Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 2019. This year saw 294 significant events. 6 notable figures passed away.
Dutchman Michael van Gerwen wins his 3rd PDC World Darts Championship; beats Englishman Michael Smith 7-3 at the Alexandra Palace in London
The Boeing 737 MAX is a series of narrow-body aircraft developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes as the fourth generation of the Boeing 737.
Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg is a Swedish activist best known for pressuring governments to address climate change and social issues.
Syrian Democratic Forces announce that the last Islamic State territory has been retaken, raising flags in Baghuz, Syria, and ending the five-year Islamic State "caliphate"
Amazon's Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos agree record-breaking $35 billion divorce settlement
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is overthrown and arrested by the army in Khartoum after 30 years in power following massive street protests
Over 1 million people protest in Hong Kong against proposed new laws for extradition to China in one of the largest-ever protests in the city
NY Times reports that an estimated 500,000 song titles, including masters of Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald, were lost in a 2008 warehouse fire on Universal backlot in Los Angeles
Global warming is the fastest in 2,000 years and scientific consensus that humans are the cause is at 99%, according to three major reports published in journals "Nature" and "Nature Geoscience"
American singer Miley Cyrus (26) and Australian actor Liam Hemsworth (28) announce their separation and intention to divorce, after 8 months of marriage
Students from 185 countries stage the world's largest-ever protest on climate change, culminating in a Manhattan rally led by Greta Thunberg
Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins her record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany
Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri (28 July 1971 – 27 October 2019), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was an Iraqi militant leader and former teacher who was the founder and...
Tiger Woods scores a wire-to-wire 3-stroke win over Hideki Matsuyama at the inaugural Zozo Championship at Accordia Golf & Country Club, tying Sam Snead's record of 82 PGA victories
Sumatran rhino is officially declared extinct in Malaysia after the last known specimen, 25-year-old Iman, dies of cancer in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Spotify announces Drake as the most streamed star of the 2010s with 28 billion streams, while Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" is the most streamed track with 2.4 billion streams
British general election is won by Boris Johnson's Conservative Party in a landslide victory with an 80 seat majority, while the Scottish National Party wins 48 of 59 seats in Scotland
Miss World is won by Miss Jamaica Toni-Ann Singh in London, the first time all five major beauty titles are held by black women
US House of Representatives votes to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power (230-197) and obstruction of Congress (229-198)
Surviving R. Kelly is a Lifetime documentary detailing sexual abuse allegations against American singer Robert "R." Kelly. Its first season aired over three nights, from January 3 to January 5, 2019.
Indian cricket batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara scores 193 and Rishabh Pant 159no as the tourists declare at 622/7 on Day 2 of 4th Test against Australia in Sydney; Pant, first Indian wicketkeeper to hit a century in Australia
Chinese government report predicts China's population will peak at 1.44 billion in 2029 before declining
Malaysian king Sultan Muhammad V abdicates after two years of rule in historic first
Amazon overtakes Microsoft to become the world's most valuable listed company for the first time, worth $797 billion
California's monarch butterfly count drops by 86% according to 2018 census
On October 15, 2018, 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson abducted 13-year-old Jayme Lynn Closs after fatally shooting her parents, James and Denise Closs, at their home just outside of Barron,...
Lady Gaga apologises for working with R. Kelly in light of docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly"
18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun arrives in Toronto, Canada, as a refugee, via Thailand, after escaping family abuse in Saudi Arabia
Houston guard James Harden scores 38 points in Rockets' 116-108 loss to Orlando; 16th straight game with 30+ points matching Kobe Bryant's NBA record streak; also goes 1 for 17 from 3-point arc, tying record for most misses
Americans chance of dying from an accidental opioid overdose higher than a car accident for the first time, according to US National Safety Council
Australian Bureau of Meteorology tweets last four days were the country's hottest on record with Tarcoola, South Australia, reaching 49 C (120 F), Port Augusta 48.5 C (119 F)
Golden State guard Stephen Curry first player in NBA history to hit 8+ three-point FGs in 3 consecutive games; goes 9-of- 17 three's in Warriors' 147-140 win over New Orleans; teams combine for NBA record 43 3-pointers
Car bomb in Bogotá, Colombia, outside the National Police Academy kills at least 8 and injures 41
A light aircraft carrying EPL team Cardiff City's record signing Emiliano Sala of French club FC Nantes disappears near the Channel islands en route to Wales
Golden State guard Klay Thompson sets an NBA record by making his first 10 attempts from 3-point range as the Warriors beat the LA Lakers, 130-111; Thompson scores 44 points
New record for most expensive US property, $238 million for penthouse condominium overlooking Central Park, NY, bought by hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin
17 temperature records broken in South Australia including highest ever recorded for capital Adelaide at 46.6C
At least 20 people have died this week in Venezuelan anti-government protests according to the UN
Chew Valley Hoard of 2,528 silver coins from the Norman conquest is found near Bath - the highest-value treasure find ever in England at £4.3m ($5.6 million) [1]
A landslide on 27 January 2019 in Abancay, Peru, killed at least 15 people and injured 34 more when it destroyed part of a hotel during a wedding celebration.
Draft framework for peace agreement to end 17-year conflict in Afghanistan agreed by US and Afghan negotiators
"Empire" star Jussie Smollett suffers suspected racist and homophobic attack in Chicago; later determined to be a self-perpetrated hoax
97 days of continuous 24-hour mass services at Protestant Bethel Church in The Hague, Netherlands end after Dutch authorities reconsider deportation of Armenian asylum seekers
At least 20 newborns and children have died in last two months of the cold, trying to get to the Al-Ho Syrian refugee camp according to WHO
January 2019 was Australia's hottest month on record according to the Bureau of Meteorology
Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, known professionally as 21 Savage, is a British-born rapper based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Caitlin Clark scores 60 points in a game for Dowling Catholic High School against Mason City High School, setting the second-highest single-game point total in Iowa five-on-five girls' basketball history
China’s first science fiction blockbuster, “The Wandering Earth” premieres, directed by Frant Gwo, based on a story by Liu Cixin
named the 4th warmest year on record, at the time, according to NOAA and NASA, ranking behind 2016, 2015, and 2017 [1]
First reports of poisonous homemade alcohol killing people in the Indian states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, will go on to kill about 100
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos accuses The National Enquirer and its owner, American Media Inc, of blackmail over private messages detailing an extramarital affair
Artificial Intelligence system meant to assist diagnosis in the future, pitted against physicians in test to diagnose 600,000 patients in results published in "Nature Medicine", A.I. won, just
24 hour general strike in Belgium forces all fights to be cancelled and schools shut
Flinders River swells to 37 miles wide (60km) creating its own weather system after intense flooding in Queensland, Australia
Amazon cancels plans to build a corporate campus in Long Island, Queens, New York after widespread opposition
Colombian Juan Carlos Sánchez Latorre jailed for sexual abuse of 276 children in Barranquilla
Aurora is a city in northeastern Illinois, United States, located along the Fox River. The population was 180,542 at the 2020 census.
India's new high-speed train the Vande Bharat Express breaks down on its first return trip on Delhi to Varanasi route
Hayabusa2 is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese state space agency JAXA.
Actor Jussie Smollett suspended from US TV show "Empire" after revealed that actor made false claims about racist and homophobic attack
Catholic Cardinal George Pell convicted of child sexual abuse in Melbourne, Australia. As treasurer at the Vatican, the highest-ranking church official to be convicted; overturned in 2020
Lost Caravaggio painting "Judith and Holofernes" (1607) announced rediscovered in a Toulouse attic in 2014 to be auctioned worth $171 million
Bugatti announces the most expensive new car ever made - the La Voiture Noire costing €16.7 million (almost $19 million), only one will be made
Huawei Corporation (sometimes stylized as HUAWEI; HWAH-way; Chinese: 华为; pinyin: ) is a Chinese multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong.
