Historical Events In 2009

Jan 01   On this day in history 61 die in nightclub fire in Bangkok, ailand.   

Jan 01   e government of e Republic of China adopts Hanyu Pinyin as its official Chinese romanization (before is time, e mo commonly used was Tongyong Pinyin on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Slovakia officially adopts e Euro currency and becomes e sixteen Eurozone country on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Israeli ground forces invade Gaza in the year 2009.   

Jan 08   On this day in history a 6.2 magnitude earquake hit Coa Rica´s region of Volcan Poás, wi an epicenter near Cinchona. It was caused by Varablanca-Angel fault.   

Jan 15   US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing into e Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuaia Airport in New York City. All passengers and crew members survive in the year 2009.   

Jan 20   On this day in history barack Obama, inaugurated as e 44 President of e United ates of America, becomes e United ates' fir African-American president   

Jan 23   Dendermonde nursery attack occurred in Dendermonde, Belgium in the year 2009.   

Jan 24   Pope Benedict XVI rescinds e excommunications of four bishops consecrated wiout papal consent in 1988 by Archbishop marcel Lefebvre in the year 2009.   

Jan 31   In Kenya, at lea 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at lea 25 people on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 2009 jóhanna Sigurðaóttir is elected as e fir female Prime Minier of Iceland, becoming e fir openly gay Head of ate in e modern world.   

Feb 05   e United ates Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging e ship as well as a coral reef in the year 2009.   

Feb 07   Bushfires in Victoria left 173 dead in e wor natural disaer in Auralia's hiory on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes near Buffalo in e ate of New York killing 50 people on this day in history.   

Feb 13   In the year 2009 unix time passed 1,234,567,890 seconds february 13, 2009 at exactly 23:31:30 (UTC).   

Feb 25   BDR massacre in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 74 People are being killed, including more an 50 Army officials, by Bangladeshi Boaer Guas inside its headquarter on this day in history.   

Mar 03   In the year 2009 e building of e Hiorisches Archiv der adt Köln (Hiorical Archives) in Cologne, Germany, collapses.   

Mar 03   e Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked by terroris while on eir way to e Gaddafi adium, Lahore for a Te match again Pakian in the year 2009.   

Mar 04   On this day in history e International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arre warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes again humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is e fir sitting head of ate to be indicted by e ICC since its eablishment in 2002.   

Mar 11   Winnenden school shooting - 17 people are killed at a school in Germany on this day in history.   

Mar 22   Mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska began erupting after a prolonged period of unre on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails killing at lea 99 people in the year 2009.   

Apr 01   Croatia and Albania joined NATO in the year 2009.   

Apr 03   Auralia formally adopts e United Nations Declaration on e Rights of Indigenous Peoples on this day in history.   

Apr 05   On this day in history nor Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyongsong-2 rocket. e satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from e United Nations Security Council, as well as participating ates of Six-party talks.   

Apr 06   On this day in history a 6.3 magnitude earquake rikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing at lea 253.   

Apr 07   Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for oering killings and kidnappings by security forces on this day in history.   

Apr 12   President Mahmoud Abbas of e Paleinian National Auority makes a courtesy phone call to Prime Minier Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, rearting e Paleinian-Israeli dialogue on this day in history.   

Apr 12   On this day in history u.S. Navy rescues captain Richa Phillips, killing ree pirates and capturing a four.   

Apr 23   On this day in history e gamma ray bur GRB 090423 it's observed for 10 seconds as e mo diant object of any kind and also e olde known object in e universe.   

Apr 30   In the year 2009 chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.   

Apr 30   On this day in history e United Kingdom formally ends combat operations in Iraq.   

Apr 30   Failed attack on e Dutch Royal Family results in 7 deas and 17 injured in the year 2009.   

May 01   10 West African meningitis outbreak in West Africa killing 1,100 people in the year 2009.   

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Jan 01   Claiborne Pell, U.S. senator (b. 1918) died on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 2009 death of maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian (b. 1893)   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of pat Hingle, American actor (b. 1924)   

Jan 04   Giselle Salandy, Trinidad & Tobago female boxer (b. 1987) died in the year 2009.   

Jan 05   Ned Tanen, American movie executive (b. 1931) died on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Ron Asheton, The Stooges guitarrist (b. 1948) died in the year 2009.   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of richard John Neuhaus, Canadian-American Christian writer and editor (b. 1936)   

Jan 09   T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (b. 1915) died in the year 2009.