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Young people in Japan, who are unemployed at nearly double the overall rate, have started taking to the streets in anger, in protests rarely seen in the country.
Hernán E. Arbizu, a private banker to wealthy clients, says he shifted money to make good on unrealistic investment promises.
Additional safety equipment that could help more passengers survive certain crashes will be required on all new aircraft starting Oct. 27.
Swarms gathered to catch a glimpse of the man who defined an era of greed and fraud on Wall Street.
There is now somewhere to take some of the 99.1 million television sets that sit unused in closets and basements.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 24, 2009, covering June 30, 2009.
The Black Eyed Peas
Dave Matthews Band
Eminem
Chickenfoot
Aventura
2009Pina Bausch, German dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1940)[†]
Philippine "Pina" Bausch was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as Tanztheater. Bausch's approach was noted for a stylised blend of dance movement, prominent sound design, and involved stage sets, as well as for engaging the dancers under her to help in the development of a piece, and her work had an influence on modern dance from the 1970s forward. She created the company Tanztheater Wuppertal, which performs internationally. Following four earlier directors, French choreographer Boris Charmatz led company from mid-2022 until mid-2025.
2009Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (born 1933)[†]
George Harvey Presnell was an American actor and singer. He began his career in the mid-1950s as a classical baritone, singing with orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States.
2009Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.[†]
Yemenia Flight 626 was a flight on an Airbus A310-324 twin-engine jet airliner operated by Yemenia that was flying a scheduled international service, from Sana'a in Yemen to Moroni in Comoros, when it crashed on 30 June 2009 at around 1:50 am local time while on approach to Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport, killing all but one of the 153 passengers and crew on board. The sole survivor, 12-year-old girl Bahia Bakari, was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for thirteen hours. Bakari was discharged from the hospital on 23 July 2009.
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]