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)^{[permanent dead link]}
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.