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2009 (MMIX) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2009th year of the Common Era or the Anno Domini designation the 9th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century and the 10th and last of the 2000s decade.

2009 was designated the: International Year of Astronomy.12 International Year of Natural Fibres.3 Events January 20082009 IsraelGaza conflict January 1 Austria Japan Mexico Turkey and Uganda assume their seats on the United Nations Security Council. The Czech Republic takes over the presidency of the Council of the European Union4 from France. Asuncin the capital of Paraguay becomes the American Capital of Culture and Vilnius and Linz become the European Capitals of Culture. Slovakia adopts the euro as its national currency replacing the Slovak koruna.5 January 3 Israel launches a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip as the Gaza War enters its second week.6 January 7 Russia shuts off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin publicly endorses the move and urges greater international involvement in the energy dispute.7 January 13 Ethiopian military forces begin pulling out of Somalia where they have tried to maintain order for nearly two years.8 January 17 Israel announces a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza War. It comes into effect the following day9 on which Hamas declares a ceasefire of its own.101112 January 21 Israel completes its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.13 Intermittent air strikes by both sides of the preceding war continue in the weeks to follow.141516 January 22 Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda is captured by Rwandan forces after crossing over the border into Rwanda.17 January 26 The first trial at the International Criminal Court is held. Former Union of Congolese Patriots leader Thomas Lubanga is accused of training child soldiers to kill pillage and rape.18 The Icelandic government and banking system collapse; Prime Minister Geir Haarde immediately resigns.19 February February 1 Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow is enthroned as the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.20 Jhanna Sigurardttir is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Iceland becoming the world's first openly lesbian head of government.21 February 7 The deadliest bushfires in Australian history begin; they kill 173 injure 500 more and leave 7500 homeless. The fires come after Melbourne records the highest-ever temperature (46.4C 115F) of any capital city in Australia. The majority of the fires are ignited by either fallen or clashing power lines or deliberately lit. February 8 The Taliban releases a video of Polish geologist Piotr Staczak whom they had abducted a few months earlier being beheaded. It is the first killing of a Western hostage in Pakistan since American journalist Daniel Pearl was executed in 2002.22 February 10 A Russian and an American satellite collide over Siberia creating a large amount of space debris.23 February 11 Morgan Tsvangirai is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Zimbabwe following the power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe signed in September 2008.24 February 17 The JEM rebel group in Darfur Sudan sign a pact with the Sudanese government planning a ceasefire within the next three months.25 February 26 Former Serbian president Milan Milutinovi is acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia regarding war crimes during the Kosovo War.26 March March 2 The President of Guinea-Bissau Joo Bernardo Vieira is assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in Bissau.27 March 3 Gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore Pakistan killing eight people and injuring several others.28 March 4 The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.29 March 7 NASA's Kepler Mission a space photometer which will search for extrasolar planets in the Milky Way galaxy is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Florida USA. March 17 The President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana is overthrown in a coup d'tat following a month of rallies in Antananarivo. The military appoints opposition leader Andry Rajoelina as the new president.30 April Train commuters in Mexico City wearing surgical masks due to the outbreak of swine flu April 1 Albania and Croatia are admitted to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). April 2 The second G-20 summit involving state leaders rather than the usual finance ministers meets in London. Its main focus is an ongoing global financial crisis. April 3April 4 The 21st NATO Summit is held 60 years after