On January 15th – US Airways pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger lands a plane carrying 155 passengers safely in New York City’s Hudson River. Media calls the event “Miracle On The Hudson.”
Barack H. Obama is Inaugurated as the 44th President of The United States of America on January 20th. He is the first African-American to hold office as the U.S. Commander-in-Chief.
We remember sitting in front of our computers waiting for Chris Brown and Rihanna to arrive at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on February 8th 2009 – only to find out that the two stars had been involved in a domestic dispute which later ended their relationship.
In March 2009 Twitter is ranked the fastest growing social network with over 55 Million visits per month around the globe.
We were in complete shock with the rest of the world when Michael Jackson died on June 25th 2009 at the age of 50. The star was on the verge of putting the finishing touches on his This Is It comeback tour before his untimely passing.
Bernie Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in federal prison on June 29th after pleading guilty to defrauding investors in over $65 Billion Dollars creating the worlds largest Ponzi scheme.
On September 13th Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV VMA’s to say that he felt the award for Best Female Video should have went to Beyonce – calling her “Single Ladies” video one of the best videos of all time.
On November 19th, Oprah Winfrey announces that her show will end in 2011 after 25 years on television. Oprah fights back tears during the announcement on national television.
Tiger Woods crashes his SUV a block from his home on November 27th – reports begin to surface about extramarital affairs with a total 0f 14 women coming forward to share their stories. Tiger takes hiatus from golf and his numerous endorsements are up in the air.
After releasing her debut album on November 23rd, Susan Boyle’s CD has sold an amazing 2.5 Million copies in the United States (about 550 units weekly) in just four weeks holding on to the Billboard 200 top spot. The Britain’s Got Talent star has sold 4.8 Million copies of the CD around the world
Go inside to see the Plus 1 Moment of 2009!
On March 6th – Kanye West called the.LIFE Files “One of the Best Blogs” Read what he wrote HERE.
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great list…i used to check kanye’s blog everyday….that how i even knew about the site….i read that article and checked it out…been comin back everyday since
yep// me too
same here loll
haha my story’s the same! Damn, the.life, kanye did you a nice favor! ;D
Lmao you not going to believe but same story here i remember once kanye posted thelifefiles post on his blog since then i check lifefiles everyday
lol o shyt. look at what i started!
Michael Jackson’s death was hands down the most significant and memorable event of 2009. I’m still in shock and disbelief.
But big ups to thelifefiles.com, because this was definitely my most visited website for 2009. And I love to keep coming back cause its one of the cleanest, better, and more diverse black blogs out here. I especially like that the content isn’t hate filled gossip.
I totally agree this is a very very classy site, give us shout-outs to life cuz we keep yall goin also. lol. These are awesome moments, some very very traggic and some just outstanding ! Michael,Obama,Oprah,Susan,Twitter ! Wow & Tiger & Kanye !!!
2009 was the strangest year I ever experienced in my life!
Highlight of this year was Barack Obama! ♥
and march 26 was the day i discovered you life. all thanks to my boy ye!!
You guys forgot the Rick Ross Vs. 50 Cent beef lmao it was so funny officer ricky callin 50 a munkey ahahahah then 50 started dropin vids about officer and took his baby mama for shoopin c’mon it was memmorable for sure
what happen to the new york Yankees???????????????????????????? ya wild out
kanYe mentioned black people run this blog? is it true? if not can you guys tell us more about who and where is runing this blog
thnx
happy coming New Year 2010
To the the.LIFE Files,
Job well done in 2009, you guys are my fav blog. Very classy. And i like how even though you are black runned that you still include white news and you are not heavy on stupid gossip. Plus you guys dont trash anyone like mediatakeout/bossip/theybf etc. Keep up the good work and Happy New Year!
i gotta agree this was one of the strangest years. It’s MJ’s year though!
Yea, this blog often comes across to me as colorblind, and I love that. Like Ye said, when you comment on something, it’s right on point, i laughed my ass off many times reading your stuff.
And i like that people who comment on this blog, really usually have something to say (and are funny people too:P). They dont just hate for no reasons like some of the internet users.
Good job everybody, keep it classy!
i agree oh and the plane dude was amazing !
You didn’t mention the little girl that was kidnapped all those years. Life Files, I’m beginning to think you don’t care about societal issues…
No disrespect to any body who has been kidnapped, but we hear about stolen, killed, dissed(Swift), cheated on, little white girls all day every day, so please.
MJ Dying, most memorable of my life!!!