2009年

2009年 — 韩国: 9월 김대중 전 대통령 서거 / 中国: 乌鲁木齐七五事件 / 日本: 2009年靜岡地震 / 美国: Pop icon Michael Jackson dies, creating the largest public mourning for an entertainer since the death of Elvis Presley

事件27条。正文照录原始年表原文，来源见来源与许可。上下灰色行是前后2年的脉络。

韩国大韩民国 1948–	中国中华人民共和国 1949–	日本平成 1989–2019	美国美国 1776–
9월 김대중 전 대통령 서거KO 5월 노무현 전 대통령 서거KO UAE 원전 수주 60조원KO 2007The second summit between DPRK and ROK leaders is held, with Roh Moo-hyun representing the south and Kim Jong Il the north. The DPRK fires short-range missile into the Sea of Japan. 20071월 23일 인민혁명당 사건에 대해 대한민국의 대법원이 무죄를 선고 200710월 2일~10월 4일 제2차 남북정상회담 개최. "남북관계 발전과 평화번영을 위한 선언" 발표 20082월 25일 이명박 대통령 취임, 이명박 정부 출범 20088 April. A Korean woman, Yi So-yeon, becomes the first Korean to fly to outer space. 2008논현동 고시원 살인 사건 2010South Korean island Yeonpyeongdo is bombarded by North Korea. 2011Kim Jong Il dies, Kim Jong Un takes over as the Supreme Leader of North Korea. The National Intelligence Service accuses pro-unification lawmakers of being spies. One of the members was a former Democratic Party representative. In a move indicative of the heavy-handedness of the Park regime, the party is outlawed and key party members are imprisoned. 201112월 17일 김정일 사망, 김정은 국방위원회 제1위원장 집권(조선민주주의인민공화국) 2011무역 1조 달러 돌파	乌鲁木齐七五事件 2009年不丹地震 2009年花蓮地震 Xinjiang earthquakeEN October — 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China: A military parade on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing commemorated the establishment of the PRC.EN 月，黑龙江“鹤岗新兴煤矿爆炸事故”造成108人死亡。月，第24屆冬季大學生運動會在哈爾濱舉辦。哈爾濱舉行第二十四屆冬季大學生運動會。乌鲁木齐七五事件。八八水災。月，香港中文大学教授、前校长高锟获得诺贝尔物理学奖。月，力拓集团驻上海办事处员工被中国国家安全机关依法刑事拘留（参见：力拓案）。月，时任美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马首次访华，与时任中国国家主席胡锦涛会面。月5日，新疆乌鲁木齐爆发大规模骚乱，史称“乌鲁木齐七五事件”，造成至少197人死亡，另有1721人受伤。 2007月3日，陕西省安康市发生华南虎照片事件。 2007月24日，“嫦娥一号”月球探测器发射升空。 2007May — 2007 Chinese slave scandal: A local television station first reported on missing children kidnapped to work as slaves at brickyards in Shanxi. 2007月15日-21日，中国共产党第十七次全国代表大会在北京召开，胡锦涛在10月22日召开的中共十七届一中全会上连任中共中央总书记，其他当选的中共中央政治局常委包括吴邦国、温家宝、贾庆林、李长春、习近平、李克强、贺国强、周永康（参见：中国共产党第十七届中央委员会）。 2007August — The State Administration for Religious Affairs issued State Religious Affairs Bureau Order No. 5, which required tulkus who planned to be reincarnated to submit an application to the government. 2007July — Zheng Xiaoyu, the former head of the State Food and Drug Administration, was executed for corruption. 2007月6日，《中华人民共和国物权法》通过。 2007台灣高速鐵路1月5日通車。曾荫权当选香港第三届行政长官。 2007月，河南卢氏县特大洪灾，造成78人死亡、18人失踪。 2007月，山西新窑矿难造成104人死亡。 2007月，山东华源矿难造成至少172人死亡。 2008世界人权宣言 2008汶川大地震 20082008年中国奶制品污染事件 2008August — 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony: A ceremony marked the beginning of the Olympic Games in Beijing. 2008September — 2008 Summer Paralympics: The thirteenth Paralympic Games began in Beijing. 2008May — The Hangzhou Bay Bridge opened to the public. 2008月20日，曾短暂担任中华人民共和国最高领导人的华国锋逝世。 2008馬英九當選中華民國總統。汶川大地震。北京夏季奥运会。9月27日翟志刚步出神舟七号成为首个太空行走的中国宇航员。 20082008年喀什袭击事件 20082008年攀枝花地震 2008September — The astronaut Zhai Zhigang completed China's first spacewalk on Shenzhou 7. 20082008年盈江地震 2008野草莓運動 2008聯合號海釣船事件 2008January — 2008 Chinese winter storms: A series of severe winter storms began which would claim over a hundred lives. 2008月8日，山西省襄汾尾矿库溃坝事故，死亡277人、失踪4人，另有受伤33人，直接经济损失9619万元。 2008月5日，为应对全球金融危机，时任中国国务院总理温家宝推出四万亿投资计划。 2008月5日-18日，在第十一届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上，胡锦涛连任中华人民共和国主席，温家宝连任中华人民共和国国务院总理。 2008月，“西藏骚乱”爆发，造成至少数十人伤亡。 2008月25日，“神舟七号 ”载人飞船搭载翟志刚、刘伯明、景海鹏三位航天员成功发射，中国宇航员首次实现太空漫步，并于9月28日返回地球。 2008月起，中国南方水灾特大水灾，至少57人死亡、数百人失踪，受灾人口超2100万。 2008月-9月，北京奥运会以及残奥会。 2008月20日，廣東深圳舞王俱樂部火災，43人死亡，88人受傷。 2008月，中国奶制品污染事件爆发。 2008月，中国大陆爆发大规模雪災，因灾死亡129人。 2008月，时任美国总统小布什第四次访华，与时任中国国家主席胡锦涛会面，观赏奥运会。 2008月28日，山东胶济列车相撞，造成72人丧生、416人受伤。 2010月，中国、俄罗斯、印度、巴西、南非成立“金砖五国”。 2010中國2010年上海世界博覽會 20102010年玉樹地震 2010月，刘晓波获得诺贝尔和平奖，成为首位获得诺贝尔奖的中华人民共和国公民。 