the founding of the organization. Former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen is appointed as the new Secretary General of NATO. April 5 North Korea launches the Kwangmyngsng-2 rocket prompting an emergency meeting ofbut no official reaction fromthe United Nations Security Council.31 April 6 A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila Italy killing nearly 300 and injuring more than 1500.32 April 7 Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces. April 10 A political crisis begins in Fiji when President Josefa Iloilo suspends the nation's Constitution dismisses all judges and constitutional appointees and assumes all governance in the country after the Court of Appeal rules that the government of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is illegal.33 April 11April 12 The Fourth East Asia Summit is postponed after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declares a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas.3435 April 17 Thirty-four heads of state and government meet in Port of Spain Trinidad for the 5th Summit of the Americas. April 18 Roxana Saberi an Iranian-American journalist is sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage by an Iranian court.36 She is released the following month after an appeals court reduces and suspends her sentence. April 21 UNESCO launches The World Digital Library.37 April 24 The World Health Organization expresses concern at the spread of influenza from Mexico and the United States to other countries.383940 International cases and resulting deaths are confirmed. April 29 Amidst Russia's effort to improve relations with NATO and with the West in general NATO expels two Russian diplomats from NATO headquarters in Brussels over a spy scandal in Estonia. Russia's Foreign Ministry criticises the expulsions.41 May May 18 The third C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group meets in Seoul. Following more than a quarter-century of fighting the Sri Lankan Civil War ends with the total military defeat of the LTTE.4243 May 23 Former President of South Korea Roh Moo-hyun under investigation for alleged bribery during his presidential term commits suicide.44 May 25 North Korea announces that it has conducted a second successful nuclear test in the province of North Hamgyong. The United Nations Security Council condemns the reported test.45 June A clash between pro-Zelaya protesters and the Honduran military June 1 Air France Flight 447 en route from Rio de Janeiro Brazil to Paris crashes into the Atlantic Ocean killing all 228 on board. June 11 The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza strain commonly referred to as "swine flu" is deemed a global pandemic46 becoming the first condition since the Hong Kong flu of 19671968 to receive this designation. June 13 Following the reelection of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad supporters of defeated candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi accuse the government of fraud and launch a series of sustained protests.47 June 18 NASA launches the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/LCROSS probes to the Moon the first American lunar mission since Lunar Prospector in 1998. June 20 The death of Neda Agha-Soltan an Iranian student shot during a protest is captured on what soon becomes a viral video that helps to turn Neda into an international symbol of the civil unrest following the presidential election. June 21 As a step toward total independence from the Kingdom of Denmark Greenland assumes control over its law enforcement judicial affairs and natural resources. Greenlandic becomes the official language.48 June 25 The death of American entertainer Michael Jackson triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief. Online reactions to the event cripple several major websites and services as the abundance of people accessing the web addresses pushes internet traffic to potentially unprecedented and historic levels.49505152 June 28 The Supreme Court of Honduras orders the arrest and exile of President Manuel Zelaya claiming he was violating the nation's constitution by holding a referendum to stay in power.53 The coup d'tat is condemned by the United Nations the Organization of American States54 and multiple nations around the world. June 30 Yemenia Flight 626 crashes off the coast of Moroni Comoros killing all but one of the 153 passengers and crew.55 July July 1 Sweden assumes the presidency of the European Union.56 July 4 The Organization of American States suspends Honduras due to the country's recent political crisis after its refusal to reinstate President Zelaya.5758 July 5 Over 150 are killed when a few thousand ethnic Uyghurs