Historical Events In 2019

Feb 27   Second summit begins between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, Vietnam in the year 2019.   

Feb 27   The 2019 North Korea–United States summit is held in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is the second summit between United States President Donald Trump and the North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un on this day in history.   

Feb 28   On this day in history youTube announces it will stops all comments on videos featuring children because of paedophiles leaving inappropriate comments   

Mar 02   On this day in history 37-year-old Swiss 20-time Grand Slam tennis champion Roger Federer beats Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 to win his 100th ATP Tour title at the Dubai Championships   

Mar 03   In the year 2019 an unmanned demonstration flight of the new crew capable version of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, intended to carry American astronauts into space, achieves successful autonomous docking with the International Space Station.   

Mar 03   SpaceX 's Dragon capsule successfully docks with the International Space Station during its demonstration run in the year 2019.   

Mar 03   On this day in history the 2019 Estonian parliamentary election takes place, for all 101 seats in the Riigikogu.   

Mar 04   Canadian minister Jane Philpott resigns in protest at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 's and the governement's handling of scandal involving bribes from engineering firm SNC-Lavalin in the year 2019.   

Mar 04   On this day in history cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi killing 1,303 people   

Mar 04   US Democrats announce a wide-ranging corruption investigation into President Donald Trump on this day in history.   

Mar 05   A second case of sustained remission from HIV is reported, ten years after the Berlin Patient on this day in history.   

Mar 05   In the year 2019 kylie Jenner is the world's youngest-ever billionaire at 21, according to Forbes   

Mar 06   2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis: Venezuela expels German ambassador Daniel Kriener for his alleged meddling in internal affairs on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg reveals plans to turn the social media platform into a more "privacy-focused platform" on this day in history.   

Mar 06   LeBron James scores his 32,293rd point in the 2nd quarter of a Lakers' 115-99 loss to Denver in LA to pass Michael Jordan into 4th place on the NBA all-time point scoring list in the year 2019.   

Mar 07   On this day in history queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain shares her first Instagram post, a letter between mathematician Charles Babbage and Prince Albert   

Mar 10   Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 bound for Nairobi, crashes shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa killing all 157 people on board. All Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are subsequently grounded worldwide in the year 2019.   

Mar 11   In the year 2019 israeli President Reuven Rivlin, refutes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's statement “Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people – and only it.”   

Mar 12   In the year 2019 cargo ship Grande America sinks after it caught fire on March 10 in the Bay of Biscay, approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) west of France, causing a 2,200-tonne oil spill.   

Mar 12   Theresa May 's British government suffers a second defeat on a Brexit deal with the EU, 391 votes to 242 on this day in history.   

Mar 13   On this day in history australian Cardinal George Pell is sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing two choirboys in 1996.   

Mar 13   In the year 2019 march 2019 North American blizzard: A winter storm completes its explosive intensification over the Southern Rocky Mountains region, which began the day before, becoming a powerful "bomb cyclone" and triggering severe blizzard conditions across much of the Southwestern and Central United States.   

Mar 15   51 people are killed and 50 others injured in terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand: Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre, both of which were the target of shootings by Australia-born Brenton Harrison Tarrant. It is the deadliest mass shooting and terrorist attack in New Zealand's history and described by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as "one of New Zealand's darkest days". Subsequently, Facebook announced they had disabled 1.5 million videos of the gunman's rampage on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Climate change strikes held by school children take place around the world inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg in the year 2019.   

Mar 15   In the year 2019 cyclone Idai makes landfall on Mozambique, causing at least 1,073 fatalities, as well as causing mass flooding and power outages in southern Africa.   

Mar 19   American Karen Uhlenbeck is the first woman to win the Abel Prize for outstanding contributions to mathematics on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history nursultan Nazarbayev resigns as President of Kazakhstan after 29 years in office and appoints Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as acting president. Astana is renamed Nur-Sultan the following day in his honor.   

Mar 20   Disney acquires the rights to 21st Century Fox leaving out a few assets to be spun-off to the newly formed Fox Corporation in the year 2019.   

Mar 20   On this day in history europe's antitrust regulators fine Google 1.49 billion euros ($1.7 billion) for freezing out rivals in the online advertising business. The ruling brings to nearly $10 billion the fines imposed against Google by the European Union.   

Mar 20   On this day in history the Walt Disney Company acquires Rupert Murdoch 's 21st Century Fox entertainment business for $71 billion   

Mar 21   A major explosion at a chemical plant in Xiangshui, Jiangsu, China, kills at least 78 people and injures more than 600 others. Its powerful impact registered as an artificial earthquake on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Emilia Clarke reveals she suffered two brain aneurysms while filming "Games of Thrones" in an article for "The New Yorker" on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Levi Strauss & Company is traded publicly for the second time in its history on the New York stock exchange in the year 2019.   

Mar 21   In the year 2019 new Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces a ban on military-style semiautomatic weapons, 6 days after the Christchurch terrorist attack   

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Jan 01   In the year 2019 death of ivan Dimitrov, Bulgarian footballer   

Jan 01   Ivo Gregurević, Croatian actor died on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 2019 death of paulien van Deutekom, Dutch world champion speed skater   

Jan 02   On this day in history death of daryl Dragon, American musician   

Jan 02   On this day in history death of bob Einstein, American actor and comedian   

Jan 02   On this day in history death of gene Okerlund, American wrestling announcer   

Jan 03   Herb Kelleher, American businessman died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Bernice Sandler, American women's rights activist died on this day in history.