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January 1 - Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania are set to adopt the Euro.

January 1 - Deadline by which goods in all member states of the European Union must be sold in metric units (this has already been completed everywhere, except in the UK). Road signs in the UK are unaffected (road signs in all other member states will already be in metric units).

January 1 - U.S. Mint will start re-minting the Washington Quarter.

January 3 - Alaska will celebrate its 50th anniversary of statehood.

January 20 - The next (44th, assuming current president completes term) President of the United States (elected November 4, 2008) is scheduled to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.

January 26 Annular solar eclipse.

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February 1 - The International Cospas-Sarsat Satellite System is scheduled to stop monitoring for 121.5 MHz and 243 MHz (Class B) distress signals from EPIRBs and other emergency beacons.

February 1 - Super Bowl XLIII will be held in Tampa, Florida.

February - Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 in Val d'Isère, France.

February 13 - A celebration is expected as the Unix time number reaches 1234567890 seconds at 23:31:30 UTC.

February 17 - Analog television broadcasts are scheduled to end in the United States, requiring all stations to send their signals digitally.

February - Miami University in Oxford, Ohio celebrates bicentennial

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March - Second version of World Baseball Classic expected to occur.

March 3 - Square root day, the first one in over five years.

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April - The new Mets Ballpark scheduled to open.

April - The new Yankee Stadium scheduled to open.

April 4 to April 6 - NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four to be held at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.

April 11 - Neptune will return to the same degree and minute as when it was discovered, 163 years previously. (September 23, 1846)

April 20 will be the 10 year anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting

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May 25 - Conjunction between Jupiter and Neptune, Jupiter 24' south. First conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Neptune.

Unknown Date - Champions League Final to be held in Stadio Olimpico, Rome.

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Mid-June - Elections to the European Parliament. In the UK, they will be held on June 11. This is also a possible date for the next UK general election.

Sometime this month, will be the graduation day of those born in the year 1991.

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July 8 - At 12:34:56 around the world the time and date will read 123456789

July 13 - Conjunction between Jupiter and Neptune, Jupiter 37' south. Second conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Neptune.

July 15-July 26 - Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia

July 20 - 40th anniversary of the U.S. Moon Landing.

July 22 - Total solar eclipse (Longest lasting total eclipse of the 21st century)

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August 4 - O UTC: Jupiter occults 45 Capricorni, a star of 5.9 mag.

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September 7 - ESPN celebrates its 30th anniversary.

September 29 - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its final flyby of Mercury, decreasing velocity enough for an orbital capture in 2011.

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October - the National Hockey League franchise Montreal Canadiens celebrate their 100th anniversary. A bid for the National Hockey League All-Star Game is expected.

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A Friday the 13th, the superstitious day said to bring bad luck, during the third week of the month.

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December 20 - Conjunction between Jupiter and Neptune, Jupiter 34' south. Third conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Neptune.

December 31 - The European Union's directive banning non-SI markings on any goods imported into the European Union goes into effect. This applies to all markings on products, enclosed directions and papers, packaging, and advertisements.

December 31 - The "Single Business Tax", a value added tax which is a primary form of business taxation in the USA's state of Michigan, will be repealed.

December 31 - In Italy, possibly the last day of analogic TV transmission (VHF, UHF). After 54 years, the country should switch completely to Digital terrestrial television.

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The All New Chevrolet Camaro is set to be released.

The Porsche Panamera is expected to be released.

The ban on castration of piglets becomes effective in Norway.

The Cadillac XTS is scheduled to be released this year. It will be the production version of the Cadillac Sixteen concept car. A coupe version is planned.

A U.S. aircraft carrier named the USS ''George H. W. Bush'' will be launched.

The Completion of the Sound Transit System Link Light Rail in Seattle

Conan O'Brien is scheduled to replace Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show.

The United Kingdom plans to continue 5-year process to cease analog television broadcasts region-by-region, with Granada, HTV Wales and Westcountry Television *.

Rhodri Morgan expects to retire as First Minister of Wales.

Boeing's 747-8 expected to achieve entry into service (EIS).

Expected series finale of the television show Lost

Opening of Tseung Kwan O South Line, MTR, Hong Kong.

Winter Universiade in Harbin, People's Republic of China.

Thirteenth Olympic Congress, in Copenhagen, Denmark including decision of the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Singapore will host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

Completion of the East L.A. Gold Metro Expansion and the Expo Line in Los Angeles, California.

Completion of the Virgin Galactic Spaceport in New Mexico, U.S.A.

Completion of the Three Gorges Dam in China.

Completion of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina.

First flight of the SpaceX Dragon commercial manned orbital spacecraft.

Next award of the Sylvester Medal.

The Space Shuttle Discovery will be retired from service.

Possible start of unmanned test flights of the Ares I rocket and the new Crew Exploration Vehicle.

The release of the Disney version of Rapunzel.

The Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau expires.

Canada's commitment in Afghanistan expires.

Eligible for induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:

A-Ha

Bon Jovi

The Cult

Cyndi Lauper

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Julian Lennon

Nick Cave

Pet Shop Boys

The Pogues

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Sade

Soul Asylum

Spinal Tap

Yngwie Malmsteen

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2009 Lost Memories is a film set in the alternate history of a Japanese controlled Korea in 2009.

In the 1990s sitcom Family Matters an episode that aired in 1994 claimed that main character Carl Winslow (Reginald VelJohnson) slept for 15 years and woke up in the year 2009 where main characters Steve Urkel (Jaleel White) and Laura Winslow (Kellie Shanygne Williams) were married with 3 children.

In the Macross anime series (adapted outside Japan as the first part of Robotech), the alien Zentradi arrive at Earth on February 7, 2009 (February 9 in Robotech), triggering the devastating Space War I or First Robotech War.

In Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, the Plant chapter occurs on April 29 and April 30, 2009 causing devastation to New York City from its coast to Federal Hall when Arsenal Gear crash lands into it. This would lead up to the suspension America's international involvement (as mentioned in the recent Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer) especially after the death of the President of the United States.

On the TV show Charmed, Phoebe Halliwell was executed on February 12, 2009 by burning at the stake for murdering a man with her powers.

On the TV show the The West Wing former President Jed Bartlett is seen opening his presidential library in New Hampshire and chatting with some of his former staffers.

The events of the cyberpunk-dystopian science fiction film Freejack take place.

The Atari game Fahrenheit (video game), also known in the U.S. as Indigo Prophecy is set in 2009.

The Capcom game Mega Man 3 is set in 2009.

The Capcom game Dino Crisis is set in 2009.

The anime series Noir is set in 2009.

In the film Children of Men, all the women in the world mysteriously become infertile.

The Bungie Studios game Abuse is set in 2009.