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2009 ( MMIX) 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. 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy [1] [2] by the United Nations ...
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 2007–2008 financial crisis , received various economic stimuli through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and similar legislation, which most notably gave Americans tax credits .
December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 13 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
Burmese authorities burn US$93 million worth of seized narcotic drugs at a ceremony in eastern Shan State. (Xinhua) ( Times of India) December 9, 2009. ( 2009-12-09) (Wednesday) edit. history. watch. An unexplained spiral light seen in the sky across large parts of Northern Norway confounds spectators.
The following day, 18 December, Hamas declared the end of the cease-fire, a day before the truce officially expired. More than 20 rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel on that day. On 19 December, Hamas refused to enter talks to renew the six-month truce and a Hamas spokesman announced that it would not extend the cease-fire.
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 and 18 December. The conference included the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 5th session ...
N820NW in November 2009. Flight 253 was serviced by an Airbus A330-323E (registered N820NW, serial number 0859) transporting 279 passengers, 8 flight attendants, and 3 pilots. [11] The plane departed Amsterdam around 08:45 local time and was scheduled to arrive in Detroit at 11:40 EST.
Current events/2009 December 18. Thirty world leaders present in Copenhagen for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change agree on a draft accord. ( The Sydney Morning Herald) (Forbes.com "Silver Lining In Copenhagen 'Fiasco'") (AllAfrica.com "Copenhagen Accord Politically Significant But Not Legally Binding") (Associated Press "China ...