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September 29, 2009

On September 29, 2009, the 8.1 Mw  Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds. 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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On September 29, 2009

  1. 2009 The 8.1 Mw  Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.

    Natural disaster in the southern Pacific Ocean

    The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Tonga–Kermadec subduction zone. 1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). It was the largest earthquake of 2009.

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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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