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Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 13, 2009, covering May 19, 2009.
Bob Dylan
Soundtrack
Rascal Flatts
Rick Ross
Lady Gaga
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Various Artists
Heaven & Hell
Taylor Swift
Various Artists
2009Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)[†]
Robert Francis Furchgott was an American Nobel Prize winning biochemist who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems.
2009Nicholas Maw, English composer and academic (born 1935)[†]
John Nicholas Maw was a British composer. Among his works are the operas The Rising of the Moon (1970) and Sophie's Choice (2002).
2009Clint Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1913)[†]
Clinton James "Snuffy" Smith was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and head coach best known for his time spent in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a player with the New York Rangers and the Chicago Black Hawks. Following Smith's 10-year NHL career, he served as both a head coach and player in the United States Hockey League (USHL) and American Hockey League (AHL).
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Zalmay Khalilzad, a former ambassador to Afghanistan, could assume a powerful position under a plan he is discussing with the Afghan president, officials said.
Questions are being raised over an apparent conflict between BlackRock’s role as a government adviser and its profits as manager of troubled assets.
With Congress on the verge of limiting penalties on delinquent borrowers, credit card companies are expected to turn to their best customers to make up the difference.
A media pile-on will announce a 47-million-year-old primate.
The leadership of Home Depot has decided to move from a culture of expansion to one that is less vulnerable to consumer and credit slowdowns.
Coping with an epidemic that spreads mostly in schools, officials have little solid information to use.
The price that the government accepts for warrants to buy bank stock could determine whether taxpayers make a profit or a loss.
The body language of Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day’s singer and guitarist, always meant two things Monday night at the Bowery Ballroom — both what-is-this-world-coming-to and all-together-now.
The biggest scandal to hit the British House of Commons in decades began with an American freelance writer’s request under a new freedom of information act.
A primer on the new restrictions that credit card companies face, and some reassurances on those rewards programs.
The New York attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, sued two large debt settlement firms Tuesday, saying they engaged in fraudulent practices.
As Keith McNally revamped a Greenwich Village relic, did anyone expect that he would come up with the best steakhouse in the city? That’s what Minetta Tavern turns out to be.