October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name (from the Latin "octo" meaning "eight") when January and February were added. When the calendar was originally created by the Romans, the year began in March (in honor of the God of War, Mars) this meant that instead of October being the 10th month of the year it was originally the 8th month of the year. October is commonly associated with the season of autumn in the Northern hemisphere and spring in the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
October 1, 2009, Sarah Palin's memoir Going Rogue tops best-seller list; 6 weeks before Release. (Telegraph)
October 1, 2009, American Police Force trusted into public spotlight after controversy.(Raw)
October 1, 2009,
October 1, 2009,
October 1, 2009,
October 1, 2009, Fringe: Episode Fracture
October 1, 2009, Community: An Introduction to Film.
October 1, 2009, Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Great Recession
October 1, 2009, A second earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale occurs near Sumatra, Indonesia, following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake the previous day. (Reuters)
October 1, 2009, The Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom are sworn into office, replacing the Law Lords as the final court of appeal in the country. (BBC)
October 1, 2009, Mass celebrations take place in Beijing to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. (Xinhua)
October 1, 2009, AP Exclusive: Autopsy shocker: Jackson was healthy. (BreitBart)
October 1, 2009, Police use acoustic warfare to disperse crowds. (MyWay)
October 2, 2009, Series Premiere of Stargate: Universe.
Stargate Universe is set on the Ancient ship Destiny, which was launched nearly a million years ago. Several ships were sent ahead of it to seed the universe with Stargates. The Ancients had planned on using the Stargate to board Destiny when it was far out enough into the universe, but learned how to ascend before that time. In order to reach this ship, an address would have to be dialed consisting of nine chevrons, a possibility that had been unknown in the previous Stargate series.
Stargate Universe is set on the Ancient ship Destiny, which was launched nearly a million years ago. Several ships were sent ahead of it to seed the universe with Stargates. The Ancients had planned on using the Stargate to board Destiny when it was far out enough into the universe, but learned how to ascend before that time. In order to reach this ship, an address would have to be dialed consisting of nine chevrons, a possibility that had been unknown in the previous Stargate series.
October 2, 2009, Olympics headed to Brazil, first time Olympics will be held in South America.
October 2, 2009, Release of Zombie Land
October 2, 2009, Release of More then a Game.
October 2, 2009,
October 2, 2009,
October 2, 2009, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi birthday.
October 2, 2009, The New York Daily News is reporting that Red Sox Hall of Famer Ted Williams' severed head was mistreated at an Arizona cryonics facility, according to details from a new book.(Huffpost)
October 2, 2009,
October 3, 2009, Ireland approves the European Union’s Treaty of Lisbon by a margin of 67.1% to 32.9% in a second referendum. (RTÉ)
October 3, 2009, Tony Blair's former chief-of-staff, Jonathan Powell, has been touring European capital cities, including Brussels, Paris and Prague, in an undercover move to make him the first President of the European Council. Blair is supported by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (The Times)
-William Hague says Blair as EU president would be the worst option for Britain, saying "most people would be extremely annoyed" and that his appointment would "underline the lack of accountability and democracy that is our objection to the Lisbon treaty". (The Times)
October 3, 2009, The 19th anniversary of the reunification of Germany is marked by a special four-day puppet show in Berlin. (BBC)
October 3, 2009, Thousands of people demonstrate in defence of press freedom in Rome, Italy, amid concerns of government interference. (The New York Times)
October 3, 2009, Archaeologists discover a smaller prehistoric site near Stonehenge, dubbed as "Bluehenge", named after the hue of the 27 stones that formed it. (BBC)
October 4, 2009, Family Guy S8 Ep2: Family Goy.
October 2, 2009, Release of More then a Game.
October 2, 2009,
October 2, 2009,
October 2, 2009, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi birthday.
