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*[[Air France Flight 447]] crashes in the  [[Atlantic Ocean]] leaving no survivors; 
*[[Barack Obama]] becomes the [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|first]] [[African American]] to become [[President of the United States]]; 
*[[2009 Iranian presidential election protests|protests]] erupt over the [[2009 Iranian presidential election]]; 
*[[US Airways Flight 1549]] crash-lands in the [[Hudson River]] with no fatalities, with the event becoming known as the "Miracle on the Hudson"; 
*the "King of Pop" [[Michael Jackson]] [[Death of Michael Jackson|dies]] by acute propofol intoxication; 
*[[Bitcoin]] is initially launched by the [[pseudonymous]] name [[Satoshi Nakamoto]]; 
*an [[2009 L'Aquila earthquake|earthquake]] strikes central [[Italy]], killing 308; the [[H1N1]] [[virus]] was responsible for the [[2009 swine flu pandemic|swine flu pandemic]].
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'''2009''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMIX]]''') was a [[common year]] that [[common year that started on Thursday|started on a Thursday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]].  It was the 2009th year of the [[Common Era]] or the [[Anno Domini]] designation, the 9th year of the [[2nd millennium]] and the 21st century, and the 10th and last of the [[2000s (decade)|2000s decade]]. -->
  
2009 was designated as the [[International Year of Astronomy]]<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> It was also declared as the [[International Year of Natural Fibres]]<ref>{{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}}</ref> by the [[United Nations General Assembly]], as well as the International Year of Reconciliation and the Year of the Gorilla (UNEP and UNESCO).<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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== Events ==
=== January ===
* [[January 1]]
** [[Japan]], [[Mexico]], [[Turkey]] and [[Uganda]] [[United Nations Security Council election, 2008|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 Capital of Culture|European Capitals of Culture]].
** [[Slovakia]] adopts the [[euro]] as its national currency, replacing the [[Slovak koruna]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
** A [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] [[Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department|police]] officer [[Killing of Oscar Grant|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[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 (2008–09)|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 [[Gaza War (2008–09)|three-week war]] with [[Hamas]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> However, intermittent air strikes by both sides continue in the following weeks.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
** [[Virginia Tech]] student Zhu Haiyang [[Murder of Yang Xin|decapitates]] Yang Xin in the first campus murder since the [[Virginia Tech shooting]] in 2007.<ref name=":2">{{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 }}</ref>
* [[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 soldier]]s to [[Three Alls Policy|kill, pillage and rape]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
** The [[Iceland]]ic government and banking system [[2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis|collapse]]. [[Prime Minister of Iceland|Prime Minister]] [[Geir Haarde]] immediately resigns.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
** An [[Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009|annular solar eclipse]] takes place over the Indian Ocean, the 50th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 131|Saros cycle 131]].
*[[January 28]] – [[WikiLeaks]] releases 86 intercepted telephone recordings of [[Romulo Leon|politicians]] and businessmen involved in the [[2008 Peru oil scandal]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[January 31]] – [[Tiféret Israel Synagogue attack]], profanation of the oldest synagogue in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]].<ref name="NYTjan2009">{{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}}</ref>

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

=== March ===
* [[March 2]] – The President of [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[João Bernardo Vieira]], is assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in [[Bissau]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/02/guineabissau.general/index.html|access-date=July 7, 2009|publisher=CNN|title=President of Guinea-Bissau assassinated|date=March 2, 2009|archive-date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429123834/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/02/guineabissau.general/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 4]] – The [[International Criminal Court]] issues an arrest warrant for [[President of Sudan|Sudanese President]] [[Omar al-Bashir]] for [[war crime]]s 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUS123622821727|title=VIDEO: ICC issues arrest warrant for Bashir|date=March 4, 2009|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=March 4, 2009|archive-date=November 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121202650/https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUS123622821727|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 7]] – [[NASA]]'s [[Kepler Mission]], a space [[photometer]] that 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 [[2009 Malagasy political crisis|coup d'état]], following a month of unrest in [[Antananarivo]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7948196.stm|title=Madagascar president forced out|date=March 17, 2009|work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=March 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319061800/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7948196.stm|archive-date=March 19, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 23]] – A [[McDonnell Douglas MD-11]] operated by [[FedEx Express Flight 80|FedEx suffers a bounced landing at Narita international airport resulting in the loss of 2 lives]].
* [[March 31]] – [[Rachel Crandall Crocker]] founds the [[International Transgender Day of Visibility]].

