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Millvina Dean , the last survivor of the sinking of the
RMS Titanic in 1912, dies at the age of 97.
[1]
General Motors , the world's second-largest
automaker , files for
bankruptcy .
[2]
Air France Flight 447 with 228 people onboard disappears over the
Atlantic Ocean on a flight from
Rio de Janeiro to
Paris .
[3]
The
European Union and
Georgia renounces the
2009 parliamentary election in
South Ossetia as illegitimate.
[4]
Mauricio Funes is inauguated as
President of
El Salvador .
[5]
The
remotely operated vehicle
Nereus becomes the third in the world to reach the
Challenger Deep in the
Pacific Ocean .
[6]
The
leftist
party
Inuit Ataqatigiit
wins a
plurality of seats in the
Parliament of
Greenland .
[7]
Former
President of
Madagascar
Marc Ravalomanana (pictured) is sentenced
in absentia to incarceration for alleged
abuse of office .
[8]
The
Organization of American States
revokes its suspension of
Cuba in 1962.
[9]
Luís Cabral , the first
President of
Guinea-Bissau , dies aged 78.
[10]
61
illegal miners from
Mozambique ,
South Africa and
Zimbabwe are found dead in a
mine in the
Free State , South Africa.
[11]
United States
President
Barack Obama (pictured) delivers a speech entitled "
A New Beginning " at
Cairo University in
Cairo ,
Egypt .
[12]
Baciro Dabó , a candidate in the 2009
Guinea-Bissau
presidential election , is assassinated.
[13]
At least 52 people are killed and 155 others are injured in
clashes between
security forces and
indigenous tribes near
Bagua in
Peru .
[14]
Shanghai Pride , the
People's Republic of China 's first
gay pride event, is hosted in
Shanghai (
gay pride flag pictured) .
[15]
In
tennis ,
Roger Federer and
Svetlana Kuznetsova win the singles' titles at the the
2009 French Open , with Federer completing the
career Grand Slam .
[16]
The first operational
floating wind turbine is towed out to sea to begin tests off the coast of
Norway .
[17]
President of
Gabon
Omar Bongo , the longest-serving non-royal
head of state , dies in
Spain aged 73.
[18]
A
daycare center fire kills at least 41 children and burns 46 people in
Hermosillo ,
Sonora ,
Mexico .
[19]
The
March 14 Alliance , led by
Saad Hariri (pictured) ,
wins a majority in
Lebanese
parliamentary elections.
[20]
American journalists
Euna Lee and
Laura Ling are
found guilty of illegally entering
North Korea and sentenced to 12 years
hard labor .
[21]
Elections for
Members of the European Parliament finishes in the
European Union .
[22]
Four people, including
Real Irish Republican Army leader
Michael McKevitt , are found responsible for the
1998 bombing of
Omagh in
Northern Ireland .
[23]
Royal Dutch Shell settles
a lawsuit for
US$ 15.5 million over its involvement in the executions of six people, including
environmental activist
Ken Saro-Wiwa , in
Nigeria .
[24]
Indian students stage protests in
Melbourne and
Sydney against the recent
attacks on Indians in
Australia .
[25]
Denmark (
coat of arms pictured) , the
Faroe Islands and
Greenland vote in favour of abolishing
male-preference primogeniture in their
Act of Succession
referendum .
[26]
At least 11 people are killed and at least 46 others are injured in a
bomb blast at the
Pearl Continental Hotel in
Peshawar ,
Pakistan .
[27]
Rose Francine Rogombé is sworn in as
Interim President of
Gabon , following the death of President
Omar Bongo .
[28]
The
World Health Organization declares the
current outbreak of
H1N1 (virus pictured) to be a
pandemic , the first since 1968.
[29]
Michael Thomas wins the 2009
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel
Man Gone Down .
[30]
In
ice hockey , the
Pittsburgh Penguins win the
Stanley Cup by defeating the
Detroit Red Wings in seven games in the
2009 Finals .
[31]
The
Iranian election commission announces that
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pictured) has won the
presidential election , while
Mir-Hossein Mousavi makes allegations of
election fraud .
