572 notable events from 2009. Page 1 of 6.
- Death of Michael Jackson
Jun 25, 2009 · United States
- Conrad Murray
Jun 25, 2009 · —
- Air France Flight 447
Jun 1, 2009 · Brazil
- US Airways Flight 1549
Jan 15, 2009 · United States
- Volkswagen emissions scandal
from 2009 · Germany
- Greek government-debt crisis
2009–2019 · Greece
- Disappearance of Susan Powell
Dec 6, 2009 · United States
- 2009 swine flu pandemic
Mar 2009–Aug 10, 2010 · —
- Murder of Marta del Castillo
Jan 24, 2009 · Spain
- Murder of Tori Stafford
Apr 8, 2009 · Canada
- Mullivaikkal massacre
Jan 1, 2009 · Sri Lanka
- Maersk Alabama hijacking
Apr 8, 2009–Apr 12, 2009 · Somalia
- Killing of Oscar Grant
Jan 1, 2009 · United States
- Colgan Air Flight 3407
Feb 12, 2009 · United States
- Murder of Elizabeth Olten
Oct 21, 2009 · United States
- 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash
Jul 26, 2009 · United States
- Tren de Aragua
2009 · Venezuela
- Boko Haram insurgency
from Jul 26, 2009 · Nigeria
- Jamison family deaths
Oct 8, 2009 · United States
- FedEx Express Flight 80
Mar 23, 2009 · Japan
- Murder of Brittanee Drexel
Apr 25, 2009 · United States
- Nidal Hasan
Nov 5, 2009 · United States
- Gürtel case
Feb 6, 2009 · Spain
- Battle of Kamdesh
from Oct 3, 2009 · Afghanistan
- 1MDB scandal
2009 · Malaysia
- 2009 L'Aquila earthquake
Apr 6, 2009 · Italy
- Murder of Sandra Cantu
Mar 27, 2009 · United States
- Balloon boy hoax
Oct 15, 2009 · United States
- Somali Civil War (2009–present)
from Jan 31, 2009 · Somalia
- 2009 Fort Hood shooting
Nov 5, 2009 · United States
- Peter Bergmann case
Jun 16, 2009 · Ireland
- Turkish Airlines Flight 1951
Feb 25, 2009 · Netherlands
- Camp Chapman attack
Dec 30, 2009 · Afghanistan
- West Mesa murders
Feb 2, 2009 · United States
- 2009 attack on the Dutch royal family
Apr 30, 2009 · Netherlands
- Mount Tomuraushi disaster
Jul 16, 2009 · Japan
- Insurgency in the North Caucasus
Apr 16, 2009–Dec 19, 2017 · Russian Federation
- 2009 swine flu pandemic in Oceania
Apr 2009–Sep 2009 · Wallis and Futuna
- 2009 Winnenden shootings
Mar 11, 2009 · Germany
- Murder of Sarah Ludemann
Apr 14, 2009 · United States
- Lame Horse fire
Dec 5, 2009 · Russian Federation
- Cody Legebokoff
Jan 1, 2009–Jan 1, 2010 · Canada
- John Albert Gardner
Feb 13, 2009 · —
- Shimane female university student body abandonment case
Oct 2009 · Japan
- Black Saturday bushfires
Feb 7, 2009–Mar 14, 2009 · Australia
- Osaka Nishinari Female Doctor Suspicious Death Case
Nov 16, 2009 · Japan
- Alexander Bychkov
Jan 1, 2009–Jan 1, 2012 · Russian Federation
- Igor Ptitsyn
Jan 1, 2009–Jan 1, 2011 · Russian Federation
- Yamaguchi neonatal vitamin K deficiency bleeding death case
2009 · Japan
- Maguindanao massacre
Nov 23, 2009 · Philippines
- Oshio Manabu case
2009 · Japan
- Murder of Jasmine Fiore
Aug 15, 2009 · United States
- 2009 Upton Park riot
Aug 25, 2009 · United Kingdom
- Death of Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada
2009 · United States
- Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence
Mar 18, 2009 · United Kingdom
- Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident
Aug 17, 2009 · Russian Federation
- New Orleans Saints bounty scandal
2009 · United States
- July 2009 Ürümqi riots
Jul 5, 2009 · China
- Murder of George Tiller
May 31, 2009 · United States
- Emirates Flight 407
Mar 20, 2009 · Australia
- Cucchi case
Oct 22, 2009 · Italy
- Yokohama Port dismemberment murder case
Jun 18, 2009 · Japan
- 2009 Mount Norikura bear attack
Sep 19, 2009 · Japan
- Västberga helicopter robbery
Sep 23, 2009 · Sweden
- Guy Turcotte killings
Feb 20, 2009 · Canada
- Yemenia Flight 626
Jun 30, 2009 · Comoros
- Northwest Airlines Flight 253
Dec 25, 2009 · United States
- 2009 Collier Township shooting
Aug 4, 2009 · United States
- Murder of Annie Le
Sep 8, 2009 · United States
- Bradford murders
Jun 22, 2009–May 21, 2010 · United Kingdom
- Christian Nègre sexual abuse scandal
Jan 1, 2009 · France
- 2009 Aftonbladet Israel controversy
2009 · —
- Disappearance of Steven Koecher
Dec 13, 2009 · United States
- Shafia family murders
Jun 30, 2009 · Canada
- Viareggio train derailment
Jun 29, 2009 · Italy
- Farmville murders
Sep 1, 2009 · United States
- Shimbashi stalker murder case
2009 · Japan
- Himeji confinement murder case
Apr 1, 2009 · Japan
- 2009 Honduran coup d'état
Jun 28, 2009 · Honduras
- Murder of Heather Strong
Feb 15, 2009 · United States
- Murder of Karina Buduchyan
Feb 20, 2009 · Russian Federation
- Murders of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova
Jan 19, 2009 · Russian Federation
- United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal
2009 · United Kingdom
- 2009 Iranian presidential election protests
Jun 13, 2009–Dec 7, 2010 · Iran
- Murder of Morgan Dana Harrington
Oct 17, 2009 · United States
- 2009 satellite collision
Feb 10, 2009 · Russian Federation
- Lin family murders (Australia)
Jul 18, 2009 · Australia
- Climatic Research Unit email controversy
from Nov 2009 · United Kingdom
- Murders of Bernice and Ben Novack Jr.
2009 · United States
- Murders of Raul and Brisenia Flores
May 30, 2009 · United States
- Murder of Kimberly Cates
Oct 4, 2009 · United States
- Matsudo female university student murder and arson case
Oct 22, 2009 · Japan
- Disappearance of Kayla Berg
Aug 11, 2009 · United States
- Napier shootings
May 9, 2009 · New Zealand
- Northwest Airlines Flight 188
Oct 21, 2009 · United States
- Massereene Barracks shooting
Mar 7, 2009 · United Kingdom
- 2009 Nevsky Express bombing
Nov 27, 2009 · Russian Federation
- 2009 Binghamton shooting
Apr 3, 2009 · United States
- Murders of Byrd and Melanie Billings
Jul 9, 2009 · United States
- Murder of Marina Sabatier
Aug 7, 2009 · France