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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 ...
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 NBA Draft took place. Month. June 2009. Previous day. June 24. Next day. June 26 This page was last edited on 25 March 2024, at 05:06 (UTC). Text is available ...
The Pirate Bay, one of the world's largest BitTorrent trackers, confirms today that it would be acquired by Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) for 7.8 million USD. (The Pirate Bay blog) The Taliban scraps the truce offered in February by the Pakistani government, killing approximately 30 Pakistani soldiers shortly after making the announcement.
Kim Clijsters of Belgium defeats Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark to win the 2009 US Open Women's Singles. (New York Times) Cork beat Kilkenny in the final of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2009. Police arrest more than 550 people in connection with two days of riots in Uganda's capital Kampala, as the death toll rises to 14.
(Today's Zaman) The Democratic Party of Japan agrees to form a coalition with two other parties, the Social Democratic Party and People's New Party. (Mainichi Shimbun) South Korea accuses North Korea of deliberately releasing water from a dam across the Korean Demilitarized Zone, in which six people died.
October 2009. Previous day. October 8. Next day. October 10 This page was last edited on 11 March 2022, at 13:06 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The 2009 Pacific Mini Games opens in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. (Scoop.co.nz) Former world number 1 tennis player Justine Henin announces that she is ending her year-long retirement from the sport. (AP via ESPN) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration bans the sale of flavored cigarettes, except for menthol cigarettes. (The New York Times)