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

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

=== 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 [[2009 flu pandemic|outbreak]] of the [[Influenza A virus subtype H1N1|H1N1 influenza strain]], commonly referred to as "swine flu", is deemed a global [[pandemic]].<ref name="WHO level 6">{{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}}</ref>
* [[June 12]] – [[Analog television]] ends in the United States as part of the [[digital television transition]].
* [[June 13]] – [[2009 Iranian presidential election protests|Mass protests erupt across Iran]] following a [[Iranian presidential election, 2009|disputed presidential election]] in which [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] was reelected president, the largest demonstrations in the country since the [[Iranian Revolution]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[June 18]] – [[NASA]] launches the [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]] / [[LCROSS]] probes to the Moon, the first American lunar mission since [[Lunar Prospector]] in [[1998]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[June 25]] – The [[Death of Michael Jackson|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 [[uniform resource locator|web addresses]] pushes [[internet traffic]] to unprecedented and historic levels.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[June 28]] – The [[Military of Honduras]] ousts [[President of Honduras|Honduran President]] [[Manuel Zelaya]] in a [[2009 Honduran coup d'état|''coup d'état'']],<ref>{{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}}</ref> condemned by [[Organization of American States|OAS]].<ref name="WB-2009-06-29">{{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}}</ref>
* [[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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[June 30]] – [[Yemenia Flight 626]] crashes off the coast of [[Moroni, Comoros]], killing all but [[Bahia Bakari|one]] of the 153 passengers and crew.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

=== July ===

* [[July 4]] – [[Steve McNair]], former NFL quarterback for the [[Tennessee Titans]], is shot and killed by his girlfriend in Nashville, [[Tennessee]].
* [[July 5]] – [[July 2009 Ürümqi riots|Violent riots]] broke out in [[Ürümqi, Xinjiang]]. PRC officials said that a total of 197 people died.
* [[July 7]] – [[Michael Jackson memorial service|A public memorial service for Michael Jackson]] is held at [[Staples Center]]. It is watched by over 2.5 billion people worldwide.
* [[July 15]] – [[Caspian Airlines Flight 7908]], en route from [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], to [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]] crashes into the [[Jannatabad, Qazvin|Jannatabad village]] in [[Qazvin Province]]; killing all 168 on board.
* [[July 16]] – [[Iceland]]'s national [[parliament]], the [[Althing]]i, votes to [[Accession of Iceland to the European Union|pursue joining]] the EU.<ref name=Helgason>{{cite news|last=Helgason|first=Gudjon|author2=Meera Selva|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090716/ap_on_re_eu/eu_iceland_eu|title=Iceland's parliament votes to join EU|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=July 16, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728044252/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090716/ap_on_re_eu/eu_iceland_eu|archive-date=July 28, 2009}}</ref>
* [[July 17]] – [[2009 Jakarta bombings|Two bombs exploded]] separately at the [[JW Marriott Jakarta|JW Marriott]] and [[Ritz-Carlton Jakarta|Ritz-Carlton]] Hotels in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], killing 9 people (including 2 suicide bombers) and injuring 53.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Onishi |first=Norimitsu |date=July 17, 2009 |title=Indonesia Bombings Signal Militants' Resilience |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/world/asia/18indo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427074636/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/world/asia/18indo.html |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |access-date=June 22, 2020 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
* [[July 22]] – The [[Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009|longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century]], lasting up to 6 minutes and 38.86 seconds (0.14 seconds shorter than 6 minutes and 39 seconds), occurs over parts of [[Asia]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]].
* [[July 26]] – The Islamic extremist group [[Boko Haram]] initiates [[2009 Boko Haram uprising|an uprising]] in [[Bauchi State, Nigeria]] and quickly spreads throughout the northern part of the country.<ref>{{cite book| author = Abegunrin, Olayiwola | title = Africa in the New World Order: Peace and Security Challenges in the Twenty-First Century| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=9cvGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA83| year = 2014| publisher = Lexington| isbn = 978-0-7391-9352-5| page = 83 }}</ref>

=== August ===
*[[August 1]] – Former [[President of the Philippines|President]] of the Philippines [[Corazon Aquino]] dies at the age of 76 of cardiopulmonary arrest after complications of [[Colorectal cancer|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[August 8]] – A small plane and a tour helicopter [[2009 Hudson River mid-air collision|collide]] over the [[Hudson River]] in the [[United States]]. ([[CNN]])
* [[August 14]] – The [[United Kingdom]] imposes [[wikt:direct rule|direct rule]] on the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]] after an inquiry that found evidence of [[government corruption]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[August 30]] – At least five people are killed and 275 injured in a train crash near [[Yaoundé]], [[Cameroon]]. ([[BBC]]) ([[Press TV]])

