Another example is when a few passengers and flight attendants teamed up to subdue Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who attempted to detonate explosives sewn into his underwear aboard Northwest Flight 253 on December 25, 2009.

On 5 December 2009 AZ announced that Koeman no longer was in charge of AZ, after losing 7 of the first 16 games in the Dutch competition.

In December 2009, a new television competition series called The Sing-Off aired on NBC.

In December 2009, the growth of tourism, with consequences for both the ecology and the safety of the travellers in its great and remote wilderness, was noted at a conference in New Zealand by experts from signatories to the Antarctic Treaty.

This production transferred to Broadway on December 13, 2009, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desiree and Angela Lansbury as Madame Armfeldt.

The 2008 Menier Chocolate Factory production opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre in previews on November 24, 2009 and officially on December 13, 2009, with the same creative team.

The recent winter of 2009 / 2010 was an exception as there was a permanent snow cover from late December till early March.

Lieutenant general Yurij Viktorovich Zhadobin is the Minister of Defense since December 4, 2009.

On 1 December 2009, Standard and Poors upgraded Bulgaria's investment outlook from " negative " to " stable ," which made Bulgaria the only country in the European Union to receive positive upgrade that year.

Here is a table of the contents of the BBC Red Button ( as of December 2009 )

On December 1, 2006, Selig announced that he would be retiring as commissioner of baseball upon the expiration of his contract in 2009.

It was granted planning permission in December 2009 and is expected for completion by 2013.

Prior to 31 December 2010, deposits with building societies of up to £ 50, 000 per individual, per institution, were normally protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme ( FSCS ), but Nationwide and Yorkshire Building Societies negotiated a temporary change to the terms of the FSCS to protect members of the societies they acquired in late 2008 / early 2009.

The amended terms allowed former members of multiple societies which merge into one to maintain multiple entitlements to FSCS protection until 30 September 2009 ( later extended to 30 December 2010 ), so ( for example ) a member with £ 50, 000 in each of Nationwide, Cheshire and Derbyshire at the time of the respective mergers would retain £ 150, 000 of FSCS protection for their funds in the merged Nationwide.

The next congressional elections are scheduled for December 2009.

$ 4. 647 billion ( 31 December 2009 est.

In December 2009, some Caltech students declared that MIT had been sold and had become the Caltech East campus.

In December 2009 the company announced that it will close its three Columbus, Georgia manufacturing facilities between June 2010 and December 2011.

May 2010 also saw the funeral of Coronation Street favourite Blanche Hunt, who was written out after the death of her portrayer Maggie Jones on 2 December 2009.

She left the production on December 30, 2007, and later returned from August 26, 2008 until the production closed on January 11, 2009.

Talks of past December collapses resurfaced, and another collapse in 2009 seemed validated.

On October 16, 2011, the Cowboys wore their road blue jerseys against the New England Patriots for the first time since December 27, 2009, against the Redskins ; the Patriots defeated the Cowboys 20 – 16.

On December 10, 2009 the RingTales produced animations were made available as a calendar application for mobile devices.

On 18 December 2006, it was confirmed that he had purchased a controlling interest in the CTE Racing-HVM Champ Car team and that the team would be renamed Minardi Team USA.

In December 1999, Judd was engaged to Scottish racing driver Dario Franchitti, who was driving in the Champ Car World Series.

*' Car Magazine ' ( UK ), December 1979 issue

In March 1996, largely due to the cost of developing the new Ace, Angliss ' company went into receivership and was eventually sold to Pride Automotive in December 1996, who continued car production in Weybridge, Surrey under the name of AC Car Group Ltd.

In December 2009 Tata's vice president of engineering systems confirmed that the limited range and low engine temperatures were causing problems .< ref >< nowiki > http :// www. dnaindia. com / money / report_tamo-s-ambitious-air-car-faces-starting-trouble_1316093 </ nowiki > TaMo ’ s ambitious ‘ Air Car ’ faces starting trouble </ ref >

Resigning from the army on December 31, 1873, Porter became vice president of the Pullman Palace Car Company.

The Hartsfield – Jackson Rental Car Center, which opened on December 8, 2009, houses all ten current airport rental agencies with capacity for additional companies.

Louis-Joseph Chevrolet ( December 25, 1878 – June 6, 1941 ) was a Swiss-born American race car driver of French descent, founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911 and later, the Frontenac Motor Corporation in 1916 which made racing parts for Ford's Model T.

* Car crash leaves woman constantly aroused, Ninemsn, 16 December 2009

Chetwode's force was the same as Major General Henry Chauvel commanded during the Battle of Magdhaba in December, with the addition of the 5th Mounted Yeomanry Brigade ( which had been garrisoning El Arish ) and No. 7 Light Car Patrol of 4 gun cars and 3 stores cars.

At some point in 1902, the ownership changed hands to J. Castro and became Fábrica Hispano-Suiza de Automóviles ( Spanish-Swiss Car Factory ) but this company went bankrupt in December 1903.

The Southward Car Museum was opened in December 1979, and after his retirement Sir Len devoted his time to the museum.

Pullman purchased controlling interest in Standard Steel Car Company in 1929, and on December 26, 1934, Pullman Car & Manufacturing ( along with several other Pullman, Inc. subsidiaries ), merged with Standard Steel Car Co. ( and its subsidiaries ) to form the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company.

Following the success of the Dinky Supertoys range of die-cast trucks, Corgi decided to launch a range of heavy commercial vehicles in October 1957 with the release of the Carrimore Car Transporter ( 1101 ) featuring a Bedford S-Type tractor unit with full glazing in keeping with the rest of the Corgi range, and the company's first gift set including the Carrimore Car Transporter and four cars ( GS1 ); Austin Cambridge ( 201 ), Jaguar 2. 4 ( 208 ), Austin-Healey ( 300 ) and MGA ( 302 ) in time for the Christmas market in December 1957.

In November 1962 the new Bedford TK cab unit was also fitted to the existing Carrimore Car Transporter ( 1105 ) and was also included in a new Car Transporter Gift Set ( GS28 ) in December 1963 along with four cars ; Ford Consul Classic ( 234 ), Mercedes-Benz 220 SE ( 230 ), Renault Floride ( 222 ) and Fiat 2100 ( 232 ).

This was followed in December 1958 by a BRM Grand Prix car ( 106 ) also with green paintwork, and both cars featured in the Racing Car Set ( GS5 ) from 1958, along with the Lotus XI Le Mans racing car ( 151 ) from July 1958.

John Newton Cooper ( July 17, 1923 – December 24, 2000 ) was a co-founder, with his father Charles Cooper, of the Cooper Car Company.

Car 402 was scrapped after a derailment in December 2008, but the others were overhauled between 2009-2010 as a part of their SMS ( Scheduled Maintenance System ) improvement treatment that was designed to extend useful service life.

On December 3, 2007, in a Missouri civil suit, Ramage and National Car Rental of Canada were found liable for the death of Magnuson.

Shortly afterwards, on the 14th December show, Top Gear made the R500 its ' 2008 Car of the Year '.