What happened in 2019
377 entries recorded for 2019, listed by date. That was 7 years ago.
2019 at a glance
- Years ago
- 7 (as of 2026)
- Century
- 21st century
- Decade
- 2010s
- Generation born
- Generation Alpha
- Entries here
- 377
- Breakdown
- 141 historical events · 235 deaths · 1 births
January
- January 1
NASA
The NASA space probe New Horizons flew by the trans-Neptunian object Arrokoth, making it the farthest object visited by a spacecraft.
- January 1
Pegi Young
Pegi Young, American singer, songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist (born 1952)
- January 1
George (snail)
George, last known Achatinella apexfulva (born c. 2004)
- January 1
Paul Neville (politician)
Paul Neville, Australian politician (born 1940)
- January 2
Gene Okerlund
Gene Okerlund, American wrestling announcer (born 1942)
- January 2
Julia Grant (transgender activist)
Julia Grant, British transgender activist (born 1954)
- January 2
Daryl Dragon
Daryl Dragon, American musician (born 1942)
- January 2
Bob Einstein
Bob Einstein, American actor and comedian (born 1942)
- January 3
Chang'e 4
Chang'e 4 makes the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, deploying the Yutu-2 lunar rover.
- January 3
Herb Kelleher
Herb Kelleher, American businessman, co-founder of Southwest Airlines (born 1931)
- January 4
Koszalin escape room fire
A fire in an escape room in Koszalin, Poland, killed five teenagers.
- January 4
Harold Brown (secretary of defense)
Harold Brown, 14th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1927)
- January 5
Dragoslav Šekularac
Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (born 1937)
- January 5
Bernice Sandler
Bernice Sandler, American women's rights activist (born 1928)
- January 6
Muhammad V of Kelantan
Muhammad V of Kelantan resigns as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, becoming the first monarch to do so.
- January 6
W. Morgan Sheppard
W. Morgan Sheppard, British actor (born 1932)
- January 6
José Ramón Fernández
José Ramón Fernández, Cuban revolution leader (born 1923)
- January 6
Paul Streeten
Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (born 1917)
- January 6
Lamin Sanneh
Lamin Sanneh, Gambian-born American professor (born 1942)
- January 9
Paul Koslo
Paul Koslo, German-Canadian actor (born 1944)
- January 9
Verna Bloom
Verna Bloom, American actress (born 1938)
- January 10
Kidnapping of Jayme Closs
A 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is found alive in Gordon, Wisconsin, having been kidnapped 88 days earlier from her parents' home whilst they were murdered.
- January 10
Ross Lowell
Ross Lowell, American inventor, photographer & author (born 1926)
- January 11
Michael Atiyah
Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician (born 1929)
- January 13
Phil Masinga
Phil Masinga, South African footballer (born 1969)
- January 14
Saha Airlines
A Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crashes at Fath Air Base near Karaj in Alborz Province, Iran, killing 15 people.
- January 15
Theresa May
Theresa May's UK government suffers the biggest government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPs voting against the proposed European Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230.
- January 15
Somalia
Somali militants attack the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya killing at least 21 people and injuring 19.
- January 15
Ida Kleijnen
Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef (born 1936)
- January 15
Carol Channing
Carol Channing, American actress (born 1921)
- January 16
Chris Wilson (Australian musician)
Chris Wilson, Australian musician (born 1956)
- January 16
Lorna Doom
Lorna Doom, American musician (born 1958)
- January 16
John C. Bogle
John C. Bogle, American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1929)
- January 17
S. Balakrishnan (composer)
S. Balakrishnan, Malayalam movie composer (born 1948)
- January 18
Tlahuelilpan pipeline explosion
An oil pipeline explosion killed 137 people in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico.
- January 18
Lamia Al-Gailani Werr
Lamia Al-Gailani Werr, Iraqi archaeologist (born 1938)
- January 18
John Coughlin (figure skater)
John Coughlin, American figure skater (born 1985)
- January 21
Harris Wofford
Harris Wofford, American politician, author and civil rights activist (born 1926)
- January 21
Henri, Count of Paris (born 1933)
Henri, Count of Paris, Head of the House of Orléans (born 1933)
- January 21
Emiliano Sala
Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (born 1990)
- January 21
Kaye Ballard
Kaye Ballard, American actress (born 1925)
- January 23
Aloysius Pang
Aloysius Pang, Singaporean actor (born 1990)
- January 23
Oliver Mtukudzi
Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean Afro Jazz musician (born 1952)
- January 24
Rosemary Bryant Mariner
Rosemary Bryant Mariner, American United States Naval Aviator (born 1953)
- January 25
Brumadinho dam disaster
A mining company's dam collapses in Brumadinho, Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing 270 people.
