Date in year · 2009 · The 2000s
On January 31, 2009, at least 113 people are killed in Kenya and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people. The year's #1 song was "Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas. Shaylee Mansfield, Valentina Tronel, Maddox Batson would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · January 31, 2009
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. 3 million as of mid-2025, it is the 27th-most populous country in the world and the seventh-most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi.
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2009 (MMIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2009th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 9th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2000s decade.
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Country in East Africa
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. 3 million as of mid-2025, it is the 27th-most populous country in the world and the seventh-most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi.
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