* 2009 – An accident at the Sayano – Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.

These powers have been used by the Britannia in 2009 and Kent Reliance in 2011 leading to their demutualisation.

In 2009, Charles formed the Fantasy Funk Band, from the leading British musicians in the genre, and has presented the band at festivals, including Glastonbury.

In November 2008, the SPD re-elected Franz Müntefering as its chairman and made Frank-Walter Steinmeier its leading candidate for the federal election in September 2009.

In June 2009, the European Court of Auditors published a report, pointing out governance issues, substantial delays and budget overruns that led to project stalling in 2007, leading to further delays and failures.

This period also saw the emergence of a new generation of Scottish poets that became leading figures on the UK stage, including Carol Ann Duffy, who was named as Poet Laureate in May 2009, the first woman, the first Scot and the first openly gay poet to take the post.

I Love You, and the leading man in New in Town with Renée Zellweger in 2009.

* 2009 – The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.

In 2009, Lewis traveled to the Cannes Film Festival to announce his return to cinema, after a 13 year absence, for the film Max Rose, his first leading role since Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy.

However, 2009 also saw the team's attendance numbers plummet, leading to television blackouts and speculation that the team could eventually be moved or sold.

2009 marked a low point, with the team's attendance averaging around 50, 000, causing seven of the eight home games to be blacked out, and leading NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to address the issue with owner Wayne Weaver.

* 2009 – Winnenden school shooting: 16 are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.

to 13, 2009 leading a delegation.

The 2009 revision, including definitions of a pandemic and the phases leading to its declaration, were finalized in February 2009.

These negotiations took place during 2008 ( leading to COP 14 / MOP 4 in Poznan, Poland ) and 2009 ( leading to COP 15 / MOP 5 in Copenhagen ).

Career Post, a leading job magazine reports that Virgin Islands unemployment rate in 2009 was close to 7. 8 % as compared to the Continental United States ' unemployment number of 9. 7 % during the same period.

Steitz was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the even larger structure of the large 50S ribosomal subunit, leading to an understanding of possible medical treatments.

A study conducted in coordination with the University of Michigan Health Service is scheduled for publication in the December 2009 American Journal of Roentgenology warning that H1N1 flu can cause pulmonary embolism, surmised as a leading cause of death in this current pandemic.

By 2008, these state-owned corporations have became increasingly dynamic and generated lots of revenue for the state, with the state-sector leading the recovery of economic growth in 2009 in the wake of the financial crises.

The GID controversy figured prominently at the 2009 meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in San Francisco, both in presentations in the meeting and in protests outside the meeting ; protesters focused on the attitude of the psychiatric community and tried to make the point that GID is not a mental disorder, as well focusing on the role of Kenneth Zucker in leading the DSM-V Task Force on Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders.

Playing their home games at the Stadion am Zoo, the club, which was relegated from the 3rd Liga in 2009, looks back on a rich and eventful history, since it was established in a merger between the two leading Wuppertal clubs SSV Elberfeld 04 and TSG Vohwinkel 80 in 1954.

Bridge leading into Harpers Ferry from Maryland in February 2009.

As recently as 2009 a column in the WorldNetDaily accused Dr. Spock of encouraging narcissism leading to lingering high crime rates and disdain for authority.

* 2009 – In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60, 000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.

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.

Cycling is a growing mode of transportation in Atlanta, more than doubling since 2009, when it comprised 1. 1 % of all commutes ( up from 0. 3 % in 2000 ).

A major programme of remedial work on the West Coast Main Line started in 1997 and finished in 2009, far over budget (£ 10bn ), many years late and still not bringing the line up to the standards originally proposed by Railtrack.

In the UK in 2009 it was estimated that up to 12 million shoppers appeared at the sales ( a rise of almost 20 % compared to 2008, although this was also affected by the fact that the VAT would revert to 17. 5 % from 1 January ).

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.

According to a report in Nature magazine, ( November, 2009 ) the first year-by-year accounting of this mechanism during the industrial era, and the first time scientists have actually measured it, suggests " the oceans are struggling to keep up with rising emissions — a finding with potentially wide implications for future climate.

It was completed on May 29, 2009 and seats 80, 000, but is expandable to seat up to 100, 000.

A month later, McLean wound up the 20th century by performing " American Pie " at the Lincoln Memorial Gala in Washington D. C. Brooks again played " American Pie " during We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, 2009.

Image: Marissa Castelli & Simon Shnapir 2LoTh 2009 Junior Worlds. jpg | Pairs skaters Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir set up for a throw jump

: Watchmen ( 2009 ) ( set in an alternative version of history in which Richard Nixon went up for a third term and the United States won the Vietnam War due to the intervention of superheroes )

The building still exists, and the office is up the stair at the “ 2009 ” door.

* Eastern Shore – Freshmen Honors College Students – Completed in 2009, and housing approximately 200 students in suite-style rooms holding up to four residents sharing a single bathroom.

This caused the period up to 2009 to be dominated by " institutional navel gazing " by the EU and a rise in euroskepticism in some states.

With just 1, 032 babies born in 2009 to every 1000 fertile women, it is estimated that 26. 8 % of the population will be aged 65 or more in 2033, up from 12. 1 % in 2005.

A tribute band called the Brood Roosters (" bread toasters ") was active in the Netherlands until they split up in early 2009.

However, this failed to take into account the 600 jobs that Holden previously announced would be shed when production of the Family II engine is set to wrap up in late 2009.

In the wake of the Israeli invasion of Gaza in January 2009, Hamas has been accused of systematically rounding up, torturing and summarily executing Fatah supporters suspected of supplying information to Israel.

In September 2009, Prince William and Prince Harry set up The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry to enable the princes to take forward their charitable ambitions.

These were documented in the 1980s, with follow up occurring in 2009, by the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center.

In 2009, Weaver announced that he wanted to ' clean up ' the team's image.

In April 2009 Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez invited Dalglish to take up a role at the club's youth academy.

Museum officials predicted that the new building, capable of receiving about 600 works of art, would attract up to 500, 000 visitors a year when it opened in 2009.

In early 2009 at least two ISPs in Lithuania offered download speeds of up to 200 Mbit / s in their standard packages for home users.

* In August 2009, Russian customs officers had imposed special customs on Lithuanian trucks, lining up more than 20 kilometres of trucks from the Republic of Lithuania.