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- From left to right, top to bottom:
*Swine flu pandemic, a global outbreak of a novel H1N1 influenza A virus, first detected in Mexico and the United States in early 2009.
*King of Pop Michael Jackson passed away due to an acute propofol intoxication.
*The Bangladesh Rifles revolt, a violent mutiny by BDR soldiers in Dhaka.
*Bitcoin is founded and began to be popularized as a currency.
*US Airways Flight 1549 crash lands on Hudson River after a bird collided on its turbine. Miraculously, no one dies.
*The Kepler space telescope, a NASA mission, launched in 2009, to find Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars.
*Satellite image of Typhoon Morakot.
*2 earthquakes in Sumatra killed over 1,100 people, injuring thousands and destroying or severely damaging over 250,000 houses and other infrastructure in Indonesia.
* Barack Obama is elected as the first African-American president of the US. (en)
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