Timeline March 2009

Events in March 2009 5

• 1963 – 2009 Natasha Richardson (1963-2009) Died 18 March 2009, aged 45 Richardson was a British actress and member of the Redgrave acting family, known for films including Nell and the Broadway revival of Cabaret, for which she won a Tony Award. She died from injuries sustained in a skiing accident in Quebec. Her death prompted widespread attention to the risks of head injuries in skiing.
• 1981 – 2009 Jade Goody (1981-2009) Died 22 March 2009, aged 27 Goody rose to fame as a contestant on the British reality show Big Brother and became one of the country's best-known reality television personalities. She continued to document her life publicly after being diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer, raising awareness of the disease. Her death drew major national media coverage in Britain.
• 2009 Iditarod 2009 Winner: Lance Mackey — 9 days 21h Lance Mackey won his third consecutive Iditarod, a remarkable feat of endurance.
• 2009 Kepler space telescope launched Discovers thousands of exoplanets NASA's Kepler space telescope launched on March 6, 2009, tasked with finding Earth-like planets around other stars. It discovered over 2,600 confirmed exoplanets before retiring in 2018, transforming our understanding of planetary systems.
• 2009 Breaking Bad season 2 13 episodes Thirteen episodes tightening around Tuco, Jane and the pink teddy bear falling from the sky.