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United States Inauguration Day 2009: Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th and first African-American President of the United States. Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 47th Vice President of the United States. (Masslive.com) George W. Bush leaves Washington, D.C. for Texas as a private citizen. (AP via News24)
1953 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America, becoming the first president to begin his presidency on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms. [11] 1954 – In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
Russia devalues the ruble for the sixth time in 2009 and will overhaul the state budget to reflect the sharp decrease in the price of petroleum, its key export. Global financial crisis of 2008–2009: European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet says that global economic growth in 2009 will be "substantially below" December 2008 forecasts.
The congressional committee released the full schedule of the January 20 inaugural events on December 17, 2008. The inauguration schedule referred to the president‑elect as "Barack H. Obama", although Obama specified previously that he intended to use his full name for his swearing-in ceremony, including his middle name Hussein . [ 14 ]
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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.
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)