=== September ===
* [[September 9]] - The [[Dubai Metro]], the first urban train network in the [[Arabian Peninsula]], officials opens.
* [[September 21]] – [[2009 swine flu pandemic in Asia|China]] becomes the first country to succeed a completed clinical trial by a company for the [[2009 swine flu pandemic vaccine|2009/H1N1 vaccine]] in the world during the [[2009 swine flu pandemic|swine flu pandemic]].
* [[September 22]] – [[WikiLeaks]] exposes the contents of [[Kaupthing Bank]]'s internal documents prior to the [[2008-2011 Icelandic financial crisis|Icelandic Financial Crisis]]. These documents showed suspicious amounts of money were [[loan]]ed to bank owners, and [[debts]] being written off.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[September 23]] – [[Korba chimney collapse]]: At least 45 workers are killed when lightning strikes a chimney under construction in [[Korba, Chhattisgarh|Korba, Chhattisgarh, India]], causing it to collapse.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[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 [[2009 Guinea protest|are massacred]] by the [[Military of Guinea|Guinean military]] at the [[Stade du 28 Septembre]] during a protest against the government that came to power in a [[2008 Guinean coup d'état|coup d'état]] the previous year.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[September 29]] – A 8.1 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami|earthquake strikes Samoa]], with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VII (''Very strong''), leaving at least 192 people dead.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[September 30]] – A 7.6 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2009 Sumatra earthquakes|earthquake strikes Sumatra, Indonesia]], with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), leaving at least 1,115 people dead.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

=== October ===
* [[October 1]] – [[Paleontologist]]s announce the discovery of an ''[[Ardipithecus ramidus]]'' fossil skeleton, deeming it the oldest remains of a human ancestor yet found.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hanson|first=Brooks|date=2009-10-02|title=Light on the Origin of Man|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|volume=326|issue=5949|pages=60–61|doi=10.1126/science.326.5949.60-a|doi-access=free |issn = 0036-8075}}</ref>
* [[October 2]]
** [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] holds a [[Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|second referendum]] on the [[European Union|EU]]'s [[Lisbon Treaty]]. The amendment is approved by the [[Irish electorate]],<ref name="RTE_20091003_Yes">{{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 }}</ref><ref name="ref.ie">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> having been rejected in the [[Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008|Lisbon I referendum]] held last year.
** The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[Rio de Janeiro]] the right to host the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[October 15]] – It is revealed the company [[Trafigura]] has been using a [[Injunction|super-injunction]] to stop ''[[The Guardian]]'' from reporting about the [[2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump|2006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic dumping incident]], which Trafigura was responsible for.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 
* [[October 18]] – British racing driver [[Jenson Button]] won his first [[Formula One]] World Championship, driving for [[Brawn GP]] at the [[2009 Brazilian Grand Prix|Brazilian Grand Prix]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[October 20]]
**[[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]] is inaugurated for a second term as [[President of Indonesia]].
**[[WikiLeaks]] [[News leak|leaked]] the membership listing of a [[List of active nationalist parties in Europe|radical political group]] known as the [[British National Party]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[October 22]] – [[Microsoft]] releases [[Windows 7]] to all computers and laptops, including an edition for ATMs.<ref name="rtm">{{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=}}</ref>
* [[October 23]] – The [[2009 Cataño oil refinery fire]] began after an explosion at the refinery in [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico]].<ref name="bbc">{{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 }}</ref>
* [[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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[October 25]] – [[October 2009 Baghdad bombings|Two suicide attacks]] in [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]], kill 155 people and injure at least 721 people.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

=== November ===
* [[November 3]]
** The [[Czech Republic]] becomes the final [[member state of the European Union|member-state]] of the [[European Union]] to sign the [[Treaty of Lisbon]], thereby permitting that document's initiation into [[European law]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
** The [[Prime Minister of Belgium]], [[Herman Van Rompuy]], is designated the first permanent [[President of the European Council]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> a position he takes up on December 1, 2009.<ref name="consilium.europa.eu">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>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 }}</ref>
* [[November 5]] - Fourteen people are killed during the [[2009 Fort Hood shooting]]. 
* [[November 10]] – [[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]] was released.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[November 13]] – Having analyzed the data from the [[LCROSS]] lunar impact, [[NASA]] announces that it has found a "significant" quantity of [[Lunar water|water]] in the [[Moon]]'s [[Cabeus (crater)|Cabeus]] crater.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[November 23]] – In the [[Philippines]], at least [[Maguindanao massacre|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.<ref name=pdi>{{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}}</ref>
* [[November 24]] &ndash; The [[Avdhela Project]], an [[Aromanians|Aromanian]] [[digital library]] and cultural initiative, is founded in [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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

== Births and deaths ==
{{Main|:Category:2009 births|Deaths in 2009}}

== Nobel Prizes ==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|120px|The Nobel Prize medallion.]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Ada Yonath]], [[Venkatraman Ramakrishnan]], and [[Thomas A. Steitz]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] – [[Elinor Ostrom]] and [[Oliver E. Williamson]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Herta Müller]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Barack Obama]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Charles K. Kao]], [[Willard Boyle]], and [[George E. Smith]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Elizabeth Blackburn]], [[Carol W. Greider]], and [[Jack W. Szostak]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== New English words ==
*''[[alt-right]]''
*''[[copernicium]]''
*''subtweet''<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== References ==
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