Good Morning POU! A decade into the new millennium and my how things have changed!
Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States.
Michael Jackson dies and brings worldwide outpouring of grief.
US Airways Flight 1549 after being struck by a flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff Piloted by Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger makes a successful Crash landing In the Hudson River.
Cost of Living in 2009
How Much things cost in 2009 Average Cost of new house $232,880.00
Average Income per year $39,423.00
Average Monthly Rent $675.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas $2.73
US Postage Stamp 42 cents
1 LB of Bacon $3.19
Movie Ticket: $7.50
Loaf of Bread $1.77
In-state College Tuition $6,585.00
Ongoing financial crisis and recession which began in late 2007 continues with many calling it the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s causing house prices to decline, and unemployment to increase. In 2009 governments in the US and around the world pumped trillions of dollars into the financial system and into the economies hoping to avert another Great Depression and by the end of 2009 although unemployment had continued to increase, markets had recovered and most thought the worst was over.
Top Grossing Films of 2009
1 | Avatar | 20th Century Fox | $2,749,064,328 |
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2 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros. | $934,416,487 |
3 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 20th Century Fox | $886,686,817 |
4 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Paramount/DreamWorks | $836,303,693 |
5 | 2012 | Sony | $769,679,473 |
6 | Up | Disney | $735,099,082 |
7 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Lionsgate | $709,711,008 |
8 | Sherlock Holmes | Warner Bros. | $524,028,679 |
9 | Angels & Demons | Sony | $485,930,816 |
10 | The Hangover | Warner Bros. | $467,483,912 |
Top Television Shows of 2009
1 | American Idol — Tuesday | FOX | 13.7 |
2 | American Idol — Wednesday | 13.3 | |
3 | Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 12.6 |
4 | NCIS | CBS | 11.5 |
5 | Sunday Night Football | NBC | 11.3 |
6 | The Mentalist | CBS | 10.6 |
7 | Dancing with the Stars — Results | ABC | 9.9 |
8 | NCIS: Los Angeles | CBS | 9.8 |
Undercover Boss | |||
10 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 9.7 | |
11 | Grey’s Anatomy | ABC | 9.0 |
12 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | 8.9 |
13 | Desperate Housewives | ABC | 8.8 |
14 | The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 8.5 |
Criminal Minds | |||
The Good Wife | |||
17 | 60 Minutes | 8.4 | |
18 | CSI: Miami | 8.1 | |
19 | CSI: NY | 7.9 | |
Survivor | |||
21 | The Bachelor | ABC | 7.8 |
22 | House | FOX | 7.5 |
23 | Brothers & Sisters | ABC | 7.0 |
24 | Castle | 6.9 | |
Lost | |||
26 | The Amazing Race | CBS | 6.6 |