May 26th, 2009, was a Tuesday. It was Day 146 of 2009. The decade was the 2000s.
14 years and 12 days have passed since May 26th, 2009.
The zodiac star sign for this date is Gemini.
Notable events that occurred on May 26th, 2009.
On May 26th, 2009, the following songs were at the top of the music charts in the USA and the UK.
The following singles were dominating the Billboard Hot 100 chart:
The top movie on this date was "Night at the Museum II".
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Let's go back in time!
The date is May 26th, 2009, and it's a Tuesday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Gemini. The summer of 2009 has finally arrived. The weather has warmed up, and the evenings are brighter than usual.
In the United States, the Memorial Day weekend of 2009 has recently come and gone. To many, this means that the summer has officially started. In America, the song Boom Boom Pow by The Black Eyed Peas is at the top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, Bonkers by Dizzee Rascal & Armand van Helden is the number-one hit song.
Barack Obama is the President of the United States, and the movie Night at the Museum II is at the top of the box office. Gordon Brown is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, in technology news, more and more people are beginning to use the Internet on their phones. This transition towards mobile Internet has been aided by the recent roll-out of faster 3G networks and the introduction of larger touchscreen phones.
A growing social network called Facebook is beginning to steal users away from MySpace and Bebo. Video rental stores such as Blockbuster are struggling to compete with online streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu. A music genre called Dubstep has started to go mainstream.
It's 2009, so the music charts are filled with artists such as The Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Flo Rida, Taylor Swift and T.I. If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Billy Mays, and Steve McNair would all still be alive. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition", "How I Met Your Mother", "Eureka", and "Ugly Betty".
Meanwhile, gamers are playing titles such as "Mafia Wars", "Battlefield: Bad Company", "Call of Duty: World at War", and "Minecraft". Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Dora the Explorer", "The Hills", "The Suite Life on Deck", and "Glee". Popular toys at the moment include the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, Iggle Piggle, and WALL-E toys.
These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on May 26th, 2009.
A 15-year-old Canadian singer named Justin Bieber released his debut single, "One Time," in May 2009.
The 2009 Eurovision song contest was held in Moscow, Russia. Norway won the contest with the song "Fairytale" by Alexander Rybak.
The superhero film "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" was playing in movie theaters at this time.
Throughout much of 2009, there was a lot of public concern about the spread of the swine flu.
The Internet had started using the term "hipster" to describe people who are pretentious and deliberately anti-mainstream.
The song "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon won a Grammy for 2009's Record of the Year.
Popular music artists in 2009 included Kelly Clarkson, T.I., Lady Gaga, Flo Rida, Jamie Foxx, The Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé, Pitbull, Sean Kingston, Drake, Kings of Leon, Jay Sean, Miley Cyrus, Jason Derulo, Britney Spears, Owl City and Taylor Swift.
Most countries were still reeling from the 2008 global economic crisis. Unemployment increased, property prices fell, the stock market struggled, and bailouts became a favorite tool to keep struggling countries afloat.
According to Forbes, the highest paid celebrities in 2009 were Angelina Jolie, Oprah Winfrey, Madonna, Beyoncé, Tiger Woods, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt and Kobe Bryant.
In 2009, the best NBA players were LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Dwyane Wade, Paul Pierce, Tim Duncan, Yao Ming, Brandon Roy, Chris Paul, Pau Gasol, Carmelo Anthony, Shaquille O'Neal, Chauncey Billups and Tony Parker.
The former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, was named Time Person of the Year in 2009.
English singer Cheryl Cole was named FHM's sexiest woman in both 2009 and 2010.
In 2009, the best soccer players were Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Samuel Eto'o, Kaká, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba and Steven Gerrard.
Movies that hit the big screen in 2009 included the likes of Avatar, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 2012, Up, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Sherlock Holmes, Angels & Demons, The Hangover, Inglorious Basterds, Zombieland, District 9 and The Blind Side.
Smartphones with touchscreens and 3G Internet capabilities started replacing the "dumber" push-button cellphones of the past. Up until this point, companies had focused on making phones that were smaller and more compact. However, rising mobile Internet usage and the introduction of higher-quality cameras started to reverse this trend. As a result, phones started getting larger.
"The Hurt Locker" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2009.
A dance music genre called dubstep began to take off in 2009 and 2010.
A multiplayer social network game called "Mafia Wars" was all the rage. The game was free and could be accessed by anyone with a Facebook or MySpace profile.
Facebook experienced massive growth and became the largest social network in the world.
DVD sales were beginning to plummet as people were switching to online streaming platforms. Between 2008 and 2014, sales in the USA fell by a whopping 66%.
Online video streaming was becoming increasingly popular. New services such as Netflix and Hulu were gaining millions of users, and video rental stores such as Blockbuster were struggling to stay afloat. As sales and rentals declined, small video stores started closing. Meanwhile, the larger franchises attempted to downsize and branch out into selling other products, such as cellphones and merchandise.
