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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. [78] December 8 – A series of attacks in Baghdad, Iraq kill at least 127 people and injure at least 448 more ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2009. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
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.
The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, and airplay.
December 4 – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo officially places Maguindanao under a state of martial law. [18] The declaration, also suspended the writ of habeas corpus in the province. [19] December 10 – 18 hostages are released after at least 65 people are kidnapped by gunmen in Agusan del Sur. [20] [21]
On the ending December 31, 2009, "Tik Tok" broke the record for the highest U.S. single-week sales, selling 610,000 digital downloads. [37] The record was surpassed by Taylor Swift 's " We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together " (2012) when it sold 623,000 digital copies in its debut week. [ 38 ]
For 2009, the chart was published on December 11. [1] The 2009 list was dominated by The Black Eyed Peas and Lady Gaga, who shared the top four spots. In late December, DJ Earworm released a mashup video to YouTube titled "Blame It On The Pop", featuring the top twenty-five songs from the list, as he had also done the previous two years for his ...
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films.Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards).