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2009 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.
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.
This was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. November 5, 2017 – A gunman kills 26 people and wounds 22 others at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, before killing himself. This was the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history and the deadliest shooting in an American place of worship in modern history.
2002 — 10 people are killed and 3 are injured in the Beltway sniper attacks around the Washington D.C. area. 2003 — Republicans retake narrow control of the Senate following 2002 elections. 2003 — Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates upon re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts and resulting in a 29-month ...
January 1 - Nizar Rayan, Palestinian (born 1959) January 1 - Helen Suzman, South African (born 1924) January 15 - Said Seyam, Palestinian (born 1957) January 25 - Mamadou Dia, Senegalese (born 1910)
America Online CEO Stephen M. Case, left, and Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin listen to senators' opening statements during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the merger of the two ...
Most pollsters concluded that Hillary Clinton would ultimately defeat Trump but differed by the margin of victory. [28] [29] Despite losing the popular vote, Donald Trump won the election in one of the most stunning upsets in American history. [30] Following Trump's inauguration, a series of protests commenced around the world.
Bitcoin’s price has been on a roller coaster ride since it first debuted in January 2009, but the long-term trajectory has been higher — “up and to the right,” as they say.