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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.
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.
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.
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 Ongoing Sudanese nomadic conflicts: Various tribes Various tribes 2009 2017 Insurgency in the North Caucasus. Part of the Chechen–Russian conflict Russia Chechnya Dagestan Ingushetia Kabardino-Balkaria North Ossetia–Alania; Kadyrovtsy; Other loyalists; Caucasus Emirate (2009–17) Vilayat Dagestan (2009–17) Vilayat Galgayche (2009–17)
Most of the world's major river deltas are sinking, including Colorado, Nile, Pearl, Rhone and Yangtze, increasing the flood risk faced by ½ a billion people, scientists report. New figures released by the Japanese government indicate one in four women are aged 65 or over for the first time. (Japan Today) (Mainichi Shimbun)
The Pakistan Cricket Team wins the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 world cup after a hard match against Sri Lanka at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England. England defeats New Zealand in the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20. (Times of India) A new pro-Treaty of Lisbon group led by Pat Cox is launched in Ireland.
World leaders mark the twentieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall, with the main celebrations taking place at the Brandenburg Gate. (Deutsche Welle) (Bangkok Post) [permanent dead link ] A senior Burmese diplomat says the military government will release Aung San Suu Kyi soon. (The Guardian)