North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of six-party talks. Date: April 5, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅…
France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO. Date: April 4, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide. Date: April 3, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan. Date: March 30, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people. Date: March 27, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot. Date: March 23, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Financier Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history. Date: March 12, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Winnenden school shooting: Fifteen are killed and nine are injured before recent graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany. Date: March 11, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Massereene Barracks shooting: The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and injures two other soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles. Date: March 7, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002. Date: March 4, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…