US national women's soccer team sue for equal pay by filing a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against United States Soccer Federation
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crashes just after take-off from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 on board
Australian Catholic Cardinal George Pell is sentenced to 6 years in prison for sexual abuse in Australia; conviction overturned in 2020
California officially free of drought for the first time in more than 7 years (Dec 2011)
Beached dead whale found to have 88 pounds of plastic inside it, including 40 pounds of plastic bags, in Mabini, Philippines
40-year old Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki overtakes Wilt Chamberlain to go 6th with 31,424 points on the NBA scorers' list; Mavs suffer 129-125 OT loss to New Orleans Pelicans
"Superbloom" of poppies in Walker Canyon, southern California visible from space, after high rainfall
A woman who can smell Parkinson's disease has helped researchers identify molecules on the skin of people with the disease in Manchester, England
A huge blast from a chemical factory in Chenjiagang Chemical Industry Park in eastern China is so big it registers as an earthquake, kills 78 people and injuries 617
"Mind-blowing" discovery announced of 518 million year old fossil site in near Danshui river, Hubei province, China, with thousands of unknown fossils well preserved
2-time American League MVP Mike Trout signs the biggest contract in North American sports history, a $426.5 million, 12-year extension with the Los Angeles Angels
Apple introduces new TV streaming platform Apple TV+, news service Apple News+ and an Apple credit card at star-studded event featuring Oprah
Charges of staging fake racist and homophobic attack dropped against Justin Smollett by Chicago prosecutors
British indie-rock duo "Her's" - English guitarist-singer Stephen Fitzpatrick (24) and Norwegian bassist Audun Laading (25), and American manager Trevor Engelbrektson (37) killed in car crash in Arizona
European parliament bans single-use plastics, including cutlery and straws by 2021
China announces new laws against fentanyl-related substances to come into effect 1 May
70 villages evacuated in Khuzesta province, Iran, after at least 45 killed in flooding after unprecedented rainfall
Brunei brings into force new Sharia laws punishing gay sex and adultery with death by stoning, prompting widespread condemnation
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel apologises for the kidnapping of thousands of mixed-race children during colonial period in Burundi, DR Congo and Rwanda
OKC guard Russell Westbrook becomes first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for the third consecutive season during the Thunder's 123-110 win at home over Detroit Pistons
ANA Inspiration Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Ko Jin-young wins her first major title by 3 strokes over fellow South Korean Lee Mi-hyang
1 in 4 Japanese adults a virgin aged 18-39 according to new research by Tokyo University
Nine prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters found guilty on public nuisance charges for their part in 2014 "Umbrella Movement"
China announces move to cull more than 1 million pigs in effort to eliminate African swine fever
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union (EU) and one of its seven institutions.
Melbourne captain Cameron Smith becomes highest point scorer in Australian Rugby League history; 49th minute penalty in Storm's 18-12 win over North Queensland in Townsville takes him to 2,420; Hazem El Masri, 2,418
Australian super-horse Winx ends extraordinary career with a 3rd Queen Elizabeth Stakes win in Sydney; 33 consecutive race wins, a world record 25 Group One victories and $26.4 million prize money
This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2019. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Bangladesh, and Eastern...
3 days after winning Hobey Baker Award as top college hockey player, Cale Makar becomes first defenseman to score in NHL debut during the playoffs in Colorado's 6-2 Game 3 win over Calgary
10 babies with "bubble boy disease" cured using a gene therapy made from HIV at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, according to new study
Irish Journalist Lyra McKee shot to death covering riots in Derry, Northern Ireland with dissident republican group the New IRA claiming responsibility
On 22 April 2019, a landslide triggered the collapse of a jade mine near Maw Wun Kalay, Hpakant, Kachin State, Myanmar, trapping at least 54 miners.
Cyclone Kenneth strikes Mozambique with winds of 220km/h (140mph) killing at least38 people and damaging nearly 35,000 homes
"No religion" tops survey of American religious identity for the first time at 23.1% edging out Catholics 23.0% and evangelicals 22.5%, in long-running General Social Survey
American diver Victor Vescovo makes the deepest dive ever to the bottom of the Mariana trench at 10,927m (35,849ft), and finds a plastic bag
Indonesia announces plan to relocate its capital from Jakarta due to the city sinking, according to a government minister
Argentine forward Lionel Messi scores twice for his 600th goal for FC Barcelona in a 3-0 home win over Liverpool in a Champions League semi final
A clean-up on Mt Everest has removed three metric tons (6,613 pounds) of rubbish and four bodies in just two weeks
Cyclone Fani strikes Odisha State, India and Bangladesh, killing 33 people after one of the biggest human evacuations ever - 1.2 million in India in 24 hours
At least 41 people die when a Russian Aeroflot plane catches fire after an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow
French telecom company Orange and its former CEO with other executives go on trial in France for psychological harassment of their staff that unions claim resulted in 19 suicides and 12 other attempts
In the United States, psilocybin is classified as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act, which prohibits its use, sale, and possession under federal law.
Hackers seize control of the computer system of the US city of Baltimore, demanding a ransom in Bitcoins to unlock them
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes argues that Facebook should be split up and regulated in "New York Times" Op-Ed essay
Archaeologists hail the Anglo-Saxon tomb found in 2003 in Prittlewell, England, as Britain’s equivalent of Tutankhamun’s tomb as a full report of its contents is published
Cuba announced more rationing of products such as rice and beans due to US trade embargo and hoarding
The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict over the Kashmir region, primarily between India and Pakistan, and also between China and India in the northeastern portion of the region.
In the United States, abortion is a divisive issue in politics and culture wars. Prior to the mid-19th century, English common law formed the basis of abortion law in the colonies and the early...
Taiwan's parliament votes to legalize same-sex marriage, the first Asian country
Sprinter Dutee Chand comes out as India's first openly gay professional athlete
Bangladesh imposes a 65-day ban on coastal fishing to conserve fish stocks
Austria's far-right Freedom Party resigns from the ruling coalition after two of their ministers are sacked for offering government contracts for political influence in a video
Kami Rita (कामीरिता शेर्पा; January 1970) is a Nepali Sherpa guide who holds the record for most ascents to the summit of Mount Everest. He has held the record since May 2018.
Avon Products, Inc. is an Anglo-American multinational company selling cosmetics, skin care, perfume, and personal care products. It is a multi-level marketing company based in London.
Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who identify or are perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual.
72nd Cannes Film Festival: Bong Joon-ho's South Korean film "Parasite" wins the Palme d'Or, Mati Diop, first black woman in competition wins Grand Prix award for "Atlantics"
Indigenous Australians are the various Aboriginal Australian peoples of Australia, and the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.
Johnson & Johnson go on trial in Oklahoma accused of deceptively marketing painkillers and downplaying risks of addiction helping create "opioid epidemic", first of 2,000 cases against US pharmaceutical firms
16 people charged for setting fire to and murdering a teenager who reported sexual harassment at an Islamic school in Feni, Bangladesh
Mexican-American boxer Andy Ruiz Jr produces a huge upset when he stops English champion Anthony Joshua in 7 at Madison Square Garden; wins IBF, WBO, IBO and WBA world heavyweight titles
The Apple TV app (also known as Apple TV, TV, and the TV app) is a line of media player software programs developed by Apple Inc.
Denmark general election won by Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats, defeating sitting Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen's Liberal party
Amir Ohana becomes the first openly gay minister in Israel as acting justice minister
An ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis began in Venezuela during the presidency of Hugo Chávez and has worsened during the presidency of successor Nicolás Maduro.
Albanian President Ilir Meta cancels nationwide local elections amid constitutional crisis after the opposition refuses to participate until Prime Minister Edi Rama resigns
The 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals was the final tournament of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's...
Asif Ali Zardari is a Pakistani politician who has been the 14th president of Pakistan since 2024. A member of the Pakistan People's Party, he served as the 11th president from 2008 to 2013.
Earliest evidence of humans smoking cannabis discovered in 2,500-year-old grave in Pamir Mountains, China, published in "Science Advances"
Archaeologists announce Scottish crannogs (fortified settlements on artificial islands in lochs) far older than first thought, radiocarbon dated to 3640-3360 BC, older than Stonehenge
Anthony Davis's opera "The Central Park Five" premieres at the Long Beach Opera Company, California (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2020) [1]
During his first term as President of the United States, Donald Trump enacted a series of tariffs involving protectionist trade initiatives against other countries, most notably China.
Chennai, also known as Madras (its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.
Jack Rowden Hughes is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). A product of the U.S.
Attempted coup fails in Ethiopia, four officials killed including army chief of staff General Seare Mekonnen
El Salvador immigrant father and his 23-month-old daughter drown trying to cross the Rio Grande into the US with their photo causing widespread condemnation
Mirazur on the French Riviera crowned the world's best restaurant at ceremony in Singapore
Former Gambian beauty queen Fatou "Toufah" Jallow says she was raped by former President Yahya Jammeh as part of a Human Rights Watch and Trial International report
Sir Jonathan Paul Ive is a British-American designer. He is best known for his work at Apple Inc., where he was senior vice president of industrial design and chief design officer.
3,400 year old Bronze Age palace from the Mittani Empire uncovered on the banks of the Tigris River, due to lack of rainfall dropping the water level in the Mosul Dam reservoir
Brooklyn Nets load up on elite NBA talent on first day of free agency; sign Kevin Durant from Golden State, Kyrie Irving from Boston and DeAndre Jordan from NY Knicks
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or simply the Pakistani Taliban, is a Deobandi jihadist militant organisation that primarily operates along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border.
