572 notable events from 2009 — murders, air crashes and wars. Page 2 of 6.
- Killing of Neda Agha-Soltan
Jun 20, 2009 · Iran · Shooting
- 2009 Kuwait wedding fire
Aug 15, 2009 · Kuwait · Attack (other)
- Mark Sanford extramarital affair
2009 · Scandal & controversy
- 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire
Jun 5, 2009 · Mexico · Fire
- War crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war
Jan 1, 2009 · Sri Lanka · War & armed conflict
- Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy
from Jul 16, 2009 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Death of Ian Tomlinson
Apr 1, 2009 · United Kingdom · Crime & justice
- June 2009 Washington Metro train collision
Jun 22, 2009 · United States · Rail accident
- Cougar Helicopters Flight 91
Mar 12, 2009 · Canada · Aviation accident
- Death of Mitrice Richardson
Sep 17, 2009 · Disappearance
- Dendermonde nursery attack
Jan 23, 2009 · Belgium · Massacre
- American Airlines Flight 331
Dec 22, 2009 · Jamaica · Aviation accident
- Yevsyukov case
Apr 27, 2009 · Murder & homicide
- 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team
Mar 3, 2009 · Pakistan · Murder & homicide
- 2009 Lakewood shooting
Nov 29, 2009 · United States · Shooting
- Maibara sewage tank murder case
Jun 10, 2009 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Geneva County shootings
Mar 10, 2009 · United States · Shooting
- Energy crisis in Venezuela
2009 · Venezuela · Crisis
- Kanie family of three assault case
May 1, 2009 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Elias Abuelazam
Mar 1, 2009–Aug 1, 2010 · Murder & homicide
- Bangladesh Rifles revolt
Feb 2009 · Bangladesh · Riot & unrest
- David Hosier
Sep 28, 2009 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2009 Boko Haram uprising
Jul 26, 2009–Jul 29, 2009 · Nigeria · War & armed conflict
- Caspian Airlines Flight 7908
Jul 15, 2009 · Iran · Aviation accident
- 2009 shootings of Oakland police officers
Mar 21, 2009 · United States · Shooting
- Operation Green Hunt
Sep 2009 · India · War & armed conflict
- 2009 Kunduz airstrike
Sep 4, 2009 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Joanne Witt
Jun 11, 2009 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Osaka pachinko parlor arson murder case
Jul 5, 2009 · Japan · Attack (other)
- South Yemen insurgency
from Apr 27, 2009 · Yemen · War & armed conflict
- 2009 Shizuoka earthquake
Aug 10, 2009 · Japan · Earthquake
- Taketa High School kendo club heatstroke death incident
Aug 22, 2009 · Japan · Incident
- 2009 Malagasy political crisis
Jan 26, 2009–Nov 7, 2009 · Madagascar · Crisis
- 2009 Walt Disney World monorail accident
Jul 5, 2009 · United States · Rail accident
- 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision
Aug 8, 2009 · United States · Aviation accident
- Camp Liberty shooting
May 11, 2009 · Iraq · Murder & homicide
- 2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers
Apr 4, 2009 · United States · Terrorism
- 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami
Sep 29, 2009 · Samoa · Earthquake
- Itabashi wealthy couple arson-murder case
May 25, 2009 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Shaoguan incident
Jun 26, 2009 · China · Riot & unrest
- Typhaine case
Jun 1, 2009 · France · Murder & homicide
- 2009 Cinchona earthquake
Jan 8, 2009 · Costa Rica · Earthquake
- 2009 Jakarta bombings
Jul 17, 2009 · Indonesia · Bombing & explosion
- Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting
Apr 30, 2009 · Azerbaijan · Shooting
- Murder of Jamar Pinkney Jr.
