2009

• Flo Rida – “Right Round”
• Jason Mraz – “I’m Yours”
• Jay Sean ft Lil Wayne – “Down”
• Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
• Kings of Leon – “Use Somebody”
• Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
• Lady Gaga – “Just Dance”
• Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”
• Matt Nathanson – “Come On Get Higher”
• Miley Cyrus – “Party in the USA”
• Miley Cyrus – “The Climb”
• Owl City – “Fireflies”
• Pink – “Please Don’t Leave Me”
• Pink – “Sober”
• Taylor Swift – “Love Story”
• Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me”
• The Black Eyed Peas – ‘I Gotta Feeling”
• The Black Eyed Peas – “Boom Boom Pow”

• Avatar
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• 2012
• Up
• The Twilight Saga: New Moon
• Sherlock Holmes
• Angels & Demons
• The Hangover

• Lie To Me
• Toddlers & Tiaras
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
• Castle
• Parks and Recreation
• Cake Boss
• Glee
• The Listener
• Tosh.0
• Shark Tank
• The Vampire Diaries
• The Dr. Oz Show
• Modern Family
• The Middle

• Kyle XY
• ER
• Prison Break
• Deal or No Deal
• Without a Trace
• Don't Forget the Lyrics!
• Reno 911!
• Jon & Kate Plus 8

• Season: Samoa
• 2 tribes of 10 new players
• Winner: Natalie White
• Runners-up: Russell Hantz, Mick Trimming

• Season: Tocantins
• Location: Brasil
• Winner: James "J.T" Thomas Jr
• Runner-up: Stephen Fishback

• Winner: Kris Allen
• Runner-up: Adam Lambert - went on to be lead singer for Queen
• First major change to judging panel - 4th judge Kara DioGuardi
• New features of "Judges Save" - Matt Giraud was saved at Top 7

• Clara Lukasiak - dancer, on "Dance Moms"
• Petyon Evans - dancer, on "Dance Moms"
• Mason Disick - son of Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick
• Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck - girl Seraphina Rose
• Jamie Oliver - girl Petal Blossom Rainbow
• Nichole Richie and Joel Madden - son Sparrow James Midnight
• Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr - girl Charlotte
• Heidi Klum and Seal - boy Lou Sulola Samuel
• Gisele Bunchen and Tom Brady - boy Benjamin

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• Michael Jackson - "King of Pop", songs include "Thriller" and "Billie Jean"
• Patrick Swayze - actor, in "Dirty Dancing"
• Brittany Murphy - actress, in movie "Clueless" and "Happy Feet"
• Natasha Richardson - actress, wife of Liam Neeson
• Billy Mays - TV pitchman for Oxiclean
• Farrah Fawcett - American actress, "Charlie's Angels"
• Bea Arthur - American actress, on "Golden Girls"

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• anti-vaxxer
• bro-ey
• gig economy
• subtweet

The World Health Organization declares H1N1 influenza strain, commonly referred to as "swine flu", as a global pandemic.

• April 26: H1N1 (swine flu) has killed as many as 103 people in Mexico, most likely the epicenter of the worldwide outbreak.
• April 29: At least 150 in Mexico are dead from H1N1.

Ongoing financial crisis and recession which began in late 2007 continues with many calling it the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s causing house prices to decline, and unemployment to increase. In 2009 governments in the US and around the world pumped trillions of dollars into the financial system and into the economies hoping to avert another Great Depression and by the end of 2009 although unemployment had continued to increase, markets had recovered and most thought the worst was over.

Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. The inauguration set a record attendance for any event held in Washington, DC (about 1.8 million). Marked the commencement of he first four-year term of Obama as President and Joe Biden as Vice President.

Ten King of Pop who went from child star to one of the world's biggest celebrities before his career was derailed by legal problems and personal issues. Jackson was preparing for a major comeback after years of tabloid headlines, booking 50 soldout "This Is It" concerts in London that were set to begin July 16. He had done a dress rehearsal at L.A.'s Staples Center on the eve of his death. Pronounced dead June 25 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles of heart failure.

US Airways Flight 1549 after being struck by a flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff Piloted by Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger makes a successful Crash landing In the Hudson River. All 155 people aboard were rescued by nearby boats and there were few serious injuries.

Dec. 25: A Nigerian man on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit allegedly attempted to ignite an explosive device hidden in his underwear. The explosive device that failed to detonate was a mixture of powder and liquid that did not alert security personnel in the airport. 

June 1: In the worst aviation disaster since 2001, Air France Flight 447 disappears somewhere off the northeast coast of Brazil with 228 people on board, en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

American actress who got her start in "Clueless"; she also acted in "8 Mile", and "Happy Feet". She dies of pneumonia at age 32, due to toxic mold in her home.

Patrick Swayze, 57, who soared to stardom as a heartthrob dancer in "Dirty Dancing" and ascended to romantic icon status as a deceased lover in "Ghost." After it was first reported in March 2008 that he was being treated for inoperable Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, he kept working and starred in "The Beast," an A&E drama series. Died Sept. 14 in Los Angeles.

Actress Natasha Richardson, 45, wife of Liam Neeson, died March 18 in New York after suffering a head injury during a skiing lesson days earlier in Canadian ski resort Mont Tremblant in Quebec.

Burly, bearded TV pitchman Billy Mays, whose boisterous hawking of products (such as OxiClean) made him a pop-culture icon. Died at age 50.

When the pop couple were a no-show at dress rehearsal for the Grammy Awards on February 8, reports quickly surfaced about an altercation between the pair. Brown was charged with assault and making criminal threats, and at a hearing in LA on June 22, the singer pled guilty to felony assault. In a series of interviews in November, Rihanna revealed disturbing details about the attack, telling ABC's Diane Sawyer, "I was battered, I was bleeding, I was swollen in my face."