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'''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]]–[[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]]''
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