On 2 July 2019 at 23:30, during the Western Libya campaign, an airstrike hit the Tajoura Detention Center outside Tripoli, Libya, while hundreds of people were inside the facility.
Atlético Madrid sign Portugal forward Joao Felix for €126m (£113m) from Benfica in the fifth most expensive transfer in football history
Biggest seaweed bloom in the world, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico after algae explosion due to deforestation and fertiliser
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometres (53 miles) south of modern-day Baghdad.
Jorge Masvidal (34-13) sets a UFC record by needing just 5 seconds to KO Ben Askren (19-1, 1 NC) during their welterweight bout at UFC 239 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Congolese general and rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court in the Hague
Indian restaurateur "Dosa King" P. Rajagopal finally begins his life sentence for organizing a murder 15 years after he was convicted
British ambassador to the US Sir Kim Darroch resigns after his secret cables calling the US president "inept" were published
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft lands on the Ryugu asteroid 300 million km (185 million miles) from Earth for a second time to collect samples
After the Atlantic League-MLB partnership rule changes, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs' outfielder Tony Thomas becomes the first player in professional baseball history to steal first base in a 7-2 win against the Lancaster Barnstormers
Tampa Bay catcher Travis d'Arnaud becomes the first player in MLB history to hit three home runs while catching and batting leadoff in the Rays' 5-4 win over the NY Yankees
Bulgaria announces 5 million people, virtually every adult, has had their personal information exposed after national tax agency hacked
The Kyoto Animation arson attack occurred at Kyoto Animation's Studio 1 building in the Fushimi ward of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, on the morning of 18 July 2019.
Heat wave begins across the east of America affecting 100 million people and killing 6, with New York city declaring a state of emergency
°F (46.1°C), John Martin Dam, Colorado (state record)
Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rosselló says he won't seek re-election after widespread protests over misogynistic and homophobic comments in his leaked online chats
Air strikes have killed at least 31 people in Maarat al-Numan, north-western Syria, with Russian planes supporting Syrian government being blamed
At least 36 people killed by a mud landslide in Shuicheng county, Guizhou province, China
"City killer" Asteroid 2019 OK (187 to 427 ft [57 to 130 m] estimated diameter) passes by almost undetected approximately 45,000 miles away from earth, nearer than the moon
Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning records a T20 International world record individual score of 133 off 63 balls in a 93-run win against England at Chelmsford; Southern Stars clinch Women's Ashes
American swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins three gold medals in one day at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea: 50 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, and mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (WR 3:19.40)
Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: South Korean Ko Jin-young wins her second major title of the season by two strokes from Shanshan Feng, Jennifer Kupcho and Kim Hyo-joo
Prison riot kills 58, with 16 decapitated in a battle between rival factions at Altamira prison, Pará state, Brazil
Protesting Kenyan cancer survivors in Nairobi urge their government to declare a "national disaster" in a country with only 35 oncologists for 40 million people
The governor of Puerto Rico (Spanish: gobernador de Puerto Rico) is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
On August 3, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States. The gunman, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, shot 45 people, killing 23 and injuring 22 others.
Australian cricket batsman Steve Smith hits a brilliant 142 following his first innings of 144 in the first Test against England at Edgbaston; he is only the fourth batsman of all time to score more than 140 in each innings of a Test match
Australian woman Kerry Robertson is confirmed as the first person to use a new assisted dying law to end her life in Victoria a month earlier
A quarter of humanity is running out of water, with 17 countries under extreme water stress, including Cape Town, Los Angeles, and Bangalore, according to a report by the World Resources Institute
Bodies of two teenagers at the center of a huge manhunt and suspected of killing three people on remote British Columbia roads are found after apparent suicides
Nuclear accident at Russian nuclear weapon testing site in the closed city of Sarov kills five scientists under mysterious circumstances
Landslide due to torrential rain kills 59 in Mon State, Myanmar, with 80,000 in emergency evacuation sites
71 people die while trying to siphon gas from an overturned tanker that explodes in the Morogoro region, Tanzania
Argentine President Mauricio Macri suffers defeat in a preliminary election to Alberto Fernández, prompting a 20% fall in the value of the peso
Baltimore Orioles concede 7 home runs in doubleheader defeats against NY Yankees to break the American League single-season HRs allowed record with 248 and counting
The second incarnation of Viacom Inc. ( VY-ə-kom or Vie-ah-kom; a portmanteau of Video & Audio Communications) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate with interests...
"It is raining plastic" survey is published; plastic found in 90% of rain samples taken in Colorado by US Department of the Interior and US Geological Survey
60th annual finger wrestling (Fingerhakeln) championship takes place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, as part of Partenkirchner Festival week
Huge fire in Chalantika slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, destroys 1,200 houses and leaves up to 10,000 people homeless
Huge wildfires begin on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, prompting the evacuation of 9,000 people
1.7 million people participate in a peaceful pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong, representing a quarter of the population
Evelyn Hernández is cleared of killing her newborn baby in a landmark case in a retrial in El Salvador
Computer systems in 22 small Texas towns are hacked and held for ransom in a coordinated attack, prompting an FBI investigation
74,155 fires caused by land clearing are burning in the Amazon rainforest, the most ever recorded, according to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research
German Chancellor challenges British PM Boris Johnson to find a solution to a no-deal Brexit in 30 days during their meeting in Berlin
Bielefeld in Germany offers a €1 million prize to anyone who can prove the town doesn't exist to disprove a 25-year-old conspiracy theory
Akademik Lomonosov is a non-self-propelled power barge that operates as the first Russian floating nuclear power station. The ship was named after academician Mikhail Lomonosov.
Double Dave, a rare two-headed timber rattlesnake, is found in Pine Barrens forest, New Jersey
At least 25 people killed in a fire at a bar, deliberately set by gang members in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
Discovery of world's largest child sacrifice site is announced by archaeologists with 227 victims from the Chimú culture in Huanchaco, Peru
Gunman kills seven and injures 22 during high speed chase in Odessa, Texas
Erramatti Mangamma is an Indian woman who currently holds the record for having given birth at the oldest age. At the age of 74, she gave birth to twin girls on 5 September 2019.
Sri Lankan cricket fast bowler Lasith Malinga takes 4 wickets in 4 balls and finishes with 5 for 6 as New Zealand is all out for 88 in a 37-run defeat in the 3rd T-20 International in Pallekele
A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, including both crewed and robotic missions.
An estimated 1 million people attend a mass held by Pope Francis near Antananarivo, Madagascar
Typhoon Faxai makes landfall near Tokyo, Japan, with winds of up to 210 km/h (130 mph)
Australia experiences its earliest and most severe start to the fire season, fighting dozens of bushfires in Queensland and New South Wales
John Legend and wife Chrissy Teigen fire back at Donald Trump on social media after he calls them "boring" and "filthy-mouthed" in tweets about Criminal Justice Reform
John Robert Bolton II is an American attorney, diplomat, Republican consultant, and political commentator who served as the 25th United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006, and...
Water is detected for the first time on a planet outside our solar system, on exoplanet K2-18b, 110 light-years away; findings are published in "Nature Astronomy"
Drone attack on Abqaiq oil plant in Saudi Arabia takes out half of country's oil production and 5% of the world's. Yemen Houthi rebels claim responsibility.
Hong Kong police use water cannons and tear gas attempting to disperse thousands of protesters outside the British embassy, as protests continue in the city
50,000 workers at General Motors go on strike in the US over pay and factory closings
Indonesia raises the female marriage age to 19, in line with males, to curb child marriages
MLB San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski hits a home run in his first game at Boston's Fenway Park, the long-time home field of his grandfather Carl Yastrzemski of the Red Sox
Boarding school fire kills at least 27 in Monrovia, Liberia
Likely US drone attack kills at least 30 and injures 28 in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
"Queer Eye" star Jonathan Van Ness reveals he is living with HIV and is a sexual abuse survivor, ahead of the publication of his autobiography
Laver Cup Men's Tennis, Geneva: Alexander Zverev defeats Milos Raonic 6-4, 3-6, 10-4 to secure Team Europe a dramatic 13-11 victory over Team World, Europe's third consecutive win
-year-old British travel company Thomas Cook goes into liquidation, stranding 600,000 travelers worldwide and prompting the largest postwar repatriation effort by the UK government
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake in northern Pakistan kills at least 10 and injures 300
Cannabis is a plant used in Australia for recreational, medicinal and industrial purposes. Australia has one of the highest cannabis prevalence rates in the world.