20102010年高雄地震 2010中国―东盟自由贸易区启动。海峽兩岸經濟合作架構協議（ECFA）簽訂。上海舉辦世界博覽會。臺北縣升格為新北市，臺南縣市、高雄縣市、臺中縣市分別合併升格為直轄市。 2010리강 사건 2010月1日，“嫦娥二号”月球探测器发射升空。 2010月，中华人民共和国第六次全国人口普查显示中国总人口超过13.39亿。 2010月24日，黑龙江“伊春空难”造成44人死亡、52人受伤。 2010月，青海玉树特大地震造成2698人死亡、270人失踪，另有12135人受伤。 2010月，广西重大泥石流事件造成至少43人死亡。 2010月-10月，上海世博会。 2010月，甘肃舟曲泥石流灾害导致1557人死亡，两条河流被截断形成堰塞湖。 2010月起，特大水灾造成至少1072人丧生、619人失踪，110万间房屋倒塌，直接经济损失达到2100亿元人民币。 2010月15日，上海靜安教師公寓發生大火，共造成58人死亡，死者多為退休教師，另有71人受傷。 2010月23日，谷歌公司宣称因为遭到中国网络攻击，决定退出中国。 2010月，第十六届亚洲运动会在中国广州举行。 20112011年缅甸地震 20112011年錫金地震 20112011年盈江地震 2011月29日，“天宫一号”实验性空间站发射升空，后于2018年4月结束任务、落入大气层。 2011烏坎事件 2011月1日，“神舟八号”无人飞船顺利发射升空，与天宫一号对接，并于11月17日返回地球。 20112011年喀什暴力恐怖袭击事件 20112011年和田市“7·18”暴力恐怖袭击事件 2011October — The 100th Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution and Republic of China was commemorated. 2011Central Tibetan Administration general election 2011月，中国红十字会爆发重大丑闻“郭美美事件 ”。 2011月14日，大连市爆发上万人参加的反对PX项目游行。 2011月，内蒙古抗议示威事件。 2011月，深圳举办“2011年世界大学生夏季运动会”。 2011月，微博实行实名制。 2011月起，中国南方水灾，至少105人死亡，63人失踪。 2011月，北斗二号导航系统开始为中国及周边地区用户提供服务。 2011月23日，甬台温铁路列车追尾事故，造成40人死亡、上百人受伤。 2011月起，中国秋季洪涝灾害，共造成97人死亡、21人失踪。 20111月1日中俄原油管道投入运行。中國國內生產總值超越日本成為全球第二大經濟體。蓬莱19-3油田溢油事故。深圳举办世界大学生夏季运动会。10月10日，中華民國100年國慶。	2009年靜岡地震 September — Yukio Hatoyama was elected 95th Prime Minister of Japan.EN (平成21年)JA August — Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda lost his election to Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama.EN 2007新潟縣中越近海地震 2007September — Yasuo Fukuda become 93rd Prime Minister of Japan following Shinzo Abe lost the House of Councillors election and his resignation. 20072007年能登半島地震 2007Japanese unified local elections 2007July — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns due to lost his power in the House of Councillors election to Ichirō Ozawa. 20082008年岩手、宮城內陸地震 20082008年7月岩手地震 2008September — Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda resigned and Tarō Asō become 94th Prime Minister of Japan. 20082008年大阪影片视听室纵火事件 2008聯合號海釣船事件 2008January–December — Japan is severely affected by the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession. 2010July — According to the United Nations, Japanese population has now peaked. 2010July — Prime Minister Naoto Kan won the House of Councillors election. 20102010年父岛地震 20102010年羽曳野市枪击事件 20102010年福島地震 2010일본 구제역 확산 2010June — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned and Naoto Kan become the 96th Prime Minister of Japan. 2010(平成22年) 20112011年4月福島地震 20112011年靜岡地震 2011榮村地震 2011March — Japan gets hit with the (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster, etc.), which claimed the lives of 20,000 people. 2011March — Japan Self-Defense Force Base was established in Djibouti. 2011January and March — The Tokyo Skytree 634.0 metres (2,080 ft) became the third tallest tower in the world, which opened in 2012.	Pop icon Michael Jackson dies, creating the largest public mourning for an entertainer since the death of Elvis Presley.EN swine flu pandemic in the United StatesEN shooting of Pittsburgh police officersEN 2009年纽约州第二十国会选区特别选举 Nobel Peace PrizeEN The first of a series of Tea Party protests are conducted across the United States, focusing on smaller government, fiscal responsibility, individual freedoms and conservative views of the Constitution.EN Nidal Hasan kills 12 servicemen and injures 31 in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.EN President Obama obtains Congressional approval for the $787 billion stimulus package, the largest since President Dwight D. Eisenhower.EN 2007A South Korean student shoots and kills 32 other students and professors in the Virginia Tech shooting before killing himself. It stands as the worst mass shooting in U.S. history until 2016 and spurs a series of debates on gun control and journalism ethics. 2007Democrat Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. 