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Thomas Martin Franck was an American legal scholar and expert on international law. Franck was the Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law at New York University and advised many nat…
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The 2000s
Explore 3773 historical events from 2000–2009.
2009
The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in Britain, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near…
The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scot…
The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in Britain, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near…
2009
Space Shuttle program: Endeavour is launched on STS-127 to complete assembly of the International Space Station's Kibō…
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transpor…
Space Shuttle program: Endeavour is launched on STS-127 to complete assembly of the International Space Station's Kibō…
2009
Teoh Beng Hock, an aide to a politician in Malaysia is found dead on the rooftop of a building adjacent to the offices…
Teoh Beng Hock was a Chinese Malaysian journalist and political aide to Ean Yong Hian Wah, a member of the Selangor state legislative assembly and state executive council. On 15 Ju…
Teoh Beng Hock, an aide to a politician in Malaysia is found dead on the rooftop of a building adjacent to the offices…
2009
The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the…
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers…
The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the…
2009
Mona Grey, British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (born 1910)
Mona Elizabeth Clara Grey was a British nurse who was named Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in 1960.
Mona Grey, British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (born 1910)
2009
Abram Hoffer, Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (born 1917)
Abram Hoffer was a Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist known for his "adrenochrome hypothesis" of schizoaffective disorders. According to Hoffer, megavitamin therapy a…
Abram Hoffer, Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (born 1917)
2009
Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian-American priest and theologian (born 1946)
Gérard Jean-Juste was a Haitian Catholic priest who served as rector of Saint Claire's Church for the Poor in Port-au-Prince. He was also a liberation theologian and a supporter of…
Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian-American priest and theologian (born 1946)
2009
A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil and Piper PA-32R collide over the Hudson River, killing nine people.
The Airbus Helicopters H125 Écureuil, or Squirrel, is a single-engine light utility helicopter designed and originally manufactured by the French corporation Aérospatiale, later by…
A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil and Piper PA-32R collide over the Hudson River, killing nine people.
2009
An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power…
On 17 August 2009, a turbine in the hydroelectric power station of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam near Sayanogorsk in Russia failed catastrophically, killing 75 people and severely da…
An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power…
2009
A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
The August 2009 Baghdad bombings were three coordinated car bomb attacks and a number of mortar strikes in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on 19 August 2009. The explosives were detona…
A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
2009
Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors,…
On June 10, 1991, Jaycee Lee Dugard, an eleven-year-old girl, was abducted from a street while walking to a school bus stop in Meyers, California, United States. Searches began imm…
Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors,…
2009
Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the…
Myanmar has been in armed conflict since 1948, when the country, then known as Burma, gained independence from the United Kingdom. The conflict has largely been ethnic-based, with …
Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the…
2009
Carol Anne O'Marie, American nun and author (born 1933)
Sister Carol Anne O'Marie, C.S.J., was a Roman Catholic sister in the Religious Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. She was also a mystery writer.
Carol Anne O'Marie, American nun and author (born 1933)
2009
William Refshauge, Australian soldier and physician (born 1913)
Major General Sir William Dudley Duncan Refshauge, was an Australian soldier and public health administrator. He was Honorary Physician to Queen Elizabeth II (1955–64), director-ge…
William Refshauge, Australian soldier and physician (born 1913)
2009
Paul Sharratt, English-American television host (born 1933)
Paul William Sharratt, was an English-born Australian entertainer and television personality, and later an American television producer.
Paul Sharratt, English-American television host (born 1933)
2009
Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator (born 1926)
Otto Torsten Andersson was a Swedish modernist painter, best known for his theme of the realistic depiction of abstract sculptures, and two-dimensional exploration of three-dimensi…
Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator (born 1926)
2009
NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128.
Space Shuttle Discovery is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operationa…
NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128.
2009
The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool,…
The 2009 Andhra Pradesh helicopter crash occurred on 2 September 2009 near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. The helicopter was a Bell…
The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool,…
2009
The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten…
Roll-on/roll-off ships are cargo ships designed specifically to transport wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers and railroad cars, …
The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten…
2009
The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
The Dubai Metro is a rapid transit system in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The metro system consists of a network of two main lines: the Red Line and the Green Line. A t…
The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
2009
After 72 years on radio and television, CBS Television broadcasts the final episode of Guiding Light, the…
CBS Studios, Inc. is an American television production company which is a subsidiary of the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Skydance Corporation. It was formed on January…
After 72 years on radio and television, CBS Television broadcasts the final episode of Guiding Light, the…
2009
South African Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the…
South African Airlink Flight 8911 was a positioning flight from Durban International Airport to Pietermaritzburg Airport, South Africa, operated by a British Aerospace Jetstream 41…
South African Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the…
2009
Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (born 1966)
Aino Maria Susanna Haapoja was a Finnish politician in the Centre Party. Haapoja was born in Kauhava and became a Member of Parliament in 2003 and was elected for a second term in …
Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (born 1966)