Editing 2009 (section)

=== January ===
* [[January 1]]
** [[Japan]], [[Mexico]], [[Turkey]] and [[Uganda]] [[United Nations Security Council election, 2008|assume their seats]] on the [[United Nations Security Council]].
** [[Asunción]], the capital of [[Paraguay]], becomes the [[American Capital of Culture]] and [[Vilnius]] and [[Linz]] become the [[European Capital of Culture|European Capitals of Culture]].
** [[Slovakia]] adopts the [[euro]] as its national currency, replacing the [[Slovak koruna]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article5414398.ece|location=London|work=The Times|first1=Rory|last1=Watson|title=Slovakia adopts the euro on January 1|date=December 29, 2008|access-date=March 9, 2010|archive-date=August 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807194735/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article5414398.ece|url-status=dead}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
** A [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] [[Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department|police]] officer [[Killing of Oscar Grant|shoots and kills Oscar Grant]], an unarmed black man, at [[Fruitvale station]] in Oakland, United States. The event becomes one of the inciting incidents for the global [[Black Lives Matter]] movement.<ref>{{Cite news |title='On Our Watch' Litigation Reveals New Details In Police Shooting Of Oscar Grant : On Our Watch |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/06/23/1009486885/on-our-watch-litigation-reveals-new-details-in-police-shooting-of-oscar-grant |access-date=2023-01-07 |archive-date=July 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708092833/https://www.npr.org/2021/06/23/1009486885/on-our-watch-litigation-reveals-new-details-in-police-shooting-of-oscar-grant |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 3]] – The first ("Genesis") block of the [[blockchain]] of the [[cryptocurrency]] and decentralized payment system [[Bitcoin]] is established by the creator of the system, known as [[Satoshi Nakamoto]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Davis|first=Joshua|author-link=Joshua Davis (writer)|title=The Crypto-Currency: Bitcoin and its mysterious inventor|url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/10/111010fa_fact_davis|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918090443/http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/10/111010fa_fact_davis|date=2011-10-11|archive-date=2013-09-18|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – [[US Airways Flight 1549]] ditches in the [[Hudson River]] in an accident that becomes known as the "Miracle on the Hudson", as all 155 people on board are rescued.
* [[January 18]] – [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Gaza War]]: Hamas announces that they will accept the Israel Defense Forces offer of a ceasefire, ending the conflict.
* [[January 21]]
** Israel withdraws from the [[Gaza Strip]], officially ending its [[Gaza War (2008–09)|three-week war]] with [[Hamas]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7841902.stm|access-date=July 7, 2009|work=BBC News|title=Last Israeli troops 'leave Gaza'|date=January 21, 2009|archive-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927212647/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7841902.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> However, intermittent air strikes by both sides continue in the following weeks.<ref>{{cite news|author=Yanir Yagna|date=February 28, 2009|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/at-least-six-gaza-rockets-hit-southern-israel-1.271104|title=At least six Gaza rockets hit southern Israel|work=Haaretz|access-date=2015-04-15|archive-date=May 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511041455/http://www.haaretz.com/news/at-least-six-gaza-rockets-hit-southern-israel-1.271104|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=February 26, 2009|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Kassam-rocket-strikes-Eshkol-Region|title=Kassam rocket strikes Eshkol Region|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=2015-04-15|archive-date=September 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904033319/http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Kassam-rocket-strikes-Eshkol-Region|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Five rockets' fired into Israel|work=BBC News|date=February 28, 2009|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7916555.stm|access-date=February 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228235142/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7916555.stm|archive-date=February 28, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Virginia Tech]] student Zhu Haiyang [[Murder of Yang Xin|decapitates]] Yang Xin in the first campus murder since the [[Virginia Tech shooting]] in 2007.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Killer decapitates Va. Tech student, police say - CNN.com |url=https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/22/virginia.tech.death/index.html |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.cnn.com |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129030825/https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/22/virginia.tech.death/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 26]]
** The first trial at the [[International Criminal Court]] opens. Former [[Union of Congolese Patriots]] leader [[Thomas Lubanga Dyilo]] is accused of training [[child soldier]]s to [[Three Alls Policy|kill, pillage and rape]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Jurjen van de Pol|author2=Franz Wild|date=January 26, 2009|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=a_4iKnLHRml4&refer=africa|title=Congo Warlord Pleads Not Guilty at ICC's First Trial (Update1)|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=2009-07-07}}</ref>
** The [[Iceland]]ic government and banking system [[2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis|collapse]]. [[Prime Minister of Iceland|Prime Minister]] [[Geir Haarde]] immediately resigns.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/27/iceland-prime-minister-resignation|access-date=2015-04-15|location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Mark|last=Tran|title=Icelandic PM becomes world's first leader to step down over banking system crisis|date=January 27, 2009|archive-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201030621/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/27/iceland-prime-minister-resignation|url-status=live}}</ref>
** An [[Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009|annular solar eclipse]] takes place over the Indian Ocean, the 50th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 131|Saros cycle 131]].
*[[January 28]] – [[WikiLeaks]] releases 86 intercepted telephone recordings of [[Romulo Leon|politicians]] and businessmen involved in the [[2008 Peru oil scandal]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Terra Mexico|url=https://www.terra.com.mx/|access-date=2021-03-10|website=www.terra.com.mx|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310172900/https://www.terra.com.mx/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[January 31]] – [[Tiféret Israel Synagogue attack]], profanation of the oldest synagogue in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]].<ref name="NYTjan2009">{{cite news|last1=Romero|first1=Simon|date=31 January 2009|title=Synagogue in Venezuela Vandalized in Break-In|work=The New York Times|agency=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/world/americas/01webvenez.html?_r=0|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801005727/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/world/americas/01webvenez.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref>