This festival, which has traditionally been held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, was demoted to only Saturday and Sunday in 2009 after the town's centennial due to the suffering economy. But, in 2011 they added Thursday activities to the festival.

On October 9, 2009, Spur celebrated its centennial with the dedication of a Giant Spur sculpture.

In 2009, the university was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities and began the celebration of its centennial anniversary with several activities that will last until 2011.

The centennial history of NSU ( 1884 – 1984 ) was published by the NSU Press in 1985 by the historian Marietta LeBreton, who taught forty-five years at the institution, from 1963 until her sudden death in 2009.

Kappa Sigma, the first national fraternity at WSU, celebrated its centennial on the Pullman campus on March 6, 2009.

It was the location for Sigmund Freud's famous " Clark Lectures " in 1909, introducing psychoanalysis to the U. S. Clark celebrated the centennial of the visit in October 2009.

The year 2009 was the centennial of the Alaska – Yukon – Pacific Exposition.

The university marked its centennial year in 2009.

The year 2007 was the centennial performance as the Class of 2009 presented " Joseph Martin and the Amazing Technicolor White Coat " to sellout crowds at Roxbury Community College on February 22, 23, and 24.

Montreal introduced several " throwbacks " in 2009 to celebrate their centennial season.

He was commissioned to help Chicago celebrate the centennial of Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago and produced a work entitled Plans that was performed at the Grant Park Music Festival in June 2009.

It was designated Utah's first wild and scenic river in 2009, during the centennial celebration of Zion National Park.

In 2009, preparations were being made for the celebration of the institution's eighth centennial.

The Canadian Red Cross had its centennial celebration in May 2009.

The Young Harris Memorial United Methodist Church of Athens celebrated their centennial in 2009.

" Upcoming in-house Exhibits include " Photographing the Fair: The AYPE Photos of Frank H. Howell and Others ," developed as part of Seattle's city-wide centennial celebration of the Alaska Pacific Yukon Exposition in 2009, and " The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest ," developed as a traveling exhibition.

The changes made include making space for a new exhibition entitled Canadian Wings: A Remarkable Century of Flight that was unveiled on 23 February 2009, the centennial of the first heavier than air aircraft flight in Canada.

* 2009 The Rosicrucian Fellowship, an international association of Esoteric Christian mystics, celebrates the centennial anniversary -- The Fraternity should remain secret one hundred years ; the celebration ceremonies, on August 8 and November 13 at Mount Ecclesia, serve the purpose of heralding the revival of the Christian mystic path of the Rose Cross.

On June 6, 2009, DMU celebrated its centennial, with vice chairman of stading committee of 11th National People's Congress chen zhili as the main guest.

The New Gate of Dalian Maritime University, completed in 2009 for its centennial celebration.

Campbellford became a town in 1906 ( Trent Hills Visitor Guide, 2009, p. 13 ) and its centennial was celebrated in 2006.

In 2009, KCBS celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding by Dr. Charles Herrold with a yearlong series of centennial events throughout the Bay Area, culminating in the public dedication of a new plaque at the location in San Jose where the experimental broadcasts originated.

Viking celebrated its centennial in 2009.

The centennial year of 2009 will be marked by a series of special events, lectures, and celebrations.

As of late November 2009, the Armenian government's foreign debt was around $ 3 billion USD, having doubled in size over the course of the previous year.

Six million more were planted in November the same year, and another 12, 5 million trees in 2009.

That victory meant Ajax had won every tournament ( 5 in total ) they entered that year, a feat Celtic achieved in 1967 ( with 6 trophies ) and Barcelona ( also 6 trophies ) repeated in 2009.

On June 3, 2009, it was reported that Aon had signed a four year shirt sponsorship deal with English football giant Manchester United.

In July 2009, the minister of defense, Nelson Jobim, said that Brazil will expend about 0. 7 % ( US $ 13 billion ) of the GDP per year to modernize the forces in addition to the 2. 6 % yearly defense budget.

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.

A news story appeared in April 2009 claiming that the CNP had reformed following a conference in Bodmin, however it did not contest any elections that year.

The ATCI is held every year since 2009.

Notable Cheddar cheeses include " Quickes ", which in 2009 was awarded cheese of the year by the British Cheese Association, " Keen's ", with a strong tang, " Montgomery's ", with an apple aftertaste.

Most recently, the boys ' cross country and track & field teams both claimed MHSAA State Championships during the 2009 – 10 school year.

Beginning in the 2008 – 2009 academic year, Dartmouth instituted a new financial aid policy extending need-blind admission to international students and replaced all student loans with scholarships and grants.

In October 2009, the Jordanians announced accelerated plans to extract around 300 million cubic meters of water per year from the Red Sea, desalinate it for use as fresh water and send the waste water to the Dead Sea by tunnel, despite concerns about inadequate time to assess the potential environmental impact.

The last Salvadoran troops left Iraq on January 2009 with 5 soldiers lost in their 5 and a half year involvement.

until in early March 2009 congressional Democrats were moving to close down the program and remove children from their voucher-funded school places at the end of the 09 / 10 school year under the $ 410 billion Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 which, as of March 7 had passed the House and was pending in the Senate.

As of 23 September 2009, EDS began going to market as HP Enterprise Services, a name change which came one year after HP announced the acquisition of EDS and was a critical milestone as the integration of EDS into HP neared completion.

* In March 2009, some EDS employees, based in the USA and Puerto Rico, were informed that their salaries would be cut 10 % during the April 2009 pay periods, albeit with no reduction to drop a salary below $ 40, 000 a year.

In the 2009 / 10 financial year, the government revenue was £ 42. 4 million of which £ 14. 5 million came from fishery licences and services and £ 10. 5 million from taxes.

In the year 2009, the was Sam Fransikachea Visvaxiponnachea Dekhin, Jezu-Noketra Bhaxen Porzollum-ia, which translates from Konkani into English as ' Inspired by the faithfulness of Saint Francis, let us shine like Jesus, the Star ', probably based on the year's pastoral theme of the Archdiocese of Goa e Damão Noketram Bhaxen, Sonvsarant Porzollum-ia which translates into English as ' Shine like Stars, in the World '.

* The Women's World Floorball Championships take place every December ( since 2009 ) in every odd year.

* The Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships take place every May ( since 2009 ) in every odd year.

The Times reported in 2009 that there are 500 victims of FGM every year in the UK, but there have been no prosecutions.

The historic centre of Florence attracts millions of tourists each year, and Euromonitor International ranked the city as the world's 72nd most visited in 2009, with 1, 685, 000 visitors.

In 2009, Lineker and his wife Danielle hosted a series of the BBC's Northern Exposure, following on from Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen from the previous year in visiting and showcasing locations throughout Northern Ireland.