WHAT HAPPENED IN 2009.
Look what happened the 2009.

Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand. (1. January 2009)

Slovakia joins the Eurozone. (1. January 2009)

The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto. (3. January 2009)

Israel conducts an assault on Gaza. Operation Cast Lead (6. January 2009)

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32. (8. January 2009)

US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. All passengers and crew members survive. (15. January 2009)

Gaza War: Hamas announces they will accept Israeli Defense Forces's offer of a ceasefire, ending the assault. (18. January 2009)

A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start. (20. January 2009)

The storm Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies. (24. January 2009)

Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina. (26. January 2009)

The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents. (29. January 2009)

Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama. (29. January 2009)

In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people. (31. January 2009)

Bushfires in Victoria leaves 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history. (7. February 2009)

The communication satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collide in orbit, destroying both. (10. February 2009)

Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground. (12. February 2009)

Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack. (20. February 2009)

Members of the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny at their headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh, resulting in 74 deaths, including more than 50 army officials. (25. February 2009)

The Historical Archive of the City of Cologne collapses. (3. 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)