20072007年美国空军核武器事件 2007The I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota collapses, killing 13 people. The bridge collapse brings to national attention the need to rehabilitate the aging U.S. infrastructure system. 2007George W. Bush orders a troop surge which substantially increases the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and ultimately leads to reductions in casualties and major victories for coalition and Iraqi forces, against the insurgency. 2007Alum Rock earthquake 2007The first iPhone is released for sale in the U.S. 2007The Great Recession officially begins in December. 2008The 2008 financial crisis begins as the stock market crashes. In response, U.S. President George W. Bush signs the revised Emergency Economic Stabilization Act into law to create a 700 billion dollar Treasury fund to purchase failing bank assets. 2008U.S. presidential election, 2008: Barack Obama is elected president, and Joe Biden elected vice president. 2008Hurricane Ike kills 100 people along the Texas coast, produces $31 billion in damage, and contributes to rising oil prices. 2008Covina massacre 2008Chino Hills earthquake 2008Illinois earthquake 2008Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses 2008Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses 2008Tennessee 2008January 20, 2009 — Obama becomes the 44th president, Biden becomes the 47th vice president. Obama is the first African-American to hold the office. 2008U.S. oil prices hit a record $147 per barrel in the wake of—among other factors—international tensions and the falling U.S. dollar vs. the Euro. 2008The Super Tuesday tornado outbreak kills over 60 people and produces $1 billion in damage across Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. 2008campaign 2008Steven Kazmierczak kills five, injures 21, and then kills himself in the Northern Illinois University shooting. After this incident, calls are made for more focus on mental health services and interest grows substantially in the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. 2010The Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history. 2010Times Square car bombing attempt 2010California Proposition 19 20102010年尤里卡地震 2010더 투나잇 쇼 사태 2010Illinois earthquake 2010In the 2010 Midterm elections, the Republicans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats. 2011Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs. 2011Virginia earthquake 2011Joplin tornado 2011STS-135: The Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, ending the 30-year shuttle program, which began with the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981. 2011A tornado devastates Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 and injuring over 1,000, making it the deadliest single U.S. tornado since the advent of modern weather forecasting 2011The ATF gunwalking scandal emerged, wherein thousands of guns were allowed to "walk" through interdiction to Mexico, supposedly to aid in the capture of criminals. 2011Oklahoma earthquake 2011Colorado earthquake 2011A series of tornadoes cause heavy damage in the South, Alabama being the hardest hit. 324 people are killed in the deadliest American natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina. 2011Representative Gabrielle Giffords is severely wounded in an assassination attempt when a gunman went on a shooting spree, killing federal judge John Roll and five other people, and wounding at least 13 others, at an event Giffords was hosting in suburban Tucson, Arizona. 2011Flooding devastates the Mississippi River valley causing $2 to $4 billion in damage. 2011Casey Marie Anthony is acquitted of all charges related to the death of her daughter, Caylee; she was convicted of four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. She was released a week later because of credit for time served.