[32]
North Korea announces that it will "weaponise all
plutonium " following
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 against the country.
[33]
President of
Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wins
re-election , amid
protests (pictured) and allegations of
electoral fraud .
[34]
At least 40 people are killed during an
attack by tribesmen on a
World Food Programme convoy in
Sudan .
[35]
David Brabham ,
Marc Gené (pictured) and
Alexander Wurz win the
2009 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
[36]
In
basketball , the
Los Angeles Lakers defeat the
Orlando Magic in five games to win the
2009 NBA Finals .
[37]
The
BRIC countries hold their first official summit in
Yekaterinburg ,
Russia .
[38]
NASA launches the
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the
Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite as part of the
Lunar Precursor Robotic Program , the first
United States mission to the moon in over ten years.
[39]
At least 18
soldiers are
ambushed and killed by
Islamist rebels in
Bordj Bou Arréridj ,
Algeria , in the deadliest attack aimed against the
government this year.
[40]
Tropical Depression One-E (path pictured) , the first known
tropical cyclone to impact the
Mexican state of
Sinaloa during the month of June, causes flooding in the region.
[41]
The
Acropolis Museum (pictured) opens in
Athens ,
Greece , rekindling debate over the
Elgin Marbles and other displaced
Parthenon art.
[42]
Greenland becomes a
self-ruling country, taking control of its judicial affairs, policing and natural resources, as approved by the
2008 referendum .
[43]
At least 67 people are killed and over 200 more are injured near
Kirkuk in the
worst single attack in
Iraq since March 2008.
[44]
Somalia
declares a
state of emergency , asking the international community to send troops to fight
Islamist forces in the country.
[45]
In
cricket ,
Pakistan wins the
2009 ICC World Twenty20 world cup after beating
Sri Lanka at
Lord's Cricket Ground in
London ,
England .
[46]
President of Ingushetia
Yunus-bek Yevkurov (pictured) is critically wounded in an assassination attempt.
[47]
Salvatore Miceli , a member of the
Sicilian
Mafia and one of the
most wanted fugitives in
Italy , is arrested in
Caracas ,
Venezuela .
[48]
Conservative
MP
John Bercow is
elected the new
Speaker of the
British
House of Commons .
[49]
A
derailment and collision occurs between two trains on the
Red Line of the
Washington
Metrorail , killing four people and injuring at least 70 more.
[50]
Lucas Glover wins the
2009 U.S. Open Golf Championship .
[51]
Iran (flag pictured) and the
United Kingdom
expel each other's diplomats, in the aftermath of the disputed
2009 Iranian presidential election and the
protests that followed.
[52]
A
bomb blast kills at least 69 people and injures more than 150 others in
Baghdad ,
Iraq .
[53]
Michael Jackson dies at the age of 50.
[54]
Archeologists confirm the discovery of a 35,000-year-old
flute , the oldest known
musical instrument , in
Germany .
[55]
President of
Honduras
Manuel Zelaya (pictured) is arrested by the army ahead of a disputed
constitutional referendum .
[56]
In
association football ,
Brazil win the
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup .
[57]
Two passenger trains
collide in
Chenzhou , killing at least three people and injuring an additional 60.
[58]
The
2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race concludes in
Saint Petersburg ,
Russia , with the winner being
Sweden 's
Ericsson 4 team (boat pictured with Ericsson 3 in
Stockholm ) skippered by
Torben Grael of
Brazil .
[59]
At least 13 people are killed in the
Czech Republic and
Poland by
floods , which have also affected
Austria ,
Hungary ,
Romania and
Slovakia .
[60]
Yemenia Flight 626 crashes with more than 150 people aboard, soon after takeoff from
Sana'a ,
Yemen , en route to
Moroni ,
Comoros .
[61]
A
freight train carrying
liquified petroleum gas
exploded in
Viareggio ,
Italy , killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 50 others.
[62]
Iran 's
Guardian Council self-declares as the highest authority on the
recent election , closing it with
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as
President .
[63]
The
Taliban withdraws from a peace deal with the
Government of Pakistan , killing approximately 30 Pakistani soldiers shortly after making the announcement.
[64]
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