2009 Millennium: 3rd millennium Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 2006 2007 2008 - 2009 - 2010 2011 2012 2009-the year of some asain animal like a dragon or chicken maybe a dog, a cat if your lucky SWINE FLU MUDKIP (MMIX) is the current year of the Anno Domini/Com- mon Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It is a common year starting on Thursday and the last year of the 2000s decade. 2009 has been designated as the: • International Year of Astronomy.[1][2] • International Year of Natural Fibres.[3] Events January • January 1 – Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Uganda assume their seats on the United Nations Security Council. • January 1 – The Czech Republic takes over the presidency of the Council of the European Union from France. • January 1 – At least 61 people are killed in a fire in Bangkok during New Year celebrations. • January 1 – Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, becomes the American Capital of Culture and Vilnius and Linz become the European Capitals of Culture. • January 1 – Slovakia adopts the Euro as its national currency, replacing the Slovak koruna. • January 3 – Israel launches a ground invasion of Gaza. January 2009 Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 • January 7 – Russia shuts off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin publicly endorses the move and urges that international observers be brought into the energy dispute.[4] • January 12 – The Electronic System for Travel Authorization becomes mandatory for participating travelers from Visa Waiver Program countries in advance of travel to the United States.[5] • January 13 – Ethiopian military forces begin pulling out of Somalia, where they have tried to maintain order for nearly two years.[6] • January 15 – US Airways Flight 1549, en route to Charlotte/Douglas International Airport from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, ditches in the Hudson River off Manhattan. All 155 passengers and crew are evacuated and taken to safety. The plane is apparently brought down by a flock of Canada Geese.[7] • January 17 – Israel declares a unilateral cease-fire against Hamas militants and puts an end to attacks after 22 days of violence in Gaza. • January 20 – Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th, and first African-American, President of the United States.[8] An explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza during the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 1 • January 22 – U.S. President Barack Obama signs an order to close Guantanamo Bay detention camp within one year.[9] • January 22 – Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda is captured by Rwandan forces after crossing over the border into Rwanda. • January 23 – The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches the world’s first-ever Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite, "Ibuki", from Tanegashima Space Center.[10] • January 26 – The first-ever 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.[11] • January 26 – The Icelandic government and banking system collapse; Prime Minister Geir Haarde immediately resigns.[12] • January 29 – An Israeli Defense Forces air raid injures nine people in the Gaza Strip in response to continued militant rocket fire. February February 2009 Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 • February 1 – Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow is enthroned as the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.[13] • February 1 – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the world’s first openly gay head of government.[14] • February 2 – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has launched its own satellite, "Omid", into orbit on an Iranian-built rocket.[15] • February 7 – The deadliest bushfires in Australian history begin; they kill 173 people, injure 500 more, and leave 7,500 homeless. The fires come after Melbourne records the highest-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 which shows Polish geologist Piotr Stańczak, 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 beheaded in 2002.[16] • February 10 – A Russian and an American satellite collide over Siberia, creating a large amount of space debris.[17] • February 11 – Morgan Tsvangirai is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Zimbabwe following the power-sharing deal between him and President Robert Mugabe signed in September, 2008.[18] • February 12 – Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a home in Clarence Center, a suburb of Buffalo, New York, killing 49 on the plane and one on the ground.[19][20] • February 16 – The trial of former Khmer Rouge leader Kang Kek Iew begins in Phnom Penh, 30 years after Cambodian leader Pol Pot was overthrown. • February 17 – The JEM rebel group in Darfur, Sudan sign a pact with the Sudanese government, planning a ceasefire within the next 3 months.[21] • February 25 – Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft with 135 passengers on board, crashes into a field outside Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, killing nine and injuring 84.[22] • February 25 – Members of the Bangladesh Rifles paramilitary force begin mutinying. Over 80 are killed. • 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.[23] March March 2009 Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 2 • March 2 – President of Guinea-Bissau João Bernardo Vieira is assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in Bissau.[24] • March 3 – Gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, Pakistan, killing six policemen and two civilians, injuring six team members, and critically injuring reserve umpire Ahsan Raza.[25] • March 4 – 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.[26] • 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’etat, following a month of rallies in Antananarivo. The military appoints opposition leader Andry Rajoelina as the new President.[27] • March 19 – Josef Fritzl is sentenced to life imprisonment by an Austrian court for enslaving and raping his daughter for 24 years, and for murdering their infant child.[28] • March 27 – Flash flooding and the Situ Gintung dam’s failure kill at least 99 people in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia.[29] April April 2009 Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 • April 1 – Albania and Croatia join NATO. • April 2 – The second G-20 summit, involving state leaders rather than the usual finance ministers, meets in London. Its main focus is an ongoing global financial crisis. • April 3–4 – The 21st NATO Summit is held, 60 years after the founding of the Train commuters in Mexico City wearing sur- gical masks due to the outbreak of swine flu organization. Former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen is appointed as the new Secretary General of NATO. • April 5 – North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passes over mainland Japan,[30] prompting an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.[31] • April 6 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L’Aquila, Italy, killing at least 293[32] 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. • April 10 – A political crisis occurs in Fiji as President Josefa Iloilo suspends the government after a suspected coup d’etat led by Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. • April 11 – The ASEAN summit meeting in Thailand is canceled when a state of emergency is declared in response to anti- government protests. • 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.[34] • April 21 – UNESCO launches The World Digital Library.[35] • April 24 – Ongoing – 2009 swine flu outbreak: The World Health Organization expresses concern at the spread of influenza from Mexico and the United From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 3 States to other countries.[36][37][38] International cases are confirmed and, in Mexico, 149 deaths are reported. • April 29 – NATO expels two Russian diplomats from NATO headquarters in Brussels over a spy scandal in Estonia.[39] May May 2009 Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 • May 4 – The President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou, holds peace talks with the Tuareg rebel groups in north Niger. • May 5 – A military revolt occurs in Georgia, near the capital, Tbilisi. • May 9 – Chadian forces defeat a large column of advancing rebels. • May 11 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-125, the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. • May 18 – The third C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group meets in Seoul. Predicted and scheduled events May • May 25 – Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune, Jupiter 24’ south. First of three triple conjunctions of Jupiter and Neptune. June • June 1 – Greenland will become a separate country within the Kingdom of Denmark. [40] • June 2 – The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the LCROSS impactor will be launched to the Moon. Part of NASA’s Lunar Precursor Robotic Program (LPRP). • June 4–7 – The European Parliament election will take place, the exact date varying by country. • June 7 – A referendum on changing the Act of Succession will be held in Denmark. July • July 1 – Sweden takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from the Czech Republic. • July 11 – NASA will launch Ares I-X, a test flight intended to gather aerodynamic data that will support the development of the Ares I crew launch vehicle. Ares I-X will be the first test flight of a future human orbital launch vehicle by NASA since STS-1 in 1981. • July 13 – Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune, Jupiter 34’ south. Second of three triple conjunctions of Jupiter and Neptune. September • September – The Burj Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates will be completed. It is already the tallest man-made structure ever built.[41][42] • September – The Large Hadron Collider will be restarted. The LHC was shut down on 19 September 2008 after problems with a magnet quench. • September 29 – NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft will make its final flyby of Mercury, decreasing the velocity for orbital insertion. October • October – NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory [1] will be launched to study the sun, delivering an unprecedented one terabyte of data to earth each day. • October – The British House of Lords is replaced by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom as the highest appellate court in the country.[43] • October – RFSA’s Phobos-Grunt, sample return from Phobos. • October 2 – The host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics will be announced at the 121st Session (which will also be the XIIIth Olympic Congress) of the International Olympic Committee to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. November • November – Singapore will host the 21st Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. • November – NASA’s WISE mission will be launched. It will survey the entire sky in From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 4 the infrared with far greater sensitivity than any previous mission ever has: over hundreds of millions of astronomical objects will be cataloged.[44] December • December 7 – December 18 – The UNFCCC’s COP15 Copenhagen 2009 conference will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark.[45] • December 10 – On STS-130, the Space Shuttle Endeavour will deliver and install the Node 3 and the Cupola on the International Space Station. • December 12 – The Oasis of the Seas cruise ship will make her maiden voyage. When completed she will be the largest passenger ship ever built, carrying 5,400 passengers. • December 21 – Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune, Jupiter 34’ south. Last of three triple conjunctions of Jupiter and Neptune. Unknown dates • Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, and possibly Ukraine and Georgia, will join Membership Action Plan, the last step before full membership in NATO. • The East African Community will implement a common currency called the East African shilling. • The first flight of the SpaceX Dragon commercial manned orbital spacecraft will occur. Deaths 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 3 – Pat Hingle, American actor (born 1924) • January 11 – Pio Laghi, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal (born 1922) • January 12 – Claude Berri, French