20 January 2009InaugurationBarack Hussein Obama
The theme of the inauguration is "A New Birth of Freedom," commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The inauguration of Obama as the forty-fourth President of the USA
Historical records for United States of America in 2009, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The theme of the inauguration is "A New Birth of Freedom," commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The inauguration of Obama as the forty-fourth President of the USA
Is sworn in as vice president of the United States.
Appointed as a special envoy to the Middle East, working under President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Death of John Hoyer Updike
Mitchell begins his meetings in Cairo and Obama says his visit was part of the Presidents campaign promise to listen to both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and work toward a Middle East peace deal
In the worst single loss to the American military in nine months, a suicide bomber kills four American soldiers and their Iraqi translator in the northern Iraq city of Mosul
Iraq holds local elections to create provincial councils, the elections are notable for their lack of violence and the noticeably diminished role the US plays in their implementation
Iraq holds local elections to create provincial councils, the elections are notable for their lack of violence and the noticeably diminished role the US plays in their implementation
In the worst single loss to the American military in nine months, a suicide bomber kills four American soldiers and their Iraqi translator in the northern Iraq city of Mosul
Performs the halftime show at Super Bowl XLIII with the E Street Band.
A female suicide bomber kills 35 Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, the deadliest attack in a string of bombings
A female suicide bomber kills 35 Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, the deadliest attack in a string of bombings
The Act provides tax relief, public investment and transfers intended to counter recession.
Helps oversee implementation of the Recovery Act.
In front of a crowd of Marines in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, President Obama announced his intention to withdraw most American troops out of Iraq by August 31, 2010
In front of a crowd of Marines in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, President Obama announced his intention to withdraw most American troops out of Iraq by August 31, 2010
Calls for concrete steps toward a world without nuclear weapons while maintaining deterrence during the transition.
President Barack Obama loosens the travel ban, now allowing Cuban-Americans to travel freely to the country
Death of Bea Arthur, actress in the "Golden Girls"
Releases Together Through Life.
Altman commands Atlantis as the final Hubble servicing mission launches to repair and modernize the observatory.
McArthur uses Atlantis's robotic arm to capture Hubble for the telescope's fifth and final astronaut servicing mission.
Grunsfeld helps install a replacement Science Instrument Command and Data Handling system during the first final-servicing spacewalk.
Feustel helps install a soft-capture mechanism intended to support a future robotic rendezvous with Hubble.
Grunsfeld helps replace WFPC2 with Wide Field Camera 3, greatly expanding Hubble's ultraviolet, visible and infrared imaging capability.
Good helps replace the first of Hubble's two battery modules, renewing the observatory's electrical storage system.
Massimino helps replace all three Hubble gyroscope rate-sensing units during Servicing Mission 4.
Feustel helps repair the Advanced Camera for Surveys, restoring major imaging capability lost after an electronics failure.
Grunsfeld helps install the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, a highly sensitive ultraviolet instrument designed for Hubble.
Massimino helps replace an electronics card and restore Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph to operation.
Grunsfeld helps install a refurbished Fine Guidance Sensor to maintain Hubble's precision pointing capability.
Feustel helps install new outer blanket layers that protect Hubble equipment bays after years of insulation degradation.
Feustel helps install Hubble's second replacement battery module during the final servicing spacewalk.
McArthur uses Atlantis's robotic arm to release Hubble after five spacewalks complete the final servicing mission.
Altman commands Atlantis to landing, completing the final astronaut servicing mission to Hubble.
The federal government obtains a majority interest in General Motors during bankruptcy restructuring.
Death of Michael Jackson
Death of Sky Saxon
In compliance with the status of forces agreement between the US and Iraq, US troops complete their withdrawal from Iraqi cities, including Baghdad, and transfer the responsibility of securing the cities to Iraqi troops
In compliance with the status of forces agreement between the US and Iraq, US troops complete their withdrawal from Iraqi cities, including Baghdad, and transfer the responsibility of securing the cities to Iraqi troops
Death of Robert McNamara
Death of Judi Ann Mason
Death of Walter Leland Cronkite
Death of Edward Moore Kennedy
Death of Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy
New Horizons begins a further hibernation cycle as mission controllers conserve spacecraft resources during the Pluto cruise.
Death of Patrick Swayze
US President Barack Obama informs the Czech Republic and Poland that his administration has shelved Bush-era, Moscow-opposed plans to build missile shield bases on their territories
US President Barack Obama informs the Czech Republic and Poland that his administration has shelved Bush-era, Moscow-opposed plans to build missile shield bases on their territories
MESSENGER makes its third and final Mercury flyby before orbit insertion, further matching the spacecraft's path to Mercury's orbit.
Barack Obama named winner of 2009 Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," Norwegian Nobel Committee says
Barack Obama named winner of 2009 Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," Norwegian Nobel Committee says
Receives the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.
Obama announces deployment of 30,000 more US troops while pledging to begin withdrawals in 18 months
US security attention increasingly focuses on Al-Qaeda in Yemen.
Responds after the attempted bombing is linked to Yemen-based AQAP.
The third MESSENGER flyby fills a major imaging gap and brings spacecraft coverage of Mercury close to global.
Makes his feature directing debut with Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, a low-budget musical drama.
Riess improves the Hubble constant measurement, reducing the range of dark-energy models allowed when local expansion data are combined with early-universe observations.
Writes and directs Inglourious Basterds, presenting an alternate-history story set during the Second World War.
Portrays South African President Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood's Invictus.
Wins the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhode Island International Film Festival
MESSENGER observations show that Mercury's exosphere and anti-sunward tail contain multiple species with differing spatial distributions.
Uses precision radio astrometry to constrain the motion of Sagittarius A*, supporting its identification with the Milky Way's central massive black hole.
Directs, "Whatever Works"
Releases the documentary When You're Strange.
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