2009 in the United States

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2009
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the United States
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Events from the year 2009 in the United States.

The inauguration of Barack Obama as the president, occurred on January 20. The nation, still recovering from the Great Recession, received various economic stimuli through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and similar legislation, which most notably gave Americans tax credits. Though the recession officially ended in June of this year, it did not come without this year's share of bankruptcies and dissolutions, most notably Circuit City and the Chicago Cubs.

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The year also saw the roots of various movements which would come to define the next ten years, including the Tea Party movement, and the beginning of the legalization of same-sex marriage. The Democratic Party gained a filibuster-proof supermajority of seats within the Senate, enabling the passage of the Affordable Care Act the following year. The year's second G20 summit was also held in the city of Pittsburgh. Culturally, the nation was wracked by the death of Michael Jackson, which triggered an immense response around the world and caused some websites to crash due to an overflow of traffic.

Incumbents

Federal government

George W. Bush (R-Texas) (until January 20)
Barack Obama (D-Illinois) (starting January 20)
Dick Cheney (R-Wyoming) (until January 20)
Joe Biden (D-Delaware) (starting January 20)

Events

January

January 16: Electronics retailing company Circuit City closed all of its U.S. stores in the wake of a bankruptcy issue, after nearly 60 years in business. Circuit City logo.svg
January 16: Electronics retailing company Circuit City closed all of its U.S. stores in the wake of a bankruptcy issue, after nearly 60 years in business.
January 20: Barack Obama becomes the 44th U.S. president. Official portrait of Barack Obama.jpg
January 20: Barack Obama becomes the 44th U.S. president.
January 20: Joe Biden becomes the 47th U.S. vice president. Joe Biden official portrait crop.jpg
January 20: Joe Biden becomes the 47th U.S. vice president.

February

February 12: 2009 U.S. penny commemorating 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth Formative Years in Indiana Reverse.jpg
February 12: 2009 U.S. penny commemorating 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth

March

March 7: Kepler space telescope launch Ignition of Kepler's Delta II 7925-10L.jpg
March 7: Kepler space telescope launch

April

May

Voice of America news headlines for May 5, 2009
Voice of America news headlines for May 6, 2009
Voice of America news headlines for May 14, 2009
Voice of America news headlines for May 20, 2009
Voice of America news headlines for May 27, 2009

June

June 25: Death of Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Star on Hollywood Blvd (cropped).jpg
June 25: Death of Michael Jackson

July

July 3: Sarah Palin resigns as Alaska's governor Sarahpalinresignationspeech.PNG
July 3: Sarah Palin resigns as Alaska's governor

August

September

September 2: Protesters at a health care reform town hall meeting in West Hartford, Connecticut Yelling protester at health care reform town hall meeting in West Hartford, Connecticut, 2009-09-02.jpg
September 2: Protesters at a health care reform town hall meeting in West Hartford, Connecticut
September 29: The tsunami from an earthquake is caught on film in Pago Pago in American Samoa.

October

November

November 5: Fort Hood shooting Flickr - The U.S. Army - Taking cover at Fort Hood.jpg
November 5: Fort Hood shooting

December

Ongoing

Births

Ayelet Galena Ayelet Galena.JPG
Ayelet Galena

Deaths

January

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John Updike

February

James Whitmore James Whitmore.jpg
James Whitmore

March

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Natasha Richardson

April

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Bea Arthur

May

Dom DeLuise Dom Deluise Allan Warren.jpg
Dom DeLuise

June

David Carradine David Carradine Polanski Unauthorized.jpg
David Carradine
Farrah Fawcett Farrah Fawcett 1977.JPG
Farrah Fawcett
Michael Jackson Michael Jackson, 1988 (46845017052).jpg
Michael Jackson

July

Robert McNamara Robert McNamara official portrait.jpg
Robert McNamara
Walter Cronkite Cronkitenasa.PNG
Walter Cronkite

August

Ted Kennedy Ted Kennedy, official photo portrait crop.jpg
Ted Kennedy

September

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Henry Gibson
Patrick Swayze Patrick Swayze 2006.jpg
Patrick Swayze

October

Al Martino Al Martino.jpg
Al Martino

November

John Allen Muhammad John Allen Muhammad.png
John Allen Muhammad

December

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Jennifer Jones
Brittany Murphy Brittany Murphy.jpg
Brittany Murphy

See also

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