film director (born 1934) • January 12 – Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (born 1912) Ingemar Johansson • January 13 – Patrick McGoohan, Irish- American actor (born 1928) • January 14 – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican- 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 1920) • 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) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 5 • February 9 – Eluana Englaro, Italian patient in right-to-die case (born 1970) • February 18 – Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower (born 1982) • February 23 – Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect (born 1924) • February 25 – Philip José Farmer, American writer (born 1918) • February 27 – Manea Mănescu, Romanian Prime Minister (born 1916) March João Bernardo Vieira • 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 22 – Jade Goody, English television personality (born 1981) • 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) April • April 7 – Dave Arneson, American game designer (born 1947) • April 14 – Maurice Druon, French novelist (born 1918) • April 19 – J. G. Ballard, English novelist (born 1930) • April 22 – Jack Cardiff, English cinematographer (born 1914) • April 22 – Ken Annakin, English film director (born 1914) • April 25 – Beatrice Arthur, American actress (born 1922) 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 rebel (born 1954) Awards Nobel Prizes • Chemistry – to be announced • Economics – to be announced • Literature – to be announced • Peace – to be announced • Physics – to be announced • Physiology or Medicine – to be announced From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 6 Major Religious holidays 2009 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 2009 MMIX Ab urbe condita 2762 Armenian calendar 1458 ?? ???? Bahá’í calendar 165 – 166 Berber calendar 2959 Buddhist calendar 2553 Burmese calendar 1371 Byzantine calendar 7517 – 7518 Chinese calendar ????????? (4645/4705-12-6) — to — ????????? (4646/4706-11-16) Coptic calendar 1725 – 1726 Ethiopian calendar 2001 – 2002 Hebrew calendar 5769 – 5770 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 2064 – 2065 - Shaka Samvat 1931 – 1932 - Kali Yuga 5110 – 5111 Holocene calendar 12009 Iranian calendar 1387 – 1388 Islamic calendar 1430 – 1431 Japanese calendar Heisei 21 (??21?) Korean calendar 4342 Thai solar calendar 2552 Unix time 1230768000 – 1262303999 • January 6 – Christmas in most Armenian Apostolic Churches of Christianity. • January 7 – Christmas in the Russian Orthodox Church of Christianity. • January 14 – Pongal • January 26 – Lunar New Year • February 23 – Shivaratri • February 25 – Ash Wednesday • March 10 – Mawlid • March 11 – Holi • April 3 – Ramanavami • April 8 – Passover begins • April 12 – Easter for Western Christians • April 14 – Vaisakhi for Sikhs • April 19 – Easter for many Eastern Christians • May 2 – Buddha’s Birthday • May 8 – Buddha Purnima / Vaisakhi Purnima • May 28 – Shavuot begins • August 6 – Raksha Bandhan • August 14 – Krishna Janmashtami • August 22 – Ramadan begins • August 23 – Ganesh Chaturthi • September 2 – Onam • September 18 – Rosh Hashannah begins • September 19 – Navratri begins • September 20 – Eid al-Fitr • September 27 – Yom Kippur begins • September 28 – Dussehra • October 2 – Sukkot begins • October 17 – Diwali • November 1 – All Saints’ Day for Roman Catholics • November 27 – Eid al-Adha • December 11 – Hanukkah begins • December 25 – Christmas in Western Christianity and most Eastern Orthodox Churches. In fiction Computer and video games Set in 2009: • Mega Man 2 and Mega Man in Dr. Wily’s Revenge • Abuse[46] (1996) • Incoming (1998) • Dino Crisis (1999) • Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001), the Plant chapter occurs on April 29 and April 30, 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 August 31, 2009. • 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 7 • Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (2006), takes place between April 2009 and March 2010. • Splinter Cell Double Agent (2006) • Army of Two-portion of game set in 2009. • Left 4 Dead (2008) – game set in late 2009 (as evidenced by writings on the walls of safehouses). • Resident Evil 5 (2009) – game takes place sometime in 2009 (as stated in the players manual). Film • Freejack (1992), in November[47] • 2009 Lost Memories (2002) • I Am Legend (2007): The events triggering the story begin around Winter of 2009. • Cloverfield (2008): On May 22, the events of the story take place. • Eagle Eye (2008): The events of the movie take place between January 26, 2009 and April 12, 2009. • Knowing (2009): The solar flare that destroys the earth in the movie occurs on October 19, 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. • 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". • The Doctor Who episode Last of the Time Lords is set mainly in a parallel year. Also Series 4 is set in 2009 with the episodes Partners In Crime, The Sontaran Strategem/The Poison Sky and The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End. The events of the Turn Left a parallel universe also take place here too. • 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[48] (1974) • David Brin, The Postman (1985) Anime and Manga • Death Note (manga) after time skip. References [1] "News Release – IAU0606: The International Astronomical Union announces the International Year of Astronomy 2009". International Astronomical Union. October 27, 2006. http://iau.org/public_press/news/release/ iau0606/. Retrieved on 2008-11-01. [2] "The International Year of Astronomy 2009". IYA2009. http://astronomy2009.org/. Retrieved on 2008-11-01. 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Dates put back 1 week due to previous clash with Muslim period of Ramadan [46]http://www.allgame.com/ game.php?id=709 [47]http://crudefutures.typepad.com/ crude_futures/2006/02/ park_slope_2009.html [48]http://books.google.com/ books?id=9kyyAAAAIAAJ&dq=Threads+of+Time&q= Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009#December" Categories: 2009 This page was last modified on 18 May 2009, at 18:38 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) tax- deductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 10