Abortion is decriminalized in New South Wales, the last remaining Australian state to do so
Elon Musk unveils SpaceX spacecraft Starship, designed to travel to Mars and the solar system and land back on Earth
Houthi rebels from Yemen claim they have killed 500 Saudi soldiers and captured 2,000 along with a military convoy in the Najran region, Saudi Arabia
-billion-ton iceberg named D28 breaks away from the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica
China celebrates 70th anniversary of Communism with military parade of 15,000 soldiers in Beijing
Australian women's cricket wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy smashes a T20I world record with 148 not out off 61 balls against Sri Lanka in Sydney; her century comes from an Australian record of 46 balls
Fuel subsidies end in Ecuador after four decades, prompting nationwide protests and President Lenín Moreno to declare 60-day state of emergency
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte reveals he has a neuromuscular disease, myasthenia gravis, which causes him health problems
99 Iraqis die and 4,000 are injured in protests over five days against living conditions, unemployment, and corruption, according to a human rights group
Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology awarded to Peter Ratcliffe, William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza for discovering how cells sense oxygen
FBI confirms Samuel Little is America's most prolific serial killer after verifying more than half of his 93 confessed murders
Nearly 1 million people in Northern California have their power cut by Pacific Gas and Electric to prevent wildfires amid high winds
Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk after a year's delay due to a Swedish Academy scandal
The ongoing Ethiopian civil conflict began with the 2018 dissolution of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), an ethnic federalist, dominant party political coalition.
California becomes the first US state to pass a law banning the sale and manufacture of new fur products
Centre-back Sergio Ramos becomes Europe's most capped male outfield soccer player (168 caps) as Spain draws 1-1 with Norway in Euro 2020 qualification in Oslo
Ecuadorean President Lenín Moreno cancels his austerity plan, in deal with indigenous leaders, restoring fuel subsidies, ending weeks of violent protests
British Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive in Pakistan to begin a 5-day royal tour
Gunfight between Mexican security forces and armed civilians leaves 15 dead in Guerrero state a day after 13 police officers are killed in a drug cartel ambush in Michoacán state
Egyptian archaeologists announce the discovery of more than 20 painted wooden coffins from the Theban necropolis of Asasif
Netflix reveals its most popular original movie was Sandra Bullock's "Bird Box" and its most popular TV series was "Stranger Things" for the year
Charges of disorderly conduct are officially dropped against participants of the 1939 equal rights protest sit-in at Alexandria (Virginia) Library [1]
The Qantas Boeing 787 Dreamliner completes the first New York to Sydney non-stop test flight by a commercial airline in 19 hours 42 minutes
Australia's biggest newspapers all blank out their front pages in protest against press restrictions
All Star point guard Kyrie Irving pours in 50 points, setting a new NBA record for points on debut with a new team as his Brooklyn Nets go down 127-126 at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves
Bangladesh sentences 16 men to death for the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who was set on fire after accusing a teacher of inappropriate behavior
Leicester City rout Southampton, 9-0 at St. Mary's to record biggest ever win by an away side in an English top-flight league match in the history of the Football League
Mauricio Macri is an Argentine businessman and politician who served as President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019.
Country of Georgia is hit by a massive cyber attack, affecting 2,000 websites, TV channels, and government departments
1.5 million people are without power in California as utility company turns power off to try to avoid sparking more wildfires
The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict over the Kashmir region, primarily between India and Pakistan, and also between China and India in the northeastern portion of the region.
A fire destroys most of historic Shuri Castle, once the seat of the Ryukyu Kingdom, on the island of Okinawa, Japan
Joel Hans Embiid ( joh-EL em-BEED; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2019.
9th Rugby World Cup, Yokohama: South African fly-half Handré Pollard lands 6 penalties and 2 conversions as Springboks beat favourites England, 32-12 for their 3rd title
British Mercedes driver and defending champion Lewis Hamilton finishes second in the US Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas to clinch his 6th F1 Drivers World Championship
Olivia Newton-John's black leather outfit from the film "Grease" sells for $405,700 at auction in Beverly Hills, California
Largest mass commutation in US history when 462 non-violent inmates are freed from Oklahoma prisons as part of state prison reforms
Actress Emma Watson, interviewed in Vogue magazine, says she is happy to be single, stating, "I call it being self-partnered," launching a worldwide discussion on the term
17 people die in attack on a checkpoint by Islamic State militants on Tajikistan's border with Uzbekistan
Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda, the "Terminator" is the first to be convicted of sexual slavery by the International Criminal Court and is sentenced to 30 years in prison on 18 charges
India’s Supreme Court rules in favor of Hindus over Muslims in dispute over who has right to holy site in city of Ayodhya
Last segment of "Coach's Corner with Don Cherry and Ron MacLean airs after 37 years in Canada
Olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji, known professionally as KSI, is an English influencer, musician, and former professional boxer.
Arctic blast brings record low temperatures for November to the US Midwest including Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois
Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional football coach, pundit, sports broadcaster, and former player.
th anniversary of the founding of Havana, Cuba
As many as 106 have died over five days in protests across 21 Iranian cities according to Amnesty International, just 12 deaths reported by the government
Britain's Prince Andrew announces he is stepping back from public duties after outcry from disastrous interview on his friendship with Jeffry Epstein
The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale...
Data leaked from Chinese high-security Muslim Uighur security camps, housing 1 million people, show systematic brainwashing in western Xinjiang region
Baltimore's 2nd-year quarterback Lamar Jackson becomes first QB in NFL history to throw for 3,000 passing yards and rush for 1,500 yards in his first 2 NFL seasons as the Ravens beat LA Rams, 45-6
On 26 November 2019 at 03:54 CET (UTC+1), northwestern Albania was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicentre 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west-southwest of Mamurras.
Ghana celebrates the "year of return" marking 300 years since 1st African slave sold in America, by granting 125 people citizenship in special ceremony
Iraqi security forces open fire on protesters, killing at least 25 in Nasiriya a day after the Iranian embassy in Najaf is burned down [1]
K-pop stars Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon are sentenced to prison for gang-raping unconscious fans and distributing footage of it [1]
Australian cricket batsman David Warner smashes 335 not out in the 2nd Test against Pakistan; second-highest Test score by an Australian (Matt Hayden 380); highest Test score at Adelaide Oval
British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP to claim his 6th F1 World Drivers' Championship by 87 points over teammate Valtteri Bottas; Mercedes' 6th consecutive Constructors' title
World leaders discussing US President Donald Trump in unflattering terms at NATO reception caught on camera and goes viral
58 migrants drown after a boat sinks off the coast of Mauritania, with 83 saved
National strike in France; more than 800,000 people in 100 cities protest against proposed pension reform
Alexandra Trusova sets a world record as the first female figure skater to land a quadruple flip jump at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Italy [1]
On 8 December 2019, a fire occurred at a factory building in Anaj Mandi area of Delhi, India.
Chilean Air Force plane lost on flight to Antarctica with presumed loss of 38 lives
A retrofitted DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver seaplane completes the world's first test flight of a fully electric commercial aircraft over Richmond, British Columbia
Papua New Guinea (PNG), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in...
Michael Bay's big budget action film "6 Underground" is released on Netflix just three days after premiering at The Shed in New York City
Longest ever UN climate talks end in Madrid with compromise deal on curbing carbon only, other targets deferred for a year
Australia has its hottest day ever with average temperature of 40.9°C across the country
Australian state of New South Wales announces 7-day state of emergency amid extreme heat and over 100 bushfires that have burnt for two months
Landmark climate justice case as Dutch Supreme Court upholds 2013 decision brought by Urgenda Foundation against Dutch government for not reducing carbon dioxide emissions
New Orleans wide receiver Michael Thomas sets NFL record for most catches in a season with his 144th as Saints beat Tennessee 38-28; breaks 17-year old record held by Marvin Harrison (143)
An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Thursday, December 26, 2019, with a magnitude of 0.9701.
American couple Valerie and Jason marry in the same Dunkin' Donuts where they broke up 27 years ago
52nd Peach Bowl (College Football Playoff semi final): #1 LSU beats #4 Oklahoma, 63-28
86th Orange Bowl: #6 Florida beats #24 Virginia, 36-28
Iraqi militiamen and protesters breach the outer wall of the US embassy in Baghdad following US airstrikes against Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia, on December 29
Mel Stottlemyre baseball player and coach, known for american baseball player and coach, died on 2019-01-13. Melvin Leon Stottlemyre Sr.
John C. Bogle, American investor and business magnate, known for american investor and business magnate, died on 2019-01-16.
Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager, known for american baseball player and manager, died on 2019-02-07.
