Page 11: Historical Events In 2019

Sep 09   John Legend and wife Chrissy Teigen fire back at Donald Trump on social media after he calls them "boring" and "filthymouthed" in tweets over Criminal Justice Reform.   

Sep 09   Poet John Milton 's own copy of Shakespeare's inaugural Folio of 1623 has survived with his annotations according to scholar Jason Scott-Warren in Philadelphia library, could be world's most important modern literary discovery   

Sep 10   Alibaba chairman Jack Ma steps down, succeeded by Daniel Zhang   

Sep 10   In this year, Novelist Margaret Atwood publishes "The Testaments", her follow-up to "The Handmaid's Tale".   

Sep 10   The Parliament of the United Kingdom is prorogued amid unprecedented protests from opposition MPs, who hold up signs in the House of Commons and refuse to back the shutdown   

Sep 11   Astronomers announce the detection of water in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b, the inaugural such discovery for an exoplanet in the habitable zone around a star   

Sep 14   2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack: Two Saudi Aramco oil refineries in Abqaiq and Khurais, Saudi Arabia, are attacked by drones, resulting in fires. Houthi militants claim responsibility, saying that they used ten drones for the attack. Aramco's oil exports and production are disrupted by five million barrels a day, close to half of the entire Saudi Arabian oil exports   

Sep 15   In this year, "Jojo Rabbit" directed by "Taika Waititi and starring Scarlett Johansson claims the top award at the Toronto Film Festival.   

Sep 16   50000 workers at General Motors go on strike in the US over pay and factory closings.   

Sep 16   A gas explosion in Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia sets off a fire in a bioweapons plant that houses viruses including smallpox, ebola and anthrax   

Sep 17   Israel holds legislative elections for the second time in 2019, after the 21st Knesset voted to dissolve itself due to Benjamin Netanyahu's failure to cobble a parliamentary coalition   

Sep 17   Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg tells US Congress "I know you are trying but just not hard enough. Sorry.”.   

Sep 18   Photo of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau wearing brownface in 2001 emerges during Canadian election campiagn.   

Sep 18   Second Israel General Election in five months results in another deadlock between Benny Gantz's Blue and White Party and Likud Party under Benjamin Netanyahu.   

Sep 19   30 Afghan nut farmers are killed and 40 injured in a U.S. drone attack in Nangarhar Province   

Sep 20   An international strike and protest led by young people and adults is held three days before the latest UN Climate Summit, to demand action be taken to address the climate crisis. The event is one of the largest climate mobilizations in history   

Sep 20   November 2 - The 2019 Rugby Union World Cup is held in Japan; the South Africa Springboks defeat the England national rugby union team 32–12   

Sep 21   U.S. President Donald Trump approves deployment of several hundred troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates following the September 14 attack on Saudi oil refineries. Both Saudi Arabia and Iran vow to defend themselves   

Sep 22   "Howdy, Modi!" US President Donald Trump holds a mass rally for Indian PM Narendra Modi in Houston, Texas   

Sep 22   71st Emmy Awards: "Fleabag", " Game of Thrones ", "Chernobyl", Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jharrel Jerome win.   

Sep 22   Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Dorian makes landfall on The Bahamas, the official death toll stands at 52 and 1300 are reported missing. Rescuers report the widespread stench of rotting bodies in the rubble.   

Sep 23   In this year, Russia formally formally adopts the Paris climate agreement.   

Sep 23   One of the largest and oldest travel firms, Thomas Cook, goes bankrupt as last-minute rescue negotiations fail, stranding 600000 tourists worldwide   

Sep 24   Nancy Pelosi announces formal impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump , arguing that he tried to enlist a foreign power for his own political gain.   

Sep 24   Spain's Supreme Court rules body of dictator Francisco Franco can be removed from state mausoleum, the Valley of the Fallen, to municipal cemetery   

Sep 24   The Supreme Court of Spain unanimously rules in favour of the exhumation of the remains of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco from the Valle de los Caídos. He was finally exhumed on 24 October, being re-inhumed in a private crypt with his wife.   

Sep 24   The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously rules that the September 2019 prorogation of Parliament was unlawful and void.   

Sep 24   U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announces the start of a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump   

Sep 25   Chinese President Xi Jinping opens Beijing's new Daxing International Airport designed by Zaha Hadid.   

Sep 27   500000 people march in a climate change protest led by activist Greta Thunberg and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Montreal, Canada. 4000000 go on strike around the world.   

Sep 28   Elon Musk unveils SpaceX spacecraft Starship, designed to travel to Mars and the solar system and land back on earth.   

Sep 28   Hurricane Lorenzo is recorded as becoming the furthest northeast Category 5 hurricane on record.   

Sep 28   The 2019 Afghan presidential election takes place   

Sep 30   The Republic of Ireland promises to plant 440 million trees in twenty years to combat climate change   

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Jan 01   Ivan dimitrov: Bulgarian footballer   

Jan 01   Ivo gregurević: Croatian actor   

Jan 02   Paulien van deutekom: Dutch world champion speed skater   

Jan 02   Daryl dragon: American musician   

Jan 02   Bob einstein: American actor and comedian   

Jan 02   Gene okerlund: American wrestling announcer   

Jan 03   Herb kelleher: American businessman   

Jan 05   Bernice sandler: American women's rights activist