2009

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2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.

2009 has been designated International Year of Astronomy.

Events

  • January 1 - The Swedish pharmacy monopoly will end
  • January 15 - International Year of Astronomy 2009 Opening Ceremony at UNESCO HQ, Paris, France.
  • January 20 - The US elected president Barack Obama is inaugurated, ending the President George W. Bush's 8-year term as the 43rd President of the United States.
  • February 14 - Lithuania will celebrate the millenium of its name.

Unknown dates

  • A restart of the Large Hadron Collider is scheduled for summer 2009. The LHC was shut down in September 2008 after problems with a "magnet quench".
  • Microsoft will release Windows 7.
  • Tesla Motors will mass produce the Tesla Model S, its second electric car.

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