October 2, 2009, The New York Daily News is reporting that Red Sox Hall of Famer Ted Williams' severed head was mistreated at an Arizona cryonics facility, according to details from a new book.(Huffpost)
October 2, 2009,
October 3, 2009, Ireland approves the European Union’s Treaty of Lisbon by a margin of 67.1% to 32.9% in a second referendum. (RTÉ)
October 3, 2009, Tony Blair's former chief-of-staff, Jonathan Powell, has been touring European capital cities, including Brussels, Paris and Prague, in an undercover move to make him the first President of the European Council. Blair is supported by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (The Times)
-William Hague says Blair as EU president would be the worst option for Britain, saying "most people would be extremely annoyed" and that his appointment would "underline the lack of accountability and democracy that is our objection to the Lisbon treaty". (The Times)
October 3, 2009, The 19th anniversary of the reunification of Germany is marked by a special four-day puppet show in Berlin. (BBC)
October 3, 2009, Thousands of people demonstrate in defence of press freedom in Rome, Italy, amid concerns of government interference. (The New York Times)
October 3, 2009, Archaeologists discover a smaller prehistoric site near Stonehenge, dubbed as "Bluehenge", named after the hue of the 27 stones that formed it. (BBC)
October 4, 2009, Family Guy S8 Ep2: Family Goy.
October 4, 2009,
October 4, 2009,
October 4, 2009, Shōichi Nakagawa, the former Japanese Finance Minister who resigned over apparent drunken behaviour at the 2009 G7 meeting in Rome, is found dead in Tokyo. (Japan Today)
October 4, 2009, Pressure increases on the Czech and Polish nations to approve the Treaty of Lisbon; Polish President Lech Kaczyński is expected to sign it following the second Irish referendum but Czech President Václav Klaus continues to decline. (RTÉ)
October 4, 2009, President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is revealed to have Jewish roots. (The Daily Telegraph)
October 4, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI opens a three-week synod of African bishops with a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. (BBC)
October 4, 2009, The British and French governments announce a "historic" £2.5 billion allocation to the International Monetary Fund to help less wealthy countries. (BBC)
October 5, 2009, The United States Federal Trade Commission issues regulations for writers of web logs. (AP via Google)
October 5, 2009, United States President Barack Obama delays a meeting with the Dalai Lama until after a visit to China. (Washington Post)
October 6, 2009, Release of Everclear Album In a Different Light.
October 6, 2009, Release of Toby Keith Album American Ride.
October 6, 2009, Release of Kiss Album Sonic Boom.
October 6, 2009, UN calls for new reserve currency.(BreitBart)
October 7, 2009, South Park S13 Ep8: Dead Celebrities
October 7, 2009, One Nation Under God painting by Jon McNaughton
October 7, 2009, The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, and Ada E. Yonath, "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome". (Nobel Foundation)
October 7, 2009, European Union leaders again warn the Czech Republic of the costs which will be imposed by the further delaying of the Lisbon Treaty. (RTÉ)
October 7, 2009, The discovery of a new ring around Saturn is announced. (BBC)
October 7, 2009, The Constitutional Court of Italy overturns a law offering Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution while in office, ruling it unconsitutional. (Adnkronos)
October 7, 2009, A 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Vanuatu, followed 15 minutes later by a 7.3 magnitude aftershock. A tsunami warning is issued. (USGS)
October 7, 2009, The Red Book by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung is displayed for the first time in public. (BBC)
October 8, 2009, Fringe S2 Ep4: Momentum Deferred.
October 8, 2009, The 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to the Romanian-German novelist Herta Müller, "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed". She becomes the twelfth woman to win the literature prize and the fourth female Nobel Laureate of 2009, a record year for female achievers. (Nobel)
October 8, 2009, DNA analysis reveals the identity of the "cursed blood" disorder that afflicted the British Royal Family in the 19th and early 20th centuries. (BBC)
October 8, 2009, A new study reveals one in four people are Muslim, with the global Muslim population standing at 1.57 billion. (The Guardian)
October 8, 2009, Colombia's Administrative Department of Security to be dismantled and become newly named Agencia Central de Inteligencia (Central Intelligence Agency).(Colombia Reports)
October 9, 2009, Release of Couples Retreat
October 9, 2009, In an attempt to determine the extent of lunar ice, NASA commences bombing of the Moon by crashing two unmanned spacecraft into its south pole in front of a live audience. (ABC News)
October 9, 2009, U.S. president Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” (The New York Times)
October 9, 2009, Wallace Souza, the former Brazilian state legislator and host of Canal Livre who faces accusations of drug trafficking and murder, surrenders to police after being a fugitive for four days. (CNN)
October 10, 2009, Barak gives speech at Human Rights Campaign
October 11, 2009, American Dad S5 Ep3: Home Adrone
October 11, 2009, Thousands of people attend the state funeral of Arturo "Zambo" Cavero in Lima, Peru. President Alan García posthumously awards him the Order of the Sun. (BBC)
October 11, 2009, Thousands of people march in protest for gay rights in Washington, D.C.. (BBC)
October 11, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI canonizes five new saints: Father Damien, Rafael Arnáiz Barón, Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Francisco Coll Guitart, and Jeanne Jugan. (Reuters)
October 12, 2009,
October 12, 2009, Edgar Allan Poe receives a funeral in Baltimore, USA, 160 years after his death and 200 after his birth. (BBC)
October 13, 2009, Release of David Archueleta and Bob Dylan Albums Christmas in the Heart.
