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2019 was a year that started on a Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the last year of the 2010s decade. Many important things happened around the world during this year.

Big Events of 2019
Famous People Who Passed Away in 2019
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
In Fiction
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Big Events of 2019

January 1 – Many old books, movies, and songs from 1923 became free for everyone to use in the United States. This is called entering the public domain.
- Jair Bolsonaro started his four-year term as the new President of Brazil.
- The New Horizons space probe flew very close to a space rock called Arrokoth. This rock is in the Kuiper belt, a far-off area of our solar system.
- Qatar, a country in the Middle East, left OPEC. OPEC is a group of countries that work together to control oil prices.
January 19 – A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 hit Coquimbo, Chile.
February 1 — President of the United States Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. This treaty was an agreement about nuclear weapons.
February 12 — The Republic of Macedonia changed its name to North Macedonia. This happened so it could join NATO (a military alliance) and the European Union (a group of European countries).
May 2 – People voted in elections for the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly in the United Kingdom.
July 1 – Romania took on the role of leading the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. This means they helped guide the EU's work for a while.
July 24 — Boris Johnson became the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, taking over from Theresa May.
December 26 – A solar eclipse could be seen in parts of South Asia.

Famous People Who Passed Away in 2019

Many well-known people died in 2019. Here are a few:

January

January 1 – Pegi Young, an American singer and educator.
January 2 – Bob Einstein, an American actor and comedian.
January 15 – Carol Channing, a famous American actress.
January 19 – Henry Sy, a very successful Chinese-Filipino businessman.
January 29 – George Fernandes, an important Indian politician.

February

February 3 – Julie Adams, an American actress.
February 7 – Albert Finney, a well-known English actor.
February 19 – Karl Lagerfeld, a famous German fashion designer.
February 28 – André Previn, a German-American pianist, conductor, and composer.

March

March 1 – Zhores Alferov, a Russian physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
March 4 – Keith Flint, an English musician and singer.
March 4 – Luke Perry, an American actor.
March 16 – Dick Dale, an American guitarist known for surf music.
March 22 – Scott Walker, an American-born British singer.
March 29 – Agnès Varda, a Belgian-born French filmmaker.

April

April 6 – David J. Thouless, a British physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
April 14 – Bibi Andersson, a Swedish actress.
April 17 – Alan García, who was the President of Peru twice.
April 24 – Jean-Pierre Marielle, a French actor.
April 30 – Peter Mayhew, the English-American actor who played Chewbacca in Star Wars.

May

May 10 – Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, a Spanish politician.
May 13 – Doris Day, a beloved American actress and singer.
May 14 – Grumpy Cat, a famous internet cat.
May 16 – Bob Hawke, who was the Prime Minister of Australia.
May 16 – I. M. Pei, a famous Chinese-American architect.
May 20 – Niki Lauda, an Austrian racing driver.
May 24 – Murray Gell-Mann, an American physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
May 26 – Prem Tinsulanonda, a Thai politician who was the Prime Minister of Thailand.

June

June 6 – Dr. John, an American musician.
June 15 – Franco Zeffirelli, a famous Italian film director.
June 17 – Mohamed Morsi, who was the President of Egypt.
June 17 – Gloria Vanderbilt, an American socialite and fashion designer.

July

July 6 – João Gilberto, a Brazilian singer-songwriter known for bossa nova music.
July 9 – Ross Perot, an American businessman and politician.
July 9 – Fernando de la Rúa, who was the President of Argentina.
July 19 – Rutger Hauer, a Dutch actor.
July 19 – Ágnes Heller, a Hungarian philosopher.
July 20 – Sheila Dikshit, an Indian politician.
July 25 – Beji Caid Essebsi, who was the President of Tunisia.

August

August 4 – Nuon Chea, a Cambodian politician.
August 5 – Toni Morrison, an American writer who won a Nobel Prize.
August 16 – Peter Fonda, an American actor.
August 16 – Princess Christina of the Netherlands.
August 27 – Dawda Jawara, who was the first President of Gambia.
August 30 – Valerie Harper, an American actress.

September

September 6 – Robert Mugabe, who was the first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe and later its President.
September 11 – B. J. Habibie, who was the President of Indonesia.
September 15 – Ric Ocasek, an American singer and songwriter.
September 19 – Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was the President of Tunisia.
September 26 – Jacques Chirac, who was the Prime Minister of France and later its President.
September 30 – Jessye Norman, a famous American opera singer.

October

October 1 – Karel Gott, a popular Czech singer.
October 4 – Diahann Carroll, an American actress and singer.

In Fiction

Many movies, TV shows, and video games have imagined what the year 2019 would be like!

Computer and Video Games

Games that are set in the year 2019:

Out Run 2019 (released in 1993)
Blade Runner (released in 1997)
The House of the Dead III (released in 2002)
TimeSplitters 2 (released in 2002) – specifically the "Neotokyo" level
Metal Gear Acid 2 (released in 2006)
Crysis (released in 2007)
Crysis Warhead (released in 2008)

Movies

Movies that take place in the year 2019:

Blade Runner (released in 1982) – set in November
The New Barbarians (also known as Warriors of the Wasteland, released in 1982)
2019, After the Fall of New York (released in 1983)
Akira (released in 1988)
The Island (released in 2005) – set from July 19 to July 23
Daybreakers (released in 2010)

Television Series

TV shows that are set in 2019:

Dark Angel (aired 2000–2002): The main story of the series begins in this year.
Futurama ("The Honking" episode, aired 2000)
Dollhouse ("Epitaph One" episode, aired 2009)