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2009 Historical Event(s)
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.
March 12, 2009
– Financier Bernard Madoff plead guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street history.
April 7, 2009
– Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
April 25, 2009
– Zach Daniels made his debut in professional wrestling against Jason Blackman.
May 1, 2009
– Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
June 1, 2009
– Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
July 24, 2009
– The MV Arctic Sea, reportedly carrying a cargo of timber, is allegedly hijacked in the North Sea by pirates, but much speculation remains as to the actual cargo and events.
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.
November 27, 2009
– A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries.
Who Were Born On 2009?
March 7, 2009
– Prince Umberto of Savoy
May 4, 2009
– Prince Henrik of Denmark, Danish royalty