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t. e. Events from the year 2009 in the United States. The inauguration of Barack Obama as the president, occurred on January 20. The nation, still recovering from the Great Recession, received various economic stimuli through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and similar legislation, which most notably gave Americans tax credits.
January 20, 1993 — Clinton becomes the 42nd president; Gore becomes the 45th vice president. 1993 — A truck bomb explodes in the parking garage under the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six people and injuring over a thousand. 1993 — Branch Davidians standoff and fire near Waco, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 81 people ...
2010s in United States history. Appearance. hide. See also: 2020s in United States history. President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump in 2017. 2010s in United States history is the compiled history of major historical events and issues in the United States from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2019.
January 1 - Nizar Rayan, Palestinian (born 1959) January 1 - Helen Suzman, South African (born 1924) January 15 - Said Seyam, Palestinian (born 1957) January 25 - Mamadou Dia, Senegalese (born 1910)
2009 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 3. During this off-year election, the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections held throughout the year. In total, only the seat representing New York's 23rd congressional district changed party hands, increasing the Democratic Party 's majority ...
The Great Recession was a period of market decline in economies around the world that occurred in 2007 to 2009. The scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country (see map). [1][2] At the time, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded that it was the most severe economic and financial meltdown since the Great Depression.
The Republicans make major gains in the House and Senate in the 1938 elections. [20] Leo Strauss (1899–1973), a refugee from Nazi Germany, teaches political philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York (1938–49) and the University of Chicago (1949–1969). He was not an activist but his ideas have been influential. [21]
Appointments. Presidential campaigns. v. t. e. Barack Obama, President of the United States from 2009 to 2017, served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004. A member of the Democratic Party, he made his presidential run in 2008. He was elected President in 2008 and re-elected in 2012.