Nov 16, 2009 · United States · Murder & homicide
- ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy
2009 · Scandal & controversy
- Avient Aviation Flight 324
Nov 28, 2009 · China · Aviation accident
- 2009 Thekkady boat disaster
Sep 30, 2009 · India · Maritime disaster
- Air Force One photo op incident
Apr 27, 2009 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal
2009 · Scandal & controversy
- González and others (Campo Algodonero) v. México
until Nov 16, 2009 · Crime & justice
- Luoyang sexual slavery case
Oct 1, 2009–Sep 1, 2011 · China · Crime & justice
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting
Jun 10, 2009 · United States · Shooting
- Murder of Bob Chappell
Jan 26, 2009 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- Bangkok Airways Flight 266
Aug 4, 2009 · Thailand · Aviation accident
- Edlington attacks
Apr 9, 2009 · United Kingdom · Attack (other)
- 2009 Algeria v Egypt football matches
Nov 18, 2009 · Sudan · Riot & unrest
- Daecheong incident
Nov 10, 2009 · North Korea · War & armed conflict
- 2009 imprisonment of American journalists by North Korea
Mar 17, 2009–Aug 5, 2009 · China · Incident
- Disappearance of Nancy Moyer
Mar 6, 2009 · United States · Disappearance
- Murder of Marco Antonio
Jul 9, 2009 · Peru · Murder & homicide
- 2009 Jeddah floods
Nov 25, 2009 · Saudi Arabia · Natural disaster
- Killing of Mitchell Moore
Apr 5, 2009 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Santika Club fire
Jan 1, 2009 · Thailand · Fire
- 2009 European football match-fixing scandal
2009 · Türkiye · Scandal & controversy
- 2009 Beemapally police shooting
May 17, 2009 · India · Shooting
- Andrés Leonardo Achipiz
Jan 1, 2009–Jan 1, 2013 · Colombia · Murder & homicide
- Southwest Airlines Flight 2294
Jul 13, 2009 · United States · Aviation accident
- Aida Vila Dilmé
Jan 1, 2009–Jan 1, 2010 · Murder & homicide
- Death of Brittany Murphy
2009 · United States · Death & funeral
- Murders of John Goosey and Stacy Barnett
Jul 21, 2009 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Lakhvinder Cheema
Jan 27, 2009 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Mardin engagement ceremony massacre
May 4, 2009 · Türkiye · Massacre
- Aeroméxico Flight 576
Sep 9, 2009 · Mexico · Aviation accident
- April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests
Apr 12, 2009 · Moldova · Riot & unrest
- 2009 Shopian rape and murder hoax
May 29, 2009 · India · Murder & homicide
- Carthage nursing home shooting
Mar 29, 2009 · United States · Massacre
- Iwata Nishi High School shoplifting incident
2009–2010 · Japan · Incident
- Ansbach school attack
Sep 17, 2009 · Germany · Shooting
- Murder of Ashleigh Hall
Oct 25, 2009 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Aria Air Flight 1525
Jul 24, 2009 · Iran · Aviation accident
- Empire Airlines Flight 8284
Jan 27, 2009 · United States · Aviation accident
- Battle of Rafah (2009)
Aug 14, 2009–Aug 15, 2009 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- Tel Aviv gay centre shooting
Aug 1, 2009 · Israel · Massacre
- Rambo Bentong murders
Jan 1, 2009–Jan 1, 2012 · Malaysia · Murder & homicide
- 2009 Sumatra earthquakes
Sep 30, 2009 · Indonesia · Earthquake
- Hachioji mother and child murder incident
Apr 26, 2009 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Beijing Television Cultural Center fire
Feb 9, 2009 · China · Fire
- Vienna temple attack
May 24, 2009 · Austria · Shooting
- Morristown UFO hoax
Jan 5, 2009 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Kyoto Korean school park occupation protest incident
Dec 4, 2009 · Japan
- 2009 Shanxi mine blast
2009 · Bombing & explosion
- Federal popular initiative "against the construction of minarets"
Nov 29, 2009 · Switzerland · Scandal & controversy
- Patrick Tracy Burris
Jul 3, 2009 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Granai airstrike
May 4, 2009 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Stephen Carroll
Mar 9, 2009 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Bond Offshore Helicopters Flight 85N
Apr 1, 2009 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- 2009 Southern Ontario tornado outbreak
Aug 20, 2009 · Canada · Natural disaster
- Kagoshima elderly couple murder case
Jun 19, 2009 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Question Time British National Party controversy
Sep 2009–Oct 2009 · United Kingdom · Scandal & controversy