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The International Day of Climate Action occurred worldwide in prelude to the United Nations Climate Change Conference of 2009, with over 5,400 actions to raise awareness of the assertion that 350 ppm is the maximum safe level of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, and call for mitigation of global warming before Earth reaches a climatological tipping point.
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to the Romanian-German novelist Herta Müller, "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed". She becomes the twelfth woman to win the literature prize and the fourth female Nobel Laureate of 2009, a record year for female achievers.
October 24 – The 2009 El Ayyat railway accident occurred in Giza, Egypt, when a passenger train derailed due to stoppage of animals on the train tracks. 50 people were killed and 30 people were injured. [65] October 25 – Two suicide attacks in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 155 people and injure at least 721 people. [66]
October 24 in recent years ... Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009) 1959 ... "Historical Events on October 24". OnThisDay.com.
Pages in category "October 2009 events in the United States" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on October 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. [ 3 ] Background
Pages in category "October 2009 events" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Deaths in October ...
Thrill The World 2009 was performed on October 24/25. There were a total of 22,923 participants, in 264 cities from 33 countries, setting a new world record [9] The event raised considerable publicity across most forms of media, including TV, [10] radio, [11] online [12] and print. [13] The events raised over US$100,000 for 80 charities.