WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 2009
Find out what all happened May to December 2009

The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued. (6. September 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 Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords. (1. October 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)

Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders. (10. October 2009)

The 72 year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast. (18. September 2009)

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

Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides. (18. May 2009)

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

Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history. (10. August 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)

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

The 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721. (25. October 2009)

U.S. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in a joint TV appearance for a G-20 summit, accused Iran of building a secret nuclear enrichment facility. (25. September 2009)

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

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

The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities. (26. July 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)