- January 27
MBC Newsdesk
MBC Newsdesk reported on a nightclub assault in Seoul, South Korea, leading to the Burning Sun scandal, which involved several Korean idols and police officials.
- January 27
Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau
Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau, German socialite (born 1958)
- January 28
Pepe Smith
Pepe Smith, Filipino rock musician (born 1947)
- January 29
James Ingram
James Ingram, American musician (born 1952)
- January 29
George Fernandes
George Fernandes, Indian politician (born 1930)
- January 30
Dick Miller
Dick Miller, American actor (born 1928)
- January 31
Abdullah of Pahang
Abdullah of Pahang is sworn in as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
February
- February 1
Jeremy Hardy
Jeremy Hardy, English comedian, radio host and panelist (born 1961)
- February 1
Wade Wilson (American football)
Wade Wilson, American football player and coach (born 1959)
- February 1
Clive Swift
Clive Swift, English actor (born 1936)
- February 3
Julie Adams
Julie Adams, American actress (born 1926)
- February 3
Kristoff St. John
Kristoff St. John, American actor (born 1966)
- February 4
Matti Nykänen
Matti Nykänen, Finnish Olympic-winning ski jumper and singer (born 1963)
- February 5
Pope Francis
Pope Francis becomes the first Pope in history to visit and perform papal mass in the Arabian Peninsula during his visit to Abu Dhabi.
- February 6
Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Pilcher, British author (born 1924)
- February 6
Manfred Eigen
Manfred Eigen, German Nobel Prize winning biophysical chemist (born 1927)
- February 7
Jan Olszewski
Jan Olszewski, Polish politician, 3rd Prime Minister (born 1930)
- February 7
John Dingell
John Dingell, American politician (born 1926)
- February 7
Albert Finney
Albert Finney, English actor (born 1936)
- February 7
Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1935)
- February 10
Carmen Argenziano
Carmen Argenziano, American actor (born 1943)
- February 10
Jan-Michael Vincent
Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (born 1944)
- February 12
North Macedonia
The country known as the Republic of Macedonia renames itself the Republic of North Macedonia in accordance with the Prespa agreement, settling a long-standing naming dispute with Greece.
- February 12
Coffin of Nedjemankh
After being informed that its recently purchased coffin of Nedjemankh (pictured) had been looted, the Metropolitan Museum of Art shuttered its ongoing exhibition Nedjemankh and His Gilded Coffin two months early and later returned the artifact to Egypt.
- February 12
Gordon Banks
Gordon Banks, English footballer (born 1937)
- February 12
Pedro Morales
Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican professional wrestler and commentator (born 1942)
- February 12
Lyndon LaRouche
Lyndon LaRouche, American political activist (born 1922)
- February 13
Callistus Ndlovu
Callistus Ndlovu, Zimbabwean academic and politician (born 1936)
- February 14
2019 Pulwama attack
Pulwama attack takes place in Lethpora in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel and a suicide bomber were killed and 35 were injured.
- February 14
Andrea Levy
Andrea Levy, English author (born 1956)
- February 15
Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill, American socialite (born 1933)
- February 16
Bruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (born 1941)
- February 18
Alessandro Mendini
Alessandro Mendini, Italian designer and architect (born 1931)
- February 19
Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (born 1933)
- February 21
Stanley Donen
Stanley Donen, American film director (born 1924)
- February 21
Peter Tork
Peter Tork, American musician and actor (born 1942)
- February 22
North Korean Embassy in Madrid incident
A group broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid, Spain, and stole several mobile telephones and digital storage devices.
- February 22
Brody Stevens
Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (born 1970)
- February 22
Morgan Woodward
Morgan Woodward, American actor (born 1925)
- February 23
Atlas Air Flight 3591
Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.
- February 23
Katherine Helmond
Katherine Helmond, American actress (born 1929)
- February 26
Indian Air Force
Indian Air Force fighter-jets target Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot, Pakistan.
- February 27
Pakistan Air Force
Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.