Mohamed Morsi dies
Beji Caid Essebsi dies
Jacques Chirac dies
Dutchman Michael van Gerwen wins his 3rd PDC World Darts Championship; beats Englishman Michael Smith 7-3 at the Alexandra Palace in London
The Boeing 737 MAX is a series of narrow-body aircraft developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes as the fourth generation of the Boeing 737.
Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg is a Swedish activist best known for pressuring governments to address climate change and social issues.
Syrian Democratic Forces announce that the last Islamic State territory has been retaken, raising flags in Baghuz, Syria, and ending the five-year Islamic State "caliphate"
Amazon's Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos agree record-breaking $35 billion divorce settlement
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is overthrown and arrested by the army in Khartoum after 30 years in power following massive street protests
Over 1 million people protest in Hong Kong against proposed new laws for extradition to China in one of the largest-ever protests in the city
NY Times reports that an estimated 500,000 song titles, including masters of Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald, were lost in a 2008 warehouse fire on Universal backlot in Los Angeles
Global warming is the fastest in 2,000 years and scientific consensus that humans are the cause is at 99%, according to three major reports published in journals "Nature" and "Nature Geoscience"
American singer Miley Cyrus (26) and Australian actor Liam Hemsworth (28) announce their separation and intention to divorce, after 8 months of marriage
Students from 185 countries stage the world's largest-ever protest on climate change, culminating in a Manhattan rally led by Greta Thunberg
Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins her record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany
Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri (28 July 1971 – 27 October 2019), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was an Iraqi militant leader and former teacher who was the founder and...
Tiger Woods scores a wire-to-wire 3-stroke win over Hideki Matsuyama at the inaugural Zozo Championship at Accordia Golf & Country Club, tying Sam Snead's record of 82 PGA victories
Sumatran rhino is officially declared extinct in Malaysia after the last known specimen, 25-year-old Iman, dies of cancer in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Spotify announces Drake as the most streamed star of the 2010s with 28 billion streams, while Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" is the most streamed track with 2.4 billion streams
British general election is won by Boris Johnson's Conservative Party in a landslide victory with an 80 seat majority, while the Scottish National Party wins 48 of 59 seats in Scotland
Miss World is won by Miss Jamaica Toni-Ann Singh in London, the first time all five major beauty titles are held by black women
US House of Representatives votes to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power (230-197) and obstruction of Congress (229-198)
Surviving R. Kelly is a Lifetime documentary detailing sexual abuse allegations against American singer Robert "R." Kelly. Its first season aired over three nights, from January 3 to January 5, 2019.
Indian cricket batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara scores 193 and Rishabh Pant 159no as the tourists declare at 622/7 on Day 2 of 4th Test against Australia in Sydney; Pant, first Indian wicketkeeper to hit a century in Australia
Chinese government report predicts China's population will peak at 1.44 billion in 2029 before declining
Malaysian king Sultan Muhammad V abdicates after two years of rule in historic first
Amazon overtakes Microsoft to become the world's most valuable listed company for the first time, worth $797 billion
California's monarch butterfly count drops by 86% according to 2018 census
On October 15, 2018, 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson abducted 13-year-old Jayme Lynn Closs after fatally shooting her parents, James and Denise Closs, at their home just outside of Barron,...
Lady Gaga apologises for working with R. Kelly in light of docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly"
18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun arrives in Toronto, Canada, as a refugee, via Thailand, after escaping family abuse in Saudi Arabia
Houston guard James Harden scores 38 points in Rockets' 116-108 loss to Orlando; 16th straight game with 30+ points matching Kobe Bryant's NBA record streak; also goes 1 for 17 from 3-point arc, tying record for most misses
Americans chance of dying from an accidental opioid overdose higher than a car accident for the first time, according to US National Safety Council
Australian Bureau of Meteorology tweets last four days were the country's hottest on record with Tarcoola, South Australia, reaching 49 C (120 F), Port Augusta 48.5 C (119 F)
Golden State guard Stephen Curry first player in NBA history to hit 8+ three-point FGs in 3 consecutive games; goes 9-of- 17 three's in Warriors' 147-140 win over New Orleans; teams combine for NBA record 43 3-pointers
Car bomb in Bogotá, Colombia, outside the National Police Academy kills at least 8 and injures 41
A light aircraft carrying EPL team Cardiff City's record signing Emiliano Sala of French club FC Nantes disappears near the Channel islands en route to Wales
Golden State guard Klay Thompson sets an NBA record by making his first 10 attempts from 3-point range as the Warriors beat the LA Lakers, 130-111; Thompson scores 44 points
New record for most expensive US property, $238 million for penthouse condominium overlooking Central Park, NY, bought by hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin
17 temperature records broken in South Australia including highest ever recorded for capital Adelaide at 46.6C
At least 20 people have died this week in Venezuelan anti-government protests according to the UN
Chew Valley Hoard of 2,528 silver coins from the Norman conquest is found near Bath - the highest-value treasure find ever in England at £4.3m ($5.6 million) [1]
A landslide on 27 January 2019 in Abancay, Peru, killed at least 15 people and injured 34 more when it destroyed part of a hotel during a wedding celebration.
Draft framework for peace agreement to end 17-year conflict in Afghanistan agreed by US and Afghan negotiators
"Empire" star Jussie Smollett suffers suspected racist and homophobic attack in Chicago; later determined to be a self-perpetrated hoax
97 days of continuous 24-hour mass services at Protestant Bethel Church in The Hague, Netherlands end after Dutch authorities reconsider deportation of Armenian asylum seekers
At least 20 newborns and children have died in last two months of the cold, trying to get to the Al-Ho Syrian refugee camp according to WHO
January 2019 was Australia's hottest month on record according to the Bureau of Meteorology
Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, known professionally as 21 Savage, is a British-born rapper based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Caitlin Clark scores 60 points in a game for Dowling Catholic High School against Mason City High School, setting the second-highest single-game point total in Iowa five-on-five girls' basketball history
China’s first science fiction blockbuster, “The Wandering Earth” premieres, directed by Frant Gwo, based on a story by Liu Cixin
named the 4th warmest year on record, at the time, according to NOAA and NASA, ranking behind 2016, 2015, and 2017 [1]
First reports of poisonous homemade alcohol killing people in the Indian states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, will go on to kill about 100
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos accuses The National Enquirer and its owner, American Media Inc, of blackmail over private messages detailing an extramarital affair
Artificial Intelligence system meant to assist diagnosis in the future, pitted against physicians in test to diagnose 600,000 patients in results published in "Nature Medicine", A.I. won, just
24 hour general strike in Belgium forces all fights to be cancelled and schools shut
Flinders River swells to 37 miles wide (60km) creating its own weather system after intense flooding in Queensland, Australia
Amazon cancels plans to build a corporate campus in Long Island, Queens, New York after widespread opposition
Colombian Juan Carlos Sánchez Latorre jailed for sexual abuse of 276 children in Barranquilla
Aurora is a city in northeastern Illinois, United States, located along the Fox River. The population was 180,542 at the 2020 census.
India's new high-speed train the Vande Bharat Express breaks down on its first return trip on Delhi to Varanasi route
Hayabusa2 is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese state space agency JAXA.
Actor Jussie Smollett suspended from US TV show "Empire" after revealed that actor made false claims about racist and homophobic attack
Catholic Cardinal George Pell convicted of child sexual abuse in Melbourne, Australia. As treasurer at the Vatican, the highest-ranking church official to be convicted; overturned in 2020
Lost Caravaggio painting "Judith and Holofernes" (1607) announced rediscovered in a Toulouse attic in 2014 to be auctioned worth $171 million
Bugatti announces the most expensive new car ever made - the La Voiture Noire costing €16.7 million (almost $19 million), only one will be made
Huawei Corporation (sometimes stylized as HUAWEI; HWAH-way; Chinese: 华为; pinyin: ) is a Chinese multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong.