韩国大韩民国 1948–

中国中华人民共和国 1949–

日本平成 1989–2019

美国美国 1776–

9월 김대중 전 대통령 서거KO
5월 노무현 전 대통령 서거KO
UAE 원전 수주 60조원KO

2007The second summit between DPRK and ROK leaders is held, with Roh Moo-hyun representing the south and Kim Jong Il the north. The DPRK fires short-range missile into the Sea of Japan.
20071월 23일 인민혁명당 사건에 대해 대한민국의 대법원이 무죄를 선고
200710월 2일~10월 4일 제2차 남북정상회담 개최. "남북관계 발전과 평화번영을 위한 선언" 발표
20082월 25일 이명박 대통령 취임, 이명박 정부 출범
20088 April. A Korean woman, Yi So-yeon, becomes the first Korean to fly to outer space.
2008논현동 고시원 살인 사건
2010South Korean island Yeonpyeongdo is bombarded by North Korea.
2011Kim Jong Il dies, Kim Jong Un takes over as the Supreme Leader of North Korea. The National Intelligence Service accuses pro-unification lawmakers of being spies. One of the members was a former Democratic Party representative. In a move indicative of the heavy-handedness of the Park regime, the party is outlawed and key party members are imprisoned.
201112월 17일 김정일 사망, 김정은 국방위원회 제1위원장 집권(조선민주주의인민공화국)
2011무역 1조 달러 돌파