target local Han Chinese during major rioting in rmqi Xinjiang. July 7 A public memorial service is held for musician Michael Jackson. It is regarded as one of the most prominent funerals of all time.596061 July 15 Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Qazvin Iran killing all 168 on board. July 16 Iceland's national parliament the Althingi votes to pursue joining the EU.62 July 22 The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century lasting up to 6 minutes and 38.8 seconds occurs over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean. August August 3 Bolivia becomes the first South American country to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves.63 August 4 North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pardons two American journalists who had been arrested and imprisoned for illegal entry earlier in the year after former U.S. President Bill Clinton meets with Kim in North Korea.64 August 7 Typhoon Morakot hits Taiwan killing 500 and stranding more than 1000 via the worst flooding on the island in half a century.65 August 20 Abdelbaset al-Megrahi imprisoned for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 is released by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds as he has terminal prostate cancer. He returns to his native Libya.66 September Leaders of the G-20 countries present at the Pittsburgh Summit September 25 At the G-20 Pittsburgh summit world leaders announce that the G-20 will assume greater leverage over the world economy replacing the role of the G-8 in an effort to prevent another financial crisis like that in 2008.67 September 26 Typhoon Ketsana begins to cause record amounts of rainfall in Manila Philippines leading to the declaration of a "state of calamity" in 25 provinces.68 September 28 At least 157 demonstrators are killed in a clash with the Guinean military. September 29 An 8.3-magnitude earthquake triggers a tsunami near the Samoan Islands. Many communities and harbors in Samoa and American Samoa are destroyed and at least 189 are killed. September 30 A 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes just off the coast of Sumatra killing around 1000 in Indonesia.69 October Moment of the announcement of Rio de Janeiro as the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics October 2 The International Olympic Committee awards the 2016 Summer Olympics to Rio de Janeiro. Ireland holds a second referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty. The amendment is approved by the Irish electorate7071727374 having been rejected in the Lisbon I referendum held in June 2008. October 20 European astronomers discover 32 exoplanets.75 November November 3 The Czech Republic becomes the final member-state of the European Union to sign the Treaty of Lisbon thereby permitting that document's initiation into European law.76 The Prime Minister of Belgium Herman Van Rompuy is designated the first permanent President of the European Council77 a position he takes up on 1 December 2009.787980 November 13 Having analyzed the data from the LCROSS lunar impact NASA announces that it has found a "significant" quantity of water in the Moon's Cabeus crater.8182 November 20 CERN restarts the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator in Geneva Switzerland; they had shut it down on September 19 2008.8384 November 23 In the Philippines at least 58 are abducted and killed in an election-related massacre in the province of Maguindanao. This appears to be the deadliest attack on journalists in recent history.85 November 27 Dubai requests a debt deferment following its massive renovation and development projects as well as the late 2000s economic crisis. The announcement causes global stock markets to drop.86 December December 1 The Treaty of Lisbon comes into force.87 December 7 December 18 The UNFCCC's United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 conference is held in Copenhagen Denmark.88 December 16 Astronomers discover GJ1214b the first-known exoplanet on which water could exist.89 Deaths Main article: Deaths in 2009 January Ingemar Johansson January 1 Nizar Rayan Palestinian military and political leader (b. 1959) Johannes Mario Simmel Austrian writer (b. 1924) Helen Suzman South African activist and politician (b. 1917) January 12 Claude Berri French film director (b. 1934) Arne Nss Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912) January 13 Patrick McGoohan American-born British actor (b. 1928) January 14 Ricardo Montalbn Mexican-born American actor (b. 1920) January 15 Said Seyam Palestinian politician (b. 1957) January 16 Andrew Wyeth American painter (b. 1917) January 20 Stphanos II Ghattas Egyptian Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 