Barack Obama is inaugurated as the first black President of the United States of America.
Tag: 2009
6 September 2009
The ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard. Only ten are rescued.
29 June 2009
Yemenia Flight 626 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing 152 people and leaving schoolgirl Bahia Bakari as the sole survivor.
7 February 2009
Bushfires in Victoria, Australia left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in the countries history.