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.

* 1975 – Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.

Whitlam informed the Coalition leaders that he would be advising Kerr to hold a half-Senate election on 13 December, and he would not be seeking interim supply for the period before the election.

** Joseph Kerr ( DR ), from December 10, 1814

** John Kerr ( DR ), from December 5, 1815

Clark Kerr ( May 17, 1911 – December 1, 2003 ) was an American professor of economics and academic administrator.

The play debuted on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre in 1993, directed by George C. Wolfe, with Millennium Approaches being performed on May 4 and Perestroika joining it in repertory on November 23, closing December 4, 1994.

John Kerr FRS ( 17 December 1824 – 15 August 1907 ) was a Scottish physicist and a pioneer in the field of electro-optics.

John Kerr was born on 17 December 1824 at Ardrossan, Scotland.

* Charles John Kerr, 2nd Baron Teviot ( b. December 16, 1934 )

Kerr served from December 10, 1814, to March 3, 1815, and did not seek re-election.

* William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian ( December 12, 1777-June 25, 1788 )

In December 2008 he finished the Broadway run of The Seagull at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

George Fraser Kerr VC, MC & Bar, MM, ( 8 June 1895 – 8 December 1929 ) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest military award given to British and Commonwealth forces for gallantry in the face of the enemy.

Alfred Kerr ( 25 December 1867 – 12 October 1948 ), born Alfred Kempner, was an influential German-Jewish theatre critic and essayist, nicknamed the Kulturpapst (" Culture Pope ").

Herbert discussed the offer with Philip Kerr and Maurice Hankey, pursuing the idea of perhaps acting under the banner of the League of Nations ; Eric Drummond, a friend of Herbert, had become its first Secretary General, and lobbying by Herbert led to the acceptance of Albania as a member in the League of Nations in December 1920.

After the Whitlam government was dismissed by the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr in November 1975 ( see 1975 Australian constitutional crisis ), Daly announced he would retire from parliament and not contest the December election.

Brian Deniston replaced Ian Kenny in December 1970 and Nod Kerr departed in May 1971, followed by Tortolano and they were replaced by Matt Cairns on drums and Robin Birrel on keyboards.

Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian KT CH PC ( 18 April 1882, London – 12 December 1940, Washington ) was a British politician and diplomat.

Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian KT, PC ( 2 December 1833 – 17 January 1900 ), styled Lord Schomberg Kerr until 1870, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician.

* Lady Harriet Scott ( 1 December 1780 – 18 April 1833 ), married William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian and had issue.

* Lady Louisa Kerr, married Lord George Henry Lennox on 25 December 1759, at Dumfries, and had issue

Mark Kerr ( born December 21, 1968 in Toledo, Ohio ), also known as The Smashing Machine, The Titan, and The Specimen, is an American champion collegiate wrestler and retired mixed martial artist.