Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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. The snowstorm brought record-breaking December snowfall totals to Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia .
The following day, 18 December, Hamas declared the end of the cease-fire, a day before the truce officially expired. More than 20 rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel on that day. On 19 December, Hamas refused to enter talks to renew the six-month truce and a Hamas spokesman announced that it would not extend the cease-fire.
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 8 – A series of attacks in Baghdad, Iraq kill at least 127 people and injure at least 448 more. December 15 – First flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from December 2009. December 1, 2009. ( 2009-12-01) (Tuesday) edit. history. watch. Porfirio Lobo Sosa is elected President of Honduras. Turnout increases dramatically despite ousted former President Manuel Zelaya 's plea for a boycott.
December 18 is the 352nd day of the year ... 1907 – Lawrence Lucie, American guitarist and educator (d. 2009) 1908 – Celia Johnson, English actress (d. 1982)
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 ...
December 11 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 49th feature film, The Princess and the Frog, is released in theaters. This marks Disney's first theatrical hand-drawn animated feature since Home on the Range in 2004. December 18 – Avatar, directed by James Cameron, is released in theaters and later becomes the highest-grossing film of all time.
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 and 18 December. The conference included the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 5th session ...