US national women's soccer team sue for equal pay by filing a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against United States Soccer Federation
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crashes just after take-off from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 on board
Australian Catholic Cardinal George Pell is sentenced to 6 years in prison for sexual abuse in Australia; conviction overturned in 2020
California officially free of drought for the first time in more than 7 years (Dec 2011)
Beached dead whale found to have 88 pounds of plastic inside it, including 40 pounds of plastic bags, in Mabini, Philippines
40-year old Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki overtakes Wilt Chamberlain to go 6th with 31,424 points on the NBA scorers' list; Mavs suffer 129-125 OT loss to New Orleans Pelicans
"Superbloom" of poppies in Walker Canyon, southern California visible from space, after high rainfall
A woman who can smell Parkinson's disease has helped researchers identify molecules on the skin of people with the disease in Manchester, England
A huge blast from a chemical factory in Chenjiagang Chemical Industry Park in eastern China is so big it registers as an earthquake, kills 78 people and injuries 617
"Mind-blowing" discovery announced of 518 million year old fossil site in near Danshui river, Hubei province, China, with thousands of unknown fossils well preserved
2-time American League MVP Mike Trout signs the biggest contract in North American sports history, a $426.5 million, 12-year extension with the Los Angeles Angels
Apple introduces new TV streaming platform Apple TV+, news service Apple News+ and an Apple credit card at star-studded event featuring Oprah
Charges of staging fake racist and homophobic attack dropped against Justin Smollett by Chicago prosecutors
British indie-rock duo "Her's" - English guitarist-singer Stephen Fitzpatrick (24) and Norwegian bassist Audun Laading (25), and American manager Trevor Engelbrektson (37) killed in car crash in Arizona
European parliament bans single-use plastics, including cutlery and straws by 2021
China announces new laws against fentanyl-related substances to come into effect 1 May
70 villages evacuated in Khuzesta province, Iran, after at least 45 killed in flooding after unprecedented rainfall
Brunei brings into force new Sharia laws punishing gay sex and adultery with death by stoning, prompting widespread condemnation
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel apologises for the kidnapping of thousands of mixed-race children during colonial period in Burundi, DR Congo and Rwanda
OKC guard Russell Westbrook becomes first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for the third consecutive season during the Thunder's 123-110 win at home over Detroit Pistons
ANA Inspiration Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Ko Jin-young wins her first major title by 3 strokes over fellow South Korean Lee Mi-hyang
1 in 4 Japanese adults a virgin aged 18-39 according to new research by Tokyo University
Nine prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters found guilty on public nuisance charges for their part in 2014 "Umbrella Movement"
China announces move to cull more than 1 million pigs in effort to eliminate African swine fever
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union (EU) and one of its seven institutions.
Melbourne captain Cameron Smith becomes highest point scorer in Australian Rugby League history; 49th minute penalty in Storm's 18-12 win over North Queensland in Townsville takes him to 2,420; Hazem El Masri, 2,418
Australian super-horse Winx ends extraordinary career with a 3rd Queen Elizabeth Stakes win in Sydney; 33 consecutive race wins, a world record 25 Group One victories and $26.4 million prize money
This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2019. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Bangladesh, and Eastern...
3 days after winning Hobey Baker Award as top college hockey player, Cale Makar becomes first defenseman to score in NHL debut during the playoffs in Colorado's 6-2 Game 3 win over Calgary
10 babies with "bubble boy disease" cured using a gene therapy made from HIV at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, according to new study
Irish Journalist Lyra McKee shot to death covering riots in Derry, Northern Ireland with dissident republican group the New IRA claiming responsibility
On 22 April 2019, a landslide triggered the collapse of a jade mine near Maw Wun Kalay, Hpakant, Kachin State, Myanmar, trapping at least 54 miners.
Cyclone Kenneth strikes Mozambique with winds of 220km/h (140mph) killing at least38 people and damaging nearly 35,000 homes
"No religion" tops survey of American religious identity for the first time at 23.1% edging out Catholics 23.0% and evangelicals 22.5%, in long-running General Social Survey
American diver Victor Vescovo makes the deepest dive ever to the bottom of the Mariana trench at 10,927m (35,849ft), and finds a plastic bag
Indonesia announces plan to relocate its capital from Jakarta due to the city sinking, according to a government minister
Argentine forward Lionel Messi scores twice for his 600th goal for FC Barcelona in a 3-0 home win over Liverpool in a Champions League semi final
A clean-up on Mt Everest has removed three metric tons (6,613 pounds) of rubbish and four bodies in just two weeks
Cyclone Fani strikes Odisha State, India and Bangladesh, killing 33 people after one of the biggest human evacuations ever - 1.2 million in India in 24 hours
At least 41 people die when a Russian Aeroflot plane catches fire after an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow
French telecom company Orange and its former CEO with other executives go on trial in France for psychological harassment of their staff that unions claim resulted in 19 suicides and 12 other attempts
In the United States, psilocybin is classified as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act, which prohibits its use, sale, and possession under federal law.
Hackers seize control of the computer system of the US city of Baltimore, demanding a ransom in Bitcoins to unlock them
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes argues that Facebook should be split up and regulated in "New York Times" Op-Ed essay
Archaeologists hail the Anglo-Saxon tomb found in 2003 in Prittlewell, England, as Britain’s equivalent of Tutankhamun’s tomb as a full report of its contents is published
Cuba announced more rationing of products such as rice and beans due to US trade embargo and hoarding
The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict over the Kashmir region, primarily between India and Pakistan, and also between China and India in the northeastern portion of the region.
In the United States, abortion is a divisive issue in politics and culture wars. Prior to the mid-19th century, English common law formed the basis of abortion law in the colonies and the early...
Taiwan's parliament votes to legalize same-sex marriage, the first Asian country
Sprinter Dutee Chand comes out as India's first openly gay professional athlete
Bangladesh imposes a 65-day ban on coastal fishing to conserve fish stocks
Austria's far-right Freedom Party resigns from the ruling coalition after two of their ministers are sacked for offering government contracts for political influence in a video
Kami Rita (कामीरिता शेर्पा; January 1970) is a Nepali Sherpa guide who holds the record for most ascents to the summit of Mount Everest. He has held the record since May 2018.
Avon Products, Inc. is an Anglo-American multinational company selling cosmetics, skin care, perfume, and personal care products. It is a multi-level marketing company based in London.
Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who identify or are perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual.
72nd Cannes Film Festival: Bong Joon-ho's South Korean film "Parasite" wins the Palme d'Or, Mati Diop, first black woman in competition wins Grand Prix award for "Atlantics"
Indigenous Australians are the various Aboriginal Australian peoples of Australia, and the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.
Johnson & Johnson go on trial in Oklahoma accused of deceptively marketing painkillers and downplaying risks of addiction helping create "opioid epidemic", first of 2,000 cases against US pharmaceutical firms
16 people charged for setting fire to and murdering a teenager who reported sexual harassment at an Islamic school in Feni, Bangladesh
Mexican-American boxer Andy Ruiz Jr produces a huge upset when he stops English champion Anthony Joshua in 7 at Madison Square Garden; wins IBF, WBO, IBO and WBA world heavyweight titles
The Apple TV app (also known as Apple TV, TV, and the TV app) is a line of media player software programs developed by Apple Inc.
Denmark general election won by Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats, defeating sitting Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen's Liberal party
Amir Ohana becomes the first openly gay minister in Israel as acting justice minister
An ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis began in Venezuela during the presidency of Hugo Chávez and has worsened during the presidency of successor Nicolás Maduro.
Albanian President Ilir Meta cancels nationwide local elections amid constitutional crisis after the opposition refuses to participate until Prime Minister Edi Rama resigns
The 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals was the final tournament of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's...
Asif Ali Zardari is a Pakistani politician who has been the 14th president of Pakistan since 2024. A member of the Pakistan People's Party, he served as the 11th president from 2008 to 2013.
Earliest evidence of humans smoking cannabis discovered in 2,500-year-old grave in Pamir Mountains, China, published in "Science Advances"
Archaeologists announce Scottish crannogs (fortified settlements on artificial islands in lochs) far older than first thought, radiocarbon dated to 3640-3360 BC, older than Stonehenge
Anthony Davis's opera "The Central Park Five" premieres at the Long Beach Opera Company, California (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2020) [1]
During his first term as President of the United States, Donald Trump enacted a series of tariffs involving protectionist trade initiatives against other countries, most notably China.
Chennai, also known as Madras (its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.
Jack Rowden Hughes is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). A product of the U.S.
Attempted coup fails in Ethiopia, four officials killed including army chief of staff General Seare Mekonnen
El Salvador immigrant father and his 23-month-old daughter drown trying to cross the Rio Grande into the US with their photo causing widespread condemnation
Mirazur on the French Riviera crowned the world's best restaurant at ceremony in Singapore
Former Gambian beauty queen Fatou "Toufah" Jallow says she was raped by former President Yahya Jammeh as part of a Human Rights Watch and Trial International report
Sir Jonathan Paul Ive is a British-American designer. He is best known for his work at Apple Inc., where he was senior vice president of industrial design and chief design officer.
3,400 year old Bronze Age palace from the Mittani Empire uncovered on the banks of the Tigris River, due to lack of rainfall dropping the water level in the Mosul Dam reservoir
Brooklyn Nets load up on elite NBA talent on first day of free agency; sign Kevin Durant from Golden State, Kyrie Irving from Boston and DeAndre Jordan from NY Knicks
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or simply the Pakistani Taliban, is a Deobandi jihadist militant organisation that primarily operates along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border.
