2009 | New Year's Day | New Year's Eve | New Year | 2009 in music | Chinese New Year | One Year Later | Avatar (2009 film) | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009 | Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | 2009 Summer Universiade | NASCAR Rookie of the Year | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Four Year Strong | 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships | 2009 NFL season | Song of the Year | Grammy Award for Song of the Year | 2009 World Championships in Athletics | Lunar New Year | International Geophysical Year | European Parliament election, 2009 | 2009 Southeast Asian Games | 2009 WTA Tour | 2009 ATP World Tour | United Football League (2009) | Queen's Birthday Honours | Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year | Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year |
Swade was awarded an MBE for services to the history of computing in the UK New Year Honours 2009 list.
He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours for his services to the International Law Association which he served as Chairman of the Executive Committee.
It was announced on 31 December 2008 that Richardson was to be appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours "for services to Disabled Sport".