2009 year in review.JANUARY 1ST Hackers destroy the Internet, newspaper sales surge! MARCH 5 Paris Fashion Week 1929 REVIVAL APRIL April: see month. 1ST The White House announces universal health coverage APRIL FOOL'S MAY 19 Congo JUST ANOTHER DAY JUNE 16 China buys GM, Ford and Chrysler, renames them Gang of Three Inc. AUGUST 10 Hunting season in Alaska: Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Heath Palin (born February 11 1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho) is the current Governor of Alaska. She is the youngest governor in Alaskan history (forty-two years old upon taking office), as well as the first woman to hold the office in Alaska. shoots the last polar bear polar bear, large white bear, Ursus maritimus, formerly Thalarctos maritimus, of the coasts of arctic North America. Polar bears usually live on drifting pack ice, but sometimes wander long distances inland. AUGUST 26 The first drug-free Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and ends * * a month late SEPTEMBER 4 The World's tallest building opens in Dubai EMPTY! SEPTEMBER 15 Ahmadine jad meets Obama at the UN YES WE CAN! OCTOBER 2 The 2016 Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. go to: PYONG YANG DECEMBER 10 The Nobel Peace Price is announced FOR LEAVING THE WORLD STAGE IN 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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