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2009 (MMIX ) was acommon year starting on Thursday of theGregorian calendar , the 2009th year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 3rd millennium and the21st century , and the 10th and last year of the2000s decade.
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2009 was designated as theInternational Year of Astronomy [ 1] [ 2] United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary ofGalileo Galilei 's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication ofAstronomia Nova byJohannes Kepler .[ 3] International Year of Natural Fibres [ 4] United Nations General Assembly , as well as the International Year of Reconciliation and the Year of the Gorilla (UNEP and UNESCO).[ 5]
June 1 –Air France Flight 447 , en route fromRio de Janeiro , Brazil, to Paris, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 on board.June 11 – Theoutbreak of theH1N1 influenza strain , commonly referred to as "swine flu", is deemed a globalpandemic .[ 35] June 12 –Analog television ends in the United States as part of thedigital television transition .June 13 –Mass protests erupt across Iran following adisputed presidential election in whichMahmoud Ahmadinejad was reelected president, the largest demonstrations in the country since theIranian Revolution .[ 36] June 18 –NASA launches theLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter /LCROSS probes to the Moon, the first American lunar mission sinceLunar Prospector in1998 .[ 37] June 21 –Greenland gains self-rule.June 22 –June 2009 Washington Metro train collision , 9 people were killed and 80 people were injured when aRed Line (Washington Metro) train rear ended another train between Takoma and Fort Totten stations, this resulted in the worst train crash in DC Metro's history.[ 38] June 25 – Thedeath of American pop starMichael Jackson triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief. Online, reactions to the event cripple several major websites and services, as the abundance of people accessing theweb addresses pushesinternet traffic to unprecedented and historic levels.[ 39] June 28 – TheMilitary of Honduras oustsHonduran President Manuel Zelaya in acoup d'état [ 40] OAS .[ 41] June 29 –Viareggio train derailment occurred when a freight train carryingliquified petroleum gas derailed atViareggio railway station inLucca ,Italy . The accident killed 32 people and injured 26 people.[ 42] June 30 –Yemenia Flight 626 crashes off the coast ofMoroni, Comoros , killing all butone of the 153 passengers and crew.[ 43] July 4 –Steve McNair , former NFL quarterback for theTennessee Titans , is shot and killed by his girlfriend in Nashville,Tennessee .July 5 –Violent riots broke out inÜrümqi, Xinjiang . PRC officials said that a total of 197 people died.July 7 –A public memorial service for Michael Jackson is held atStaples Center . It is watched by over 2.5 billion people worldwide.July 15 –Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 , en route fromTehran ,Iran , toYerevan ,Armenia crashes into theJannatabad village inQazvin Province ; killing all 168 on board.July 16 –Iceland 's nationalparliament , theAlthingi , votes topursue joining the EU.[ 44] July 17 –Two bombs exploded separately at theJW Marriott andRitz-Carlton Hotels inJakarta ,Indonesia , killing 9 people (including 2 suicide bombers) and injuring 53.[ 45] July 22 – Thelongest total solar eclipse of the 21st century , lasting up to 6 minutes and 38.86 seconds (0.14 seconds shorter than 6 minutes and 39 seconds), occurs over parts ofAsia and thePacific Ocean .July 26 – The Islamic extremist groupBoko Haram initiatesan uprising inBauchi State, Nigeria and quickly spreads throughout the northern part of the country.[ 46] September 21 –China becomes the first country to succeed a completed clinical trial by a company for the2009/H1N1 vaccine in the world during theswine flu pandemic .September 22 –WikiLeaks exposes the contents ofKaupthing Bank 's internal documents prior to theIcelandic Financial Crisis . 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