 31
island in half a century.[66]
August 20 – Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, imprisoned for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am
Flight 103, is released by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds as he has terminal
prostate cancer. He returns to his native Libya.[67]
September
September 25 – At the G-20 Pittsburgh summit, world leaders September 2009
announce that the G-20 will assume greater leverage over the Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
world economy, replacing the role of the G-8, in an effort to
1 2 3 4 5 6
prevent another financial crisis like that in 2008.[68]
September 26 – Typhoon Ketsana begins to cause record 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
amounts of rainfall in Manila, Philippines, leading to the 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
declaration of a "state of calamity" in 25 provinces.[69] 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
September 28 – At least 157 demonstrators are killed in a 28 29 30
clash with the Guinean military.
September 29 – An 8.3-magnitude earthquake triggers a
tsunami near the Samoan Islands. Many communities and
harbors in Samoa and American Samoa are destroyed, and
at least 189 are killed.
September 30 – A 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes just
off the coast of Sumatra, killing around 1,000 in Indonesia.
[70]
October Leaders of the G-20 countries

present at the Pittsburgh Summit
October 2 – The International Olympic Committee awards
the 2016 Summer Olympics to Rio de Janeiro.
October 2 – Ireland holds a second referendum on the EU's October 2009

Lisbon Treaty. The amendment is approved by the Irish Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
electorate,[71][72][73][74][75] having been rejected in the Lisbon I
1 2 3 4
referendum held in June 2008.
October 20 – European astronomers discover 32 exoplanets. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
[76] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
November 26 27 28 29 30 31
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.[77]
November 3 – The Prime Minister of Belgium, Herman
Van Rompuy, is designated the first permanent President
of the European Council,[78] a position he takes up on 1
December 2009.[79][80][81]
November 13 – Having analyzed the data from the Moment of the announcement of
LCROSS lunar impact, NASA announces that it has found Rio de Janeiro as the host city of the
a "significant" quantity of water in the Moon's Cabeus 2016 Summer Olympics
crater.[82][83]
November 20 – CERN restarts the Large Hadron Collider November 2009
particle accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland; they had shut it Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
down on September 19, 2008.[84][85] 1
November 23 – In the Philippines, at least 57 are abducted
and killed in an election-related massacre in the province of 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Maguindanao. This appears to be the deadliest attack on 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
[86] 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
journalists in recent history.
November 27 – Dubai requests a debt deferment following its 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
massive renovation and development projects, as well as the 30
late 2000s economic crisis. The announcement causes global
stock markets to drop.[87]
December
December 1 – The Treaty of Lisbon comes into force.[88] December 2009

December 7 – December 18 – The UNFCCC's United Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 conference is held
1 2 3 4 5 6
in Copenhagen, Denmark.[89]
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
December 16 – Astronomers discover GJ1214b, the first-
known exoplanet on which water could exist.[90] 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
Deaths
Main article: Deaths in 2009
January
January 1 – Nizar Rayan, Palestinian military and political leader (born

