2009 was a significant year for many events, tragedies and happenings to have taken place. 2009 was designated the International Year of Astronomy and the International Year of Natural Fibres.
Great political, civic, scientific and general events occurred in the span of one year 2009.
In January, Slovakia assumed the Euro as its currency. Some countries like Austria, Turkey, Japan, Mexico and Uganda joined the UN Security Council. In January too, Barack Obama became the first African American president of the US. He reigned in good news of the evacuation of American troops from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. In January itself, Iceland’s financial system collapsed.
In February Iceland got its first lesbian Prime Minister, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. While in Australia, a deadly bushfire engulfed the land. The Taliban kill a Western hostage after the execution of Daniel Pearl in 2002, namely Piotr Stanczak, a Polish geologist.
In March a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers was attacked. In March itself, NASA launched the Kepler Mission, a photometer to capture extraterrestrial and extra solar planets.
In April the G20 summit and the NATA summits were held to review the financial crisis, involving state leaders instead of finance experts. Fiji experienced a political crisis that started in April. In April itself the WHO declared the spread of the H1N1 virus.
In May large cities met for a climate change exchange. North Korea conducted a second nuclear test and in June, the epidemic status of the H1N1 virus was confirmed. Ahmedinejad was sworn in as the president of Iran.
In June too NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance orbiter probe to the moon. Greenland became an independent state from Denmark. June 25th saw the death of American musical prodigy Michael Jackson.
In July the G8 summit was held, Iceland voted in to join the EU, and the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century was observed over Asia and the Pacific region.
In August the typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan, and in September, the G20 summit was held, reinforcing the status of the G20 over the G8 countries. The Polish French film director Roman Polanski was arrested and in October, European astronomers discovered 32 exoplanets.
In November, NASA reportedly discovered water on the moon, and the Dubai financial crisis hit stocks all over the world, as Dubai opted for debt deferment. And in December itself, the UN Copenhagen Climate Summit was held with most of the countries attending the meet.
Neha Singh
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