In 2009, the American Anthropological Association's Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the US Security and Intelligence Communities released its final report concluding, in part, that, " When ethnographic investigation is determined by military missions, not subject to external review, where data collection occurs in the context of war, integrated into the goals of counterinsurgency, and in a potentially coercive environment – all characteristic factors of the HTS concept and its application – it can no longer be considered a legitimate professional exercise of anthropology.

However, recent classifications have abandoned Mon – Khmer as a taxon, either reducing it in scope or making it synonymous with the larger family ( Diffloth 2005, Sidwell 2009 ).

* Bertrand Russell, ( 1779 – 2009 ) Why I Am Not a Christian, ISBN 0-671-20323-1

* 2009 – A 6. 3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L ' Aquila, Italy, killing 307.

* 1894 – Gertrude Baines, American super-centenarian ( d. 2009 )

* 1920 – Jack Cover, American inventor of the Taser gun ( d. 2009 )

* 1986 – Tara Osseck, American model, Miss Missouri 2009

* 2009 – Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwe Dollar as their official currency.

* 1925 – Joe Bowman, American and marksman and boot-maker ( d. 2009 )

* 2009 – Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

* 2009 – Seven people are killed and 17 injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

* 2009 – Terror act in Azerbaijan state oil academy: 13 students died.

* 2009 – The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.

* 1947 – Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and writer ( d. 2009 )

From January – September 2010, bilateral trade with the United States measured approximately $ 150 million, on track for about a 30 percent increase over 2009.

The best current ( 2009 ) estimate of the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) for the value of the astronomical unit in meters is A = m, based on a comparison of JPL and IAA – RAS ephemerides.

* 1921 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player ( d. 2009 )

* 1933 – Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian ( d. 2009 )

* 1949 – Ray Nettles, American football player ( d. 2009 )

* 1950 – Jim Carroll, American poet and actor ( d. 2009 )

* 1933 – Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer ( d. 2009 )

* 2009 – Nikolaos Makarezos, Greek army officer ( b. 1919 )

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

Chicago skyline April 18, 2009, from Northerly Island looking west.

The city served as the venue for the medical dramas ER and Chicago Hope, as well as the fantasy drama series Early Edition and 2005 – 2009 drama Prison Break.

* A Force for Change, group show, 2009, Spertus Museum, Chicago

On January 1, 2009, the Red Wings played the Chicago Blackhawks in the third NHL Winter Classic at Chicago's Wrigley Field, beating them 6-4.

The Red Wings wore alternative " Retro " jerseys for the 2009 NHL Winter Classic in Chicago.

These jerseys were also worn for their final 2009 regular season home game, again against the Chicago Blackhawks.

* Loic Wacquant-USA studies the construction of the " pugilistic habitus " in a boxing gym of the black ghetto of Chicago in Body and Soul: Notebooks of an Apprentice Boxer ( 2004 ) and in " Habitus as Topic and Tool " ( 2009 ).

* Khaled El-Rouayheb, Before Homosexuality in the Arab – Islamic World, 1500 – 1800 Chicago, 2009.

University of Chicago Press, 2009.

* Mystical Poems of Rumi, Translated by A. J. Arberry, ( University of Chicago Press, 2009 )

48, No. 2 ( April 2009 ), pp. 391 – 419, published by The University of Chicago Press

On September 27, 2009, the Seahawks wore lime green jerseys for the first time, paired with new dark navy blue pants in a game against the Chicago Bears.

On August 17, 2009, EW announced that Twain would be a guest judge on American Idol in Chicago, for the show's August 30 and 31 episodes.

In September 2009, the death of Malcolm Casadaban, a molecular genetics professor at the University of Chicago, was linked to his work on a weakened laboratory strain of Y. pestis.

* Oscar winners: Gladiator ( 2000 ), A Beautiful Mind ( 2001 ), Chicago ( 2002 ), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003 ), Million Dollar Baby ( 2004 ), Crash ( 2005 ), The Departed ( 2006 ), No Country for Old Men ( 2007 ), Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), The Hurt Locker ( 2009 )

* Soundstage: Stevie Nicks Live ( Sears-exclusive Blu-Ray ) ( 2008 ) ( later released on DVD as Live in Chicago in 2009 )

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2009,

On October 2, 2009, in a stunning and embarrassing setback for the mayor, Chicago was the first of four finalists to be eliminated during selection ceremonies in Copenhagen.

Since 2002 Smale is a Professor at the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago ; starting August 1, 2009, he is also a Distinguished University Professor at the City University of Hong Kong.

1868 map of Chicago, modified ( 2009 ) to highlight the area destroyed by the fire.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Based on 2009 attendance, the Museum of Science and Industry was the second largest cultural attraction in Chicago.

* María M. Portuondo, Secret Science: Spanish Cosmography and the New World ( Chicago, Chicago UP, 2009 ).