2009 35983 226172768 2008-07-17T04:02:23Z 75.21.153.238 /* August */ :''This article is about the year. For the film, see ''[[2009 Lost Memories]]''.'' {{year nav|2009}} {{C21YearInTopic}} {{Year in other calendars}} '''2009''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMIX]]''') will be a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. 2009 has been designated [[International Year of Astronomy]]. ==Predicted and scheduled events== === January === * [[January]] — [[Republic of Ireland]] bans the sale of [[incandescent light bulb]]s. * [[January 1]] — [[Czech Republic]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]] from [[France]]. * [[January]] — The [[U.S. Mint]] will follow the [[50 State Quarters]] program by minting quarters in honor of [[Washington, D.C.]] Coins for [[Puerto Rico]], [[Guam]], the [[US Virgin Islands]], and the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] will follow every eight weeks<ref name="dustqp">Ganz, David. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1496182/Kilroy-Silk-does-'little-or-no-work'-and-should-quit,-say-MEPs.html Voting Starts to Choose D.C. Quarter Design]. Numismatic News, [[2008-06-03]]. Accessed [[2008-06-18]]. "Since there are six coins in 2009, the coins will be produced at an even greater pace, once every eight weeks or so."</ref> throughout the year. * [[Florida Lottery|Florida]] joins the [[Powerball]] lottery game. * [[January 1]] — [[Slovakia]] will adopt the [[Euro]] as the nation's official [[currency]]. * [[January 1]] — Deadline by which goods in all member states of the [[European Union]] must be sold in [[SI|metric]] units (this has already been completed everywhere, except in the [[United Kingdom]]). [[Road signs]] in the UK are unaffected (road signs in all other member states are already in metric units). * [[January 1]] — Swedish pharmacy monopoly will end. * [[January 1]] — [[Norway]] will legalize [[same-sex marriage]], and [[Hungary]] will recognize [[registered partnership]]s. * [[January 1]] — The [[European small claims procedure]] comes into force throughout the [[European Union]], other than [[Denmark]]. The procedure is a [[small claims court|small claims procedure]] applicable to cross-border legal claims under the [[Brussels regime]] with value up to 2,000 [[EUR]].<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l16028.htm | publisher=European Union | work=Europa | title=European small claims procedure | accessdate=2008-07-13 }}</ref> * [[January 3]] — [[111th United States Congress]] begins. A new [[Delegate (United States Congress)|delegate]] will be added for the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]. * [[January 15]] — International Year of Astronomy 2009 Opening Ceremony at UNESCO HQ, Paris, France.<ref>[http://www.astronomy2009.org/iyacalendar/ Year of Astronomy Calander]</ref> * [[January 20]] — The 44th [[President of the United States]] will be inaugurated at 12:00 noon EST (17:00 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]). * [[January 26]] — [[Solar Eclipse|Annular solar eclipse]]. * [[January 30]] — [[February 15]] — [[Alpine World Ski Championships 2009]] in [[Val d'Isère]], France. ===February=== *[[February 1]] — The International [[Cospas-Sarsat]] Satellite System will stop monitoring for 121.5 MHz and 243 MHz (Class B) distress signals from [[Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon|EPIRBs]] and other emergency beacons. *[[February 1]] — [[Super Bowl XLIII]] will be held in [[Tampa, Florida]]. *[[February 3]] - "The Day the Music Died" a movie made about the [[The Day the Music Died|event with the same name]] will be released exactly 50 years after the crash. *[[February 12]] - National celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday. The [[Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission]] has scheduled a series of events in Washington, D.C. *[[February 12]] - Darwin Day. 