Historical Events In 2009

Jan 01   61 die in nightclub fire in Bangkok, ailand in the year 2009.   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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.   

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   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 in the year 2009.   

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   Barack Obama, inaugurated as e 44 President of e United ates of America, becomes e United ates' fir African-American president on this day in history.   

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

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

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 in the year 2009.   

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

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

Feb 12   In the year 2009 colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes near Buffalo in e ate of New York killing 50 people.   

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

Feb 25   In the year 2009 bDR massacre in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 74 People are being killed, including more an 50 Army officials, by Bangladeshi Boaer Guas inside its headquarter.   

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

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   In the year 2009 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   In the year 2009 winnenden school shooting - 17 people are killed at a school in Germany.   

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

Mar 27   Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails killing at lea 99 people on this day in history.   

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

Apr 03   In the year 2009 auralia formally adopts e United Nations Declaration on e Rights of Indigenous Peoples.   

Apr 05   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 in the year 2009.   

Apr 06   In the year 2009 a 6.3 magnitude earquake rikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing at lea 253.   

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

Apr 12   On this day in history 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   

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

Apr 23   In the year 2009 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   Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the year 2009.   

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

Apr 30   On this day in history failed attack on e Dutch Royal Family results in 7 deas and 17 injured.   

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history death of claiborne Pell, U.S. senator (b. 1918)   

Jan 02   Maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian (b. 1893) died on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 2009 death of pat Hingle, American actor (b. 1924)   

Jan 04   Giselle Salandy, Trinidad & Tobago female boxer (b. 1987) died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Ned Tanen, American movie executive (b. 1931) died in the year 2009.   

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

Jan 08   Richard John Neuhaus, Canadian-American Christian writer and editor (b. 1936) died on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 2009 death of t. Llew Jones, Welsh author (b. 1915)