On 2 July 2019 at 23:30, during the Western Libya campaign, an airstrike hit the Tajoura Detention Center outside Tripoli, Libya, while hundreds of people were inside the facility.
Atlético Madrid sign Portugal forward Joao Felix for €126m (£113m) from Benfica in the fifth most expensive transfer in football history
Biggest seaweed bloom in the world, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico after algae explosion due to deforestation and fertiliser
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometres (53 miles) south of modern-day Baghdad.
Jorge Masvidal (34-13) sets a UFC record by needing just 5 seconds to KO Ben Askren (19-1, 1 NC) during their welterweight bout at UFC 239 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Congolese general and rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court in the Hague
Indian restaurateur "Dosa King" P. Rajagopal finally begins his life sentence for organizing a murder 15 years after he was convicted
British ambassador to the US Sir Kim Darroch resigns after his secret cables calling the US president "inept" were published
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft lands on the Ryugu asteroid 300 million km (185 million miles) from Earth for a second time to collect samples
After the Atlantic League-MLB partnership rule changes, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs' outfielder Tony Thomas becomes the first player in professional baseball history to steal first base in a 7-2 win against the Lancaster Barnstormers
Tampa Bay catcher Travis d'Arnaud becomes the first player in MLB history to hit three home runs while catching and batting leadoff in the Rays' 5-4 win over the NY Yankees
Bulgaria announces 5 million people, virtually every adult, has had their personal information exposed after national tax agency hacked
The Kyoto Animation arson attack occurred at Kyoto Animation's Studio 1 building in the Fushimi ward of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, on the morning of 18 July 2019.
Heat wave begins across the east of America affecting 100 million people and killing 6, with New York city declaring a state of emergency
°F (46.1°C), John Martin Dam, Colorado (state record)
Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rosselló says he won't seek re-election after widespread protests over misogynistic and homophobic comments in his leaked online chats
Air strikes have killed at least 31 people in Maarat al-Numan, north-western Syria, with Russian planes supporting Syrian government being blamed
At least 36 people killed by a mud landslide in Shuicheng county, Guizhou province, China
"City killer" Asteroid 2019 OK (187 to 427 ft [57 to 130 m] estimated diameter) passes by almost undetected approximately 45,000 miles away from earth, nearer than the moon
Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning records a T20 International world record individual score of 133 off 63 balls in a 93-run win against England at Chelmsford; Southern Stars clinch Women's Ashes
American swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins three gold medals in one day at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea: 50 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, and mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (WR 3:19.40)
Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: South Korean Ko Jin-young wins her second major title of the season by two strokes from Shanshan Feng, Jennifer Kupcho and Kim Hyo-joo
Prison riot kills 58, with 16 decapitated in a battle between rival factions at Altamira prison, Pará state, Brazil
Protesting Kenyan cancer survivors in Nairobi urge their government to declare a "national disaster" in a country with only 35 oncologists for 40 million people
The governor of Puerto Rico (Spanish: gobernador de Puerto Rico) is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
On August 3, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States. The gunman, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, shot 45 people, killing 23 and injuring 22 others.
Australian cricket batsman Steve Smith hits a brilliant 142 following his first innings of 144 in the first Test against England at Edgbaston; he is only the fourth batsman of all time to score more than 140 in each innings of a Test match
Australian woman Kerry Robertson is confirmed as the first person to use a new assisted dying law to end her life in Victoria a month earlier
A quarter of humanity is running out of water, with 17 countries under extreme water stress, including Cape Town, Los Angeles, and Bangalore, according to a report by the World Resources Institute
Bodies of two teenagers at the center of a huge manhunt and suspected of killing three people on remote British Columbia roads are found after apparent suicides
Nuclear accident at Russian nuclear weapon testing site in the closed city of Sarov kills five scientists under mysterious circumstances
Landslide due to torrential rain kills 59 in Mon State, Myanmar, with 80,000 in emergency evacuation sites
71 people die while trying to siphon gas from an overturned tanker that explodes in the Morogoro region, Tanzania
Argentine President Mauricio Macri suffers defeat in a preliminary election to Alberto Fernández, prompting a 20% fall in the value of the peso
Baltimore Orioles concede 7 home runs in doubleheader defeats against NY Yankees to break the American League single-season HRs allowed record with 248 and counting
The second incarnation of Viacom Inc. ( VY-ə-kom or Vie-ah-kom; a portmanteau of Video & Audio Communications) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate with interests...
"It is raining plastic" survey is published; plastic found in 90% of rain samples taken in Colorado by US Department of the Interior and US Geological Survey
60th annual finger wrestling (Fingerhakeln) championship takes place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, as part of Partenkirchner Festival week
Huge fire in Chalantika slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, destroys 1,200 houses and leaves up to 10,000 people homeless
Huge wildfires begin on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, prompting the evacuation of 9,000 people
1.7 million people participate in a peaceful pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong, representing a quarter of the population
Evelyn Hernández is cleared of killing her newborn baby in a landmark case in a retrial in El Salvador
Computer systems in 22 small Texas towns are hacked and held for ransom in a coordinated attack, prompting an FBI investigation
74,155 fires caused by land clearing are burning in the Amazon rainforest, the most ever recorded, according to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research
German Chancellor challenges British PM Boris Johnson to find a solution to a no-deal Brexit in 30 days during their meeting in Berlin
Bielefeld in Germany offers a €1 million prize to anyone who can prove the town doesn't exist to disprove a 25-year-old conspiracy theory
Akademik Lomonosov is a non-self-propelled power barge that operates as the first Russian floating nuclear power station. The ship was named after academician Mikhail Lomonosov.
Double Dave, a rare two-headed timber rattlesnake, is found in Pine Barrens forest, New Jersey
At least 25 people killed in a fire at a bar, deliberately set by gang members in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
Discovery of world's largest child sacrifice site is announced by archaeologists with 227 victims from the Chimú culture in Huanchaco, Peru
Gunman kills seven and injures 22 during high speed chase in Odessa, Texas
Erramatti Mangamma is an Indian woman who currently holds the record for having given birth at the oldest age. At the age of 74, she gave birth to twin girls on 5 September 2019.
Sri Lankan cricket fast bowler Lasith Malinga takes 4 wickets in 4 balls and finishes with 5 for 6 as New Zealand is all out for 88 in a 37-run defeat in the 3rd T-20 International in Pallekele
A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, including both crewed and robotic missions.
An estimated 1 million people attend a mass held by Pope Francis near Antananarivo, Madagascar
Typhoon Faxai makes landfall near Tokyo, Japan, with winds of up to 210 km/h (130 mph)
Australia experiences its earliest and most severe start to the fire season, fighting dozens of bushfires in Queensland and New South Wales
John Legend and wife Chrissy Teigen fire back at Donald Trump on social media after he calls them "boring" and "filthy-mouthed" in tweets about Criminal Justice Reform
John Robert Bolton II is an American attorney, diplomat, Republican consultant, and political commentator who served as the 25th United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006, and...
Water is detected for the first time on a planet outside our solar system, on exoplanet K2-18b, 110 light-years away; findings are published in "Nature Astronomy"
Drone attack on Abqaiq oil plant in Saudi Arabia takes out half of country's oil production and 5% of the world's. Yemen Houthi rebels claim responsibility.
Hong Kong police use water cannons and tear gas attempting to disperse thousands of protesters outside the British embassy, as protests continue in the city
50,000 workers at General Motors go on strike in the US over pay and factory closings
Indonesia raises the female marriage age to 19, in line with males, to curb child marriages
MLB San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski hits a home run in his first game at Boston's Fenway Park, the long-time home field of his grandfather Carl Yastrzemski of the Red Sox
Boarding school fire kills at least 27 in Monrovia, Liberia
Likely US drone attack kills at least 30 and injures 28 in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
"Queer Eye" star Jonathan Van Ness reveals he is living with HIV and is a sexual abuse survivor, ahead of the publication of his autobiography
Laver Cup Men's Tennis, Geneva: Alexander Zverev defeats Milos Raonic 6-4, 3-6, 10-4 to secure Team Europe a dramatic 13-11 victory over Team World, Europe's third consecutive win
-year-old British travel company Thomas Cook goes into liquidation, stranding 600,000 travelers worldwide and prompting the largest postwar repatriation effort by the UK government
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake in northern Pakistan kills at least 10 and injures 300
Cannabis is a plant used in Australia for recreational, medicinal and industrial purposes. Australia has one of the highest cannabis prevalence rates in the world.