October 13, 2009, Release of Brian McKnight Album Evolution of man
October 13, 2009, Release of Los Lonely Boys Album 1969.
October 13, 2009, Senates Finance committee approves health care bill
October 13, 2009, Swastika and Obama Carved into Golf Course.
October 13, 2009, Knight Templar anniversary
October 13, 2009, It is revealed that Czech President Václav Klaus has told his supporters he will never sign the Treaty of Lisbon. (The Times)
October 13, 2009, An autopsy on the body of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately finds he died of natural causes. Andrew Cowles blames himself. The Bulgarian who found his body speaks out for the time. (The Irish Times)
October 13, 2009, A previously unrecognized painting is attributed to Leonardo da Vinci on fingerprint evidence. (BBC)
October 14, 2009, The United Nations warns that malnutrition is getting worse. (BBC)
October 14, 2009, The Dow Jones closes above 10,000 points for the first time in more than a year. (The New York Times)
October 14, 2009, Korean founder and leader of the worldwide Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon, holds a mass wedding ceremony for some 1,000 couples near Seoul. (Reuters)
October 14, 2009, Tim Berners-Lee issues an apology for the unnecessary "//" in URLs he designed for the World Wide Web. (BBC)
October 14, 2009, Iraq's Human Rights Ministry announces at least 85,000 Iraqis have been killed by bombs, murders and fighting between 2004 and 2008. (Associated Press)
October 15, 2009, A worldwide media circus surrounds an incident in which a six-year-old boy named Falcon is alleged to be flying in a homemade hot-air balloon; the boy was later found safe at home. (CNN)
October 15, 2009, The U.N. General Assembly elects Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria to the U.N. Security Council as non-veto-holding members. (Reuters)
October 15, 2009, Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee initially argued against awarding U.S. President Barack Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. (AFP via Google News)
October 15, 2009, Finland becomes the first country in the world to declare Internet broadband access a legal right. (CNN)
October 15, 2009, President of Ireland Mary McAleese signs the Lisbon Treaty after returning from Luxembourg. (RTÉ)
October 16, 2009, Release of Where the Wild Things Are
October 16, 2009, Release of Law Abiding Citizen.
October 16, 2009, Release of The Stepfather.
October 16, 2009, The United States records a budget deficit of $1.42 trillion. (Bloomberg)
October 16, 2009, A strong earthquake hits Indonesia, causing mass panic and evacuations in Jakarta. (CNN)
October 16, 2009, Hurricane Rick forms off the coast of Mexico. (BBC)
October 16, 2009, The United Nations Human Rights Council endorses the Goldstone report on the Gaza War, accussing both Israel and Hamas of war crimes. (Jerusalem Post)
October 16, 2009, Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress Kylie Minogue makes her Hindi cinema debut in Blue, thought to be the most expensive Bollywood production ever.
