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In 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States of America and the nation’s first African-American commander-in-chief. Pilot Chelsey B. “Sully” Sullenberger successfully crash landed a U.S. Airways jetliner with 155 people on board in the Hudson River. Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, passes away as well as other entertainment notables including Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Swayze, Brittany Murphy and Walter Cronkite. ‘Avatar’ was the top grossing movie of the year.