WHAT HAPPENED IN 2009.
Look what happened the 2009.

An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami. (29. September 2009)

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

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords. (1. October 2009)

The presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey sign the Nakhchivan Agreement on the Establishment of Turkic Council. (3. October 2009)

First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program. (9. October 2009)

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

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

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

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

Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea. (10. November 2009)

A mine explosion in Heilongjiang province, northeastern China, kills 108. (21. November 2009)

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

2009 Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. 3,000 cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing. (25. November 2009)

2009 Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries. (27. November 2009)

The Treaty of Lisbon, which amends the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, which together comprise the constitutional basis of European Union, comes into effect. (1. December 2009)

A suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, claims the lives of 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government. (3. December 2009)

Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 and injure 448. (8. December 2009)

Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner makes its maiden flight from Seattle, Washington. (15. December 2009)

MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals. (17. December 2009)