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âCelebrating Marilyn Horneâ was a gala concert presented by the foundation Miss Horne set up in 1994 to preserve the art of the song recital by presenting young artists in communities across the United States.
Experts and lawmakers are calling for a law that would require that certain drugs be made or stockpiled in the United States.
Forecasting avalanches is as much an art as a science, but a new âcold labâ is helping researchers study snow, an ever-moving target, in more detail.
Governments in Europe and the U.S. are moving to assure that bailed-out banks lend more money to offset the recession that has engulfed both continents.
As Sunni groups in Anbar Province jockey for power in the run-up to elections, there is fear that disputes could turn lethal.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 14, 2009, covering January 20, 2009.
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Nickelback
2009StĂ©phanos II Ghattas, Egyptian patriarch (born 1920)[â ]
Stéphanos II Ghattas was an eparch of the Coptic Catholic Church. From 1986 to 2006 he served as the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria. He was also a Cardinal. His canonization process has been initiated.
2009Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becoming the first African-American President of the United States.[â ]
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
2009A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.[â ]
Iceland is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most sparsely populated country. Its capital and largest city is ReykjavĂk, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents. The official language of the country is Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite being a latitude just south of the Arctic Circle. Its latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly, and most of its islands have a polar climate.
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[â ]