Portal:Current events/2009 April 15
April 15, 2009 (Wednesday)
- China launches a second satellite as part of its Compass global navigation system. (Xinhua)
- Swiss investment bank UBS AG will cut 8,700 jobs. (Sky News)
- The Pitcairn Islands abolish alcohol prohibition. (RNZI)
- The French Navy captures 11 Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. (BBC)
- The United States' consumer price index records its first year-on-year deflation since 1955. (Times Online)
- The Tax Day Tea Party protests against higher taxes and out-of-control government spending began rallying across the United States. (WSJ)