The Ricketts family acquired a majority interest in the Cubs in 2009, ending the Tribune years.

In the 2009 provincial election the NDP formed a majority government, the first in the region.

In 2009, the vast majority of the illegally obtained rosewood was exported to China.

Following the Saarland state election of August 2009, The Greens held the balance of power after a close election where no two-party coalitions could create a stable majority government.

In June 2010, in the first state election following the victory of the CDU / CSU and FDP in the 2009 federal election, the " black-yellow " CDU-FDP coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia under Jürgen Rüttgers lost its majority.

In the 2009 elections however, PASOK became the majority party in the Parliament and George Papandreou became Prime Minister of Greece.

Although 875 extinctions occurring between 1500 and 2009 have been documented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, the vast majority are undocumented.

In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the INC more than 200 seats, a majority.

However, the vast majority of its seats were lost at the 2009 council elections, including its entire traditional Dublin base, where-with the exception of a Town Council Seat in Balbriggan-it now holds no council seats at all in Dublin and only three County Council seats in total.

New Zealand previously required jury verdicts to be passed unanimously, but since the passing of the Criminal Procedure Bill in 2009 the Juries Act 1981 has permitted verdicts to be passed by a majority of one less than the full jury ( that is an 11-1 or a 10-1 majority ) under certain circumstances.

In 2009, in the 121th IOC ( International Olympic Committee ) voting, karate did not receive the necessary two-thirds majority vote to become an Olympic sport.

After nearly 70 years of use, the vast majority of over-the-air NTSC transmissions in the United States were turned off on June 12, 2009 and August 31, 2011 in Canada and most other NTSC markets.

In his 2009 book, titled Analytixz, Griff once again admitted the faults in his alleged 1989 statement: " To say the Jews are responsible for the majority of wickedness that went on around the globe, I would have to know about the majority of wickedness that went on around the globe, which is impossible ... I'm not the best knower — is.

Gillick retired as general manager after the 2008 season and was succeeded by one of his assistants, Ruben Amaro, Jr. After adding outfielder Raúl Ibañez to replace the departed Pat Burrell, the Phillies retained the majority of their core players for the 2009 season.

This third action failed to obtain the required approval of a majority of the presbyteries by June, 2009.

A review of the FDA website indicated the majority of the generic versions of the fluoroquinolones have not been updated to include this Boxed Warning as of September 2009.

A Globescan BBC poll on the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall ( 2009 ) found that 23 % of respondents believe capitalism is " fatally flawed and a different economic system is needed ", with that figure rising to over 40 % of the population in France ; while a majority of respondents including over 50 % of Americans believe capitalism " has problems that can be addressed through regulation and reform ".

After the 2009 elections, the ANC lost its two-thirds majority in the national legislature which had allowed it to unilaterally alter the constitution.

However, in the Uruguayan general election, 2009, the Broad Front won an absolute majority in Parliamentary elections, and José Mujica of the Broad Front defeated Luis Alberto Lacalle of the Blancos to win the presidency.

On October 25, 2009 U. S. President Barack Obama officially declared H1N1 a national emergency Despite President Obama's concern, a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll found in October 2009 that an overwhelming majority of New Jerseyans ( 74 %) were not very worried or not at all worried about contracting the H1N1 flu virus.

For example, in 2009, the majority of states have unfunded pension liabilities exceeding all reported state debt.

On June 1, 2009, months after Max's escape, terrorists detonate an electromagnetic pulse weapon in the atmosphere over the U. S., which destroys the vast majority of computer and communication systems, throwing the country into utter chaos.

The world record for concrete pumping was set on 7 August 2009 during the construction of the Parbati Hydroelectric Project, near the village of Suind, Himachal Pradesh, India, when the concrete mix was pumped through a vertical height of.

* 2009 – The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1, 500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England.

On December 17, 2009, the village of Al Ma ` jalah was hit by a cruise missile, killing 41 people, including 14 women, 21 children, and 14 alleged al-Qaeda members.

He was born in the nearby village of Combe Down and at the time of his death in July 2009 he was living in local care home Fletcher House.

According to the 2009 census ( INE ), the village has a population of 16, 539.

Outside the village centre is the popular Bewilderwood theme park, which was voted best large attraction in the East of England ( 2009 ), as well as having many other UK and International awards.

The village has had the Antiques Roadshow at Somerleyton Hall on the 10th September 2009.

The village was destroyed in spring 2009 during severe flooding.

Damage to the trails, bridges, and campground was severe enough for Havasupai to close visitor access to the village, campground, and falls until the spring of 2009.

In 2009 a major ice storm came across the northern part of Arkansas causing the village to lose electicity for a few weeks as well as other regions.

The closure of the Longview Bank in 2004 left Webber's Auto Body ( 1981 ) as the longest lasting remaining business in the village in 2009.

In 2009, the village hosted the Heartland International Tattoo, one of the largest music and dance festivals of its kind in the Midwest.

Jasper C. Goin, Jr. was reelected village president in 2009.

Harristown is a village in Macon County, Illinois, United States whose population was 1, 338 at the 2000 census, and 1, 236 in 2009.

Long Creek is a village in Macon County, Illinois, United States whose population was 1, 364 at the 2000 census, and 1, 349 at a 2009 estimate.

Warrensburg is a village in Macon County, Illinois, United States whose population was 1, 289 at the 2000 census, and 1, 160 in 2009.

The Will County Historical Society moved the depot to Lockport, Illinois, to serve as part of the society's frontier village ; however, the frontier village was evicted from its site in 2009, and the depot was placed into storage.

As of 2009, there were 1, 517 people, and the 2000 census claimed there were 501 households, and 375 families residing in the village.

A portion of the village was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Lake Linden Historic District in 2009.

Additionally, a 175th Anniversary celebration spanning only one day was held in the village on August 8, 2009.

On February 24, 2009, the residents of the village of Grosse Pointe Shores voted to incorporate as a city, effectively disestablishing Lake and Grosse Pointe townships when the city was formally established on April 1, 2009.

Caro was a village until becoming a city in 2009.