1920) January 25 Mamadou Dia 1st Prime Minister of Senegal (b. 1910) January 27 John Updike American writer (b. 1932) R. Venkataraman 8th President of India (b. 1910) January 30 Ingemar Johansson Swedish boxer (b. 1932) February February 6 James Whitmore American actor (b. 1921) February 9 Eluana Englaro Italian patient in right-to-die case (b. 1970) February 25 Philip Jos Farmer American writer (b. 1918) February 27 Manea Mnescu Romanian Prime Minister (b. 1916) March Joo Bernardo Vieira March 2 Joo Bernardo Vieira President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939) March 14 Alain Bashung French singer songwriter and actor (b. 1947) March 15 Ron Silver American actor and political activist (b. 1946) March 18 Natasha Richardson English actress (b. 1963) March 20 Abdellatif Filali 13th Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1928) March 25 Yukio Endo Japanese gymnast (b. 1937) March 28 Janet Jagan American-born President of Guyana (b. 1920) March 29 Maurice Jarre French composer and conductor (b. 1924) March 31 Ral Alfonsn 49th President of Argentina (b. 1927) April April 12 Marilyn Chambers American pornographic actress (b. 1952) Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick American social theorist (b. 1950) April 14 Maurice Druon French novelist (b. 1918) April 19 J. G. Ballard English novelist (b. 1930) April 22 Ken Annakin English film director (b. 1914) Jack Cardiff English cinematographer (b. 1914) April 25 Beatrice Arthur American actress (b. 1922) April 28 Ekaterina Maximova Soviet-Russian ballerina (b. 1939) May Roh Moo-hyun May 2 Augusto Boal Brazilian theatre director (b. 1931) Jack Kemp American politician and football player (b. 1935) May 4 Dom DeLuise American actor and comedian (b. 1933) May 9 Chuck Daly American basketball coach (b. 1930) May 13 Achille Compagnoni Italian mountaineer (b. 1914) May 17 Mario Benedetti Uruguayan writer (b. 1920) May 18 Velupillai Prabhakaran Sri Lankan militant (b. 1954) May 19 Robert F. Furchgott American scientist (b. 1916) May 23 Roh Moo-hyun 16th President of South Korea (b. 1946) May 27 Clive Granger British economist (b. 1934) May 30 Lus Cabral 1st President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1931) Ephraim Katzir 4th President of Israel (b. 1916) Gaafar Nimeiry 5th President of the Sudan (b. 1930) June Michael Jackson June 2 David Eddings American author (b. 1931) June 3 David Carradine American actor (b. 1936) Koko Taylor American musician (b. 1928) June 6 Jean Dausset French immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) June 8 Omar Bongo President of Gabon (b. 1935) June 12 Flix Malloum 3rd President of Chad (b. 1932) June 13 Mitsuharu Misawa Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1962) June 17 Ralf Dahrendorf German-British social theorist and politician (b. 1929) June 25 Farrah Fawcett American actress (b. 1947) June 25 Michael Jackson American performer and recording artist (b. 1958) June 30 Pina Bausch German choreographer (b. 1940) July Walter Cronkite July 1 Alexis Argello Nicaraguan boxer and politician (b. 1952) Karl Malden American actor (b. 1912) July 4 Allen Klein American businessman (b. 1931) July 6 Vasily Aksyonov Russian novelist (b. 1932) Robert McNamara 8th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916) July 17 Meir Amit Israeli general and politician (b. 1921) Walter Cronkite American newscaster (b. 1916) Leszek Koakowski Polish philosopher (b. 1927) July 19 Frank McCourt Irish-American author (b. 1930) July 26 Merce Cunningham American choreographer (b. 1919) July 31 Bobby Robson English footballer and manager (b. 1933) August Corazon Aquino August 1 Corazon Aquino 11th President of the Philippines (b. 1933) August 5 Budd Schulberg American screenwriter (b. 1914) August 6 John Hughes American film director and writer (b. 1950) Willy DeVille American singer-songwriter (b. 1950) August 8 Daniel Jarque Spanish Footballer (b. 1983) August 11 Eunice Kennedy Shriver American founder of the Special Olympics (b. 1921) August 13 Les Paul American musician and inventor (b. 1915) August 18 Kim Dae-jung 15th President of South Korea (b. 1925) August 24 Toni Sailer Austrian alpine ski racer (b. 1935) August 25 Ted Kennedy American politician (b. 1932) August 26 Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Iraqi politician and theologian (b. 1953) August 27 Sergey Mikhalkov Soviet-Russian author (b. 1913) September Patrick Swayze September 8 Aage Bohr Danish physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922) September 11 Juan Almeida Cuban revolutionary and politician (b. 1927) Yoshito Usui Japanese manga artist (b. 1958) September 12 Norman Borlaug American