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Events are already being planned at the [[London Natural History Museum|National History Museum in London]]. *[[February 13]] — The [[Unix time]] number reaches 1234567890 seconds at 23:31:30 [[UTC]]. *[[February 15]] — The [[2009 NBA All-Star Game]] will be held in [[Phoenix, AZ]]. *[[February 17]] — [[Analog television]] broadcasts will mostly end in the [[United States]], as the [[Federal Communications Commission]] will require all full power stations to send their signals [[Digital television|digitally]]. *[[February 19]]-[[March 1]] — [[2009 Winter Universiade]] in [[Harbin]], China. *[[February 22]] - The [[81st Academy Awards]] will be held at the [[Kodak Theatre]] in [[Hollywood, California]]. *[[NASA]] [[Kepler Mission]], a [[space]] [[photometer]] to search for [[extrasolar planets]] ===March=== *[[March 3]] - The date of the next [[Square root day]] *[[March 5]] - The 2nd [[2009 World Baseball Classic|World Baseball Classic]] will begin *[[March 12]] - [[STS-127]], [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] will deliver and install the final component of the [[Japanese Experiment Module]] *The 2009 NCAA Men's basketball Tournament [[Final Four]] will be held at [[Ford Field]] in [[Detroit, Michigan]] *[[NASA]] [[Dawn (spacecraft)|Dawn]] [[robotic spacecraft]]: [[Mars]] flyby, gravity assist en route to [[4 Vesta|Vesta]] and [[Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]] ===April=== *[[April 2]] — 100 Hours of Astronomy begins. This is a cornerstone project of the International Year of Astronomy. <ref>[http://www.astronomy2009.org/cornerstone-projects-mainmenu-80/100-hours-of-astronomy-mainmenu-82.html Global Cornerstone Projects – 100 Hours of Astronomy]. Official website.</ref> *[[April 9]] - [[Birkat HaHammah]]. Jewish prayer recited once every twenty-eight years on the day the sun returns to the position that it had when the Universe was first created. *[[April 11]] — [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] will return to the same degree and minute as when it was discovered, 163 years previously. ([[September 23]], [[1846]]) <!-- This text moved from [[April 11, 2009]] — Due to the apparent retrogradation of the planets, Neptune will return to the same degree and minute as when it was discovered, in three different dates. In [[April 11]] 2009 when it will be in Direct Motion, in [[17 July]] 2009 when it will be in Retrograde motion and finally in [[February 7]] [[2010]], and for the last time for the next 165 years, Neptune will be again at 25º Aquarius 55'.--> ===May=== *May - the [[UEFA Cup]] final will be held in [[Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium]] in [[Istanbul]]. *[[May 27]]— [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] Final to be held in [[Stadio Olimpico]], [[Rome]]. *May — [[Indian general election, 2009|General Elections]] will be held in [[India]]. *[[May 2]]-[[May 11]] — The Men's U19 World Floorball Championships take place in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]. *[[May 3]] — [[Elections in Panama|Elections]] for President and Parliament will take place in Panama. *[[May 12]] — Elections will take place in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. <ref>[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/elections-results.htm Elections BC]</ref> *[[May 16]] — The Final of the [[2009 Eurovision Song Contest | 54th Eurovision Song Contest]] will be held in [[Moscow]] ,[[Russia]]. *[[May 25]] — Conjunction between Jupiter and Neptune, Jupiter 24' south. First conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Neptune *[[May 30]] - Rededication of the [[Lincoln Memorial]] in [[Washington D.C.]] Titled "Retrospective" the ceremony will recreate the program from the original [[May 30]], [[1922]] ceremony. ===June=== *[[June 6]]&ndash;[[June 13]] - [[World Air Games]] will be held in [[Torino]], [[Italy]].<ref>[http://www.wag2009.com/eng World Air Games Turin 2009]. Official website.