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On November 5, 2009, a mass shooting took place at Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos), near Killeen, Texas. [1] Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 others.
2009 Saipan shootings: A gunman shot at people throughout Saipan, before committing suicide at the edge of a cliff. [10] November 9, 2009 Walterboro, South Carolina: 3 6 9: A 19-year-old man killed three people, including a baby, and wounded six others in a drive-by shooting at a family gathering. [11] November 5, 2009 Fort Hood, Texas: 14 [n 2 ...
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.
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.
The event caused the largest power outage recorded in the state's history. It crossed the state at a blistering 70 mph and entered Ontario bringing 75 mph winds. The line would dissipate over New York after 11 am EDT. 6 people were killed in the derecho and more than 2 million people lost power. Some areas in Michigan didn't get power restored ...
2008 — Hurricane Ike kills 100 people along the Texas coast, produces $31 billion in damage, and contributes to rising oil prices. 2008 — U.S. oil prices hit a record $147 per barrel in the wake of—among other factors—international tensions and the falling U.S. dollar vs. the Euro .