Portal:Current events/2009 June 25
June 25, 2009 (Thursday)
- Death of Michael Jackson
- Michael Jackson dies from cardiac arrest at the age of 50 after arrival at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. (The Los Angeles Times) (EOnline)
- Michael Jackson's death has severe consequences on multiple major websites, such as Google, who saw unprecedented traffic and, mistaking the traffic for a DDOS attack, temporarily shut down. (CNET)
- Farrah Fawcett dies at approximately 9:28 a.m. in the intensive care unit of Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, with Ryan O'Neal and Alana Stewart by her side. (The Los Angeles Times)
- Iran
- A mourning ceremony for protesters who died in the post-election protests is cancelled. (RTÉ)
- Over 180 MPs refuse an invitation to attend a celebration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election win. (BBC) (Zee News)
- Campaigning begins for a legislative election in Iraqi Kurdistan. (BBC)
- Venezuela and the United States say they will restore their ambassadors. (The Irish Times)
- A roadside bomb kills five Iraqi policemen in the western city of Fallujah. (The Irish Times)
- The last leg of the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race gets underway in Stockholm. (Irish Independent)
- The Russian Supreme Court orders a retrial for three men on charges related to the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. (CNN) (RIA Novosti)
- Burma denies any link to the North Korean ship Kang Nam 1 being tracked by the United States on suspicion of carrying weapons in violation of a United Nations embargo. (BBC) (Bangkok Post)
- Honduran President Manuel Zelaya fires his armed forces chief after he refuses to give logistical support for a referendum on constitutional change. The Supreme Court then orders that he be returned to his job immediately. (CNN) (BBC)
- Qantas Airways cancelled half of a 30-plan order for 787 Dreamliners from Boeing Co., a cancellation that may amount to a $3.1 billion hit for Boeing. (Bloomberg)
- Cristiano Ronaldo completes a world record transfer fee of 80 million pounds which sends him to Real Madrid from Manchester United. (BBC)
- 2009 NBA Draft took place.