A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests. Date: June 12, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 12 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eighty-eight year-old James Wenneker von Brunn opens fire inside the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and fatally shoots Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended. Date: June 10, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this…
An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan. Date: June 9, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
A fire at a day-care center kills 49 people in Hermosillo, Mexico. Date: June 5, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru. Date: June 5, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history. Date: June 1, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed. Date: June 1, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This…
North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community. Date: May 25, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
An Indonesian Air Force Lockheed L-100 Hercules crashes in Magetan Regency, killing 99. Date: May 20, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides. Date: May 18, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)