The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks. Date: July 4, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Yemenia 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. Date: June 30, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 30 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This…
Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis. Date: June 28, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on this day in…
A Washington D.C Metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station. Nine people are killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others are injured. Date: June 22, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 22…
Greenland assumes self-rule. Date: June 21, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Date: June 19, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day…
Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef. Date: June 19, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched. Date: June 18, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…