WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JUNE 2009
Find out what all happened March to June 2009

FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot. (23. March 2009)

The Kepler space observatory, designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, is launched. (7. March 2009)

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002. (4. March 2009)

Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan. (30. March 2009)

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched. (18. June 2009)

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces. (7. April 2009)

Greenland assumes self-rule. (21. June 2009)

Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour. (8. June 2009)

Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden. (1. May 2009)

Washington Metro train collision: Two Metro trains collide in Washington, D.C., USA, killing nine and injuring over 80. (22. June 2009)

Over 100 New Zealand Police officers begin a 40-hour siege of a lone gunman in Napier, New Zealand. (7. May 2009)

The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and two civilians, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles. (7. March 2009)

After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru. (5. June 2009)

Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwe Dollar as its official currency. (12. April 2009)

A suicide bomber kills at least 48 at a mosque in the Khyber Agency of Pakistan. (27. March 2009)

Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran political crisis. (28. June 2009)

General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history. (1. June 2009)

Seven people are killed and 17 injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix. (30. April 2009)

Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people. (27. March 2009)

Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (30. April 2009)