agronomist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914) Jack Kramer American tennis player (b. 1921) September 14 Patrick Swayze American actor and dancer (b. 1952) Henry Gibson American actor and songwriter (b. 1935) September 17 Noordin Mohammad Top Malaysian Islamist militant (b. 1968) September 18 Irving Kristol American writer and political commentator (b. 1920) September 23 Erturul Osman 43rd Head of the Ottoman Dynasty (b. 1912) September 25 Alicia de Larrocha Spanish pianist (b. 1923) September 28 Guillermo Endara President of Panama 19891994 (b. 1936) September 29 Pavel Popovich Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1930) October October 2 Marek Edelman Polish political and social activist (b. 1922) October 4 Shichi Nakagawa Japanese politician (b. 1953) Gnther Rall German fighter pilot (b. 1918) October 4 Mercedes Sosa Argentine singer (b. 1935) October 5 Israel Gelfand Soviet-American mathematician (b. 1913) October 7 Irving Penn American photographer (b. 1917) October 13 Al Martino American singer and actor (b. 1927) October 19 Joseph Wiseman Canadian actor (b. 1918) October 30 Claude Lvi-Strauss French anthropologist (b. 1908) October 31 Qian Xuesen Chinese scientist (b. 1911) November Vitaly Ginzburg November 3 Francisco Ayala Spanish novelist (b. 1906) November 8 Vitaly Ginzburg Russian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) November 10 Robert Enke German footballer (b. 1977) November 15 Patriarch Pavle Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (b. 1914) Pierre Harmel 39th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1911) November 16 Antonio de Nigris Mexican footballer (b. 1978) November 20 Lino Lacedelli Italian mountaineer (b. 1925) November 21 Konstantin Feoktistov Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1926) November 24 Samak Sundaravej 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1935) November 30 Milorad Pavi Serbian writer (b. 1929) December Jennifer Jones December 3 Richard Todd Irish-born British actor (b. 1919) December 4 Eddie Fatu Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1973) Vyacheslav Tikhonov Soviet-Russian actor (b. 1928) December 5 Alfred Hrdlicka Austrian artist (b. 1928) Otto Graf Lambsdorff German politician (b. 1926) December 9 Gene Barry American actor (b. 1919) December 13 Paul Samuelson American economist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915) December 16 Roy E. Disney American businessman (b. 1930) Yegor Gaidar Russian politician (b. 1956) December 17 Jennifer Jones American actress (b. 1919) December 19 Hussein-Ali Montazeri Iranian scholar and human rights activist (b. 1922) Kim Peek American savant (b. 1951) December 20 Brittany Murphy American actress (b. 1977) December 21 Edwin G. Krebs American biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) December 23 Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme Tibetan politician (b. 1910) December 24 Rafael Caldera 54th and 60th President of Venezuela (b. 1916) December 30 Abdurrahman Wahid 4th President of Indonesia (b. 1940) Nobel Prizes Chemistry Ada Yonath Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz90 Economics Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson91 Literature Herta Mller Peace Barack Obama Physics Charles K. Kao Willard Boyle and George E. Smith92 Physiology or Medicine Elizabeth Blackburn Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak93 Major religious holidays January 6 Christmas in most Armenian Apostolic Churches of Christianity January 7 Christmas in the Russian Orthodox Church and Georgian Orthodox Church of Christianity January 14 Pongal January 26 Lunar New Year February 23 Shivaratri February 25 Ash Wednesday March 10 Mawlid March 11 Holi April 3 Rama Navami April 8 Passover begins April 12 Easter in Western Christianity April 14 Vaisakhi in Sikhism April 19 Easter for manywhich Eastern Christians May 2 Buddha's Birthday May 8 Buddha Purnima / Vaisakhi Purnima May 28 Shavuot begins August 6 Raksha Bandhan August 14 Krishna Janmashtami August 22 Ramadan begins August 23 Ganesh Chaturthi September 2 Onam September 18 Rosh Hashanah begins September 19 Navratri begins September 20 Eid ul-Fitr September 27 Yom Kippur begins September 28 Dussehra October 2 Sukkot begins October 17 Diwali November 1 All Saints' Day in Western Christianity November 27 Eid al-Adha December 11 Hanukkah begins December 18 Islamic New Year (1 Muharram 1431) December 25 Christmas in Western Christianity and most Eastern Orthodox Churches In fiction Main article: Works of fiction set in 2009 References "News Release IAU0606: The International Astronomical Union announces the International Year of Astronomy 2009". 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