Editing 2009 (section)

=== November ===
* [[November 3]]
** The [[Czech Republic]] becomes the final [[member state of the European Union|member-state]] of the [[European Union]] to sign the [[Treaty of Lisbon]], thereby permitting that document's initiation into [[European law]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/03/czech.eu.lisbon.treaty/index.html|title=CCN.com|publisher=CNN|date=November 3, 2009|access-date=August 23, 2010|archive-date=March 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329063235/http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/03/czech.eu.lisbon.treaty/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[Prime Minister of Belgium]], [[Herman Van Rompuy]], is designated the first permanent [[President of the European Council]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Miranda  |last2=Thomas |first2=Philip  |date=20 November 2009 |title=Tony Blair Has Dropped Out Of The Race To Be EU President As Herman Van Rompuy Gets The Nod – World News |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Tony-Blair-Has-Dropped-Out-Of-The-Race-To-Be-EU-President-As-Herman-Van-Rompuy-Gets-The-Nod/Article/200911315457404?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15457404_Tony_Blair_Has_Dropped_Out_Of_The_Race_To_Be_EU_President_As_Herman_Van_Rompuy_Gets_The_Nod |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122075535/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Tony-Blair-Has-Dropped-Out-Of-The-Race-To-Be-EU-President-As-Herman-Van-Rompuy-Gets-The-Nod/Article/200911315457404?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15457404_Tony_Blair_Has_Dropped_Out_Of_The_Race_To_Be_EU_President_As_Herman_Van_Rompuy_Gets_The_Nod |archive-date=November 22, 2009 |access-date=November 20, 2009 |website=Sky News}}</ref> a position he takes up on December 1, 2009.<ref name="consilium.europa.eu">{{cite web|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/showFocus.aspx?id=1&focusId=416&lang=en|title=Europa.eu|publisher=Consilium.europa.eu|access-date=2010-08-23|archive-date=November 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125101241/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/showFocus.aspx?id=1&focusId=416&lang=EN|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.se2009.eu/en/meetings_news/2009/11/12/webcast_one_week_to_go_until_crucial_summit|title=Webcast: One week to go until crucial summit – Swedish Presidency of the European Union|access-date=November 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115130855/http://www.se2009.eu/en/meetings_news/2009/11/12/webcast_one_week_to_go_until_crucial_summit|archive-date=November 15, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force on December 1, 2009, the six-month rotating presidency of the [[European Council]] ceased to exist (as the provision for its existence has been erased from the Treaties in force), and the new office of President of the European Council came into being. The appointment of [[Herman van Rompuy]] as President of the European Council became effective on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. Also, article 6 of the Protocol ''on transitional provisions'' annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon provided that on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty, the terms of office of the High Representative for the common foreign and security policy and of the Deputy Secretary General of the Council ceased, with the Council electing a Secretary General. [http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/08/st06/st06655.en08.pdf register.consilium.europa.eu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307100132/http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/08/st06/st06655.en08.pdf |date=March 7, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[November 10]] – [[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]] was released.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sterling |first=Jim |date=November 12, 2009 |title=Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 |url=http://www.destructoid.com/review-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-154804.phtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110730051606/http://www.destructoid.com/review-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-154804.phtml |archive-date=July 30, 2011 |access-date=August 8, 2023 |website=Destructoid}}</ref>
*[[November 13]] – Having analyzed the data from the [[LCROSS]] lunar impact, [[NASA]] announces that it has found a "significant" quantity of [[Lunar water|water]] in the [[Moon]]'s [[Cabeus (crater)|Cabeus]] crater.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/nov/HQ_09-265_LCROSS_Confirms_Water.html|title=NASA's LCROSS Impacts Confirm Water in Lunar Crater|publisher=[[NASA]]|date=November 13, 2009|access-date=November 21, 2009|quote=Preliminary data from NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates the mission successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115180658/http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/nov/HQ_09-265_LCROSS_Confirms_Water.html|archive-date=November 15, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 13, 2009 |title=NASA finds 'significant' water on moon |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/13/water.moon.nasa/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116064753/http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/13/water.moon.nasa/index.html |archive-date=November 16, 2009 |access-date=November 13, 2016 |publisher=CNN}}</ref>
* [[November 23]] – In the [[Philippines]], at least [[Maguindanao massacre|58 people are abducted and killed]] in the province of [[Maguindanao]], in what the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]] called the single deadliest attack on journalists in history.<ref name=pdi>{{cite news|first=Alcuin|last=Papa|title=Maguindanao massacre worst-ever for journalists|url=http://politics.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&article=20091126-238554|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|access-date=November 26, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202082845/http://politics.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&article=20091126-238554|archive-date=December 2, 2009}}</ref>
* [[November 24]] &ndash; The [[Avdhela Project]], an [[Aromanians|Aromanian]] [[digital library]] and cultural initiative, is founded in [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-cultura-6536622-avdhela-ndash-biblioteca-culturii-aromane.htm|title=Avdhela – Biblioteca Culturii Aromâne|first=Ionuț|last=Baiaș|newspaper=[[HotNews]]|date=22 November 2009|language=ro|access-date=September 11, 2022|archive-date=September 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909082146/https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-cultura-6536622-avdhela-ndash-biblioteca-culturii-aromane.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>