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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 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.
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 .
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)
General Motors asks Germany to indebt its subsidiary automakers Opel and Vauxhall Motors. (Times Online)Sixteen people are killed and more than 20 injured when a bus crashes near Yambol, Bulgaria.
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.
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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.