• January 15 - Sullenberger Lands on the Hudson: Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in NYC. All passengers and crew members survive in what becomes known as the "Miracle on the Hudson".
  

• January 20 - Obama Inaugurated: Barack Hussian Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becoming the United States' first African-American president.
  

• * March 28 - Swine Flu Pandemic: The first cases of H1N1 swine flu in the United States occur in two people in California
  

• April 30 - Chrysler automobile company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  

• June 1 - General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the fourth largest bankruptcy in US history.
  

• June 2 - Switzerland officially enters the global recession
  

• * June 11 - The World Health Organization (WHO) declares H1N1 swine flu to be a global pandemic, the first such incident in over forty years.
  

• June 29- Bernie Madoff Sentenced: Financier Bernie Madoff sentenced to 150 years in US maximum security prison for conducting a massive Ponzi scheme.
  

• November 13 - Germany's growth of 0.7% in the third quarter helps lead the Eurozone out of the recession after providing overall growth of 0.4% in the same period, with the whole European Union growing 0.2%, it is reported today.

Notable Deaths -

Paul Harvey (1918-2009) American news commentator and radio broadcaster (The Rest of the Story), died at 90.

Notable Deaths in Sport -

Doc Blanchard, American College Football Hall of Fame fullback (Heisman Trophy 1945; National Championship 1944, 45, 46 at Army-Wet Point), died of pneumonia at 84.

Dom DiMaggio, American baseball center fielder (7 x MLB All Star; AL stolen base leader 1950; Boston Red Sox) and co-founder of New England Patriots, brother of Joe DiMaggio, dies at 92.

 

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