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On May 1, 2009, Nielsen Media Research reported that 3.1% of Americans were still completely unprepared for the transition. [118] On June 11, 2009, one day before the analog shutoff, the National Association of Broadcasters reported that 1.75 million Americans were still not ready. [119] 971 TV stations made the final switch to digital on June 12.
Traditionally, Boxing Day had been considered the biggest shopping day of the year in the UK. In the 2010s, several American-owned retailers such as Amazon UK and the Walmart-owned chain Asda , began to hold U.S.-style Black Friday promotions; in 2014, more British retailers began to adopt the concept, including Argos , John Lewis , and Very .
The Maersk Alabama hijacking began on 8 April 2009, when four pirates in the Somali Basin seized the Danish/U.S. cargo ship Maersk Alabama at a distance of 240 nautical miles (440 km; 280 mi) southeast of Eyl, Somalia. The siege ended after a rescue effort by the United States Navy on April 12th. [2]
The list was announced on 26 January 2009 by the Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce. The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June.
The NASDAQ composite also had its worst day since Black Monday, losing 9.1% in its third worst day ever. The TED spread , the difference between what banks charge each other for a three-month loan and what the Treasury charges, hit a 26-year high of 3.58%; a higher rate for inter bank loans than Treasury loans is a sign that banks fear that ...
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle [a] is a side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Sega for the Genesis.It is the only 16-bit platform game starring Alex Kidd, and the fifth game in the Alex Kidd series of video games.
Shipping (derived from the word relationship) is the term for the desire by followers of a fandom for two or more people, either real-life people or fictional characters (in film, literature, television series, etc.), to be in a romantic relationship. Shipping often takes the form of unofficial creative works, including fanfiction and fan art.
The 2009 Judgment Day was the 11th and final Judgment Day professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions. The event took place on May 17, 2009, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois.