July 23, 2009 (Thursday)
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 9000 for the first time since January. (The New York Times)
- The United States signs the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia. (BBC)
- Two Swedish passenger ferries sailing between the mainland and Gotland collide in fog just off the port of Nynäshamn south of Stockholm, injuring at least 15 people. (Reuters)
- The Bank of Canada declares the recession has ended in Canada predicting the economy will grow by 1.3 per cent over the summer months. (CTV)
- Voters in Kyrgyzstan go to the polls for a presidential election, as the main opposition candidate Almazbek Atambayev pulls out. (AFP via Google News) (BBC)
- The SEACOM high speed internet link to East Africa goes live. (AFP) (BBC) (All Africa.com)
- Ireland's Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary. (Irish Independent) (The Irish Times)
- The FBI arrests 30 officials and rabbis in the U.S. state of New Jersey as part of a public corruption and international money laundering probe called Operation Bid Rig. Authorities also search a synagogue and remove several boxes. (Newark Star-Ledger)
- Peter Harry Carstensen, premier of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, intentionally loses a vote of confidence, clearing the way for early elections simultaneously with the German federal election, 2009. (Deutsche Welle)
- Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle completes a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays. (ESPN.com)