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Events from the year 2009 in the United States. The inauguration of Barack Obama as the president, occurred on January 20. The nation, still recovering from the Great Recession, received various economic stimuli through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and similar legislation, which most notably gave Americans tax credits.
2009 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2009th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 9th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2000s decade.
2009 — President Obama obtains Congressional approval for the $787 billion stimulus package, the largest since President Dwight D. Eisenhower. [6] 2009 — Pop icon Michael Jackson dies, creating the largest public mourning for an entertainer since the death of Elvis Presley.
January 1 - Nizar Rayan, Palestinian (born 1959) January 1 - Helen Suzman, South African (born 1924) January 15 - Said Seyam, Palestinian (born 1957) January 25 - Mamadou Dia, Senegalese (born 1910)
October 2009 events in the United States (3 C, 14 P) November 2009 events in the United States (3 C, 22 P) December 2009 events in the United States (2 C, 10 P) C.
13 March – Comic Relief 2009 raises a record total in excess of £57 million at the climax of their telethon, surpassing the amount raised during the 2007 telethon by over £17 million. [ 79 ] 14 March – A British soldier from Royal Welsh Regiment, 2nd Battalion, later named as Lance Corporal Christopher Harkett, is killed in an explosion ...
The 2009 southeast Queensland oil spill occurred off the coast of south-east Queensland, Australia, in which 230 tonnes of fuel oil, 30 tonnes of other fuel and 31 shipping containers (620 tonnes) of ammonium nitrate spilled into the Coral Sea, north of Moreton Bay during Cyclone Hamish after unsecured cargo on the container ship, MV Pacific Adventurer damaged other cargo, causing the spillage.
A bomb in Afghanistan kills four American soldiers, making 2009 the deadliest year for foreign troops since the 2001 invasion. A gas explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi, China, kills at least 14 people. (China Daily) The United States budget deficit for 2009 will reach $1.6 trillion, the highest ever recorded.