This Is What The World Looked Like When The Chilcot Inquiry Was Launched

    2009 was such a different world.

    Six years ago, Sir John Chilcot was tasked with launching an inquiry into the Iraq war.

    After years of waiting around, the head of the inquiry finally announced on Thursday that he expects the full report to be published next June.

    Some people have come up with their own suggestions for why it's taken so long.

    Sneak preview into the #Chilcot inquiry printing. Any day now.

    Others have predicted what we'll all look like when the report is finally released.

    Some have joked about what the world looked like when Chilcot first started his report in 2009.

    Want to feel old? This was Sir John Chilcot when he signed up to do his inquiry.

    Remember 2009? What did the world actually look like back then? For one, there was still a Labour government and Gordon Brown was the prime minister.

    "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga ended the year at the top of the charts.

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    Barack Obama was inaugurated as president of the United States in January 2009.

    Taylor Swift was still a pop country star. She released "Love Story" in the same month the inquiry was launched.

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    "Empire State of Mind" came out in 2009 too.

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    2009 was the year of the infamous LG Chocolate, and it was the first time Apple introduced the world to the "S" version of a phone, in the form of the iPhone 3GS.

    Meanwhile Nokia was still coming out with phones like the N900.

    The sixth Harry Potter film was released in 2009.

    It was the first time much of the world was properly introduced to the world's most beautiful man, Bradley Cooper, through the first instalment of The Hangover.

    The spectacular Community premiered in September 2009.

    The Good Wife launched in 2009 too, and it's still going strong in its seventh season.

    Matt Smith was named as the next star of Doctor Who, replacing David Tennant.

    Michael Jackson died at his home on 25 June 2009.

    Cristiano Ronaldo was still a Manchester United player (he left to join Madrid in the summer).

    And, er, most importantly, this happened.

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