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Major Events of 2009
Sports
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- MLB: 2009 World Series
New York Yankees win 4-2 against the Philadelphia Phillies
- Oct 28& x2026; Philadelphia 6 at New York 1
- Oct 29& x2026; Philadelphia 1 at New York 3
- Oct 31& x2026; New York 8 at Philadelphia 5
- Nov 1& x2026;New York 7 at Philadelphia 4
- Nov 2& x2026; New York 6 at Philadelphia 8
-Nov 4& x2026; Philadelphia 3 at New York 7
- NFL: Super Bowl XLIII
Pittsburgh Steelers win 27-23 against the Arizona Cardinals
-Super Bowl Box Score:
Pittsburgh& x2026; 3 14 3 7= 27
Arizona& x2026;& x2026;0 7 0 16= 23
Professional Golf
Men's Majors winners
- The Masters: Angel Cabrera& x2026; 68-68-69-71=276
- US Open: Lucas Glover& x2026; 67-65-70-76=278
- British Open: Stewart Cink& x2026; 4-3-4-3=14 in the playoffs
- PGA Championship: Yang Yong-eun& x2026;73& 150;70& 150;67& 150;70=280
Women's Majors winners
- Kraft Nabisco Championship: Brittany Lincicome& x2026; 66-74-70-69= 279
- US Women's Open: Eun-Hee Ji& x2026;284
- LPGA Championship: Anna Nordqvist& x2026;273
- Weetabix Women's British Open: Catriona Matthew& x2026;285
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Popular Songs
1 Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow
2 Lady Gaga Poker Face
3 Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis Just Dance
4 Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling
5 Taylor Swift Love Story
6 Flo Rida Right Round
7 Jason Mraz I'm Yours
8 Beyonce Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
9 Kanye West Heartless
10 All-American Rejects Gives You Hell
Popular Movies
- 1. Avatar Fox $2,749,064,328[2]
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Warner Bros. $934,416,487
3. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Fox / Blue Sky $886,686,817
4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Paramount / DreamWorks $836,303,693
5. 2012 Columbia $769,679,473
6. Up Disney / Pixar $731,342,744
7. The Twilight Saga: New Moon Summit $709,711,008
8. Sherlock Holmes Warner Bros. $524,028,679
9. Angels & Demons Columbia / Imagine $485,930,816
10. The Hangover Warner Bros. / Legendary $467,483,912
50th Grammy Awards
- Record of the Year: “Please Read the Letter”- Robert Plant and Allison Kraus
- Song of the Year: “Viva la Vida”- Coldplay
- Album of the Year: River: Raising Sand- Robert Plant and Allison Kraus
- Best New Artist: Adele
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- Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Director: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
- Best actor in a leading role: Sean Penn for Milk
- Best actress in a leading role: Kate Winslet for The Reader
- Best actor in a supporting role: Heath Ledger for Dark Knight
- Best actress in a supporting role: Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Nobel Prizes
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• Peace: Barack H. Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”
• Physiology or Medicine: Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"
• Economic Sciences: Elinor Ostrom "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons"
• Chemistry: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"
• Literature: Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed"
Pulitzer Prizes
- • Public Service: The Washington Post
• Breaking News Reporting: Staff of The Washington Post
• Investigative Reporting: Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker, The New York Times; Staff of Chicago Tribune
• Explanatory Reporting: Amy Harmon, New York Times
• Local Reporting: David Umhoefer, Milwaukee Journal
• National Reporting: Jo Becker and Barton Gellman, The Washington Post
• International Reporting: Steve Fainaru, The Washington Post
• Feature Writing: Gene Weingarten, The Washington Post
• Commentary: Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post
• Criticism: Mark Feeny, The Boston Globe
• Editorial Writing: no award
• Editorial Cartooning: Micahel Ramierz, Investor’s Business Daily
• Breaking News Photography: Adrees Ltif, Reuters
• Feature Photography: Preston Gannaway, Concord (NH) Monitor
• Fiction: The Brief Wondorus Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
• Drama: “August: Osage County”, Tracy Letts
• History: "What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848" by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford University Press)
• Biography or Autobiography: "Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father" by John Matteson (W. W. Norton)
• Poetry: Time and Materials by Robert Hass (Ecco/HarperCollins) and Failure by Philip Schultz (Harcourt)
• General Nonfiction: The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedländer (HarperCollins)
Music: "The Little Match Girl Passion" by David Lang
Major Events of 2009
Sports
-
- MLB: 2009 World Series
New York Yankees win 4-2 against the Philadelphia Phillies
- Oct 28& x2026; Philadelphia 6 at New York 1
- Oct 29& x2026; Philadelphia 1 at New York 3
- Oct 31& x2026; New York 8 at Philadelphia 5
- Nov 1& x2026;New York 7 at Philadelphia 4
- Nov 2& x2026; New York 6 at Philadelphia 8
-Nov 4& x2026; Philadelphia 3 at New York 7
- NFL: Super Bowl XLIII
Pittsburgh Steelers win 27-23 against the Arizona Cardinals
-Super Bowl Box Score:
Pittsburgh& x2026; 3 14 3 7= 27
Arizona& x2026;& x2026;0 7 0 16= 23
Professional Golf
Men's Majors winners
- The Masters: Angel Cabrera& x2026; 68-68-69-71=276
- US Open: Lucas Glover& x2026; 67-65-70-76=278
- British Open: Stewart Cink& x2026; 4-3-4-3=14 in the playoffs
- PGA Championship: Yang Yong-eun& x2026;73& 150;70& 150;67& 150;70=280
Women's Majors winners
- Kraft Nabisco Championship: Brittany Lincicome& x2026; 66-74-70-69= 279
- US Women's Open: Eun-Hee Ji& x2026;284
- LPGA Championship: Anna Nordqvist& x2026;273
- Weetabix Women's British Open: Catriona Matthew& x2026;285
Popular Songs
1 Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow
2 Lady Gaga Poker Face
3 Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis Just Dance
4 Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling
5 Taylor Swift Love Story
6 Flo Rida Right Round
7 Jason Mraz I'm Yours
8 Beyonce Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
9 Kanye West Heartless
10 All-American Rejects Gives You Hell
Popular Movies
- 1. Avatar Fox $2,749,064,328[2]
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Warner Bros. $934,416,487
3. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Fox / Blue Sky $886,686,817
4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Paramount / DreamWorks $836,303,693
5. 2012 Columbia $769,679,473
6. Up Disney / Pixar $731,342,744
7. The Twilight Saga: New Moon Summit $709,711,008
8. Sherlock Holmes Warner Bros. $524,028,679
9. Angels & Demons Columbia / Imagine $485,930,816
10. The Hangover Warner Bros. / Legendary $467,483,912
50th Grammy Awards
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- Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Director: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
- Best actor in a leading role: Sean Penn for Milk
- Best actress in a leading role: Kate Winslet for The Reader
- Best actor in a supporting role: Heath Ledger for Dark Knight
- Best actress in a supporting role: Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
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Nobel Prizes
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• Peace: Barack H. Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”
• Physiology or Medicine: Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"
• Economic Sciences: Elinor Ostrom "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons"
• Chemistry: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"
• Literature: Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed"
Pulitzer Prizes
- • Public Service: The Washington Post
• Breaking News Reporting: Staff of The Washington Post
• Investigative Reporting: Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker, The New York Times; Staff of Chicago Tribune
• Explanatory Reporting: Amy Harmon, New York Times
• Local Reporting: David Umhoefer, Milwaukee Journal
• National Reporting: Jo Becker and Barton Gellman, The Washington Post
• International Reporting: Steve Fainaru, The Washington Post
• Feature Writing: Gene Weingarten, The Washington Post
• Commentary: Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post
• Criticism: Mark Feeny, The Boston Globe
• Editorial Writing: no award
• Editorial Cartooning: Micahel Ramierz, Investor’s Business Daily
• Breaking News Photography: Adrees Ltif, Reuters
• Feature Photography: Preston Gannaway, Concord (NH) Monitor
• Fiction: The Brief Wondorus Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
• Drama: “August: Osage County”, Tracy Letts
• History: "What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848" by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford University Press)
• Biography or Autobiography: "Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father" by John Matteson (W. W. Norton)
• Poetry: Time and Materials by Robert Hass (Ecco/HarperCollins) and Failure by Philip Schultz (Harcourt)
• General Nonfiction: The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedländer (HarperCollins)
Music: "The Little Match Girl Passion" by David Lang
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