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Born on Thursday January 1, 2009
- Hailey EliSabeth Leishman, unbekannt († 2009)
- Maeve Anna Maria Henrike Peters
Died on Thursday January 1, 2009
- Antje van der Meij (87), Rijnsburg
- Adriana Johanna (Sjaan) van Schijndel (94), Sint-Michielsgestel, Nederland
- Alida Maria Metje Koning (71), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Kokke (91)
- Angèle Leoni Louisa (Angèle) Bollen (75), Hasselt, België
- "Rémi" Jacques François Le Bret (80), Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Alice Sophie Meerschaut (103), St Pieters Leeuw
- Annigje Francina Verheij (86), Schiedam
- Anna Maria Juckers (88), Leeuwarden
- Anna Gezina Haselbekke (94), Geesteren
Born on January 1
- 1985 » Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
- 1985 » Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
- 1986 » Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
- 1986 » Ramses Barden, American football player
- 1987 » Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
- 1987 » Patric Hörnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1988 » Marcel Gecov, Czech footballer
- 1989 » Jason Pierre-Paul, American football player
- 1990 » Julia Glushko, Israeli tennis player
- 1991 » Darius Slay, American football player
Died on January 1
- 2005 » Shirley Chisholm, American educator and politician (b. 1924)
- 2006 » Harry Magdoff, American economist and journalist (b. 1913)
- 2007 » Roland Levinsky, South African-English biochemist and academic (b. 1943)
- 2007 » Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (b. 1912)
- 2008 » Pratap Chandra Chunder, Indian educator and politician (b. 1919)
- 2009 » Claiborne Pell, American politician (b. 1918)
- 2010 » Lhasa de Sela, American-Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1972)
- 2012 » Kiro Gligorov, Bulgarian-Macedonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1917)
- 2012 » Nay Win Maung, Burmese physician, businessman, and activist (b. 1962)
- 2012 » Tommy Mont, American football player and coach (b. 1922)
Names that were popular for boys in 2009
- Sebastiaan
- Jesse
- Thijs
- Daan
- Lucas
- Ruben
- Thomas
- Levi
- Tobias
- Tim
- Jan
- Lars
- Mitchel
- Luuk
- Jayden
- Milan
Names that were popular for girls in 2009
- Emma
- Lieke
- Anna
- Sophie
- Babette
- Julia
- Eva
- Sanne
- Anne
- Charlotte
- Noor
- Isa
- Lisa
- Evi
- Lotte
- Delphine
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2009
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
- February 1 » The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
- May 18 » The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
- July 4 » The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
- July 26 » The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.
- September 30 » The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.
- November 5 » U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.
Weather January 1, 2009
The temperature on January 1, 2009 was between -2.8 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.