- February 27
France-Albert René
France-Albert René, Seychellois politician, 2nd President of Seychelles (born 1935)
- February 28
André Previn
André Previn, German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. (born 1929)
March
- March 1
Mike Willesee
Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (born 1942)
- March 2
Mike Oliver (disability advocate)
Mike Oliver, British sociologist, disability rights activist (born 1945)
- March 3
Peter Hurford
Peter Hurford OBE, British organist and composer (born 1930)
- March 4
Keith Flint
Keith Flint, English singer (The Prodigy) (born 1969)
- March 4
Luke Perry
Luke Perry, American actor (born 1966)
- March 7
Dick Beyer
Dick Beyer, American professional wrestler (born 1930)
- March 8
Marshall Brodien
Marshall Brodien, American actor (born 1934)
- March 8
Cedrick Hardman
Cedrick Hardman, American football player and actor (born 1948)
- March 10
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed six minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa International Airport due to a fault within the software of the plane, resulting in the deaths of all 157 people on board.
- March 12
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
In the House of Commons, the revised EU Withdrawal Bill was rejected by a margin of 149 votes.
- March 14
Cyclone Idai
Cyclone Idai makes landfall near Beira, Mozambique, causing devastating floods and over 1,000 deaths.
- March 14
Charlie Whiting
Charlie Whiting, British motorsport director (born 1952)
- March 14
Haig Young
Haig Young, Canadian politician (born 1928)
- March 14
Jake Phelps
Jake Phelps, American skateboarder and Thrasher editor-in-chief (born 1962)
- March 15
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
Beginning of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.
- March 15
Fridays for Future
Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change.
- March 15
Christchurch mosque shootings
Fifty-one people are killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings, which remains the deadliest terror attack in New Zealand history.
- March 15
Larry DiTillio
Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series writer (born 1948)
- March 16
Dick Dale
Dick Dale, American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1937)
- March 18
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: The U.S. Air Force carried out an airstrike in al-Baghuz Fawqani, killing as many as 80, a disputed number of whom were civilians.
- March 19
President of Kazakhstan
The first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigns from office after nearly three decades, leaving Senate Chairman Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the acting President and successor.
- March 19
William Whitfield (architect)
William Whitfield, British architect (born 1920)
- March 20
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is sworn in as acting president of Kazakhstan, following the resignation of long-time president Nursultan Nazarbayev.
- March 20
Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock
Mary Warnock, English philosopher and writer (born 1924)
- March 21
2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion
A major explosion at a chemical plant in Yancheng, China, killed 78 people and injured 640 others.
- March 21
Victor Hochhauser
Victor Hochhauser CBE, British music promoter (born 1923)
- March 21
Gonzalo Portocarrero
Gonzalo Portocarrero, Peruvian sociologist (born 1949)
- March 22
Mueller special counsel investigation
The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General.
- March 22
Ghana
Two buses crash in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 50 people.
- March 22
Scott Walker (singer)
Scott Walker, British-American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
- March 23
Kazakhstan
The Kazakh capital of Astana is renamed to Nur-Sultan.
- March 23
Battle of Baghuz Fawqani
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces capture the town of Baghuz in Eastern Syria, declaring military victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after four years of fighting, although the group maintains a scattered presence and sleeper cells across Syria and Iraq.
- March 24
Joseph Pilato
Joseph Pilato, American film and voice actor (born 1949)
- March 25
Barrie Hole
Barrie Hole, Welsh footballer (born 1942)
- March 29
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda, French film director (born 1928)
- March 30
Pope Francis
Pope Francis visits Morocco.
- March 31
Nipsey Hussle
Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (born 1985)
April
- April 1
Vonda N. McIntyre
Vonda N. McIntyre, American science fiction author (born 1948)
- April 5
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner, South African biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)
- April 5
Wowaka
Wowaka, Japanese musician (born 1987)
- April 6
Michael O'Donnell (physician)
Michael O'Donnell, British physician, journalist, author and broadcaster (born 1928)
- April 7
Seymour Cassel
Seymour Cassel, American actor (born 1935)
- April 8
Josine Ianco-Starrels
Josine Ianco-Starrels, Romanian-born American art curator (born 1926)
- April 9
Charles Van Doren
Charles Van Doren, American writer and editor (born 1926)
- April 10
Event Horizon Telescope
Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project released the first image of the black hole at the center of the galaxy M87.
- April 14
Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress (born 1935)
- April 15
Notre-Dame fire
A fire severely damaged Notre-Dame de Paris, destroying the cathedral's timber spire and much of the roof.
- April 15
Notre-Dame de Paris
The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in France is seriously damaged by a large fire.
