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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 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.
October 2009 events in the United States (3 C, 15 P) November 2009 events in the United States (3 C, 22 P) December 2009 events in the United States (2 C, 10 P) C.
Hubble Space Telescope 1990 — Hubble Space Telescope launches during STS-31, a Space Shuttle Discovery mission.; 1991 — The Gulf War is waged in the Middle East, by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations, led by the U.S. and United Kingdom, against Iraq.
October 2009 events in the United States (3 C, 14 P) November 2009 events in the United States (3 C, 22 P) December 2009 events in the United States (2 C, 10 P) C.
The number of suicides in Japan exceeded 30,000 in 2009 according to officials, for the twelfth consecutive year. (Times of India) (Japan Today) (Straits Times) China sentences activist Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison for "subversion of state power". (UN News Centre) (Press Trust of India)
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)
The South Africa Bulls defeat the New Zealand Chiefs to win rugby union's 2009 Super 14. A bomb is discovered and defused aboard a Kish Air flight between Ahvaz and Tehran, Iran. Three Jundallah members who bombed a mosque in Zahedan, Iran, on May 28 are hanged. Chelsea F.C. defeat Everton F.C. to win the 2009 FA Cup Final.