WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 2009
Find out what all happened May to October 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)

At exactly 9:09:09 PM, the Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated. (9. September 2009)

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

Soyuz TMA-15 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (27. May 2009)

The Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece opens to the public. (20. June 2009)

The military junta leading Guinea, headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, raped, killed, and wounded protesters during a protest rally in a stadium called Stade du 28 Septembre. (28. September 2009)

Greenland assumes self-rule. (21. June 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)

A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide ranging protests in Iran and around the world. (12. June 2009)

Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders. (10. October 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)

Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities. (26. September 2009)

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

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

The 2009 Sumatra earthquakes occur, killing over 1,115 people. (30. September 2009)

NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program. (28. October 2009)

The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213. (28. October 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)

An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan. (9. June 2009)

War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. (19. June 2009)