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Clockwise from top-left: Air France Flight 447 crashes in the Atlantic Ocean leaving no survivors; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; protests erupt over the 2009 Iranian presidential election; US Airways Flight 1549 crash-lands in the Hudson River with no fatalities, with the event becoming known as the "Miracle on the Hudson"; the "King ...
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 week before the New Year is traditionally crystal ball time for the press. Looking deep into my orb, I see these headlines appearing in 2009: Loss of ad revenue forces NBC to replace entire ...
2009 swine flu pandemic: 11,187,250 The swine flu began to spread worldwide this year, becoming a pandemic. This is the third recent flu pandemic involving the H1N1 virus (the first being the 1918–1920 Spanish flu pandemic and the second being the 1977 Russian flu). The first two cases were discovered independently in the United States in ...
2009 marked another year of unforgettable occurrences in entertainment, politics and current events. Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first African-American president of the United States.
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)
President Barack Obama greeting the Salahis in the Blue Room of the White House. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is behind President Obama in the blue turban.. On November 24, 2009, Michaele (/ m ɪ ˈ k ɛ l /) and Tareq Salahi (/ ˈ t ɑːr ɛ k s ɑː ˈ l ɑː h i /), a married couple from Virginia, and Carlos Allen (from the District of Columbia), attended a White House state dinner ...
The Pakistan Cricket Team wins the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 world cup after a hard match against Sri Lanka at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England. England defeats New Zealand in the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20. (Times of India) A new pro-Treaty of Lisbon group led by Pat Cox is launched in Ireland.