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The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States President Barack Obama (b. 1961) for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples". [1] The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on October 9, 2009, citing Obama's promotion of nuclear nonproliferation [2] and a "new climate" in international relations fostered by Obama ...
Current events/2009 October 9. A United Nations plane from Uruguay attached to MINUSTAH monitoring the Haiti – Dominican Republic border crashes near Fonds-Verrettes, killing at least 11 people from Jordan and Uruguay. (BBC) (Xinhua) (Associated Press)
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from October 2009. Around 150 Venezuelan students end a weeklong hunger strike protesting against alleged human rights abuses in Venezuela, after Organization of American States officials agree to meet the students and one of their leaders is released.
Hot 100 number ones of 2009. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, and airplay. There were a total of 12 number-one singles in 2009, although ...
The US bear market of 2007–2009 was a 17-month bear market that lasted from October 9, 2007 to March 9, 2009, during the financial crisis of 2007–2009. The S&P 500 lost approximately 50% of its value, but the duration of this bear market was just below average.
October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 83 days remain until the end of the year.
List of 2009 box office number-one films in the United States This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 2009. [1]
Leif Erikson. Leif Erikson Day is an annual observance that occurs on October 9. [1] It honors Leif Erikson (Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson), [note 1] the Norse explorer who, in approximately 1000, led the first Europeans believed to have set foot on the continent of North America (other than Greenland).