WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 2009
Find out what all happened November to December 2009

2009 Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. 3,000 cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing. (25. November 2009)

A suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, claims the lives of 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government. (3. December 2009)

The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines (23. November 2009)

MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals. (17. December 2009)

A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan. (30. December 2009)

A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000 l (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River. (30. December 2009)

Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators. (27. December 2009)

Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea. (10. November 2009)

Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 and injure 448. (8. December 2009)

Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur. (31. December 2009)

Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner makes its maiden flight from Seattle, Washington. (15. December 2009)

2009 Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries. (27. November 2009)

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab unsuccessfully attempts a terrorist attack against the US while on board a flight to Detroit Metro Airport Northwest Airlines Flight 253 (25. December 2009)

Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura. (28. December 2009)

A mine explosion in Heilongjiang province, northeastern China, kills 108. (21. November 2009)

The Treaty of Lisbon, which amends the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, which together comprise the constitutional basis of European Union, comes into effect. (1. December 2009)

US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 29 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a US military installation. (5. November 2009)