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 ).

In 2007, relations between the two have thawed in the fields of diplomacy and economic trade, only to collapse during the 2008 – 2009 Israel – Gaza conflict when the Iranian and Egyptian politicians exchanged blames over inaction towards the escalation.

Founded in June 2009 with Raymond's help, the hacktivist website NedaNet intended to influence the domestic opposition to the Iranian government in the event of the 2009 Iranian election protests.

* 2009 – During the Iranian election protests, the death of Neda Agha-Soltan is captured on video and spreads virally on the Internet, making it " probably the most widely witnessed death in human history ".

Protesters in Tehran during the 2009 Iranian election protests

* 2009 Iranian election protests – The 2009 Iranian presidential election sparked massive protests in Iran and around the world against alleged electoral fraud and in support of defeated candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

" And in a June 2009 article published in the Journal of ECT, Iranian researchers observe that, " Despite the wide consensus over the safety and efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy ( ECT ), it still faces negative publicity and unfavorable attitudes of patients and families.

In January 2009, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel's invasion of Gaza a massacre " barbaric and inhumane and widely helped by the Americans ".

In 2009 Iranian banks accounted for about 40 percent of total assets of the world's top 100 Islamic banks.

The equipment was believed to have been used in the suppression of the 2009 – 2010 Iranian election protests, leading to criticism of the company, including by the European Parliament.

This practice returned in the aftermath of the 2009 Iranian presidential election, to protest the election results.

Many people shouted it from 22: 00 – 22: 30 every night, after the 2009 Iranian election to protest the result.

* Strand ( film ), a 2009 Iranian film

The Death of Neda Agha-Soltan arose from conscience-driven protests against the 2009 Iranian presidential election.

The appointment of Lauri Kivinen in February 2010 excited much adverse comment as he was previously head of the Nokia Siemens group which had sold monitoring equipment to the Iranian Secret Service, allowing them to arrest political dissidents throughout the unrest in the fall of 2009.

* In 2009 Young Iranian filmmaker, Narges Kalhor, showed her short film adaptation at the Nuremberg Film Festival

He was re-elected after the disputed 2009 Iranian presidential election.

The 2009 – 2010 Iranian election protests also demonstrated how social networking sites are making the mobilization of large numbers of people quicker and easier.

Iranian government commemorates the event every year by demonstration at the embassy and burning U. S. flag but on November 4, 2009, when pro-democracy protesters and reformists demonstrated in the streets of Tehran, despite Iranian government authorities encouraging people to chant " Death to America ," protesters instead chanted " Death to the Dictator " ( referring to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ) and other anti-government slogans.