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Date	Event
January 1, 2009	Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.
January 3, 2009	The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, is established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
January 8, 2009	A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
January 15, 2009	US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued.
January 20, 2009	Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becoming the first African-American President of the United States.
January 20, 2009	A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
January 21, 2009	Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.
January 22, 2009	President Barack Obama signs an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; congressional opposition will prevent it being implemented.
January 24, 2009	Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
January 26, 2009	Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.[45]
January 26, 2009	Nadya Suleman gives birth to the world's first surviving octuplets.
January 29, 2009	The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
January 29, 2009	Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
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 1, 2009	The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
February 7, 2009	Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
February 10, 2009	The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
February 12, 2009	Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
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.
March 4, 2009	The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes 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.
March 7, 2009	The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and injures two other soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles.
March 11, 2009	Winnenden school shooting: Sixteen are killed and 11 are injured before recent graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
March 12, 2009	Financier Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
March 23, 2009	FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
March 27, 2009	The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
March 30, 2009	Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
April 3, 2009	Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
April 4, 2009	France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
April 5, 2009	North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
April 6, 2009	A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
April 7, 2009	Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
April 7, 2009	Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
April 9, 2009	In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
April 10, 2009	President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
April 12, 2009	Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
April 30, 2009	Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
April 30, 2009	Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix.
May 1, 2009	Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
May 18, 2009	The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
May 25, 2009	North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community.
June 1, 2009	Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
June 1, 2009	General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
June 5, 2009	After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
June 8, 2009	Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.
June 9, 2009	An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
June 10, 2009	Eighty-eight year-old James Wenneker von Brunn opens fire inside the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and fatally shoots Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended.
June 12, 2009	A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
June 18, 2009	The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
June 19, 2009	Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.
June 19, 2009	War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
June 21, 2009	Greenland assumes self-rule.
June 22, 2009	A Washington D.C Metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station. Nine people are killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others are injured.
June 28, 2009	Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
June 30, 2009	Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.
July 4, 2009	The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.
July 4, 2009	The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
July 5, 2009	A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.
July 5, 2009	The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in Britain, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
July 15, 2009	Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Jannatabad, Qazvin, Iran, killing 168.
July 16, 2009	Teoh Beng Hock, an aide to a politician in Malaysia is found dead on the rooftop of a building adjacent to the offices of the Anti-Corruption Commission, sparking an inquest that gains nationwide attention.
July 24, 2009	Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes at Mashhad International Airport, killing 16.
July 26, 2009	The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.
August 10, 2009	Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
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 19, 2009	A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
August 26, 2009	Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended.
August 27, 2009	Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.
September 2, 2009	The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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 9, 2009	The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
September 24, 2009	The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
September 24, 2009	SA Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew.
September 26, 2009	Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
September 28, 2009	The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1,400 people.
September 29, 2009	The 8.1 Mw  Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.
September 30, 2009	The 7.6 Mw  Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.
October 1, 2009	The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
October 3, 2009	Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.
October 9, 2009	First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
October 10, 2009	Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
October 25, 2009	The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wound at least 721.
October 28, 2009	The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
October 28, 2009	NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
October 28, 2009	US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
November 5, 2009	U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.
November 10, 2009	Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
November 21, 2009	A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.
November 23, 2009	The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines; 58 opponents of Andal Ampatuan Jr. are kidnapped and killed.
November 24, 2009	The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is founded in Bucharest, Romania.
November 25, 2009	Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.
November 27, 2009	Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries.
November 29, 2009	Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.
December 3, 2009	A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
December 8, 2009	Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.
December 11, 2009	Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment releases the hit mobile game Angry Birds internationally on iOS.
December 17, 2009	MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.
December 27, 2009	Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.
December 28, 2009	Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.
December 30, 2009	A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000 L (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
December 30, 2009	A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
December 31, 2009	Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur.