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unusual facts about October 2009


Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics

Rugby sevens will be instated at the 2016 Summer Olympics with both men's and women's contests following the decision of the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen in October 2009.



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2009 Currie Cup First Division

The 2009 Champions The Pumas won their second Currie Cup First Division trophy by winning the Currie Cup First Division Final, against the SWD Eagles in Witbank on 16 October 2009, by 47 - 19.

Adrian Schoolcraft

Between 1 June 2008 and 15 October 2009, Schoolcraft recorded conversations at the 81st Precinct police station, responsible for the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.

Albert Scanlon

Scanlon was admitted to the Salford Royal hospital in Salford with kidney problems and pneumonia on 21 October 2009.

Anthony Berry

A ceremony was held in Berry's Enfield Southgate constituency on 12 October 2009, the 25th anniversary of the bombing, at which his widow (now Lady Donoughue, wife of Lord Donoughue) and her daughter Sasha unveiled a plaque in his honour at the newly renamed Sir Anthony Berry House in Chaseville Parade, Winchmore Hill.

Anthony Kim

Kim lost to Ross Fisher in the finals of the Volvo World Match Play in October 2009 4 & 3 after once again beating Robert Allenby in the semi-finals.

Anti-abortion movements

In Spain, over one million demonstrators took part in a march in Madrid in October 2009 to protest plans by the government of José Luis Zapatero to legalize elective abortions and eliminate parental consent restrictions.

BakerBus

In October 2009 the company took over "The Harrier" route between Crewe and Sandbach from Harrier Travel, and purchased another Plaxton Primo to operate it with.

Beslan Butba

On 23 October 2009 Butba was nominated by his party for the December 2009 presidential election, running together with former Interior Minister Almasbei Kchach as Vice Presidential candidate.

Budi Putra

Prior to joining Yahoo! as Country Editor for Indonesia in October 2009, he was working as editor for Koran Tempo Daily and Tempo Interactive.

Cai E

In October 2009, TVB broadcast a series about the story of Cai E and Yuan Shikai: In the Chamber of Bliss.

Carlisle Lake District Airport

In October 2009 Andy Judge (former Leeds-Bradford, Bournemouth and Luton Airports Operations chief) took over as airport manager.

Cary Kaplan

From 2005 until October 2009, he served as the Commissioner & Chairman of Canada's only pro soccer league, the Canadian Soccer League Achievements during his tenure included affiliations with Canada's governing body, the Canadian Soccer Association, as well as with Canada's top two Pro Teams Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact and establishment of a television contract with Rogers TV, and a Reserve Divisions.

Celia de Fréine

In October, 2009 the world premiere of Marathon, which she wrote in association with Biju Viswanath, took place during the New York International Film Festival, scooping awards for best screenplay and best cinematography.

Cozy Dog Drive In

The Cozy Dog is one of three Springfield restaurants featured in an October 2009 episode of Man v. Food on the Travel Channel.

Daniel Bekker

Bekker died on 22 October 2009 after a long struggle with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.

Drawn from Bees

In October 2009, Drawn from Bees released their third record, The Sky is Falling, an EP containing a series of vignettes revolving around a central theme of the sky falling down, touring throughout Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

First Transit

Class Action Lawsuit – Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union filed a class action lawsuit against First Group subsidiaries First Student and First Transit for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act in October 2009.

Grito Mundial

The official music video was filmed in late October, 2009 at La Bombonera in Argentina, when Boca Juniors and Chacarita were playing.

Hålogaland Bridge

In October 2009, State Secretary Erik Lahnstein stated that he was not happy with the calculations, as they were based on unrealistic presumptions.

Hannah Friedman

In October 2009, Friedman was asked to perform at the 35th Anniversary Celebration of the National Coalition Against Censorship, a charity benefit gala hosted by Judy Blume that also featured appearances by Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Joan Rivers, Rachel Dratch, Michelle Branch, and Junot Diaz.

Insurrection Rising

Insurrection Rising is Savage Messiah's second album and was released on Candlelight Records on 19 October 2009.

Jamal Anderson

From mid-August to late-October 2009, Jamal appeared as a regular phone-in guest on "Morency" on Hardcore Sports Radio (HSR) to recap/discuss the week that was and the week that was coming up in the NFL with Gabriel Morency and Cam Stewart.

John M. Tobin, Jr.

In October, 2009, Tobin sponsored a city council resolution declaring October 4, 2009 "Mission of Burma Day" in Boston.

Johnson Mwanyika

Mwanyika retired in October 2009, and was succeeded by Judge Frederick Werema.

Josef Karlík

Josef Karlík (19 March 1928 in Kroměříž – 30 October 2009 in Brno) was a Czech actor.

Julie-Anne Dineen

She followed her chart success with a Top 3 hit in Ireland, a cover of River Deep – Mountain High" released in October 2009.

Les Parry

Rovers sacked manager John Barnes and his assistant, Jason McAteer, after a run of just two league wins from 11 matches on 9 October 2009.

Make Model

In October 2009, Frightened Rabbit revealed that Make Model's Gordon Skene was joining their band.

Mark Abley

It was translated into French, Spanish and Japanese, and was largely responsible for Abley being awarded the LiberPress Prize in Girona, Spain, in October 2009.

Mikel King

In the October 2009 issue he produced two articles and one collaborative piece with Dru Lavigne current President of the BSD Certification Group.

Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy

In October 2009, Tantawy launched a campaign against the niqab (the full-face veil which covers the entire body except for the eyes, increasingly worn by women in Egypt) by personally removing the niqab of a teenage girl (after she failed to remove it) at a secondary school affiliated to Al-Azhar University, which he was touring in Cairo's Madinet Nasr suburb, much to the shock of all concerned.

Never Been Gone

Never Been Gone is an album by the American singer/songwriter Carly Simon, released in October 2009.

New Israel Fund

In October 2009, Daniel Sokatch became the new CEO of the New Israel Fund, after working as the executive director of the Progressive Jewish Alliance and the San Francisco Jewish Federation.

Paharia Express

This train was inaugurated by the then Railway Minister India and now Chief Minister of West Bengal Ms. Mamata Banerjee on 5 October 2009.

PDC World Cup of Darts

In October 2009, PDC chairman Barry Hearn announced his intention to buy the British Darts Organisation and inject £2 million into amateur darts, but the BDO decided not to accept the offer.

Peter Harry Carstensen

After the Elections of 27 September 2009 Carstensen was reelected on 27 October 2009.

Project Torque

In October 2009, the developer company of Project Torque, Invictus, issued an IP ban of all non-US accounts on Project Torque.

Regina Tyshkevich

An international conference "Discrete Mathematics, Algebra, and their Applications", sponsored by the Central European Initiative, was held in Minsk, Belarus, October 2009 in honor of her 80th birthday.

Riin Tamm

Tamm has published in scientific journals and presented research to a broader public in other venues, including the newspaper Postimees, Radio Kuku's program Falling Apple (Kukkuv õun - 28 August 2010), and Eesti Televisioon's program Good Vision (15 October 2009, 20 October 2011, 17 January 2012).

Sati Kazanova

On 5 October 2009 she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Adygea by the President of the republic, Aslan Tkhakushinov.

Shirane-class destroyer

On 27 October 2009, the JS Kurama collided with a South Korean container ship under the Kanmonkyo Bridge in the Kanmon Straits off the coast of Japan.

Tannenbergsthal

Since 1 October 2009, it is part of the municipality Muldenhammer.

Testwood Lakes

In October 2009 there was early clearing in readiness for the building of the new location of Totton's two football teams Totton & Eling and A.F.C. Totton.

The Woodentops

The Woodentops returned to live performances in September 2006 and, in October 2009, they performed in a special concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London's South Bank.

Trolleybuses in Urgench

On 26 October 2009, the Government of Uzbekistan decided to close the remaining trolleybus systems in Jizzakh and Namangan at the end of 2009, and in the capital Tashkent during 2010.

Wold Newton, Lincolnshire

In October 2009, the war memorial in Wold Newton was used by the constituency MP, Shona McIsaac, as evidence for the poor condition of the UK's war memorials.

Wu Qian

In October 2009, Qian represented China in the Europalia festival performing Frédéric Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Brussels Philharmonic in a tour of Belgium under Carlos Kalmar.

You Never Give Me Your Money

Glenn Tilbrook with Nine Below Zero cover the song on "Abbey Road Now!" the Mojo October 2009 cover CD along with covers of all Abbey Road songs.