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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 the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2000s decade.
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.
The bombing is the worst domestic terrorist incident in U.S. history, and the investigation results in the arrests of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. 1995 — Retired professional football player O. J. Simpson is acquitted of two charges of first-degree murder in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson , and Ronald Goldman .
This was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. November 5, 2017 – A gunman kills 26 people and wounds 22 others at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, before killing himself. This was the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history and the deadliest shooting in an American place of worship in modern history.
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
The South Africa Bulls defeat the New Zealand Chiefs to win rugby union's 2009 Super 14. A bomb is discovered and defused aboard a Kish Air flight between Ahvaz and Tehran, Iran. Three Jundallah members who bombed a mosque in Zahedan, Iran, on May 28 are hanged. Chelsea F.C. defeat Everton F.C. to win the 2009 FA Cup Final.
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)
Heavy thunderstorms in Dublin lead to widespread flooding and the closure of some of the city's major roads and rail lines, as well as some evacuations. (The Irish Times)A report by Amnesty International states that Israeli military activities and Palestinian militant rocket attacks during the Gaza War were war crimes.