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2009
North America
Canada
The film industry in Vancouver continues to expand, with Stargate Atlantis only one example of a television show moving its production there from Hollywood.

United States
The crowds at Obama's Inauguration are the largest in recent history. This is despite predictions of a snowstorm in Washington DC the previous evening.

The Subprime Mortgage crisis comes to a head, causing some large banks to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
This causes acrimony in Congress as the Democrats want to pass leglislation to bail out banks that are 'too big to fail', but Republicans (who have a majority in the House) didn't want to bail out anyone. However the leglislation eventually passes (after a Government Shutdown in mid-July) after some Traditionalists cross the floor to vote with the Democrats, thus continuing to widen the splits in the GOP...

Apple popularises the concept of Smartphones with the release of the original iPhone.

In January the CDC contains the outbreak of mutated rabies in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Also early in January Congress releases a report condemning outgoing President Jeb Bush for mishandling the earlier stages of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis.

Late in the year the 27th Amendment to the Consititution is ratified after New Jersey's ratification of it.

One World Trade Centre is completed, after the previous building in a terrorist attack some years prior.

Mexico and Central America
As a result of a recent referendum, El Salvador declares independence from Mexico...

Caribbean
After an election the Government of Jamaica officially dissolves the Caribbean League (given that Jamaica is the only remaining member).

South America
The war between Guyana and Venezuela continues.

Rio de Janerio wins the bid for the 2016 Olympics.

Brazil gives statehood for Acre Territory.

Africa
In Egypt, the communist rebels in the south are defeated.

The Sudanese civil war continues.

Namibia votes to become a republic. The number of Commonwealth Realms drops to 16.

South Africa mourns as Nelson Mandela, who is aclaimed as the 'Father of Modern South Africa' dies...

Europe
Zuism continues it's long death, with the Temple in Kirkenes, Norway closing...
The 'Belaxit' negotiations continue. (But it seems that another nation will not learn from these.)
In France, the last members of the Breton Liberation Front turn themselves in.

In Russia, the Putin Administration bans all films that portray the country in a negative light. As a result, an assassination attempt is made when Putin visits Sochi to view the progress of the Winter Olympic venues. It barely fails...

In London, Cunard announces that the Royal Albatross airship will fly it's last voyage from London to Copenhagen in late June. It seems that the latest attempt at airships serving as 'Cruise Ships of the Air' has failed.

Asia
Tensions increase in Da'esh territories, with the Caliph stirring them up.

Oceania
In the latest Australian Federal Election Labor under Julia Gillard looses to the Liberal-National Coalition under Tony Abbott.