- April 17
Gwen Marston
Gwen Marston, American quilter and writer (born 1936)
- April 17
Alan García
Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (born 1949)
- April 18
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice released a redacted version of the Mueller report about the investigation of Russian influence on the U.S. presidential election to Congress and the public.
- April 18
Mueller report
A redacted version of the Mueller report is released to the United States Congress and the public.
- April 18
Lyra McKee
Lyra McKee, Irish journalist (born 1990)
- April 21
2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
Eight bombs explode at churches, hotels, and other locations in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing at least 269.
- April 21
Polly Higgins
Polly Higgins, Scottish barrister, author and environmental lobbyist (born 1968)
- April 23
April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse
The April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers, with at least 50 others missing and presumed dead.
- April 23
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1921)
- April 23
Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick
Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, American soprano singer and presenter (born 1983)
- April 25
John Havlicek
John Havlicek, American basketball player (born 1940)
- April 28
Richard Lugar
Richard Lugar, American politician (born 1932)
- April 28
John Singleton
John Singleton, American film director (born 1968)
- April 29
Josef Šural
Josef Šural, Czech footballer (born 1990)
- April 30
Peter Mayhew
Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (born 1944)
May
- May 1
Naruhito
Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period.
- May 1
Naxalism
Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team.
- May 4
2019 W Series
The inaugural race of the W Series took place at Hockenheimring, Germany, and was won by Jamie Chadwick (pictured), who later became the season's champion.
- May 4
W Series (championship)
The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring. The race was won by Jamie Chadwick, who would go on to become the inaugural series champion.
- May 4
Alia Abdulnoor
Alia Abdulnoor, Emirati imprisoned woman (born 1977)
- May 6
Prince Archie of Sussex
Prince Archie of Sussex
- May 8
Phage therapy
British 17-year-old Isabelle Holdaway is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection.
- May 8
Sprent Dabwido
Sprent Dabwido, President of Nauru from 2011 to 2013 (born 1972)
- May 9
Freddie Starr
Freddie Starr, English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor (born 1943)
- May 10
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spanish politician and chemist (born 1951)
- May 11
Peggy Lipton
Peggy Lipton, American actress, model, and singer (born 1946)
- May 11
Thomas Silverstein
Thomas Silverstein, American murderer (born 1952)
- May 13
Doris Day
Doris Day, American singer and actress (born 1922)
- May 13
Unita Blackwell
Unita Blackwell, American civil rights activist and politician (born 1933)
- May 14
Tim Conway
Tim Conway, American actor, writer, and comedian (born 1933)
- May 14
Grumpy Cat
Grumpy Cat, American cat and internet meme celebrity (born 2012)
- May 16
Bob Hawke
Bob Hawke, Australian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1929)
- May 16
Piet Blauw
Piet Blauw, Dutch politician (born 1937)
- May 16
I. M. Pei
I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect (born 1917)
- May 17
Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk, American author (born 1915)
- May 18
2020 United States presidential election
United States presidential election: Joe Biden launches his presidential campaign.
- May 18
Austin Eubanks
Austin Eubanks, American addiction recovery advocate, survivor of the Columbine shooting (born 1981)
- May 20
International System of Units
The International System of Units (SI): The base units are redefined, making the international prototype of the kilogram obsolete.
- May 20
Niki Lauda
Niki Lauda, Austrian race car driver (born 1949)
- May 21
Rik Kuypers
Rik Kuypers, Belgian film director (born 1925)
- May 21
Binyavanga Wainaina
Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer (born 1971)
- May 22
Judith Kerr
Judith Kerr, German-born British writer and illustrator (born 1923)
- May 24
Brexit
Under pressure over her handling of Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7.
- May 24
2019 Surat fire
Twenty-two students die in a fire in Surat (India).
- May 25
Claus von Bülow
Claus von Bülow, Danish-British socialite (born 1926)
- May 26
Prem Tinsulanonda
Prem Tinsulanonda, Former Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1920)
- May 30
Thad Cochran
Thad Cochran, American lawyer and politician (born 1937)
- May 30
Jason Marcano
Jason Marcano, Trinidadian footballer (born 1983)
- May 31
2019 Virginia Beach shooting
A shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, United States, left 13 people dead, including the gunman, and injured four others.
June
- June 1
Ani Yudhoyono
Ani Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician, 6th First Lady of Indonesia. (born 1952)
- June 3
Khartoum massacre
Khartoum massacre: In Sudan, over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by Janjaweed militiamen storm and open fire on a sit-in protest.
