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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 ...
Part of the 2009–10 North American winter. 1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale. The December 2009 North American blizzard was a powerful nor'easter that formed over the Gulf of Mexico in December 2009, and became a major snowstorm that affected the East Coast of the United States and Canadian Atlantic provinces.
December 8 – A series of attacks in Baghdad, Iraq kill at least 127 people and injure at least 448 more. December 15 – First flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. December 16 – Astronomers discover GJ 1214 b, the first-known exoplanet on which water could exist.
One woman dies and at least 18 people are injured after a bus overturns in Gorey, Ireland. An ambulance also overturns. Security forces in Iran arrest several opposition figures after recent demonstrations. Thailand begins repatriating 4,000 Hmong to Laos against their will, despite international protest.
December 18 – Avatar, directed by James Cameron, is released in theaters and later becomes the highest-grossing film of all time. [ citation needed ] December 25
1867 – A magnitude 7.0 earthquakes strikes off the coast of Taiwan, triggering a tsunami and killing at least 580 people. [5] 1878 – The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar. 1892 – Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
List of United States tornadoes from November to December 2009. Categories: 2009 events in the United States by month. December 2009 events by country. December 2009 events in North America.
December 22, 2009: Dissipated: December 28, 2009: Lowest pressure: 985 millibars (985 hPa) Tornadoes confirmed: 28: Max. rating 1: EF3 tornado: Maximum snowfall or ice accretion: 40.0 inches (102 cm) (Lead, South Dakota) Fatalities: 21: Areas affected: Midwest, Great Plains, Parts of Ontario, Eastern Seaboard
Christoph Budde, 46, German football player ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ), swine flu. [1] Maurice Clemmons, 37, American felon, perpetrator of the 2009 shooting of Lakewood, Washington, police officers, shot. [2] Neil Dougall, 88, British footballer ( Plymouth Argyle ).
Between November and December 2009, 51 tornadoes touched down across eight states. Collectively, the tornadoes injured nine people and wrought $20.36 million, much of which resulted from an EF3—the strongest tornado during the two-month period—that struck Lufkin, Texas, on December 23.