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

In 2009, Brussels Airlines was taken over by German airline Lufthansa.

The most recent election, the German federal election, 2009, was held on September 27, 2009.

In addition the Theater Basel was chosen in 1999 as the best stage for German-language performances and in 2009 & 2010 as " Opera of the Year " by German Opera Magazine " Opernwelt ".

In 2009, an unsuccessful attempt was made by a German organisation to enter the 2010 Formula One season using the Brabham name.

An April 2009 issue of the Sage journal Theory & Psychology ( edited by Desmond Painter, Athanasios Marvakis, and Leendert Mos ) is devoted to an examination of German critical psychology.

* 1928 – Gerhard Kaufhold, German footballer ( d. 2009 )

VDM Verlag Dr. Müller: 2009, 128 p. ( German )

* 1932 – Heinz-Klaus Metzger, German music critic and theorist ( d. 2009 )

Map showing Alliance 90 / The Greens vote in each of the German constituencies at the German federal election, 2009

In February 2009, the Polish paper Polska wrote that over one third of the Federation top officials were former Nazi activists, and based this on an article published by the German magazine Der Spiegel in 2006.

* 1908 – Rupprecht Geiger, German painter ( d. 2009 )

* 1940 – Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer ( d. 2009 )

* 1918 – Günther Rall, German ace fighter pilot ( d. 2009 )

programme amid the gathering of German and Nepalese businessmen and industrialists on March 10, 2009,

German Acting Federal Foreign Minister, H. E. Mr. Guenter Gloser on March 11, 2009.

The largest optical telescope in the world as of 2009 to use a non-segmented single-mirror as its primary mirror is the 8. 2 m ( 8. 7 yards ) Subaru telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, located in Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawaii since 1997 ; however, this is not the largest diameter single mirror in a telescope, the U. S ./ German / Italian Large Binocular Telescope has two 8. 4 m ( 9. 2 yards ) mirrors ( which can be used together for interferometric mode ).

Samoa was a German colony until occupied by New Zealand at the beginning of the First World War, until September 2009 it maintained the German practice of driving on the right-hand side of the road.

In 2009, Long Distance Calling, a German post-rock band, released a song named " I Know you Stanley Milgram "

** Robert Enke, German footballer ( d. 2009 )

* March 10 – Günther Rall, German ace fighter pilot ( d. 2009 )

** Rupprecht Geiger, German painter ( d. 2009 )

In July 2009, it was revealed that Universal Studios had won the rights to adapt the game into a film.

In addition, Sirius has been played in a variety of TV shows and movies including the episode " Vanishing Act " of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and the 2009 film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

On May 25, 2009, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment were working with Fran Rubel Kuzui and Kaz Kuzui on a re-envisioning or relaunch of the Buffy film for the big screen.

He also provided the voice of The Mayor in the 2009 film Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, the voice of Rod " Torque " Redline in Cars 2 and the voice of " Fugax " in the 2006 film The Ant bully.

* Cow ( film ), a 2009 Chinese film

In 2009, Panettiere starred again as a cheerleader, this time as Beth Cooper in the film adaptation of the novel I Love You, Beth Cooper.

In 2009, Universal Pictures signed music video and film director Billie Woodruff ( Barbershop, Honey ) to direct the fifth film in the Bring It On series titled Bring It On: Fight to the Finish.

The film stars Christina Milian ( who previously played cheerleaders in Love Don't Cost a Thing and Man of the House ) and Rachelle Brook Smith, and was released directly to DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, 2009.

One of his ancestors is John Elwes, who is believed to be the inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol ( 1843 ) ( Elwes played five roles in the 2009 film adaptation of the novel ).

* Creation ( 2009 film ), a 2009 film by Jon Amiel about the life of Charles Darwin

In the 2009 film Agora, Cyril is played by Sami Samir as an extremist that opposes Orestes's attempts to harmonize the different communities of Alexandria.

Barrymore's directorial debut film Whip It, was released in October 2009.

The couple reunited in 2009 and co-starred in the 2010 film Going the Distance.

Bowie in 2009 with his son Duncan Jones at the premiere of Jones ' directorial debut Moon ( film ) | Moon

As of 2009, the most common acquisition medium for digitally projected features is 35 mm film scanned and processed at 2K ( 2048 × 1080 ) or 4K ( 4096 × 2160 ) via digital intermediate.

* Earth Days, a 2009 documentary feature film about the start of the environmental movement in the United States.

* Free Style ( film ), a 2009 American film

* 1932 – Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish film and TV screenwriter ( d. 2009 )

The 81 and 82 Turbos and the associated special variants are garnering interest in collector circles ; and while many still exist, excellent examples of the cars are quite scarce as of 2009.

In August 2009, two more black and white episodes, " In Sickness and in Health " and " State Visit ", were returned by a film collector.

The original series has spawned: several successful novelty western / folk albums from 1962 – 1965 ; three dozen Dell and Gold Key comic books from 1962 through 1970 ; Jim Beam Whiskey Ponderosa Ranch decanters 1964 – 1966 ; a series of " Big-Little " books from 1966 – 1969 ; Revel Bonanza model character sets from 1966 – 1968 ; a chain of Bonanza and Ponderosa steakhouses from 1963 – present ; the Lake Tahoe-based " Ponderosa " theme park from 1967 – 2004 ; a line of American Character action figures in 1966 – 1967 ; Aladdin lunch buckets and thermos bottles in 1966 – 1968 ; View Master slide sets from 1965 – 1973 ; Ponderosa tin cups from 1967 – 2004 ; a series of Hamilton collector plates in 1989 – 1990 ; and most recently, Breyer Fiftieth Anniversary Ponderosa Stable sets, with horses and Cartwright figures in 2009 – 2011.

* Between 2004 and 2007, Candida Höfer realized the project On Kawara: Date Paintings ( 2009 ), which attempts to document Kawara ’ s oeuvre at the point where each work is hung in its respective collector ’ s home.

In 2009, art collector Steven A. Cohen built a 6 percent stake in the auction house for his hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors.

In June 2009 the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas acquired Norman Rockwell's iconic Rosie the Riveter painting for its permanent collection from a private collector.

A collector had to redeem 5 wrappers of 2008 / 2009 Upper Deck hockey cards at a participating hobby store and receive an exclusive Upper Deck Biography of a Season card.

In 2009, RIDOT announced that it would begin resurfacing and repaving the collector / distributor roads serving I-295 and Route 99 from Route 146.

* Record Collector 365 ( Aug 2009 ) reported US collector Bob George as having an estimated three million vinyl records in his collection.

* Exhibition BACK IN THE USSR-The Heirs of Unofficial Art, Venezia 2009 dedicated to the memory of the greatest collector of unofficial art Leonid Talochkin ( 1936-2002 ).

Joseph Brown, AO, OBE ( 1918 – 2009 ) was an Australian artist and art collector.

In 2009 Gaspare Spatuzza, a former Mafia figure turned police informer, claimed that he was told in 1999 that the painting was stolen for a private collector but had been destroyed by rats and pigs while hidden in a farm outbuilding and the remains burned.