Date: January 29, 2009
Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido, are apprehended. Date: August 26, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 26 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2009MV…
US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued. Date: January 15, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅…
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Date: May 11, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 11 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2009Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny at Pilkhana Kills 74, February 25, 2009France…
Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack. Date: February 20, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅…
MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals. Date: December 17, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2009Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha Pipeline Rupture in Shaanxi,…
A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government. Date: December 3, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 20096.3 Magnitude L’Aquila Earthquake Kills…