1959)
January 1 – Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer (born 1924)
January 1 – Helen Suzman, South African activist and politician (born
1917)
January 12 – Claude Berri, French film director (born 1934)
January 12 – Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (born 1912)
January 13 – Patrick McGoohan, American-born British actor (born 1928)
January 14 – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican-born American actor (born
1920)
January 15 – Said Seyam, Palestinian politician (born 1957)
January 16 – Andrew Wyeth, American painter (born 1917)
January 20 – Stéphanos II Ghattas, Egyptian Patriarch of Alexandria (born
Ingemar Johansson
1920)
January 25 – Mamadou Dia, 1st Prime Minister of Senegal (born 1910)
January 27 – John Updike, American writer (born 1932)
January 27 – R. Venkataraman, 8th President of India (born 1910)
January 30 – Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer (born 1932)
February
February 6 – James Whitmore, American actor (born 1921)
February 9 – Eluana Englaro, Italian patient in right-to-die case (born 1970)
February 25 – Philip José Farmer, American writer (born 1918)
February 27 – Manea Mnescu, Romanian Prime Minister (born 1916)
March
March 2 – João Bernardo Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1939)
March 14 – Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter and actor (born
1947)
March 15 – Ron Silver, American actor and political activist (born 1946)
March 18 – Natasha Richardson, English actress (born 1963)
March 20 – Abdellatif Filali, 13th Prime Minister of Morocco (born 1928)
March 25 – Yukio Endo, Japanese gymnast (born 1937)
March 28 – Janet Jagan, American-born President of Guyana (born 1920)
March 29 – Maurice Jarre, French composer and conductor (born 1924)
March 31 – Raúl Alfonsín, 49th President of Argentina (born 1927)
João Bernardo
April Vieira
April 12 – Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (born 1952)
April 12 – Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, American social theorist (born 1950)
April 14 – Maurice Druon, French novelist (born 1918)
April 19 – J. G. Ballard, English novelist (born 1930)
April 22 – Ken Annakin, English film director (born 1914)
April 22 – Jack Cardiff, English cinematographer (born 1914)
April 25 – Beatrice Arthur, American actress (born 1922)
April 28 – Ekaterina Maximova, Soviet-Russian ballerina (born 1939)
May
May 2 – Augusto Boal, Brazilian theatre director (born 1931)
May 2 – Jack Kemp, American politician and football player (born 1935)
May 4 – Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (born 1933)
May 9 – Chuck Daly, American basketball coach (born 1930)
May 13 – Achille Compagnoni, Italian mountaineer (born 1914)
May 17 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer (born 1920)
May 18 – Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan militant (born 1954)
May 19 – Robert F. Furchgott, American scientist (born 1916)
May 23 – Roh Moo-hyun, 16th President of South Korea (born 1946)
May 27 – Clive Granger, British economist (born 1934)
May 30 – Luís Cabral, 1st President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1931) Roh Moo-hyun
May 30 – Ephraim Katzir, 4th President of Israel (born 1916)
May 30 – Gaafar Nimeiry, 5th President of the Sudan (born 1930)
June
June 2 – David Eddings, American author (born 1931)
June 3 – David Carradine, American actor (born 1936)
June 3 – Koko Taylor, American musician (born 1928)
June 6 – Jean Dausset, French immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate
(born 1916)
June 8 – Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (born 1935)
June 12 – Félix Malloum, 3rd President of Chad (born 1932)
June 13 – Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1962)
June 17 – Ralf Dahrendorf, German-British social theorist and politician
(born 1929)
June 25 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (born 1947) Michael Jackson
June 25 – Michael Jackson, American performer and recording artist (born
1958)
June 30 – Pina Bausch, German choreographer (born 1940)
July
July 1 – Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer and politician (born 1952)
July 1 – Karl Malden, American actor (born 1912)
July 4 – Allen Klein, American businessman (born 1931)
July 6 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian novelist (born 1932)
July 6 – Robert McNamara, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (born
1916)
July 17 – Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician (born 1921)
July 17 – Walter Cronkite, American newscaster (born 1916)
July 17 – Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher (born 1927) Walter Cronkite
July 19 – Frank McCourt, Irish-American author (born 1930)
July 26 – Merce Cunningham, American choreographer (born 1919)
July 31 – Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (born 1933)
August
August 1 – Corazon Aquino, 11th President of the Philippines (born 1933)

August 5 – Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter (born 1914)
August 6 – John Hughes, American film director and writer (born 1950)
August 6 – Willy DeVille, American singer-songwriter (born 1950)
August 11 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American founder of the Special
Olympics (born 1921)
August 13 – Les Paul, American musician and inventor (born 1915)
August 18 – Kim Dae-jung, 15th President of South Korea (born 1925)
August 24 – Toni Sailer, Austrian alpine ski racer (born 1935)
August 25 – Ted Kennedy, American politician (born 1932)
Corazon Aquino
August 26 – Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Iraqi politician and theologian (born
1953)
August 27 – Sergey Mikhalkov, Soviet-Russian author (born 1913)
September
September 8 – Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
(born 1922)
September 11 – Juan Almeida, Cuban revolutionary and politician (born
1927)
September 11 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (born 1958)
September 12 – Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and Nobel Prize
laureate (born 1914)
September 12 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player (born 1921)
September 14 – Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (born 1952)
September 17 – Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist militant
(born 1968)
Patrick Swayze
September 18 – Irving Kristol, American writer and political commentator
(born 1920)
September 23 – Erturul Osman, 43rd Head of the Ottoman Dynasty (born 1912)
September 25 – Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (born 1923)
September 28 – Guillermo Endara, President of Panama, 1989–1994 (born 1936)
September 29 – Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (born 1930)
October
October 2 – Marek Edelman, Polish political and social activist (born
1922)
October 4 – Shichi Nakagawa, Japanese politician (born 1953)
October 4 – Günther Rall, German fighter pilot (born 1918)
October 4 – Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer (born 1935)
October 5 – Israel Gelfand, Soviet-American mathematician (born 1913)
October 7 – Irving Penn, American photographer (born 1917)
October 13 – Al Martino, American singer and actor (born 1927)
October 19 – Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (born 1918)
October 30 – Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist (born 1908)
October 31 – Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (born 1911)
Qian Xuesen
November
November 3 – Francisco Ayala, Spanish novelist (born 1906)