HD TV quickly became the norm during this time, as flat-screen televisions were starting to fall in price.
Internet access on cellphones became common in the late 2000s. This transition was aided by the rollout of faster 3G Internet networks and the introduction of larger touchscreen phones. Although many phones had Internet features at the start of the decade, they were often awkward and costly to use.
During the 2000s, people often brought digital cameras with them to clubs and bars. The following day, they would upload their photographs to social media websites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo. Although most phones had cameras, their picture quality was bad, especially in darker settings such as nightclubs.
By this stage, a new social network called Bebo had become a huge hit in countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand. Bebo was famous for its quizzes, auto-playing video box, whiteboard, "Bebo Skins," and "Bebo Luv" features.
"Scene Kids" became a big subculture in the latter half of the decade. Their fashion consisted of skinny jeans, bright colors, and straight hair with long fringes.
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Television shows that people were watching in May 2009.
Glee
Musical TV series.
RuPaul's Drag Race
Reality competition series.
True Blood
Fantasy horror series starring Anna Paquin as a telepathic waitress called Sookie Stackhouse.
Sons of Anarchy
Crime drama series about a biker gang.
Real Housewives of New York City
American reality television series.
Breaking Bad
Series about a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a drug dealer after he is diagnosed with lung cancer.
The Big Bang Theory
A sitcom about two physicists called Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper.
Gossip Girl
Teen drama starring Blake Lively.
Mad Men
Period drama about an advertising agency in New York City.
Skins
British TV series about a group of teenagers living in Bristol.
Friday Night Lights
Sports drama series about a high school football team in West Texas.
Dexter
Crime drama series about a serial killer who murders other serial killers.
Ugly Betty
Comedy series starring America Ferrera as Betty Suarez.
Eureka
Sci-fi series starring Colin Ferguson as Sheriff Jack Carter.
Psych
Detective comedy series starring James Roday and Dulé Hill.
The Hills
American reality television series. Spin-off of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.
How I Met Your Mother
Sictom starring Neil Patrick Harris.
Bones
Crime comedy-drama TV series.
Prison Break
TV serial drama about how one man must save his falsely-accused brother from a death sentence.
Grey's Anatomy
Medical drama television series.
The Office
The US version of The Office, starring Steve Carell as Michael Scott.
House
Medical drama starring Hugh Laurie.
Desperate Housewives
TV show about housewives living in suburban America.
CSI: NY
New York City version spin-off of the CSI franchise.
Lost
Mystery drama series about a group of plane crash survivors that are stranded on a strange island.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Reality TV show in which houses are renovated during a one-week period.
Cold Case
Crime series about a fictional Philadelphia Police Department division that specializes in investigating cold cases.
Cartoons and TV shows that children and teenagers were watching on this day in 2009.
Glee
Sonny with a Chance
The Suite Life on Deck
iCarly
WordGirl
Phineas and Ferb
Horrid Henry
Curious George
The Hills
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Hannah Montana
Ben 10
Johnny Test
Go, Diego, Go!
LazyTown
Peppa Pig
One Tree Hill
The Fairly OddParents
Dora the Explorer
Toys and games that were popular on this date in 2009.
WALL-E toys
Iggle Piggle
The PlayStation 3
The Xbox 360
Popular video games that people were playing in May of 2009.
Minecraft
The alpha version of Minecraft.
Pokémon Platinum
Released for the Nintendo DS.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Released on the Nintendo DS and the PlayStation Portable.
Resident Evil 5
The fifth installment in the series.
Empire: Total War
Turn-based strategy.
Killzone 2
The second installment in the series.
Street Fighter IV
Fighting game that was released for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.
Left 4 Dead
First-person shooter game involving zombies. Developed by Valve Corporation.
Call of Duty: World at War
Developed by Treyarch. First game in the series to include Nazi Zombies.
Mirror's Edge
Adventure platform game.
Gears of War 2
Third-person shooter that was released for the Xbox 360.
Fallout 3
Open-world role-playing game.
Fable II
Open world RPG.
Dead Space
Sci-fi horror survival game.
Saints Row 2
The second game in the series.
Spore
Life simulation game that was released for the PC.
Battlefield: Bad Company
First-person shooter that was released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Solid Snake returns in the fourth installment in the series.
Mafia Wars
Social media game developed by Zynga.
If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 2009.
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Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on May 26th.
Actor. Deceased
Born on May 26th, 1907
He was not alive on this date.
Musician. Deceased
Born on May 26th, 1926
He was not alive on this date.
British politician.
Born on May 26th, 1949
He turned 60 on this day in 2009.
Singer.
Born on May 26th, 1964
He turned 45 on this day in 2009.
Wrestler. Deceased
Born on May 26th, 1979
She turned 30 on this day in 2009.
TV personality.
Born on May 26th, 1987
He turned 22 on this day in 2009.
Historical weather information for May 26th, 2009.
Barack Obama was the President of the United States on May 26th, 2009.
Gordon Brown was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Brian Cowen was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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