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For the first time, the annual convention, a major event on Hollywood’s calendar, devoted an entire day to presenting films in 3-D.
Wanting to believe the president’s assurances, many couldn’t see how his health care plan would be paid for.
Sixteen states are paying unemployment benefits with borrowed money, and hundreds of thousands of needy people have waited months for checks.
The new investment chief of California’s biggest pension fund thinks he can help it recover from losing almost a quarter of its portfolio last year.
High-frequency trading may give traders using powerful computers an unfair advantage in the stock market, critics say.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 22, 2009, covering July 24, 2009.
Maxwell
Soundtrack
Various Artists
All Time Low
The Black Eyed Peas
2009Jack Le Goff, French equestrian (born 1931)[†]
Jack Louis Joseph Marie Le Goff was a French equestrian, best known as the coach of the American three-day eventing team from 1970 to 1984. He coached the team to multiple international championships, winning 18 international medals, including several in the Olympics. Le Goff is known for having a large impact on the American eventing world, and the era in which he coached has been called the golden era for American equestrianism.
2009Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes at Mashhad International Airport, killing 16.[†]
Aria Air Flight 1525 was a scheduled Iranian domestic flight which crashed on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Mashhad, Iran, on 24 July 2009.
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]