2009 Calendar
What Happened In Year 2009?
- January 18, 2009 – Gaza War: Hamas announces they will accept Israeli Defense Forces’s offer of a ceasefire, ending the assault.
- January 23, 2009 – Dendermonde nursery attack in Dendermonde, Belgium.
- January 26, 2009 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.
- January 31, 2009 – In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.
- February 13, 2009 – At 23:31:30 UTC the Unix system time (time_t) number reaches 1234567890 seconds.
- February 20, 2009 – Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en-route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
- April 7, 2009 – Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
- April 30, 2009 – Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- May 18, 2009 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
- June 12, 2009 – A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide ranging protests in Iran and around the world.
- June 18, 2009 – The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
- June 20, 2009 – During the Iranian election protests, the death of Neda Agha-Soltan is captured on video and spreads virally on the Internet, making it “probably the most widely witnessed death in human history”.
- June 22, 2009 – Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.
- July 15, 2009 – Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes in northwestern Iran, killing all 153 aboard.
- August 17, 2009 – An accident at the Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
- August 27, 2009 – The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.
- September 6, 2009 – The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
- September 26, 2009 – Typhoon Ketsana (2009) hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
- October 1, 2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
- November 25, 2009 – Devastating floods, known as the 2009 Saudi Arabian Floods, following freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. 3,000 cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.
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