2009 Calendar
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2009 Historical Event(s)
January 15, 2009
– US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. All passengers and crew members survive.
January 26, 2009
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.
February 5, 2009
– The United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.
March 7, 2009
– The Kepler space observatory, designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, is launched.
March 22, 2009
– Mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska begins erupting after a prolonged period of unrest.
April 1, 2009
– Croatia and Albania join NATO.
June 22, 2009
– Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.
July 15, 2009
– Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes in northwestern Iran, killing all 153 aboard.
July 26, 2009
– The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.
September 30, 2009
– The 2009 Sumatra earthquakes occur, killing over 1,115 people.
Who Were Born On 2009?
March 7, 2009
– Prince Umberto of Savoy
May 4, 2009
– Prince Henrik of Denmark, Danish royalty