乌鲁木齐七五事件
2009年不丹地震
2009年花蓮地震
Xinjiang earthquakeEN
October — 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China: A military parade on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing commemorated the establishment of the PRC.EN
月，黑龙江“鹤岗新兴煤矿爆炸事故”造成108人死亡。
月，第24屆冬季大學生運動會在哈爾濱舉辦。
哈爾濱舉行第二十四屆冬季大學生運動會。乌鲁木齐七五事件。八八水災。
月，香港中文大学教授、前校长高锟获得诺贝尔物理学奖。
月，力拓集团驻上海办事处员工被中国国家安全机关依法刑事拘留（参见：力拓案）。
月，时任美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马首次访华，与时任中国国家主席胡锦涛会面。
月5日，新疆乌鲁木齐爆发大规模骚乱，史称“乌鲁木齐七五事件”，造成至少197人死亡，另有1721人受伤。

2007月3日，陕西省安康市发生华南虎照片事件。
2007月24日，“嫦娥一号”月球探测器发射升空。
2007May — 2007 Chinese slave scandal: A local television station first reported on missing children kidnapped to work as slaves at brickyards in Shanxi.
2007月15日-21日，中国共产党第十七次全国代表大会在北京召开，胡锦涛在10月22日召开的中共十七届一中全会上连任中共中央总书记，其他当选的中共中央政治局常委包括吴邦国、温家宝、贾庆林、李长春、习近平、李克强、贺国强、周永康（参见：中国共产党第十七届中央委员会）。
2007August — The State Administration for Religious Affairs issued State Religious Affairs Bureau Order No. 5, which required tulkus who planned to be reincarnated to submit an application to the government.
2007July — Zheng Xiaoyu, the former head of the State Food and Drug Administration, was executed for corruption.
2007月6日，《中华人民共和国物权法》通过。
2007台灣高速鐵路1月5日通車。曾荫权当选香港第三届行政长官。
2007月，河南卢氏县特大洪灾，造成78人死亡、18人失踪。
2007月，山西新窑矿难造成104人死亡。
2007月，山东华源矿难造成至少172人死亡。
2008世界人权宣言
2008汶川大地震
20082008年中国奶制品污染事件
2008August — 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony: A ceremony marked the beginning of the Olympic Games in Beijing.
2008September — 2008 Summer Paralympics: The thirteenth Paralympic Games began in Beijing.
2008May — The Hangzhou Bay Bridge opened to the public.
2008月20日，曾短暂担任中华人民共和国最高领导人的华国锋逝世。
2008馬英九當選中華民國總統。汶川大地震。北京夏季奥运会。9月27日翟志刚步出神舟七号成为首个太空行走的中国宇航员。
20082008年喀什袭击事件
20082008年攀枝花地震
2008September — The astronaut Zhai Zhigang completed China's first spacewalk on Shenzhou 7.
20082008年盈江地震
2008野草莓運動
2008聯合號海釣船事件
2008January — 2008 Chinese winter storms: A series of severe winter storms began which would claim over a hundred lives.
2008月8日，山西省襄汾尾矿库溃坝事故，死亡277人、失踪4人，另有受伤33人，直接经济损失9619万元。
2008月5日，为应对全球金融危机，时任中国国务院总理温家宝推出四万亿投资计划。
2008月5日-18日，在第十一届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上，胡锦涛连任中华人民共和国主席，温家宝连任中华人民共和国国务院总理。
2008月，“西藏骚乱”爆发，造成至少数十人伤亡。
2008月25日，“神舟七号 ”载人飞船搭载翟志刚、刘伯明、景海鹏三位航天员成功发射，中国宇航员首次实现太空漫步，并于9月28日返回地球。
2008月起，中国南方水灾特大水灾，至少57人死亡、数百人失踪，受灾人口超2100万。
2008月-9月，北京奥运会以及残奥会。
2008月20日，廣東深圳舞王俱樂部火災，43人死亡，88人受傷。
2008月，中国奶制品污染事件爆发。
2008月，中国大陆爆发大规模雪災，因灾死亡129人。
2008月，时任美国总统小布什第四次访华，与时任中国国家主席胡锦涛会面，观赏奥运会。
2008月28日，山东胶济列车相撞，造成72人丧生、416人受伤。
2010月，中国、俄罗斯、印度、巴西、南非成立“金砖五国”。
2010中國2010年上海世界博覽會
20102010年玉樹地震
2010月，刘晓波获得诺贝尔和平奖，成为首位获得诺贝尔奖的中华人民共和国公民。
20102010年高雄地震
2010中国―东盟自由贸易区启动。海峽兩岸經濟合作架構協議（ECFA）簽訂。上海舉辦世界博覽會。臺北縣升格為新北市，臺南縣市、高雄縣市、臺中縣市分別合併升格為直轄市。
2010리강 사건
2010月1日，“嫦娥二号”月球探测器发射升空。
2010月，中华人民共和国第六次全国人口普查显示中国总人口超过13.39亿。
2010月24日，黑龙江“伊春空难”造成44人死亡、52人受伤。
2010月，青海玉树特大地震造成2698人死亡、270人失踪，另有12135人受伤。
2010月，广西重大泥石流事件造成至少43人死亡。
2010月-10月，上海世博会。
2010月，甘肃舟曲泥石流灾害导致1557人死亡，两条河流被截断形成堰塞湖。
2010月起，特大水灾造成至少1072人丧生、619人失踪，110万间房屋倒塌，直接经济损失达到2100亿元人民币。
2010月15日，上海靜安教師公寓發生大火，共造成58人死亡，死者多為退休教師，另有71人受傷。
2010月23日，谷歌公司宣称因为遭到中国网络攻击，决定退出中国。
2010月，第十六届亚洲运动会在中国广州举行。
20112011年缅甸地震
20112011年錫金地震
20112011年盈江地震
2011月29日，“天宫一号”实验性空间站发射升空，后于2018年4月结束任务、落入大气层。
2011烏坎事件
2011月1日，“神舟八号”无人飞船顺利发射升空，与天宫一号对接，并于11月17日返回地球。
20112011年喀什暴力恐怖袭击事件
20112011年和田市“7·18”暴力恐怖袭击事件
2011October — The 100th Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution and Republic of China was commemorated.
2011Central Tibetan Administration general election
2011月，中国红十字会爆发重大丑闻“郭美美事件 ”。
2011月14日，大连市爆发上万人参加的反对PX项目游行。
2011月，内蒙古抗议示威事件。
2011月，深圳举办“2011年世界大学生夏季运动会”。
2011月，微博实行实名制。
2011月起，中国南方水灾，至少105人死亡，63人失踪。
2011月，北斗二号导航系统开始为中国及周边地区用户提供服务。
2011月23日，甬台温铁路列车追尾事故，造成40人死亡、上百人受伤。
2011月起，中国秋季洪涝灾害，共造成97人死亡、21人失踪。
20111月1日中俄原油管道投入运行。中國國內生產總值超越日本成為全球第二大經濟體。蓬莱19-3油田溢油事故。深圳举办世界大学生夏季运动会。10月10日，中華民國100年國慶。