</ref> *[[June 11]] — Elections to the [[European Parliament]]. In the [[United Kingdom|UK]], they will be held on [[June 11]]. This is also a possible date for the [[next United Kingdom general election|next UK general election]]. *[[June 30]] — Opening of the tallest man-made structure, the [[Burj Dubai]] in [[Dubai]], UAE. ===July=== *[[July 1]] - [[Sweden]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]] from [[Czech Republic]]. *[[July 7]] - [[2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]], [[St. Louis]], [[Busch Stadium]]<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070115&content_id=1779665&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: St. Louis awarded 2009 All-Star Game<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *[[July 13]] — Conjunction between Jupiter and Neptune, Jupiter 37' south. Second conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Neptune. *[[July 15]]–[[July 26]] — [[2009 Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]] in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]. *[[July 16]] - Launch date of [[Space Shuttle]] [[Atlantis]] on mission [[STS-128]].<ref>[http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5408 Looking downstream - STS-128 and STS-127 gain opening templates - NASA SpaceFlight.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *[[July 22]] — [[Solar eclipse of 2009 July 22|Total solar eclipse]] (Longest lasting total eclipse of the 21st century). ===August=== *National Clown Week August 1-7th (Proclamation of National Clown Week by President Richard Nixon) *The [[Dallas Cowboys New Stadium]] will open.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} ===September=== *[[September 14]] - Parliamentary election in [[Norway]]. *[[September 29]] — [[NASA]]'s [[MESSENGER]] spacecraft makes its final flyby of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]], decreasing velocity enough for an orbital capture on [[March 18]] [[2011]]. *[[September]] - The [[Burj Dubai]], the [[List of tallest buildings and structures in the world|world's tallest building]], will be completed. *[[September]] - [[NASA]] [[Mars Science Laboratory]] [[Rover (space exploration)|rover]] scheduled launch to [[Mars]]; landing is expected in July-September [[2010]]. ===October=== *[[October 2]] — The host city of [[2016 Summer Olympics]] will be announced at the 121st Session (which will also be the XIIIth [[Olympic Congress]]) of the [[International Olympic Committee]] to be held in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]. *[[October 19]] - The [[40th Canadian federal election]] will be held. ===November=== *[[November 1]] - retail sale restriction of inefficient [[incandescent]] light bulbs in [[Australia]] *[[November]] - [[Singapore]] will host the [[Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation]] (APEC) forum. *[[November]] - [[Romanian presidential election, 2009|Presidential Elections]] in [[Romania]]. *[[November 29]] - [[Elections in Honduras|Presidential Elections]] in [[Honduras]]. *[[November 30]] - [[Vancouver, Canada]] will open the [[Canada Line]] [[rapid transit]] line connecting Vancouver with [[Richmond, BC]] and the [[Vancouver International Airport]]. ===December=== *[[December 2]] - The [[Chenab Bridge]], the world's tallest bridge, will be completed in [[India]]. *[[December 11]] - [[Chilean presidential election, 2009|Presidential election]] in [[Chile]]. *[[December 20]] - Conjunction between Jupiter and Neptune, Jupiter 34' south. Third conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Neptune. *[[December 31]] - Deadline for implementation of the controversial U.S. legislation [[REAL ID Act of 2005|Real ID act]]. ==Unknown dates== *[[Yankee Stadium]] is set to be demolished. *[[Albania]] and [[Croatia]] will join [[NATO]]. * [[Vilnius]], the capital of [[Lithuania]], is going to be the [[European Capital of Culture]]. * The final phase of the [[L.A. Live]] project will be completed, including a 54-story Ritz-Carlton/JW Marriott hotel and the 14-screen West Coast flagship theatre multiplex operated by Regal Cinemas. *[[New Zealand]] will stop the sales of incandescent light bulbs. * [[East African Community]] to implement a [[common currency]] called the [[East African shilling]]. * A U.S. [[aircraft carrier]] named the [[USS George H. W. Bush|USS ''George H. W. Bush'']] will be commissioned. * The Completion