November 8 – Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and Nobel Prize
November 10 – Robert Enke, German footballer (born 1977)
November 15 – Patriarch Pavle, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church
(born 1914)
November 15 – Pierre Harmel, 39th Prime Minister of Belgium (born
1911)
November 16 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (born 1978)
November 20 – Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (born 1925)
November 21 – Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (born 1926)
November 24 – Samak Sundaravej, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (born Vitaly Ginzburg
1935)
November 30 – Milorad Pavi, Serbian writer (born 1929)
December
December 3 – Richard Todd, Irish-born British actor (born 1919)
December 4 – Eddie Fatu, Samoan-American professional wrestler (born
1973)
December 4 – Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Soviet-Russian actor (born 1928)
December 5 – Alfred Hrdlicka, Austrian artist (born 1928)
December 5 – Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician (born 1926)
December 9 – Gene Barry, American actor (born 1919) Jennifer Jones
December 13 – Paul Samuelson, American economist and Nobel Prize
December 16 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (born 1930)
December 16 – Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician (born 1956)
December 17 – Jennifer Jones, American actress (born 1919)
December 19 – Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Iranian scholar and human rights activist (born 1922)
December 19 – Kim Peek, American savant (born 1951)
December 20 – Brittany Murphy, American actress (born 1977)
December 21 – Edwin G. Krebs, American biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
December 23 – Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan politician (born 1910)
December 24 – Rafael Caldera, 54th and 60th President of Venezuela (born 1916)
December 30 – Abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of Indonesia (born 1940)
Awards
Nobel Prizes
Chemistry – Ada Yonath, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, and Thomas A. Steitz
[91]
Economics – Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson[92]

Literature – Herta Müller
Peace – Barack Obama
Physics – Charles K. Kao, Willard Boyle, and George E. Smith[93]
Physiology or Medicine – Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, and Jack W.
Szostak[94]
Major religious holidays

January 6 – Christmas in most Armenian Apostolic
Churches of Christianity 2009 in other calendars
January 7 – Christmas in the Russian Orthodox Gregorian calendar 2009
Church and Georgian Orthodox Church of MMIX
Christianity Ab urbe condita 2762
January 14 – Pongal Armenian calendar 1458
January 26 – Lunar New Year ɒɧ ɥɟɗɑ
February 23 – Shivaratri Bahá'í calendar 165 – 166
February 25 – Ash Wednesday Bengali calendar 1416
March 10 – Mawlid Berber calendar 2959
March 11 – Holi
Buddhist calendar 2553
April 3 – Rama Navami
April 8 – Passover begins Burmese calendar 1371
April 12 – Easter in Western Christianity Byzantine calendar 7517 – 7518
April 14 – Vaisakhi in Sikhism Chinese calendar ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
April 19 – Easter for many Eastern Christians (4645/4705-12-6)
— to —
May 2 – Buddha's Birthday ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
May 8 – Buddha Purnima / Vaisakhi Purnima (4646/4706-11-16)
May 28 – Shavuot begins Coptic calendar 1725 – 1726
August 6 – Raksha Bandhan Ethiopian calendar 2001 – 2002
August 14 – Krishna Janmashtami
Hebrew calendar 5769 – 5770
August 22 – Ramadan begins
August 23 – Ganesh Chaturthi Hindu calendars
September 2 – Onam - Bikram Samwat 2065 – 2066
September 18 – Rosh Hashanah begins - Shaka Samvat 1931 – 1932
September 19 – Navratri begins - Kali Yuga 5110 – 5111
September 20 – Eid ul-Fitr Holocene calendar 12009
September 27 – Yom Kippur begins Iranian calendar 1387 – 1388
September 28 – Dussehra Islamic calendar 1430 – 1431
October 2 – Sukkot begins
Japanese calendar Heisei 21
October 17 – Diwali (; ; 21; )
November 1 – All Saints' Day in Western Korean calendar 4342
Christianity
Thai solar calendar 2552
November 27 – Eid al-Adha
December 11 – Hanukkah begins Unix time 1230768000 – 1262303999
December 18 – Islamic New Year (1 Muharram
1431)
December 25 – Christmas in Western Christianity and most Eastern Orthodox Churches
In fiction
Computer and video games
Set in 2009:
Abuse[95] (1996)
Incoming (1998)
Half-Life (1998) – although the date is never explicitly referenced, 2009 is the last year that Half-
Life could be set in, as calendars in the game display '200X.'
Dino Crisis (1999)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001), the Plant chapter occurs on 29 and 30 April 2009,
causing devastation to New York City from its coast, when Arsenal Gear crash lands into Federal
Hall.
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (2005): Storyline begins on 31 August.
Fahrenheit (also known as "Indigo Prophecy" in North America) (2005)
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.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown (2005)
MINERVA (2005), is set in October 2009.
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (2006), takes place between April 2009 and March 2010.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (2006)
Film
Freejack (1992), in November[96]