2009年靜岡地震
September — Yukio Hatoyama was elected 95th Prime Minister of Japan.EN
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August — Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda lost his election to Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama.EN

2007新潟縣中越近海地震
2007September — Yasuo Fukuda become 93rd Prime Minister of Japan following Shinzo Abe lost the House of Councillors election and his resignation.
20072007年能登半島地震
2007Japanese unified local elections
2007July — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns due to lost his power in the House of Councillors election to Ichirō Ozawa.
20082008年岩手、宮城內陸地震
20082008年7月岩手地震
2008September — Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda resigned and Tarō Asō become 94th Prime Minister of Japan.
20082008年大阪影片视听室纵火事件
2008聯合號海釣船事件
2008January–December — Japan is severely affected by the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession.
2010July — According to the United Nations, Japanese population has now peaked.
2010July — Prime Minister Naoto Kan won the House of Councillors election.
20102010年父岛地震
20102010年羽曳野市枪击事件
20102010年福島地震
2010일본 구제역 확산
2010June — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned and Naoto Kan become the 96th Prime Minister of Japan.
2010(平成22年)
20112011年4月福島地震
20112011年靜岡地震
2011榮村地震
2011March — Japan gets hit with the (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster, etc.), which claimed the lives of 20,000 people.
2011March — Japan Self-Defense Force Base was established in Djibouti.
2011January and March — The Tokyo Skytree 634.0 metres (2,080 ft) became the third tallest tower in the world, which opened in 2012.

