42 events found for 2009
Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to r
Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on boa
The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following…
The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.
The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in Britain, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near…
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Jannatabad, Qazvin, Iran, killing 168.
Space Shuttle program: Endeavour is launched on STS-127 to complete assembly of the International Space Station's Kibō…
Teoh Beng Hock, an aide to a politician in Malaysia is found dead on the rooftop of a building adjacent to the offices…
Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes at Mashhad International Airport, killing 16.
The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the…
A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil and Piper PA-32R collide over the Hudson River, killing nine people.
Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power…
A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors,…
Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the…
NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128.
The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool,…
The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten…