Timeline May 2009

Events in May 2009 10

• 2009 Breaking Bad season 2 13 episodes Thirteen episodes tightening around Tuco, Jane and the pink teddy bear falling from the sky.
• 2009 India re-elects Congress-led coalition Manmohan Singh returns as prime minister India's general election produced a stronger mandate for the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, with Manmohan Singh continuing as prime minister for a second term. Over 400 million voters took part in the multi-phase election. The result was seen as a rejection of identity-based regional parties in favor of national coalitions.
• 2009 2009 World Snooker Championship John Higgins Title 3 Winner: John Higgins; Runner-up: Shaun Murphy. Score: 18–9.
• 2009 Begins Las Vegas Residency Launches long-running House of Blues residency In May 2009, Santana launched a headline residency at the House of Blues inside the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. The residency was extended repeatedly over the following decade, making it one of the longest-running headline residencies by a rock artist in Las Vegas history. It allowed Santana to perform regularly to sold-out crowds while continuing to tour internationally.
• 2009 Star Trek (2009) — J.J. Abrams reboot J.J. Abrams relaunches the franchise with an alternate "Kelvin Timeline" created by time travel, allowing a new cast to play the original characters — Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Zoe Saldaña as Uhura. Spectacular action, controversial among purists for its departure from Roddenberry's ethos, enormously commercially successful. Budget: $150 million. Gross: $386 million.
• 2009 Space Shuttle Atlantis services the Hubble Space Telescope Final shuttle mission to upgrade the observatory Space Shuttle Atlantis flew the fifth and final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, installing new instruments and repairing others during five spacewalks. The upgrades extended Hubble's operational life by years and improved its imaging capability significantly. It was the last time astronauts visited the telescope.
• 2009 Patron Tequila -- the debut single The Paradiso Girls' debut single "Patron Tequila," featuring Lil Jon and Eve, is released on 12 May 2009 via Interscope Records. The track peaks at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and introduces the group to a mainstream US audience. The hip-hop-inflected club track suits the group's multinational, Pussycat Dolls-influenced sound. The single's moderate success keeps the group in the industry conversation and leads to a follow-up.
• 2009 Sri Lankan Civil War ends Government forces defeat the Tamil Tigers The Sri Lankan military declared victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), killing rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and ending a 26-year civil war. The final months of fighting caused heavy civilian casualties in the north of the island. The war's end left lasting questions over wartime conduct on both sides.
• 2009 Marriage to Jeon Hye-jin Married actress Jeon Hye-jin after seven years together. The couple would have two sons.
• 2009 North Korea conducts second nuclear test Underground detonation draws UN condemnation North Korea tested a nuclear device underground at its Punggye-ri site, its second such test after 2006. The UN Security Council responded with tightened sanctions in Resolution 1874. The test heightened tensions with South Korea, Japan and the United States.