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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 Great Recession, received various economic stimuli through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and similar legislation, which most notably gave Americans tax credits.
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 ...
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2009. At least two people are killed and at least fifteen are wounded in a shooting attack at a building frequented by gay youths in Tel-Aviv, Israel. (Haaretz) 4,000 people are evacuated from the Canary Islands due to severe forest fires.
The week before the New Year is traditionally crystal ball time for the press. Looking deep into my orb, I see these headlines appearing in 2009: Loss of ad revenue forces NBC to replace entire ...
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from October 2009. Around 150 Venezuelan students end a weeklong hunger strike protesting against alleged human rights abuses in Venezuela, after Organization of American States officials agree to meet the students and one of their leaders is released.
Current events/2009 July 11. The President of Peru Alan García names Javier Velásquez as the Prime Minister of Peru. (AFP via Google News) The death toll from the recent riots in Ürümqi rises to 184. (NDTV) (CNN) ( China Daily) A mass funeral takes place in Srebrenica, Bosnia, to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the massacre that took ...
Current events/2009 January 14. United Kingdom Opposition Leader David Cameron pledges to hold a referendum on the European Union 's Lisbon Treaty if his Conservative Party is elected later this year. (Financial Times) [permanent dead link]
Current events/2009 January 13. Despite an agreement to resume delivery of natural gas from Russia to Europe, the European Union says that "very limited" amounts were transmitted. (BBC News) Israeli Defense Forces advance on Gaza City and engage in urban warfare with Hamas militants. (BBC News)