Pop icon Michael Jackson dies, creating the largest public mourning for an entertainer since the death of Elvis Presley.EN
swine flu pandemic in the United StatesEN
shooting of Pittsburgh police officersEN
2009年纽约州第二十国会选区特别选举
Nobel Peace PrizeEN
The first of a series of Tea Party protests are conducted across the United States, focusing on smaller government, fiscal responsibility, individual freedoms and conservative views of the Constitution.EN
Nidal Hasan kills 12 servicemen and injures 31 in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.EN
President Obama obtains Congressional approval for the $787 billion stimulus package, the largest since President Dwight D. Eisenhower.EN

2007A South Korean student shoots and kills 32 other students and professors in the Virginia Tech shooting before killing himself. It stands as the worst mass shooting in U.S. history until 2016 and spurs a series of debates on gun control and journalism ethics.
2007Democrat Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
20072007年美国空军核武器事件
2007The I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota collapses, killing 13 people. The bridge collapse brings to national attention the need to rehabilitate the aging U.S. infrastructure system.
2007George W. Bush orders a troop surge which substantially increases the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and ultimately leads to reductions in casualties and major victories for coalition and Iraqi forces, against the insurgency.
2007Alum Rock earthquake
2007The first iPhone is released for sale in the U.S.
2007The Great Recession officially begins in December.
2008The 2008 financial crisis begins as the stock market crashes. In response, U.S. President George W. Bush signs the revised Emergency Economic Stabilization Act into law to create a 700 billion dollar Treasury fund to purchase failing bank assets.
2008U.S. presidential election, 2008: Barack Obama is elected president, and Joe Biden elected vice president.
2008Hurricane Ike kills 100 people along the Texas coast, produces $31 billion in damage, and contributes to rising oil prices.
2008Covina massacre
2008Chino Hills earthquake
2008Illinois earthquake
2008Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses
2008Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses
2008Tennessee
2008January 20, 2009 — Obama becomes the 44th president, Biden becomes the 47th vice president. Obama is the first African-American to hold the office.
2008U.S. oil prices hit a record $147 per barrel in the wake of—among other factors—international tensions and the falling U.S. dollar vs. the Euro.
2008The Super Tuesday tornado outbreak kills over 60 people and produces $1 billion in damage across Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama.
2008campaign
2008Steven Kazmierczak kills five, injures 21, and then kills himself in the Northern Illinois University shooting. After this incident, calls are made for more focus on mental health services and interest grows substantially in the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus.
2010The Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history.
2010Times Square car bombing attempt
2010California Proposition 19
20102010年尤里卡地震
2010더 투나잇 쇼 사태
2010Illinois earthquake
2010In the 2010 Midterm elections, the Republicans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.
2011Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs.
2011Virginia earthquake
2011Joplin tornado
2011STS-135: The Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, ending the 30-year shuttle program, which began with the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.
2011A tornado devastates Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 and injuring over 1,000, making it the deadliest single U.S. tornado since the advent of modern weather forecasting
2011The ATF gunwalking scandal emerged, wherein thousands of guns were allowed to "walk" through interdiction to Mexico, supposedly to aid in the capture of criminals.
2011Oklahoma earthquake
2011Colorado earthquake
2011A series of tornadoes cause heavy damage in the South, Alabama being the hardest hit. 324 people are killed in the deadliest American natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina.
2011Representative Gabrielle Giffords is severely wounded in an assassination attempt when a gunman went on a shooting spree, killing federal judge John Roll and five other people, and wounding at least 13 others, at an event Giffords was hosting in suburban Tucson, Arizona.
2011Flooding devastates the Mississippi River valley causing $2 to $4 billion in damage.
2011Casey Marie Anthony is acquitted of all charges related to the death of her daughter, Caylee; she was convicted of four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. She was released a week later because of credit for time served.