WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO AUGUST 2009
Find out what all happened April to August 2009

Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent. (7. April 2009)

A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others. (19. August 2009)

The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks. (4. July 2009)

Three members of the popular South Korean group TVXQ, (Kim Jaejoong, Kim Junsu, and Park Yoochun), filed lawsuit against their Korean management S.M. Entertainment. (31. July 2009)

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

The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao. (4. July 2009)

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

An accident at the Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area. (17. August 2009)

Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed. (1. June 2009)

In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili. (9. April 2009)

Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef. (19. June 2009)

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

Jakarta double bombings at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels kill nine people including four foreigners. (17. July 2009)

The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England. (5. July 2009)

A fire at a day-care center kills at least 40 people in Hermosillo, Mexico. (5. June 2009)

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

Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon. (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)

A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. (5. July 2009)

During the Iranian election protests, the death of Neda Agha-Soltan is captured on video and spreads virally on the Internet, making it "probably the most widely witnessed death in human history". (20. June 2009)