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2019 El Paso Walmart shooting

August 3, 2019 racist mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart in El Paso, Texas; Patrick Wood Crusius killed 23 and injured 22 targeting Hispanics, later sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms plus state life without parole.

2019 elections in India

India's 2019 general election (17th Lok Sabha): seven phases, 11 April–19 May 2019; 67.40% record turnout; 8,054 candidates, 673 parties; BJP won 303 seats, NDA over 350; Congress 52.

2019 European Curling Championships

2019 European Curling Championships (Le Gruyère AOP ECC 2019), 15–23 November 2019 in Helsingborg, Sweden; 26 nations; Sweden won both titles, Hasselborg's women beating Scotland 5-4 and Edin's men beating Switzerland 9-3.

2019 European Games (II Европейские игры)

2019 European Games (II Европейские игры), or Minsk 2019: second edition of the European Games, held 21–30 June 2019 in Minsk, Belarus; 3,666 athletes from 50 NOCs, 15 sports, 200 medal events, Russia led the medal table.

2019 European heatwaves

The 2019 European heatwaves were two episodes of extreme heat in western and central Europe that set national records in France, Germany, and four other countries, killing well over 2,000.

2019 European Parliament election

The 2019 European Parliament election (23-26 May 2019, 28 member states, 751 seats) broke the EPP-S&D majority, raised turnout to 50.6%, saw the Brexit Party top the UK vote, and ended the Spitzenkandidaten process with Ursula von der Leyen's appointment.

2019 European Parliament election in France

The 2019 European Parliament election in France saw the far-right Rassemblement National lead with 23.2% of the vote, narrowly defeating President Macron's list at 21.9%.

2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

The 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom was held in May 2019 to elect 73 MEP seats, with the Brexit Party winning 29 seats.

2019 European Tour

The 2019 European Tour, also called the Race to Dubai season, ran November 2018 to November 2019 with 48 tournaments in 31 countries. Abu Dhabi joined the Rolex Series; Jon Rahm won the Race to Dubai on the final hole in Dubai.

2019 FA Community Shield

2019 FA Community Shield, played 4 August 2019 at Wembley: Manchester City beat Liverpool 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw (Sterling, Matip), retaining the Shield for the second straight year in the clubs' first Shield meeting.

2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship

2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship: inaugural season of FIA F3, formed by merging GP3 and European F3. Ten teams, 30 cars, eight F1-support rounds; Robert Shwartzman (PREMA) won the drivers' title with 212 points.

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, held in China, first 32-team edition. Spain went undefeated and beat Argentina 95-75 in the Beijing final; France took bronze, Ricky Rubio was MVP, and Team USA finished seventh.

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification: first window-based FIBA qualifiers, 80 teams, six home-and-away windows Nov 2017-Feb 2019, 31 teams joined host China; NBA/EuroLeague players largely unavailable.

2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Paraguay 2019, tenth edition held 21 November to 1 December 2019 in Asuncion-Luque; first landlocked host; Portugal beat Italy 6-4 for a second title.

2019 FIFA Club World Cup (كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم 2019)

The 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, the 16th edition, was held in Qatar 11-21 December 2019 with seven continental champions plus host Al-Sadd. Liverpool won its first title, beating Flamengo 1-0 after extra time on Roberto Firmino's 99th-minute goal in Doha.

2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Brazil 2019): 18th U-17 world championship, moved from Peru to Brazil, 24 teams, 26 Oct-17 Nov 2019; hosts Brazil beat Mexico 2-1 in the final for a fourth title.

2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Poland 2019, 23 May-15 June 2019: 24-team youth World Cup won by Ukraine 3-1 over South Korea in Lodz; Haaland scored 9 goals, Lee Kang-in won Golden Ball.

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup (Coupe du Monde Féminine 2019): eighth edition, held in France, 7 June–7 July 2019; USA beat the Netherlands 2–0 in Lyon for a fourth title, with 1.2 million spectators and over 1 billion TV viewers.

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification decided the 24 teams for France 2019; UEFA qualifying ran three stages for 46 teams, with the Netherlands winning the play-off and New Zealand qualifying last.

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squads

The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squads were the lists of 24 teams, 552 players published by FIFA on 27 May 2019; the United States squad won the tournament.

2019 Finnish parliamentary election

The 2019 Finnish parliamentary election (14 April 2019) elected 200 Eduskunta members. SDP narrowly won (17.7%, 40 seats) over the Finns Party (17.5%, 39); no party topped 20%, and Antti Rinne formed a five-party centre-left coalition.

2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, held in Japan October 1-15, 2019; 12 teams, single round-robin. Brazil won all 11 matches ahead of Poland and the USA; it was the last edition of the World Cup.

2019 Formula 2 Championship

2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship, third edition of F1's feeder series. Nyck de Vries won the drivers' title (266 points), DAMS the teams' title; Anthoine Hubert died in the Spa crash on 31 August 2019.

2019 Formula One World Championship

2019 Formula One World Championship, 70th F1 season over 21 races; Lewis Hamilton won his sixth drivers' title with 413 points and Mercedes a record sixth consecutive double (739 points), amid the Ferrari engine settlement controversy.

2019 French Open

2019 French Open (Roland-Garros 2019), Grand Slam clay tournament in Paris, 26 May–9 June 2019. Rafael Nadal won a 12th men's title over Dominic Thiem; Ashleigh Barty won the women's singles; record 520,000 attendance; Chatrier rebuilt.

2019 G20 Osaka summit

The 2019 G20 Osaka summit, the 14th G20 leaders' meeting held 28-29 June 2019 in Osaka, Japan's first presidency, adopted the Osaka Leaders' Declaration, launched DFFT, the Osaka Track, and the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision on marine plastics.

2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting

Mass shooting on July 28, 2019 at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Christmas Hill Park, Gilroy, California; shooter Santino William Legan, 19, killed three and wounded 13 to 17 before dying by suicide; FBI opened a domestic terrorism probe.

2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election (21 October 2019): BJP won 40 of 90 seats with 36.7% votes, short of the 46 majority mark, and formed a BJP-JJP coalition government with Manohar Lal Khattar as chief minister and Dushyant Chautala as deputy chief minister.

2019 Hong Kong extradition bill

The 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill (Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019) would have allowed extradition from Hong Kong to mainland China, Macau, and Taiwan; it sparked mass protests and was withdrawn October 23, 2019.

2019 in amphibian paleontology

2019 in amphibian paleontology: year's fossil amphibian research, including the earliest North American frogs from the Late Triassic Chinle Formation, the new temnospondyl Trypanognathus remigiusbergensis, the first African micromelerpetid, and amphibian biogeography studies.