2009 Lost Memories (2002)
2012 (2009): The initial events take place in India in late 2009.
I Am Legend (2007): The events triggering the story begin 9 December 2009.
Cloverfield (2008): On 22 May, the events of the story take place.
Eagle Eye (2008): The events of the movie take place between 26 January and 12 April 2009.
Television
Macross (1982–1983) (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.
Family Matters: In the 1994 episode "Father of the Bride", 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.
Charmed ("Morality Bites," 1999) Phoebe Halliwell is executed on February 26 by burning at the
stake for murdering a man with her powers.
Batman Beyond (1999 – 2001): In the episode "Out of the Past," it is revealed that sometime in
2009, Batman fought Ra's al Ghul in an incident they referred to as "The Near-Apocalypse of 09."
An incident that Ra's has started. The event is also referenced again in the Justice League
Unlimited episode "Epilogue"
Blue Gender (1999–2000): A vicious new disease breaks out forcing Yuji Kaido and other
infected humans into cryogenic stasis until a cure can be found.
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.
Ultraman Nexus (2004–2005) is set in 2009, acting as a sequel to the 2004 film Ultraman: The
Next which was set in its production year.
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.
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:
1. Series 3 (2007) episode Last of the Time Lords is set mainly in a parallel year.
2. Series 4 (2008) episodes Partners In Crime, The Sontaran Strategem/The Poison Sky and The
Stolen Earth/Journey's End; and Turn Left, (which is set in a parallel universe).
The Red Dwarf miniseries Back To Earth's scenes on Earth are set in the Easter season of 2009.
Books
Wilson Tucker, The Year of the Quiet Sun (1970)
Gregory Benford, Threads of Time[97] (1974)
David Brin, The Postman (1985)
Robert W. Sawyer, Flashforward (1999)
References
1. ^ "News Release – IAU0606: The International Astronomical Union announces the International Year of
Astronomy 2009" (http://iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0606/) . International Astronomical Union.
October 27, 2006. http://iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0606/. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
2. ^ "The International Year of Astronomy 2009" (http://astronomy2009.org/) . IYA2009.
http://astronomy2009.org/. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
3. ^ United Nations General Assembly Resolution 189 session 61 International Year of National Fibres,
2009 (http://www.undemocracy.com/A-RES-61-189) on 20 December 2006
4. ^ Topolánek asks Barroso for help in visa dispute (http://praguemonitor.com/2009/07/20/topolánek-asks-
barroso-help-canadian-visa-dispute) Prague Daily Monitor
5. ^ Slovakia adopts the euro on January 1
(http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article5414398.ece) Times Online
6. ^ Kershner, Isabel; El-Khodary, Taghreed (2009-01-03). "Israeli Troops Launch Attack on
Gaza" (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/world/middleeast/04mideast.html?_r=2&hp) . New York
Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/world/middleeast/04mideast.html?_r=2&hp. Retrieved 2009-10
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7. ^ "Europeans shiver as Russia cuts gas shipments" (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28515983/) .
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8. ^ "Somali joy as Ethiopians withdraw" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7825626.stm) . News article (BBC
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13. ^ Ruane, Michael (2009-01-20). "D.C.'s Inauguration Head Count: 1.8
Million" (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012103884.html) .
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dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012103884.html. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
14. ^ Middle East | Last Israeli troops 'leave Gaza' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7841902.stm) .
BBC News (2009-01-21). Retrieved on 2009-07-07.
15. ^ At least six Gaza rockets hit southern Israel – Haaretz – Israel News
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067516.html) . Haaretz. Retrieved on 2009-07-07.
16. ^ Kassam rocket strikes Eshkol Region|Israel|Jerusalem Post (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?
pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1235410720483) . Jpost.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-07.
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18. ^ Congo and Rwanda forces arrest rebel leader Laurent Nkunda
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/23/laurent-nkunda-congo-rwanda) The Guardian

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2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 1 of 19

2009 (MMIX) was a common year that Millennium: 3rd millennium

2 Deaths Algeria – Argentina – Australia – Canada –

3.1 Nobel Prizes Establishments and disestablishments categories

July 5 – Over 150 are killed when a few thousand ethnic 27 28 29 30 31

October Leaders of the G-20 countries

October 2 – Ireland holds a second referendum on the EU's October 2009

November 3 – The Czech Republic becomes the final

December 1 – The Treaty of Lisbon comes into force.[88] December 2009

January 1 – Nizar Rayan, Palestinian military and political leader (born

August 1 – Corazon Aquino, 11th President of the Philippines (born 1933)

November 3 – Francisco Ayala, Spanish novelist (born 1906)

Economics – Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson[92]

Major religious holidays

Freejack (1992), in November[96]

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