What died in 2009

3 endings on file for 2009. Longest run first. Dates coarser than a day are shown at the precision the sources support.

  1. Circuit City1949 → March 2009 · Places & Institutions · Killed by costabout 60 years
  2. The Sears Tower1973 → 16 July 2009 · Names & Designations · Killed by one executiveabout 36 years
  3. LaserDisc1978 → July 2009 · Consumer Hardware · Killed by a successorabout 31 years

Launched in 2009

Things born this year that are now in the archive.

  • Google Wavelasted about 3 years, until April 2012
  • Omeglelasted about 14 years, until 8 November 2023

The whole ledger, year by year, is on the timeline.