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Usain Bolt's 2009 World Records
At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt set world records in both the 100 metres and the 200 metres. On 16 August 2009 he won the 100 m in 9.58...
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Usain Bolt's 2009 World Records
At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt set world records in both the 100 metres and the 200 ...
Barack Obama's Inauguration
Jan 20
Bitcoin Genesis Block
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Copenhagen Climate Conference (COP15)
The 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention...
Fort Hood Shooting
On November 5, 2009, U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire at the Sol...
Barack Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
On October 9, 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that United State...
G20 Pittsburgh Summit
The G20 held its second leaders' summit of 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ...
Science & Technology
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Large Hadron Collider First Proton Collisions
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerat...
Water Discovered on the Moon
In 2009, India's Chandrayaan-1 and NASA's LCROSS mission independently confir...
Windows 7 General Availability
Windows 7, the personal-computer operating system developed by Microsoft, was...
SpaceX Falcon 9: Development and First Flight
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket — the orbital-class launch vehicle that would transf...
Arts & Culture
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Avatar Theatrical Release (2009)
James Cameron's science fiction epic *Avatar* received its wide theatrical re...
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
*The Twilight Saga: New Moon* was released theatrically on November 20, 2009,...
Nobel Prize in Literature 2009: Herta Müller
On October 8, 2009, the Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature...
The Beatles 09/09/09 Remasters and Rock Band
On September 9, 2009 — a date rendered as 09/09/09 and chosen partly for the ...
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