- June 8
Andre Matos
Andre Matos, Brazilian heavy metal musician (born 1971)
- June 9
David Ortiz
Dominican-American retired baseball player David Ortiz was shot and severely wounded while at a bar in Santo Domingo.
- June 9
Bushwick Bill
Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper (born 1966)
- June 11
Billy McKee
Billy McKee, Irish republican and founding member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (born 1921)
- June 12
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is inaugurated as the second president of Kazakhstan.
- June 12
Sylvia Miles
Sylvia Miles, American actress (born 1924)
- June 15
Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director (born 1923)
- June 16
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.
- June 17
Gloria Vanderbilt
Gloria Vanderbilt, American artist, author actress, fashion designer, heiress and socialite (born 1924)
- June 17
Mohamed Morsi
Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian professor and politician, first elected president of Egypt after Egyptian revolution (born 1951)
- June 19
Etika
Etika, American YouTuber and streamer (born 1990)
- June 20
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force
Iran's Air Defense Forces shoot down an American surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions between the two countries.
- June 20
2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone
Iranian aircraft shot down an American drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
- June 25
Eurig Wyn
Eurig Wyn, Welsh politician (born 1944)
- June 26
Beth Chapman
Beth Chapman, American reality Television star, Bounty Hunter (born 1967)
- June 29
Florijana Ismaili
Florijana Ismaili, Swiss footballer (born 1995)
- June 30
Donald Trump
Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
July
- July 1
Bogusław Schaeffer
Bogusław Schaeffer, Polish composer (born 1929)
- July 2
Lee Iacocca
Lee Iacocca, American automotive executive (born 1924)
- July 6
Cameron Boyce
Cameron Boyce, American actor (born 1999)
- July 6
João Gilberto
João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, pioneer of bossa nova music style (born 1931)
- July 7
United States women's national soccer team
The United States defeated the Netherlands 2–0 at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final in Lyon, France.
- July 9
Freddie Jones
Freddie Jones, English actor (born 1927)
- July 9
Rip Torn
Rip Torn, American actor (born 1931)
- July 9
William Dannemeyer
William E. Dannemeyer, American politician (born 1929)
- July 9
Fernando de la Rúa
Fernando de la Rúa, 43rd President of Argentina (born 1937)
- July 9
Ross Perot
Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (born 1930)
- July 10
Volkswagen Beetle
The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.
- July 10
Denise Nickerson
Denise Nickerson, American former child actress (born 1957)
- July 12
Emily Hartridge
Emily Hartridge, English YouTuber and television presenter (born 1984)
- July 14
GippsAero GA8 Airvan
A GippsAero GA8 Airvan crashes in Umeå, Sweden, killing all nine aboard.
- July 16
Mumbai
A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.
- July 16
John Paul Stevens
John Paul Stevens, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1920)
- July 17
Marie Sophie Hingst
Marie Sophie Hingst, German historian and blogger who falsely claimed to be descended from Holocaust survivors
- July 18
Kyoto Animation arson attack
An arson attack at the studio of Kyoto Animation in Japan led to the deaths of 36 people.
- July 19
Rutger Hauer
Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer (born 1944)
- July 20
Soyuz MS-13
Soyuz MS-13 is launched to the International Space Station on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
- July 21
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
People returning from anti–extradition bill protests in Hong Kong were attacked (pictured) by suspected triad members in Yuen Long, leaving 45 people injured.
- July 21
2019 Yuen Long attack
Yuen Long attack or "721 incident" in Hong Kong. Triad members indiscriminately beat civilians returning from protests while police failed to take action.
- July 22
Chandrayaan-2
Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar ro
- July 24
Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after winning the Conservative Party leadership election.
- July 25
2019 European heatwaves
National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019 European heat wave.
- July 25
Beji Caid Essebsi
Beji Caid Essebsi, 4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Tunisia (born 1926)
- July 26
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban Roman Catholic prelate (born 1936)
- July 26
Russi Taylor
Russi Taylor, American voice actress (born 1944)
- July 29
2019 Altamira prison riot
The 2019 Altamira prison riot between rival Brazilian drug gangs leaves 62 dead.
- July 31
Harold Prince
Harold Prince, Broadway producer and director, who received more Tony awards than anyone else in history (born 1928)
August
- August 3
2019 El Paso Walmart shooting
A mass shooting occurred at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 23 people and injuring 22 others.
- August 3
Lyubov Sobol
Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia.
- August 4
2019 Dayton shooting
Nine people are killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. This comes only 13 hours after another mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, where 23 people were killed.
- August 4
Nuon Chea
Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician and theorist for the Khmer Rouge (born 1926)
- August 5
Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir
The revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir (state) occurred and the state was bifurcated into two union territories (Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) and Ladakh).
- August 5
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison, American author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Nobel laureate (born 1931).
- August 7
David Berman (musician)
David Berman, American musician, singer, poet and cartoonist (born 1967)
- August 8
Nyonoksa radiation accident
An explosion at the State Central Navy Testing Range in Nyonoksa, Russia, kills five people.
- August 10
Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York.
- August 10
Typhoon Lekima
Having already caused severe flooding in the Philippines, Typhoon Lekima made landfall in Zhejiang, China, killing 45 people in the province.
- August 10
2019 Bærum murder and mosque attack
Philip Manshaus shoots his stepsister and attacks a mosque in the Bærum mosque shooting.
- August 10
Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and child sex trafficker (born 1953)
- August 11
Sergio Obeso Rivera
Sergio Obeso Rivera, Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1931)
- August 12
DJ Arafat
DJ Arafat, Ivorian DJ and singer (born 1986)
- August 14
Polly Farmer
Polly Farmer, Australian footballer and coach (born 1935)
- August 16
Peter Fonda
Peter Fonda, American actor, director, and screenwriter. (born 1940)
- August 16
Richard Williams (animator)
Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator (born 1933)
- August 17
17 August 2019 Kabul bombing
A bomb explodes at a wedding in Kabul killing 63 people and leaving 182 injured.
- August 18
Iceland
One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after having once covered six square miles (15.5 km2).
- August 19
Lars Larsen
Lars Larsen, Danish businessman and billionaire, founder and owner of the Danish retail chain JYSK (born 1948)
- August 21
Ifeanyi Chiejine
Ifeanyi Chiejine, Nigerian footballer (born 1983)
- August 21
Celso Piña
Celso Piña, Mexican singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist (born 1953)
- August 25
Ferdinand Piëch
Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business magnate and engineer (born 1937)
- August 30
Valerie Harper
Valerie Harper, American actress and writer (born 1939)
- August 31
2019 Alta helicopter crash
A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.
- August 31
Anthoine Hubert
Anthoine Hubert, French race car driver (born 1996)
- August 31
Alec Holowka
Alec Holowka, Canadian game developer (born 1983)
September
- September 2
Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastates the Bahamas, killing at least five.
- September 2
Sinking of MV Conception
The dive boat MV Conception catches fire and sinks near Santa Cruz Island, killing 34.
- September 5
Francisco Toledo
Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (born 1940)
- September 6
Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (born 1924)
- September 7
Oleh Sentsov
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
- September 8
S. Rajasekar
S. Rajasekar, Indian cinematographer, film director, and actor (born 1957)
- September 11
B. J. Habibie
B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (born 1936)
- September 12
Elsie Vartanian
Elsie Vartanian, American politician and director of the United States Women's Bureau (born 1930)
- September 12
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Tongan politician and activist, Prime Minister of Tonga (born 1941)
- September 13
Eddie Money
Eddie Money, American musician (born 1949)
- September 14
Yemen
Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
- September 14
Abqaiq–Khurais attack
Drone attacks on major processing facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais forced Saudi Arabia to cut more than half of its oil production.
- September 15
Ric Ocasek
Ric Ocasek, American musician (born 1944)
- September 16
H. S. Dillon
H. S. Dillon, Indonesian politician and human rights defender (born 1945)
- September 17
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts, American journalist and bestselling author (born 1943)
- September 19
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (born 1936)
- September 20
September 2019 climate strikes
Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York City.
- September 21
2019 Albania earthquake
A 5.6 Mw earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës. Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, Tirana.
- September 23
2019 Papua protests
Twenty people die on the first of two days of rioting in Papua and West Papua over an alleged racist incident.
- September 23
Thomas Cook Group
The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations with immediate effect, leaving around 600,000 tourists stranded around the world.
- September 24
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously ruled that advice given by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Queen Elizabeth II that Parliament should be prorogued was unlawful.
- September 26
Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac, French politician, President of France (born 1932)
- September 27
September 2019 climate strikes
Over two million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide.
- September 28
José José
José José, Mexican musician and singer (born 1948)
- September 29
2019 Afghan presidential election
Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.
- September 29
Martin Bernheimer
Martin Bernheimer, German-American music critic (born 1936)
- September 30
Martín Vizcarra
President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru, resulting in a constitutional crisis.
- September 30
Victoria Braithwaite
Victoria Braithwaite, British research scientist who proved fish feel pain (born 1967)
October
- October 1
2019 Kuopio college stabbing
Kuopio school stabbing: One dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Finland.
- October 1
Karel Gott
Karel Gott, Czech singer (born 1939)
- October 2
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
A privately owned Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress conducting a living history exhibition flight crashes shortly after takeoff from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, killing seven.
- October 6
Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker, English drummer (born 1939)
- October 6
Rip Taylor
Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (born 1931)
- October 6
Eddie Lumsden (rugby league)
Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (born 1936)
- October 8
2019 Baku protests
Anti-government protests calling for free and fair elections began in Baku, Azerbaijan.
- October 8
Extinction Rebellion
About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.
- October 9
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: Turkish forces began an offensive into north-eastern Syria following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region.
- October 9
2019 Turkish offensive into northeastern Syria
Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria.
- October 11
Alexei Leonov
Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (born 1934)
- October 12
Eliud Kipchoge
Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya becomes the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours with a time of 1:59:40 in Vienna.
- October 12
1031 Canal Street
The Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, which is under construction, collapses, killing three workers and injuring 30 others.
- October 12
Typhoon Hagibis
Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in Japan, killing 10 and forcing the evacuation of one million people.
- October 13
2019 Chicago Marathon
At the Chicago Marathon, Kenyan runner Brigid Kosgei (pictured) set the current marathon world record for women running in a mixed-sex race.
- October 13
Brigid Kosgei
Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets a new world record for a woman runner with a time of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Chicago Marathon.
- October 14
Sulli
Sulli, South Korean actress, singer, and model (born 1994)
- October 14
Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom, American literary critic (born 1930)
- October 17
Culiacán
Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest.
- October 17
17 October Revolution
The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.
- October 17
Elijah Cummings
Elijah Cummings, American politician and civil rights advocate (born 1951)
- October 18
NASA Astronaut Corps
NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-female spacewalk when they venture out of the International Space Station to replace a power controller.
- October 18
Social Outburst (Chile)
Riots in Chile's capital Santiago escalate into open battles, with attacks reported at nearly all of the city's 164 Metro stations. President Sebastián Piñera later announces a 15-day state of emergency in the capital.
- October 18
Santiago
Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency.
- October 18
Rui Jordão
Rui Jordão, Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (born 1952)
- October 19
House of Lords
Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.
- October 19
Deborah Orr
Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (born 1962)
- October 21
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- October 21
Canada
In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government.
- October 22
Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland
Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored.
- October 25
Dilip Parikh
Dilip Parikh, Indian politician (born 1937)
- October 27
The Mocking of Christ (Cimabue)
The Mocking of Christ (pictured) by Cimabue sold at auction in France for €19.5 million, a record for a pre-1500 artwork.
- October 27
Islamic State
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi kills himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest during the U.S. military Barisha raid in northwestern Syria.
- October 27
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); suicide (born 1971)
- October 29
John Witherspoon (actor)
John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (born 1942)
November
- November 2
Walter Mercado
Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican television personality, astrologer, actor, and dancer (born 1932)
- November 4
Gay Byrne
Gay Byrne, Irish broadcaster (born 1934)
- November 7
Janette Sherman
Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (born 1930)
- November 9
Imran Khan
Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor, a visa-free border crossing connecting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib to the India–Pakistan border.
- November 9
Alabama Crimson Tide football
The Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU Tigers football teams, both with undefeated records thus far that season, played in a "Game of the Century".
- November 10
Evo Morales
President of Bolivia Evo Morales and several of his government resign after 19 days of civil protests and a recommendation from the military.
- November 14
Saugus High School shooting
A mass shooting occurs at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, resulting in three deaths, including that of the perpetrator, and three injuries.
- November 16
Terry O'Neill (photographer)
Terry O'Neill, British photographer (born 1938)
- November 16
John Campbell Brown
John Campbell Brown, Scottish astronomer (born 1947)
- November 17
COVID-19
The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
- November 17
Tuka Rocha
Tuka Rocha, Brazilian race car driver (born 1982)
- November 20
Wat Misaka
Wataru Misaka, American basketball player (born 1923)
- November 21
Tesla, Inc.
Tesla launches the SUV Cybertruck. A gaffe occurs during the launch event when its "unbreakable" windows shatter during demonstration.
- November 21
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.
- November 23
Sumatran rhinoceros
The last Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia, Imam, dies, making the species officially extinct in the country.
- November 24
Goo Hara
Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress (born 1991)
- November 26
2019 Albania earthquake
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes western Albania leaving at least 52 people dead and over 1,000 injured. This was the world's deadliest earthquake of 2019, and the deadliest to strike the country in 99 years.
- November 29
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1918)
December
- December 1
COVID-19 pandemic
The outbreak of coronavirus infection begins in Wuhan.
- December 1
Vivianne Miedema
Vivianne Miedema scored six goals and had four assists for Arsenal W.F.C. in their 11–1 victory over Bristol City W.F.C., which broke the record for the most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match.
- December 1
Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women
Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women breaks the record for most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match, with Vivianne Miedema involved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals.
- December 1
Paula Tilbrook
Paula Tilbrook, English actress (born 1930)
- December 3
Ragnar Ulstein
Ragnar Ulstein, Norwegian journalist and war historian (born 1920)
- December 5
Robert Walker (actor, born 1940)
Robert Walker, American actor (born 1940)
- December 7
Ron Saunders
Ron Saunders, English football player and manager (born 1932)
- December 8
COVID-19
First confirmed case of COVID-19 in China.
- December 8
Juice Wrld
Juice Wrld, American rapper, singer and songwriter (born 1998)
- December 8
René Auberjonois
René Auberjonois, American actor (born 1940)
- December 8
Caroll Spinney
Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer and actor (born 1933)
- December 9
Whakaari / White Island
A volcano on Whakaari / White Island, New Zealand, kills 22 people after it erupts.
- December 10
Ostrava hospital shooting
The Ostrava hospital attack in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator.
- December 10
Philip McKeon
Philip McKeon, American actor (born 1964)
- December 10
Emily Mason (painter)
Emily Mason, American painter (born 1932)
- December 10
Gershon Kingsley
Gershon Kingsley, American composer and musician (born 1922)
- December 11
2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum
The results of the 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum are announced. The results are overwhelmingly one-sided. Over 98% of voters vote for Bougainville's independence.
- December 12
Danny Aiello
Danny Aiello, American actor (born 1933)
- December 13
Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson (pictured) steps down as Leader of the Liberal Democrats after losing her seat in the 2019 general election making her tenure the shortest in the party's history.
- December 14
Chuy Bravo
Chuy Bravo, Mexican-American comedian and actor (born 1956)
- December 15
Citizenship Amendment Act protests
Citizenship Amendment Act protests: 10 to 15 local women blockaded a major road in Delhi, India, to protest the exclusion of Muslims from the amended Citizenship Act.
- December 18
First impeachment of Donald Trump
The United States House of Representatives impeaches Donald Trump for the first time.
- December 20
United States Space Force
The United States Space Force becomes the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces since 1947.
- December 21
Andrew Clennel Palmer
Andrew Clennel Palmer, British engineer (born 1938)
- December 22
Ram Dass
Ram Dass, American spiritual teacher and author (born 1931)
- December 25
Typhoon Phanfone
Twenty people are killed and thousands are left homeless by Typhoon Phanfone in the Philippines.
- December 25
Ari Behn
Ari Behn, Norwegian writer (born 1972)
- December 27
Bek Air Flight 2100
Bek Air Flight 2100 crashes during takeoff from Almaty International Airport in Almaty, Kazakhstan, killing 13.
- December 27
Remilia
Maria Creveling, American League of Legends player (born 1995)
- December 28
December 2019 Mogadishu bombing
A truck bomb is detonated in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing at least 85 people and injuring over 140 more. The militant group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
- December 29
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist (born 1934)
- December 29
Neil Innes
Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (born 1944)
- December 31
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in Wuhan. This later turned out to be COVID-19, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Questions about 2019
What happened in 2019?
This site records 377 entries for 2019, including NASA on January 1. They are listed below by date.
How long ago was 2019?
7 years ago, counting from 2026. Anyone born in 2019 turns 7 this year.
Which century is 2019 in?
2019 falls in the 21st century, in the 2010s.
Which generation was born in 2019?
Generation Alpha (2013–2024). Born entirely in the 21st century.
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