2009

Timeline

Godzilla fighting Ghidorah (Godzilla: Monster Mayhem)

2008 ← 2009 → 2010

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous • Last Ice Age

BCE: 30,000 • 8000 • 4th millennium • 1100 • 218

Before 1800: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1357 • 1502 • 1556 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749

1800s: 1804 • 1805 • 1850 • 1851 • 1853 • 1862 • 1875 • 1881 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899

1900–1999

'00s: 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909

'10s: 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919

'20s: 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

'30s: 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000–present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2029 • 2030 • 2031 • 2034 • 2035 • 2036 • 2039 • 2041 • 2042 • 2043 • 2045 • 2046 • 2047 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• CR Gamera is released to arcades.
• Hiya Toys is founded.
• The short film Waiting for Gorgo, an unofficial sequel to the original film, is released.

May

• 17 May: Minecraft is released as an Alpha Build.

June

• 18 June: Limusaurus, a small Jurassic dinosaur, receives the same generic name as the fictional animal from Skull Island.

July

• 22 July: Monster Raban is reprinted and republished by Shogakukan.

August

• 15 August: Raiga: God of the Monsters is released to Japanese theaters.
• 20 August: Sony releases Battle in Outer Space, The H-Man, and Mothra on DVD.

September

• 10 September: Yoshibumi Tajima passes away at the age of 91.
• 15 September: Indiagames Ltd. publishes the first two Godzilla mobile games: a 2D game and a 3D game both titled Godzilla: Monster Mayhem.

October

• Toho produces a stage adaptation of The Human Vapor.

November

• 30 November: Kinema Junpo publishes Heisei Godzilla Chronicle.

December

• 19 December: Assault Girls is released in Japan.

In fiction

• The Tropical Explorer sails to Skull Island, where Jack Denham and other expedition members encounter giant animals that still inhabit this land. (Kong Reborn)
• Mythographic studies of Chinese temples leads Monarch to the high-altitude jungles of the Yunnan province. Dr. Emma Russell and her team follow a mysterious bio-acoustic signature to a previously undiscovered megalithic temple, within which lies a gigantic cocoon. A quickening heartbeat is detected inside. (Godzilla: King of the Monsters)
• The Titan Rawa is discovered. (GigaBash)

May

• 22-23 May: Clover attacks New York City. (Cloverfield)

September

• 24 September: Scientists explore a cave leading into the Hollow Earth. (Godzilla vs. Kong)

Gallery

Godzilla vs. Kong

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References

This is a list of references for 2009. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

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