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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.
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.
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.
December [ edit] December 1 – The Treaty of Lisbon comes into force. [76] 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.
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
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
On 18 December, the Ariane 5GS made its final flight, delivering the Helios-IIB satellite into a Sun-synchronous orbit. The last orbital launch of the year was conducted eleven days later, on 29 December, when a Proton-M with a Briz-M upper stage launched the DirecTV-12 satellite.
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