What happened in 2009

“I Gotta Feeling”

The Black Eyed Peas · 14 weeks at #1 in 2009

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1. Jan 3Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)Beyonce2 wks
2. Jan 17Just DanceLady Gaga Featuring Colby O'Donis3 wks
3. Feb 7My Life Would Suck Without YouKelly Clarkson2 wks
4. Feb 21Crack A BottleEminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent1 wk
5. Feb 28Right RoundFlo Rida6 wks
6. Apr 11Poker FaceLady Gaga1 wk
7. Apr 18Boom Boom PowThe Black Eyed Peas12 wks
8. Jul 11I Gotta FeelingThe Black Eyed Peas14 wks
9. Oct 17DownJay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne2 wks
10. Oct 243Britney Spears1 wk
11. Nov 7FirefliesOwl City2 wks
12. Nov 14Whatcha SayJason Derulo1 wk
13. Nov 28Empire State Of MindJay-Z + Alicia Keys5 wks

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1. Jan 3The cryptocurrency network of bitcoin was created when Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first block of the chain.
2. Jan 15US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of Canada geese during its climb out from New York City and made an emergency landing in the Hudson River (featured).
3. Jan 22U.S. President Barack Obama signs an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; congressional opposition will prevent it being implemented.
4. Feb 5The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal ran aground on a coral reef off the island of Oahu.
5. Feb 12Just before landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York, killing the house's occupant and all 49 people on board the aircraft.
6. Feb 20The Tamil Tigers attempted to crash two aircraft laden with C-4 in suicide attacks on Colombo, Sri Lanka, but the planes were shot down before they reached their targets.
7. Apr 3A gunman opened fire at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, New York, U.S., killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
8. Apr 4France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
9. May 18The Sri Lanka Army killed Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader and founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, to bring an end to the 26-year Sri Lankan civil war.
10. May 31American physician George Tiller, one of the few doctors in the country who performed late-term abortions, was shot and killed by Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist.
11. Jun 1Air 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.
12. Jun 8Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later.
13. Jun 21Greenland assumes self-rule.
14. Nov 5U.S. Army major Nidal Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base, killing 13.

Event summaries from Wikipedia’s “On this day”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Each links to its article.

• U.S. President

  George W. Bush → Barack Obama

• Prime Minister of Canada

  Stephen Harper

• President of France

  Nicolas Sarkozy

• German Chancellor

  Angela Merkel

• Prime Minister of Japan

  Tarō Asō → Yukio Hatoyama

• President of Russia

  Dmitry Medvedev

Everyone who held the office at some point in 2009, from Wikidata.

A selection of the best-documented titles on Wikidata, by first release year; not a box-office ranking.

• Walker ScobellAmerican actor · Jan 5
• YaYa GosselinAmerican actress · Jan 26
• Shaylee Mansfielddeaf American actress and YouTuber · Apr 6
• Valentina TronelFrench child singer · Apr 6
• Hala FinleyAmerican actress · May 18
• Coco YoshizawaJapanese skateboarder · Sep 22
• Leah JeffriesAmerican actress · Sep 25
• Christian ConveryCanadian actor · Nov 10
• Owen CooperEnglish actor · Dec 5
• Maddox BatsonAmerican singer and songwriter · Dec 13

From Wikipedia’s “On this day”, CC BY-SA 4.0.