of the Sound Transit System Link Light Rail in [[Seattle]]. * The [[United Kingdom]] will continue a 5-year process to cease [[analog television]] broadcasts region-by-region, with [[Granada Television|Granada]], [[HTV]] Wales and [[Westcountry Television]]. <ref>[http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/en/when.html When is the Digital TV Switchover? The different regions and dates<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. * [[Boeing 747-8]] will achieve [[entry into service]] (EIS). * Opening of [[Tseung Kwan O]] South Line, [[MTR]], [[Hong Kong]]. * Winter [[Universiade]] in [[Harbin]], [[People's Republic of China]]. * Completion of the [[Metro Gold Line (LACMTA)]] Expansion and the Expo Line in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. * Completion of the [[Virgin Galactic]] [[Spaceport]] in [[New Mexico]], U.S.A. * Completion of the [[Three Gorges Dam]] in China. * First flight of the [[SpaceX Dragon]] commercial manned orbital [[spacecraft]]. * Next award of the [[Sylvester Medal]]. * Possible start of unmanned test flights of the [[Ares I]] rocket and the new [[Crew Exploration Vehicle]]. * Possible launch of the [[KEO]] satellite time capsule. If it is not launched in 2009, it will be launched in [[2010]]. * The [[Compact of Free Association]] between the United States and [[Palau]] expires. * Possible start of construction for a fixed-guideway mass transit system for [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]. * [[Tesla Motors]] will mass produce the [[White Star (car)|White Star]], its second [[electric car]]. * The [[United Kingdom]] will establish a Supreme Court, comprising the twelve former [[Law Lords]]. * The [[Greenville Bridge]] will open to traffic. * The ship [[Genesis of the Seas]] should be in service. * [[Citi Field]] will replace [[Shea Stadium]] in [[Flushing, Queens]], [[New York City|New York]], [[New York|NY]]; it will be built on Shea Stadium's current parking lot. * Comedian and talk show host [[Jay Leno]] will retire after seventeen years of hosting the ''[[Tonight Show with Jay Leno|Tonight Show]]''. He is to be succeeded by ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien|Late Night]]'' host [[Conan O'Brien]]. [[Jimmy Fallon]] will replace O'Brien. * The [[University of Greenland]] will move into a new research complex called llimmarfik. *[[Microsoft|Microsoft's]] next [[client (computing)|client]] [[operating system]], known as [[Windows 7]] will be released to manufacturing in the second half of 2009. *[[Western Australia]] will vote on the controversial topic of [[daylight saving time]]. *[[World Trade Center Tower 5]] will have its groundbreaking ceremony in New York City. *[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RFSA]] [[Phobos-Grunt]], sample return from [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]] *[[Intel]] plans to release as many as five new microprocessor variants of the [[Nehalem]] microarchitecture throughout the year. The Beckton variant may have as many as eight cores. ==Major religious holidays== * [[January 7]] - [[Christmas]] in most [[Eastern Orthodox Churches]] of [[Christianity]]. * [[April 12]] — [[Easter]] * [[April 19]] — [[Easter]] for many Eastern Christians * [[November 27]] - [[Eid al-Adha]] * [[December 25]] — [[Christmas]] in [[Western Christianity]] and some [[Eastern Orthodox Churches]]. ==2009 in fiction== ===Computer and video games=== Set in 2009: *''[[Shattered Union]] (2005)'': U.S. President David Jefferson Adams is elected in a sham election, and becomes the most unpopular president in U.S. history. * ''[[Abuse (computer game)|Abuse]]'' (1996) * ''[[Dino Crisis]]'' (1999) * ''[[Fahrenheit (video game)|Fahrenheit]]'' (also known as ''Indigo Prophecy'') * ''[[Incoming]]'' (1998) * ''[[Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction]]'' (2005): Set in 2009 or 2010. * ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' (2001), the Plant chapter occurs on [[April 29]] and [[April 30]], causing devastation to [[New York City]] from its coast, when Arsenal Gear crash lands into [[Federal