- This article is about the year. For the film, see 2009 Lost Memories.
2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.
2009 has been designated International Year of Astronomy.[1][2]
Predicted and scheduled events
January
- January - Republic of Ireland bans the sale of incandescent light bulbs.[3]
- January - The U.S. Mint will follow the 50 State Quarters program by minting quarters in honor of Washington, D.C. Coins for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the US Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands[4] will follow every eight weeks throughout the year.[5]
- January 1 - Czech Republic takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from France.
- January 1 - Slovakia will adopt the Euro as the nation's official currency.[6]
- January 1 - Deadline by which goods in all member states of the European Union must be sold in metric units (this has already been completed everywhere, except in the United Kingdom). Road signs in the UK are unaffected (road signs in all other member states are already in metric units).
- January 1 - The Swedish pharmacy monopoly will end.[7]
- January 1 - Norway will legalize same-sex marriage, and Hungary will recognize registered partnerships.[8]
- January 1 - The European small claims procedure comes into force throughout the European Union, other than Denmark. The small claims procedure is applicable to cross-border legal claims under the Brussels regime with value up to 2,000 EUR.[9]
- January 1 - The second NHL Winter Classic will be held at Wrigley Field.
- January 3 - 111th United States Congress begins. A new delegate will be added for the Northern Mariana Islands.
- January 8 - The BCS National Championship Game 2009 will be held in Miami Gardens, Florida.[10]
- January 15 - International Year of Astronomy 2009 Opening Ceremony at UNESCO HQ, Paris, France.[11]
- January 20 - The US elected president will be inaugurated at 12:00 noon EST (17:00 UTC), ending the President George W. Bush's 8-year term as the 43rd President of the United States.
- January 25 - The 2009 NHL All-Star Game will be held in Montreal, Quebec.
- January 26 - The annular solar eclipse.[12]
February
March
April
May
June
July
September
October
November
December
Unknown dates
- Albania and Croatia will join NATO.
- Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, is going to be the European Capital of Culture.
- The final phase of the L.A. Live project will be completed, including a 54-story Ritz-Carlton/JW Marriott hotel and the 14-screen West Coast flagship theatre multiplex operated by Regal Cinemas.
- New Zealand will stop the sales of incandescent light bulbs.
- East African Community to implement a common currency called the East African shilling.
- A U.S. aircraft carrier named the USS George H. W. Bush will be commissioned.
- The completion of the Sound Transit Central Link Light Rail system in Seattle.
- The United Kingdom will continue a 5-year process to cease analog television broadcasts region-by-region, with Granada, HTV Wales and Westcountry Television. [44].
- The Boeing 747-8 will achieve entry into service (EIS).
- Opening of Tseung Kwan O South Line, MTR, Hong Kong.
- Winter Universiade in Harbin, People's Republic of China.
- The Dallas Cowboys New Stadium will be inaugurated.
- Completion of the Metro Gold Line (LACMTA) Expansion and the Expo Line in Los Angeles, California.
- Completion of the Virgin Galactic Spaceport in New Mexico, U.S.A.
- Completion of the Three Gorges Dam in China.
- First flight of the SpaceX Dragon commercial manned orbital spacecraft.
- Next award of the Sylvester Medal.
- Possible start of unmanned test flights of the Ares I rocket and the new Crew Exploration Vehicle.
- Possible launch of the KEO satellite time capsule. If it is not launched in 2009, it will be launched in 2010.
- The Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau expires.
- Possible start of construction for a fixed-guideway mass transit system for Honolulu.
- Tesla Motors will mass produce the White Star, its second electric car.
- The United Kingdom will establish a Supreme Court, comprising the twelve former Law Lords.
- The Greenville Bridge will open to traffic.
- The University of Greenland will move into a new research complex called llimmarfik.
- Microsoft's next client operating system, known as Windows 7 will be released in the second half of 2009.
- Western Australia will vote on the controversial topic of daylight saving time.
- World Trade Center Tower 5 will have its groundbreaking ceremony in New York City.
- RFSA Phobos-Grunt, sample return from Phobos.
- Intel plans to release as many as five new microprocessor variants of the Nehalem microarchitecture throughout the year. The Beckton variant may have as many as eight cores.
Major religious holidays
2009 in fiction
Computer and video games
Set in 2009:
Music
- Tokyo Police Club's song "Citizens of Tomorrow" has a few lines as to what will (fictionally) happen in 2009, for "our robot masters will know how to clean this mess up and build a better world, for man and machine alike, for the boys and the girls who are slaves building spaceships at night in the fluorescent light".
Film
Television
Books
References
- ^ The International Astronomical Union announces the International Year of Astronomy 2009
- ^ The International Year of Astronomy 2009
- ^ Ireland to ban incandescent lightbulbs
- ^ United States Mint. The District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarter Program. Accessed 2008-08-23. "In 2009, the United States Mint will mint and issue six quarter-dollar coins in honor of the District of Columbia and the five United States Territories: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands."
- ^ Ganz, David. Voting Starts to Choose D.C. Quarter Design. Numismatic News, 2008-06-03. Accessed 2008-08-23. "Since there are six coins in 2009, the coins will be produced at an even greater pace, once every eight weeks or so."
- ^ Slovak euro exchange rate is set
- ^ Parliament votes to end pharmacy monopoly
- ^ Marriage and partnership rights for same-sex partners: country-by-country
- ^ European small claims procedure
- ^ Bowl Championship Series
- ^ Year of Astronomy Calendar
- ^ ECLIPSES DURING 2009
- ^ Cospas-Sarsat Phase-Out of 121.5/243 MHz Alerting Services
- ^ Future Super Bowl Locations
- ^ FIS Alpine World Ski Championship Val d'Isère 2009
- ^ NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- ^ Harbin 24th Winter Universiade
- ^ 24th Winter Universiade
- ^ Key Dates Announced for 81st Academy Awards
- ^ NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- ^ Global Cornerstone Projects 100 Hours of Astronomy. Official website.
- ^ 2009: 71ST ANNUAL DIVISION I MENS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
- ^ NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- ^ Elections BC
- ^ NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- ^ Stockselius met 2009 organizers in Moscow
- ^ World Air Games Turin 2009. Official website.
- ^ The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: St. Louis awarded 2009 All-Star Game
- ^ TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 2009 JULY 22
- ^ A SUMMARY OF THE 2009 JULY 22 ECLIPSE
- ^ NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- ^ Emaar raises Burj Dubai height; completion in 2009
- ^ Burj Dubai Becomes World's Tallest Man-Made Structure Today
- ^ NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- ^ APL's MESSENGER fact sheet
- ^ NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- ^ Phase-out of inefficient incandescent light bulbs
- ^ NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- ^ NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- ^ INNOVATION AND IMAGINATION ARE CORNERSTONES OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ONBOARD ROYAL CARIBBEAN’S OASIS OF THE SEAS
- ^ Oasis of the Seas maiden voyage set for December 12, 2009
- ^ REAL-ID Act Deadline Extended by DHS
- ^ National ID requirements postponed under criticism
- ^ When is the Digital TV Switchover? The different regions and dates
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