Portal:Current events/2009 February 7
February 7, 2009 (Saturday)
- 2009 Southeastern Australia heat wave continues:
- The Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria kill 173 people. (Herald Sun)
- More than 100,000 Victorians may be without electricity due to a rolling blackout. (ABC News Australia)
- The towns of Marysville, Kinglake, Strathewen and others are almost completely destroyed by bushfires.(ABC News Australia)
- Melbourne CBDs temperature peaks at 46.4°C (115.5°F) and Melbourne Airport’s temperature peaks at 46.8°C (116.2°F) marking the hottest day for Victoria's capital and hottest city on earth that day.[1]
- Bolivia's new constitution enters into force. (BBC)
- Pakistan:
- Seven Pakistani police officers are killed in Mianwali, Punjab. (BBC)
- The Students' Movement claims to have executed kidnapped Polish engineer Peter Stanczak. (Xinhua)
- The Israeli Air Force attacks the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fire two rockets into the country. (Haaretz)
- Brazilian Federal Police confiscate 3.8 tons of cocaine from a ship at a Paranaguá port. (Trend News)
- Major League Baseball player Alex Rodriguez allegedly tested positive for two anabolic steroids in 2003. (Sports Illustrated)
- An Embraer EMB-110P1 air taxi carrying 20 people crashes in Amazonas, Brazil. (IHT)
- Madagascar police kill at least 23 protesters during anti-government demonstrations in Antananarivo. (BBC)
- Jennifer Frigge becomes the first woman to swim across the Atlantic Ocean. (Kansas City Star)
- French Polynesian President Gaston Tong Sang resigns. (The Age)