Hall]]. *''[[Splinter Cell Double Agent]]'' (2006) *''[[Mega Man II]] and [[Mega Man in Dr. Wily's Revenge]]'' *''[[Army of Two]]-portion of game set in 2009 *''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3]]'' (2007), takes place between April 2009 and March 2010 ===Music=== * ''[[Tokyo Police Club]]'''s song "Citizens of Tomorrow" has a few lines as to what will (fictionally) happen in 2009, for "our robot masters will know how to clean this mess up and build a better world, for man and machine alike, for the boys and the girls who are slaves building spaceships at night in the fluorescent light". ===Film=== * ''[[Freejack]]'' (1992): Set in 2009. * ''[[2009 Lost Memories]]'' (2002): Set in 2009. * ''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]'' (2007): The events triggering the story begin in December 2009. * ''[[Cloverfield]]'' (2008): On May 22nd, the events of the story take place. ===Television=== * ''[[Charmed]]'' ("[[Morality Bites (Charmed episode)|Morality Bites]]," 1999) [[Phoebe Halliwell]] is executed on [[February 12]] by burning at the stake for murdering a man with her powers. * ''[[The Super Dimension Fortress Macross|Macross]]'' (adapted outside Japan as the first part of ''[[Robotech]]''): The alien [[Zentradi]] arrive at Earth on [[February 7]] ([[February 9]] in ''Robotech''), triggering the devastating [[Space War I]] or [[First Robotech War]]. * ''[[The West Wing]]'' ("[[The Ticket (The West Wing)|The Ticket]]," 2005): Former President [[Jed Bartlet]] opens his presidential library in New Hampshire and chats with some of his former staffers. * ''[[Dark Angel (TV series)|Dark Angel]]'' (2000-2002): [[Max Guevara]] and her "brothers and sisters" escape from Manticore in 2009. America is devastated by an electromagnetic pulse later in the same year. * ''[[Family Matters (TV series)|Family Matters]]'': In a 1994 episode, Carl Winslow sleeps for 15 years and wakes up in the year 2009 where main characters [[Steve Urkel]] and Laura Winslow are married with four children. * ''[[Noir (TV series)|Noir]]'' (2001) * 2007 television series ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' is set in this time, the earliest January following "a year and a half" after ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[School Reunion (Doctor Who)|School Reunion]]". * The [[Doctor Who]] episode "[[Last of the Time Lords]]" is set mainly in this year. Also Series 4 of the show is set in 2009 with the episode "Partners In Crime", "The Sontaran Strategem/The Poison Sky" and "The Stolen Earth/Jorney's End". The events of the "Turn Left" parallel universe takes place partly here to. ==Books== *[[Gregory Benford]], ''Threads'' *[[David Brin]], ''[[The Postman]] *[[Tracy Hickman]], ''[[The Immortals]]'' *[[Wilson Tucker]], ''[[The Year of the Quiet Sun]]'' ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:2009| ]] [[Category:2000s]] [[Category:Years in the future]] [[af:2009]] [[als:2000er#2009]] [[am:2009 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:2009]] [[av:2009]] [[ay:2009]] [[az:2009]] [[zh-min-nan:2009 nî]] [[be:2009]] [[be-x-old:2009]] [[bh:२००९]] [[bs:2009]] [[bg:2009]] [[ca:2009]] [[cs:2009]] [[cy:2009]] [[da:2009]] [[de:2009]] [[et:2009]] [[el:2009]] [[es:2009]] [[eo:2009]] [[eu:2009]] [[fa:۲۰۰۹ (میلادی)]] [[fo:2009]] [[fr:2009]] [[fy:2009]] [[gan:2009年]] [[gd:2009]] [[gl:2009]] [[glk:2009]] [[ko:2009년]] [[hr:2009.]] [[id:2009]] [[ia:2009]] [[os:2009]] [[is:2009]] [[it:2009]] [[he:2009]] [[ka:2009]] [[csb:2009]] [[kk:2009]] [[la:2009]] [[lb:2009]] [[lt:2009 m.]] [[lij:2009]] [[hu:2009]] [[mi:2009]] [[mzn:2009]] [[ms:2009]] [[nah:2009]] [[nl:2009]] [[new:२००९]] [[ja:2009年]] [[no:2009]] [[nn:2009]] [[oc:2009]] [[uz:2009]] [[pi:२००९]] [[pl:2009]] [[pt:2009]] [[crh:2009]] [[ksh:Joohr 2009]] [[ro:2009]] [[qu:2009]] [[ru:2009 год]] [[se:2009]] [[sq:2009]] [[scn:2009]] [[simple:2009]] [[sk:2009]] [[sl:2009]] [[sr:2009]] [[fi:2009]] [[sv:2009]] [[tl:2009]] [[tt:2009]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2552]] [[tr:2009]] [[tk:2009]] [[uk:2009]] [[wuu:公元2009年]] [[zh-yue:2009年]] [[bat-smg:2009]] [[zh:2009年]]