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2009 Calendar

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•  January 26, 2009 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.
•  January 31, 2009 – In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.
•  February 7, 2009 – Bushfires in Victoria left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia’s history.
•  February 10, 2009 – The communication satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
•  March 4, 2009 – The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
•  March 12, 2009 – Financier Bernard Madoff plead guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street history.
•  June 29, 2009 – Yemenia Flight 626 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing 152 people and leaving schoolgirl Bahia Bakari as the sole survivor.
•  June 30, 2009 – Yemenia Flight 626 crashes into the Indian Ocean, near Comoros, killing all but one of the 153 passengers and crew on board.
•  July 4, 2009 – The Statue of Liberty’s crown reopens to the public after 8 years, due to security reasons following the World Trade Center attacks.
•  October 28, 2009 – The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.

•  March 7, 2009 – Prince Umberto of Savoy
•  May 4, 2009 – Prince Henrik of Denmark, Danish royalty