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November 16, 2009

On November 16, 2009, space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-129 to the International Space Station. 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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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 November 16, 2009

  1. 2009 Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-129 to the International Space Station.

    1972–2011 United States human spaceflight program

    S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its official program name was carried over from the 1969 plan for the Space Transportation System (STS) of reusable spacecraft.

Farewells

Died on November 16, 2009

Antonio de Nigris Mexican footballer (1978–2009)
Sergei Magnitsky Russian lawyer and tax advisor (1972–2009)
Edward Woodward English actor (1930–2009)

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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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