Abortion is decriminalized in New South Wales, the last remaining Australian state to do so
Elon Musk unveils SpaceX spacecraft Starship, designed to travel to Mars and the solar system and land back on Earth
Houthi rebels from Yemen claim they have killed 500 Saudi soldiers and captured 2,000 along with a military convoy in the Najran region, Saudi Arabia
-billion-ton iceberg named D28 breaks away from the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica
China celebrates 70th anniversary of Communism with military parade of 15,000 soldiers in Beijing
Australian women's cricket wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy smashes a T20I world record with 148 not out off 61 balls against Sri Lanka in Sydney; her century comes from an Australian record of 46 balls
Fuel subsidies end in Ecuador after four decades, prompting nationwide protests and President Lenín Moreno to declare 60-day state of emergency
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte reveals he has a neuromuscular disease, myasthenia gravis, which causes him health problems
99 Iraqis die and 4,000 are injured in protests over five days against living conditions, unemployment, and corruption, according to a human rights group
Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology awarded to Peter Ratcliffe, William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza for discovering how cells sense oxygen
FBI confirms Samuel Little is America's most prolific serial killer after verifying more than half of his 93 confessed murders
Nearly 1 million people in Northern California have their power cut by Pacific Gas and Electric to prevent wildfires amid high winds
Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk after a year's delay due to a Swedish Academy scandal
The ongoing Ethiopian civil conflict began with the 2018 dissolution of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), an ethnic federalist, dominant party political coalition.
California becomes the first US state to pass a law banning the sale and manufacture of new fur products
Centre-back Sergio Ramos becomes Europe's most capped male outfield soccer player (168 caps) as Spain draws 1-1 with Norway in Euro 2020 qualification in Oslo
Ecuadorean President Lenín Moreno cancels his austerity plan, in deal with indigenous leaders, restoring fuel subsidies, ending weeks of violent protests
British Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive in Pakistan to begin a 5-day royal tour
Gunfight between Mexican security forces and armed civilians leaves 15 dead in Guerrero state a day after 13 police officers are killed in a drug cartel ambush in Michoacán state
Egyptian archaeologists announce the discovery of more than 20 painted wooden coffins from the Theban necropolis of Asasif
Netflix reveals its most popular original movie was Sandra Bullock's "Bird Box" and its most popular TV series was "Stranger Things" for the year
Charges of disorderly conduct are officially dropped against participants of the 1939 equal rights protest sit-in at Alexandria (Virginia) Library [1]
The Qantas Boeing 787 Dreamliner completes the first New York to Sydney non-stop test flight by a commercial airline in 19 hours 42 minutes
Australia's biggest newspapers all blank out their front pages in protest against press restrictions
All Star point guard Kyrie Irving pours in 50 points, setting a new NBA record for points on debut with a new team as his Brooklyn Nets go down 127-126 at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves
Bangladesh sentences 16 men to death for the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who was set on fire after accusing a teacher of inappropriate behavior
Leicester City rout Southampton, 9-0 at St. Mary's to record biggest ever win by an away side in an English top-flight league match in the history of the Football League
Mauricio Macri is an Argentine businessman and politician who served as President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019.
Country of Georgia is hit by a massive cyber attack, affecting 2,000 websites, TV channels, and government departments
1.5 million people are without power in California as utility company turns power off to try to avoid sparking more wildfires
The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict over the Kashmir region, primarily between India and Pakistan, and also between China and India in the northeastern portion of the region.
A fire destroys most of historic Shuri Castle, once the seat of the Ryukyu Kingdom, on the island of Okinawa, Japan
Joel Hans Embiid ( joh-EL em-BEED; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2019.
9th Rugby World Cup, Yokohama: South African fly-half Handré Pollard lands 6 penalties and 2 conversions as Springboks beat favourites England, 32-12 for their 3rd title
British Mercedes driver and defending champion Lewis Hamilton finishes second in the US Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas to clinch his 6th F1 Drivers World Championship
Olivia Newton-John's black leather outfit from the film "Grease" sells for $405,700 at auction in Beverly Hills, California
Largest mass commutation in US history when 462 non-violent inmates are freed from Oklahoma prisons as part of state prison reforms
Actress Emma Watson, interviewed in Vogue magazine, says she is happy to be single, stating, "I call it being self-partnered," launching a worldwide discussion on the term
17 people die in attack on a checkpoint by Islamic State militants on Tajikistan's border with Uzbekistan
Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda, the "Terminator" is the first to be convicted of sexual slavery by the International Criminal Court and is sentenced to 30 years in prison on 18 charges
India’s Supreme Court rules in favor of Hindus over Muslims in dispute over who has right to holy site in city of Ayodhya
Last segment of "Coach's Corner with Don Cherry and Ron MacLean airs after 37 years in Canada
Olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji, known professionally as KSI, is an English influencer, musician, and former professional boxer.
Arctic blast brings record low temperatures for November to the US Midwest including Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois
Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional football coach, pundit, sports broadcaster, and former player.
th anniversary of the founding of Havana, Cuba
As many as 106 have died over five days in protests across 21 Iranian cities according to Amnesty International, just 12 deaths reported by the government
Britain's Prince Andrew announces he is stepping back from public duties after outcry from disastrous interview on his friendship with Jeffry Epstein
The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale...
Data leaked from Chinese high-security Muslim Uighur security camps, housing 1 million people, show systematic brainwashing in western Xinjiang region
Baltimore's 2nd-year quarterback Lamar Jackson becomes first QB in NFL history to throw for 3,000 passing yards and rush for 1,500 yards in his first 2 NFL seasons as the Ravens beat LA Rams, 45-6
On 26 November 2019 at 03:54 CET (UTC+1), northwestern Albania was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicentre 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west-southwest of Mamurras.
Ghana celebrates the "year of return" marking 300 years since 1st African slave sold in America, by granting 125 people citizenship in special ceremony
Iraqi security forces open fire on protesters, killing at least 25 in Nasiriya a day after the Iranian embassy in Najaf is burned down [1]
K-pop stars Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon are sentenced to prison for gang-raping unconscious fans and distributing footage of it [1]
Australian cricket batsman David Warner smashes 335 not out in the 2nd Test against Pakistan; second-highest Test score by an Australian (Matt Hayden 380); highest Test score at Adelaide Oval
British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP to claim his 6th F1 World Drivers' Championship by 87 points over teammate Valtteri Bottas; Mercedes' 6th consecutive Constructors' title
World leaders discussing US President Donald Trump in unflattering terms at NATO reception caught on camera and goes viral
58 migrants drown after a boat sinks off the coast of Mauritania, with 83 saved
National strike in France; more than 800,000 people in 100 cities protest against proposed pension reform
Alexandra Trusova sets a world record as the first female figure skater to land a quadruple flip jump at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Italy [1]
On 8 December 2019, a fire occurred at a factory building in Anaj Mandi area of Delhi, India.
Chilean Air Force plane lost on flight to Antarctica with presumed loss of 38 lives
A retrofitted DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver seaplane completes the world's first test flight of a fully electric commercial aircraft over Richmond, British Columbia
Papua New Guinea (PNG), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in...
Michael Bay's big budget action film "6 Underground" is released on Netflix just three days after premiering at The Shed in New York City
Longest ever UN climate talks end in Madrid with compromise deal on curbing carbon only, other targets deferred for a year
Australia has its hottest day ever with average temperature of 40.9°C across the country
Australian state of New South Wales announces 7-day state of emergency amid extreme heat and over 100 bushfires that have burnt for two months
Landmark climate justice case as Dutch Supreme Court upholds 2013 decision brought by Urgenda Foundation against Dutch government for not reducing carbon dioxide emissions
New Orleans wide receiver Michael Thomas sets NFL record for most catches in a season with his 144th as Saints beat Tennessee 38-28; breaks 17-year old record held by Marvin Harrison (143)
An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Thursday, December 26, 2019, with a magnitude of 0.9701.
American couple Valerie and Jason marry in the same Dunkin' Donuts where they broke up 27 years ago
52nd Peach Bowl (College Football Playoff semi final): #1 LSU beats #4 Oklahoma, 63-28
86th Orange Bowl: #6 Florida beats #24 Virginia, 36-28
Iraqi militiamen and protesters breach the outer wall of the US embassy in Baghdad following US airstrikes against Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia, on December 29
Mel Stottlemyre baseball player and coach, known for american baseball player and coach, died on 2019-01-13. Melvin Leon Stottlemyre Sr.
John C. Bogle, American investor and business magnate, known for american investor and business magnate, died on 2019-01-16.
Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager, known for american baseball player and manager, died on 2019-02-07.
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