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2019 Blagoveshchensk college shooting
2019 Blagoveshchensk college shooting: 14 November 2019 attack at the Amur College of Construction and Housing and Communal Services, Russia, in which fourth-year student Daniil Zasorin killed classmate Alexei Golubnichy with a registered IZh-81 shotgun, wounded three, and killed himself.
2019 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash
A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress operated by the Collings Foundation crashed on October 2, 2019, at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, killing 7 of 13 people aboard.
2019 Bolivian political crisis
The 2019 Bolivian political crisis began with the disputed October 2019 election, led to President Evo Morales's resignation and exile, and ended with new elections in October 2020.
2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum
The 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum: non-binding vote, 23 November to 7 December 2019, in which 97.71% of 181,067 counted ballots chose independence from Papua New Guinea over greater autonomy; result tabled in PNG Parliament August 2026.
2019 Brazilian Grand Prix
2019 Brazilian Grand Prix (Grande Prêmio do Brasil), round 20 of the 2019 F1 season at Interlagos, São Paulo. Max Verstappen won; Gasly and Sainz took first podiums after Hamilton's penalty and a Ferrari collision.
2019 California PSPS shutoffs
The 2019 California PSPS shutoffs were deliberate Public Safety Power Shutoffs by California utilities, chiefly PG&E, to keep power lines from igniting wildfires during extreme fire weather.
2019 Cameron Highlands by-election
The 2019 Cameron Highlands by-election (P.078, 26 January 2019) followed the Election Court's nullification of MIC's C. Sivarraajh's GE14 win for vote-buying of Orang Asli voters; BN's Ramli Mohd Nor won, becoming the first Orang Asli MP.
2019 Canadian federal election
43rd Canadian federal election, held October 21, 2019: Trudeau's Liberals won a minority government with 157 of 338 seats and 33.1% of the vote, the lowest for any governing party, amid climate-focused campaigns.
2019 Cannes Film Festival
72nd Festival de Cannes, held May 2019 in Cannes, France, with jury president Alejandro González Iñárritu. Parasite (기생충) by Bong Joon Ho won the Palme d'or, the first Korean winner, later taking 4 Oscars; Les Misérables won the Grand Prix.
2019 Chicago mayoral election
The 2019 Chicago mayoral election: a nonpartisan February 26 race with 14 candidates replacing Rahm Emanuel, followed by an April 2 runoff in which Lori Lightfoot defeated Toni Preckwinkle 73.7% to 26.3%, becoming Chicago's first Black woman and first openly gay mayor.
2019 Chilean protests
The 2019 Chilean protests, known in Chile as the Estallido Social, were mass demonstrations over a subway fare increase that became the largest since the Pinochet dictatorship.
2019 College Football Playoff National Championship
2019 College Football Playoff National Championship: No. 2 Clemson beat No. 1 Alabama 44-16 on January 7, 2019 at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara. Trevor Lawrence (347 yards, 3 TD) was offensive MVP; Clemson finished 15-0, its second CFP title in three years.
2019 CONCACAF Champions League
2019 CONCACAF Champions League (Scotiabank SCCL), 11th Champions League edition, all-knockout 16-team tournament. CF Monterrey beat Tigres UANL 2-1 in an all-Mexican final for a fourth title, qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup.
2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 15th edition of Concacaf's biennial men's national team championship, first with 16 teams and matches in Costa Rica and Jamaica; Mexico beat the United States 1-0 in the final for its eighth title.
2019 Conservative Party leadership election
2019 Conservative Party leadership election: contest triggered by Theresa May's resignation; 13 candidates under new 17/33-vote MP cut-offs; Boris Johnson beat Jeremy Hunt and became UK Prime Minister in July 2019.
2019 Copa América
2019 Copa América, 46th edition, held in Brazil 14 June–7 July 2019; Brazil beat Peru 3-1 at the Maracanã for a ninth title; guests Japan and Qatar; first full VAR use in South America.
2019 Copa Libertadores
2019 Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's South American club championship (22 January–23 November 2019): Flamengo beat defending champions River Plate 2-1 in Lima in the competition's first single-match final, winning their second title 38 years after 1981.
2019 Cricket World Cup
The 2019 Cricket World Cup was a One-Day International tournament held in England and Wales from 30 May to 14 July 2019, won by England for their first title.
2019 Cricket World Cup group stage
2019 Cricket World Cup group stage: single round-robin of 10 teams in England and Wales, 30 May to 14 July 2019, 45 matches, two points per win, top four to semis; India led, Pakistan missed out on net run rate.
2019 Cricket World Cup squads
2019 Cricket World Cup squads: the fifteen-player squads of the ten teams at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 in England and Wales, with captains, selection changes, and in-tournament replacements.
2019 Cricket World Cup statistics
2019 Cricket World Cup statistics: ICC Men's CWC 2019, England and Wales, 30 May–14 July. England won on boundary count; Rohit Sharma 648 runs and five centuries; Mitchell Starc record 27 wickets; 1.6 billion audience.
2019 Cuban constitutional referendum
The 2019 Cuban constitutional referendum was a national vote on February 24, 2019, in which Cuban voters approved a new constitution replacing the 1976 charter, effective April 2019.
2019 Dakar Rally
2019 Dakar Rally, 41st edition, held January 6–17, 2019 entirely in Peru, start and finish in Lima, first single-country Dakar. Winners: Al-Attiyah (cars), Price (bikes), Cavigliasso (quads), López (SxS), Nikolaev (trucks).
2019 Danish general election
2019 Danish general election (Folketingsvalget 2019), held 5 June 2019: red bloc won 96 of 179 Folketing seats, Social Democrats took 25.9% and 48 seats, Danish People's Party collapsed to 8.7%, and Mette Frederiksen formed a one-party minority government on 27 June 2019.
2019 Davis Cup
2019 Davis Cup: first edition of the reformed Davis Cup Finals, 18 teams at La Caja Mágica, Madrid, 18–24 November 2019, backed by Gerard Piqué's Kosmos. Spain beat Canada 2-0 for a sixth title, Nadal and Bautista winning the final rubbers.
2019 Davis Cup Finals
2019 Davis Cup Finals (Davis Cup by Rakuten Madrid Finals): inaugural restructured Davis Cup Finals, 18 teams at La Caja Magica, Madrid, 18-24 November 2019; Spain beat Canada 2-0 for a sixth title, led by Nadal.
2019 Dayton shooting
The 2019 Dayton shooting, also called the Oregon District shooting: Connor Betts killed nine people and injured 27 in Dayton, Ohio's nightlife district on August 4, 2019, firing 41 rounds in 32 seconds with an AR-15-style rifle before police killed him.
2019 Dayton tornado
The 2019 Dayton tornado was a violent EF4 tornado that struck the Dayton, Ohio, metropolitan area late on Memorial Day, May 27, 2019, injuring 166 people.
2019 Ecuadorian protests
The 2019 Ecuadorian protests, led by CONAIE indigenous organizations, ran from 3 to 13 October 2019 against Decree 883, which ended fuel subsidies under President Lenín Moreno.
2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum
The 2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum (April 19–22, 2019) approved amendments to Egypt's 2014 constitution with 88.83% of valid votes, extending President al-Sisi's term to 2024, allowing a third term, expanding military and presidential powers, and adding a Senate.