October 17, 2009, Czech President Václav Klaus compares the Treaty of Lisbon to "an unstoppable speeding train" that he is being forced to sign. (BBC)
October 17, 2009, A report into dumping of toxic waste by Trafigura in Côte d'Ivoire is published. (BBC)
October 17, 2009, The sheriff in Fort Collins, Colorado advises that criminal charges will be laid over the Colorado balloon incident. (AP via Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
October 17, 2009, The government of the Maldives, including President Mohamed Nasheed, holds the world's first underwater Cabinet meeting, to highlight the threat of global warming. (Miadhu News)
October 4, 2009,
October 4, 2009, Shōichi Nakagawa, the former Japanese Finance Minister who resigned over apparent drunken behaviour at the 2009 G7 meeting in Rome, is found dead in Tokyo. (Japan Today)
October 4, 2009, Pressure increases on the Czech and Polish nations to approve the Treaty of Lisbon; Polish President Lech Kaczyński is expected to sign it following the second Irish referendum but Czech President Václav Klaus continues to decline. (RTÉ)
October 4, 2009, President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is revealed to have Jewish roots. (The Daily Telegraph)
October 4, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI opens a three-week synod of African bishops with a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. (BBC)
October 4, 2009, The British and French governments announce a "historic" £2.5 billion allocation to the International Monetary Fund to help less wealthy countries. (BBC)
October 5, 2009, The United States Federal Trade Commission issues regulations for writers of web logs. (AP via Google)
October 5, 2009, United States President Barack Obama delays a meeting with the Dalai Lama until after a visit to China. (Washington Post)
October 6, 2009, Release of Everclear Album In a Different Light.
October 6, 2009, Release of Toby Keith Album American Ride.
October 6, 2009, Release of Kiss Album Sonic Boom.
October 6, 2009, UN calls for new reserve currency.(BreitBart)
October 7, 2009, South Park S13 Ep8: Dead Celebrities
October 7, 2009, One Nation Under God painting by Jon McNaughton
October 7, 2009, The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, and Ada E. Yonath, "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome". (Nobel Foundation)
October 7, 2009, European Union leaders again warn the Czech Republic of the costs which will be imposed by the further delaying of the Lisbon Treaty. (RTÉ)
October 7, 2009, The discovery of a new ring around Saturn is announced. (BBC)
October 7, 2009, The Constitutional Court of Italy overturns a law offering Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution while in office, ruling it unconsitutional. (Adnkronos)
October 7, 2009, A 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Vanuatu, followed 15 minutes later by a 7.3 magnitude aftershock. A tsunami warning is issued. (USGS)
October 7, 2009, The Red Book by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung is displayed for the first time in public. (BBC)
October 8, 2009, Fringe S2 Ep4: Momentum Deferred.
October 8, 2009, The 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to the Romanian-German novelist Herta Müller, "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed". She becomes the twelfth woman to win the literature prize and the fourth female Nobel Laureate of 2009, a record year for female achievers. (Nobel)
October 8, 2009, DNA analysis reveals the identity of the "cursed blood" disorder that afflicted the British Royal Family in the 19th and early 20th centuries. (BBC)
October 8, 2009, A new study reveals one in four people are Muslim, with the global Muslim population standing at 1.57 billion. (The Guardian)
October 8, 2009, Colombia's Administrative Department of Security to be dismantled and become newly named Agencia Central de Inteligencia (Central Intelligence Agency).(Colombia Reports)
October 9, 2009, Release of Couples Retreat
October 9, 2009, In an attempt to determine the extent of lunar ice, NASA commences bombing of the Moon by crashing two unmanned spacecraft into its south pole in front of a live audience. (ABC News)
October 9, 2009, U.S. president Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” (The New York Times)
October 9, 2009, Wallace Souza, the former Brazilian state legislator and host of Canal Livre who faces accusations of drug trafficking and murder, surrenders to police after being a fugitive for four days. (CNN)
October 10, 2009, Barak gives speech at Human Rights Campaign
October 11, 2009, American Dad S5 Ep3: Home Adrone
October 11, 2009, Thousands of people attend the state funeral of Arturo "Zambo" Cavero in Lima, Peru. President Alan García posthumously awards him the Order of the Sun. (BBC)
October 11, 2009, Thousands of people march in protest for gay rights in Washington, D.C.. (BBC)
October 11, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI canonizes five new saints: Father Damien, Rafael Arnáiz Barón, Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Francisco Coll Guitart, and Jeanne Jugan. (Reuters)
October 12, 2009,
October 12, 2009, Edgar Allan Poe receives a funeral in Baltimore, USA, 160 years after his death and 200 after his birth. (BBC)
October 13, 2009, Release of David Archueleta and Bob Dylan Albums Christmas in the Heart.
