Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Three Somali cabinet ministers are amongst dozens killed in a bomb blast at a university graduation ceremony at a hotel in Mogadishu. (Al Jazeera) (CCTV) (AFP) Three Iranian pilgrims are killed after their bus exploded at a petrol station in the Syrian capital Damascus.
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 18 – Avatar, directed by James Cameron, is released in theaters and later becomes the highest-grossing film of all time. [citation needed]
December 1 – The Treaty of Lisbon comes into force. [77] December 5 – Fire at the Lame Horse nightclub in Perm, Russia. December 7 – 18 – The UNFCCC 's 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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.
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.
Between November and December 2009, 51 tornadoes touched down across eight states. [note 1] Collectively, the tornadoes injured nine people and wrought $20.36 million, [note 2] much of which resulted from an EF3 —the strongest tornado during the two-month period—that struck Lufkin, Texas, on December 23. [1]
The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
December 9 – 18, 2009 Southeast Asian Games – The Philippine Team Placed fifth place