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July 4, 2009

On July 4, 2009, the Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks. 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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The year in brief

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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What happened

On July 4, 2009

  1. 2009 The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.

    Colossal sculpture in New York Harbor

    The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on Liberty Island, part of New York City, in New York Harbor. The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and its metal framework built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.

  2. 2009 The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.

    Terrorist attacks in Datu Piang, Jolo, Cotabato, and Iligan in Mindanao, Philippines

    The Mindanao bombings was a series of seemingly unrelated bomb attacks that took place on July 4, 5, and 7, 2009 in the towns of Datu Piang and Jolo, and the cities of Cotabato and Iligan in Mindanao, Philippines. The bombings killed 8 people and injured at least 66. The Armed Forces of the Philippines has blamed several militant organizations active in Mindanao, such as the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Abu Sayyaf, and Jemaah Islamiyah.

Farewells

Died on July 4, 2009

Brenda Joyce American film actress (1917–2009)
Allen Klein American businessman best known for managing The Beatles and Rolling Stones (1931–2009)
Drake Levin Musical artist
Steve McNair American football player (1973–2009)
Lasse Strömstedt Swedish writer (1935–2009)
Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard Congolese politician and poet (1938–2009)

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The class of 2009

Others born in 2009

Shaylee Mansfield 2009– deaf American actress and YouTuber
Valentina Tronel 2009– French child singer
Maddox Batson 2009– American singer and songwriter
Owen Cooper 2009– English actor
Antonio Arena 2009– Italian footballer
YaYa Gosselin 2009– American actress

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