October 13, 2009, Release of Brian McKnight Album Evolution of man
October 13, 2009, Release of Los Lonely Boys Album 1969.
October 13, 2009, Senates Finance committee approves health care bill
October 13, 2009, Swastika and Obama Carved into Golf Course.
October 13, 2009, Knight Templar anniversary
October 13, 2009, It is revealed that Czech President Václav Klaus has told his supporters he will never sign the Treaty of Lisbon. (The Times)
October 13, 2009, An autopsy on the body of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately finds he died of natural causes. Andrew Cowles blames himself. The Bulgarian who found his body speaks out for the time. (The Irish Times)
October 13, 2009, A previously unrecognized painting is attributed to Leonardo da Vinci on fingerprint evidence. (BBC)
October 14, 2009, The United Nations warns that malnutrition is getting worse. (BBC)
October 14, 2009, The Dow Jones closes above 10,000 points for the first time in more than a year. (The New York Times)
October 14, 2009, Korean founder and leader of the worldwide Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon, holds a mass wedding ceremony for some 1,000 couples near Seoul. (Reuters)
October 14, 2009, Tim Berners-Lee issues an apology for the unnecessary "//" in URLs he designed for the World Wide Web. (BBC)
October 14, 2009, Iraq's Human Rights Ministry announces at least 85,000 Iraqis have been killed by bombs, murders and fighting between 2004 and 2008. (Associated Press)
October 15, 2009, A worldwide media circus surrounds an incident in which a six-year-old boy named Falcon is alleged to be flying in a homemade hot-air balloon; the boy was later found safe at home. (CNN)
October 15, 2009, The U.N. General Assembly elects Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria to the U.N. Security Council as non-veto-holding members. (Reuters)
October 15, 2009, Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee initially argued against awarding U.S. President Barack Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. (AFP via Google News)
October 15, 2009, Finland becomes the first country in the world to declare Internet broadband access a legal right. (CNN)
October 15, 2009, President of Ireland Mary McAleese signs the Lisbon Treaty after returning from Luxembourg. (RTÉ)
October 16, 2009, Release of Where the Wild Things Are
October 16, 2009, Release of Law Abiding Citizen.
October 16, 2009, Release of The Stepfather.
October 16, 2009, The United States records a budget deficit of $1.42 trillion. (Bloomberg)
October 16, 2009, A strong earthquake hits Indonesia, causing mass panic and evacuations in Jakarta. (CNN)
October 16, 2009, Hurricane Rick forms off the coast of Mexico. (BBC)
October 16, 2009, The United Nations Human Rights Council endorses the Goldstone report on the Gaza War, accussing both Israel and Hamas of war crimes. (Jerusalem Post)
October 16, 2009, Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress Kylie Minogue makes her Hindi cinema debut in Blue, thought to be the most expensive Bollywood production ever.
October 17, 2009, Czech President Václav Klaus compares the Treaty of Lisbon to "an unstoppable speeding train" that he is being forced to sign. (BBC)
October 17, 2009, A report into dumping of toxic waste by Trafigura in Côte d'Ivoire is published. (BBC)
October 17, 2009, The sheriff in Fort Collins, Colorado advises that criminal charges will be laid over the Colorado balloon incident. (AP via Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
October 17, 2009, The government of the Maldives, including President Mohamed Nasheed, holds the world's first underwater Cabinet meeting, to highlight the threat of global warming. (Miadhu News)
October 18, 2009,
October 18, 2009,
October 18, 2009, The Rock Obama Returns. (Huffpost)
October 18, 2009, Church Denounces African Children as "Witches".(Huffpost)
October 18, 2009, Iraq accuses neighbouring countries of stealing sections of its national archives, including centuries-old documents. (AFP)
October 18, 2009, Ukraine commences its first presidential election campaign since the 2004 Orange Revolution. (Reuters)
October 18, 2009, Hurricane Rick strengthens to a Category 5 storm, becoming the strongest hurricane in a decade in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (Associated Press)
October 18, 2009, The Australian state of Queensland declares a state of emergency after more than 50 wildfires burn out of control. (TVNZ)
October 19, 2009,
October 20, 2009, In a set of canon laws, the Vatican welcomes groups of Anglicans as "personal ordinariates" into the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI announces. (BBC)
October 20, 2009, Microsystems announces plans to lay off up to 3,000 workers as it prepares for a merger with Oracle Corp. (Market Watch)
October 20, 2009, Rare footage of the abuse of suspected witches causes controversy in India. (BBC)
October 21, 2009, The Philadelphia Phillies win the 2009 National League Championship Series 4 games to 1 after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 10–4. (New York Times)
October 21, 2009, A report on the discovery of a new species of dinosaur, Fruitadens haagarorum, measuring around 70cm long, is published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. (RSPB)
October 21, 2009, The International Atomic Energy Agency propose draft agreement for Iran and three world powers to agree, aimed at reducing international concerns over Tehran's nuclear programme. (BBC)
October 22, 2009,
October 22, 2009,
October 22, 2009, Sweden's Lutheran Church decides to conduct same-sex marriages, becoming the first major church to do so. (Reuters)
October 22, 2009, China's economy grows at 8.9% in the third quarter from a year earlier, the fastest pace in a year. (Bloomberg)
October 22, 2009, The Microsoft operating system Windows 7 goes on retail sale worldwide. (CNET News)
October 22, 2009, The U.S. House Financial Services Committee approved a measure establishing a Consumer Financial Protection Agency.(Washington Post)
October 23th, 2009, Apple Day
October 23, 2009, Release of Saw VI.
October 23, 2009, Release of Astroboy.
October 23, 2009, Release of Cirque Du Freak: The Vampires Assistant.
October 23, 2009, Release of Amelia.
October 23, 2009, Series Premiere of White Collar.
October 23, 2009, At the end of their three-week synod in the Vatican, more than 200 African Roman Catholic bishops issue a 12-page document urging what they call corrupt political leaders on the continent to repent their sins or resign and criticising multinational companies who exploit and destroy the earth. (BBC)
October 23, 2009, A universal mobile phone charger that works with any handset is approved by the International Telecommunication Union. (BBC)
October 23, 2009, Jean Todt defeats Ari Vatanen in an election to become the new head of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, replacing former head Max Mosley, who held the position for 16 years. (BBC)
October 23, 2009, The Swiss Government says that the United States has formally requested the extradition of film director Roman Polanski for having unlawful sex with an underage girl in 1977. (AP via Washington Post)
October 24, 2009, Senior envoys from North Korea and the United States hold rare talks on North Korea's nuclear programme in New York City. (Channel News Asia)
October 24, 2009, Over 5,400 synchronized demonstrations occur worldwide with the goal of pushing countries to get serious about an international climate accord. (New York Times)
October 24, 2009, A magnitude 7.0 under sea earthquake strikes off the eastern Indonesia. (Associated Press)
October 25, 2009, The New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 in Game 6 of the 2009 American League Championship Series to advance to the World Series. (New York Times)
October 25, 2009, Inspectors from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), arrive in Iran to inspect a newly disclosed nuclear facility near the city of Qom. (CNN)
October 26, 2009,
October 26, 2009, Australian authorities offer a Aus$1 million reward in their search for a man suspected of ordering the murder of a vampire. (BBC)
October 26, 2009, Yahoo! discontinues its free web hosting service GeoCities, ten years after purchasing it from David Bohnett and John Rezner. (The Los Angeles Times)
October 26, 2009, A crater found in northern Latvia, believed at first to be a meteorite strike, is revealed to be a hoax perpetrated by telecom operator Tele2. (Fox News)
October 27, 2009,
October 27, 2009, Release of Atreyu Album Congregation of the Damned
October 27, 2009, Release of Weezer album Raditude
October 27, 2009, Release of Creed Album Full Circle
October 27, 2009, Release of R.E.M. Album Live At The Olympia
October 27, 2009, Qatar inaugurates one of the world's largest LNG trains, operated by RasGas. (Al Bawaba)
October 27, 2009, The Church of Scientology in France is convicted of organized fraud. (France 24)
October 27, 2009, The son of ex-French President François Mitterrand, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand and an ex-government minister, Charles Pasqua, are convicted for their roles in illegal arms sales to Angola. (Associated Press)
October 27, 2009, A British couple are missing after their yacht is hijacked by Somali pirates off the Seychelles. (Bloomberg)
October 28th, 2009, Release of This is It
October 28, 2009, Ares I-X, the first test article for NASA's Ares I rocket, launches successfully from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a sub-orbital test flight. (CNN)
October 28, 2009, The Matthew Shepard Act, providing legal protection against hate crimes to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people, is signed into law in the United States by President Barack Obama. (Associated Press)
October 28, 2009, Federal agents attached to the FBI fatally shoot the leader of a Sunni Muslim group wanted on firearm charges in Detroit, USA. (New York Times)
October 29, 2009, Flash Forward S1 Ep6: Scary Monsters and Super Creeps
October 29, 2009, The United States unofficially exits recession in the third quarter, growing at 3.5%. (Associated Press)
October 29, 2009, Kenya is to carry out its first census on its gay population to combat HIV/AIDS, even though homosexuality is banned in the country. (BBC)
October 29, 2009, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the government is ready for a deal on its nuclear program. (Press TV)
October 30, 2009, A U.S. judge orders a trial for two doctors and a lawyer accused of providing American sex symbol Anna Nicole Smith with drugs. (AP via Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
October 30, 2009, Internet regulator ICANN approves plans to allow non-Latin web addresses for the first time. (BBC)
October 30, 2009, European Union leaders agree a climate aid deal to help developing countries adapt to climate change. (CNN)
October 18, 2009,
October 18, 2009, The Rock Obama Returns. (Huffpost)
October 18, 2009, Church Denounces African Children as "Witches".(Huffpost)
October 18, 2009, Iraq accuses neighbouring countries of stealing sections of its national archives, including centuries-old documents. (AFP)
October 18, 2009, Ukraine commences its first presidential election campaign since the 2004 Orange Revolution. (Reuters)
October 18, 2009, Hurricane Rick strengthens to a Category 5 storm, becoming the strongest hurricane in a decade in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (Associated Press)
October 18, 2009, The Australian state of Queensland declares a state of emergency after more than 50 wildfires burn out of control. (TVNZ)
October 19, 2009,
October 20, 2009, In a set of canon laws, the Vatican welcomes groups of Anglicans as "personal ordinariates" into the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI announces. (BBC)
October 20, 2009, Microsystems announces plans to lay off up to 3,000 workers as it prepares for a merger with Oracle Corp. (Market Watch)
October 20, 2009, Rare footage of the abuse of suspected witches causes controversy in India. (BBC)
October 21, 2009, The Philadelphia Phillies win the 2009 National League Championship Series 4 games to 1 after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 10–4. (New York Times)
October 21, 2009, A report on the discovery of a new species of dinosaur, Fruitadens haagarorum, measuring around 70cm long, is published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. (RSPB)
October 21, 2009, The International Atomic Energy Agency propose draft agreement for Iran and three world powers to agree, aimed at reducing international concerns over Tehran's nuclear programme. (BBC)
October 22, 2009,
October 22, 2009,
October 22, 2009, Sweden's Lutheran Church decides to conduct same-sex marriages, becoming the first major church to do so. (Reuters)
October 22, 2009, China's economy grows at 8.9% in the third quarter from a year earlier, the fastest pace in a year. (Bloomberg)
October 22, 2009, The Microsoft operating system Windows 7 goes on retail sale worldwide. (CNET News)
October 22, 2009, The U.S. House Financial Services Committee approved a measure establishing a Consumer Financial Protection Agency.(Washington Post)
October 23th, 2009, Apple Day
October 23, 2009, Release of Saw VI.
October 23, 2009, Release of Astroboy.
October 23, 2009, Release of Cirque Du Freak: The Vampires Assistant.
October 23, 2009, Release of Amelia.
October 23, 2009, Series Premiere of White Collar.
October 23, 2009, At the end of their three-week synod in the Vatican, more than 200 African Roman Catholic bishops issue a 12-page document urging what they call corrupt political leaders on the continent to repent their sins or resign and criticising multinational companies who exploit and destroy the earth. (BBC)
October 23, 2009, A universal mobile phone charger that works with any handset is approved by the International Telecommunication Union. (BBC)
October 23, 2009, Jean Todt defeats Ari Vatanen in an election to become the new head of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, replacing former head Max Mosley, who held the position for 16 years. (BBC)
October 23, 2009, The Swiss Government says that the United States has formally requested the extradition of film director Roman Polanski for having unlawful sex with an underage girl in 1977. (AP via Washington Post)
October 24, 2009, Senior envoys from North Korea and the United States hold rare talks on North Korea's nuclear programme in New York City. (Channel News Asia)
October 24, 2009, Over 5,400 synchronized demonstrations occur worldwide with the goal of pushing countries to get serious about an international climate accord. (New York Times)
October 24, 2009, A magnitude 7.0 under sea earthquake strikes off the eastern Indonesia. (Associated Press)
October 25, 2009, The New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 in Game 6 of the 2009 American League Championship Series to advance to the World Series. (New York Times)
October 25, 2009, Inspectors from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), arrive in Iran to inspect a newly disclosed nuclear facility near the city of Qom. (CNN)
October 26, 2009,
October 26, 2009, Australian authorities offer a Aus$1 million reward in their search for a man suspected of ordering the murder of a vampire. (BBC)
October 26, 2009, Yahoo! discontinues its free web hosting service GeoCities, ten years after purchasing it from David Bohnett and John Rezner. (The Los Angeles Times)
October 26, 2009, A crater found in northern Latvia, believed at first to be a meteorite strike, is revealed to be a hoax perpetrated by telecom operator Tele2. (Fox News)
October 27, 2009,
October 27, 2009, Release of Atreyu Album Congregation of the Damned
October 27, 2009, Release of Weezer album Raditude
October 27, 2009, Release of Creed Album Full Circle
October 27, 2009, Release of R.E.M. Album Live At The Olympia
October 27, 2009, Qatar inaugurates one of the world's largest LNG trains, operated by RasGas. (Al Bawaba)
October 27, 2009, The Church of Scientology in France is convicted of organized fraud. (France 24)
October 27, 2009, The son of ex-French President François Mitterrand, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand and an ex-government minister, Charles Pasqua, are convicted for their roles in illegal arms sales to Angola. (Associated Press)
October 27, 2009, A British couple are missing after their yacht is hijacked by Somali pirates off the Seychelles. (Bloomberg)
October 28th, 2009, Release of This is It
October 28, 2009, Ares I-X, the first test article for NASA's Ares I rocket, launches successfully from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a sub-orbital test flight. (CNN)
October 28th, 2009, Modern Family S1 Ep6: Run for your Wife
October 28, 2009, The Matthew Shepard Act, providing legal protection against hate crimes to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people, is signed into law in the United States by President Barack Obama. (Associated Press)
October 28, 2009, Federal agents attached to the FBI fatally shoot the leader of a Sunni Muslim group wanted on firearm charges in Detroit, USA. (New York Times)
October 29th, 2009, All Saints Day
October 29th, 2009, Release of Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
October 29th, 2009, House unveils 1,990 page Health Bill
October 29, 2009, The United States unofficially exits recession in the third quarter, growing at 3.5%. (Associated Press)
October 29, 2009, Kenya is to carry out its first census on its gay population to combat HIV/AIDS, even though homosexuality is banned in the country. (BBC)
October 29, 2009, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the government is ready for a deal on its nuclear program. (Press TV)
October 30th, 2009, Devils Night
October 30, 2009, NASA reveals that a partial parachute failure resulted in damage to the Ares I-X test booster upon splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean following its test flight on Wednesday. (Spaceflight Now)October 30, 2009, A U.S. judge orders a trial for two doctors and a lawyer accused of providing American sex symbol Anna Nicole Smith with drugs. (AP via Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
October 30, 2009, Internet regulator ICANN approves plans to allow non-Latin web addresses for the first time. (BBC)
October 30, 2009, European Union leaders agree a climate aid deal to help developing countries adapt to climate change. (CNN)
October 31th, 2009, Halloween
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