2019 Snapshot
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The Vibe
Pop Culture
TikTok Explosion
Slang
"Stan"
Price Check
Gas: $2.60
Notable Deaths
Toni Morrison, Karl Lagerfeld, Kobe Bryant (Jan 20)
Music & Style
Bedroom Pop
World Affairs
Trump Impeached
Sudanese Rev
Year's Summary
- Global Events: The first-ever image of a Black Hole is captured. Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris catches fire. Greta Thunberg leads global climate strikes. COVID-19 is first identified in December.
- Culture & Mood: Avengers: Endgame concludes a decade of storytelling. The 'Streaming Wars' heat up with the launch of Disney+.
- Fashion & Slang: VSCO girls and e-boys/e-girls. 'Sksksk' and 'OK Boomer.'
- Fun Fact: 2019 was the year a simple photo of an Egg broke the world record for the most-liked post on Instagram!
- 15 Mar 2019: Christchurch Mosque Shootings Shock New Zealand – A far-right white supremacist targeted two mosques in Christchurch during Friday prayers, killing fifty-one people and injuring dozens in the deadliest mass shooting in New Zealand's modern history, leading to swift nationwide gun reform legislation.
- 15 Apr 2019: Devastating Fire Strikes Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris – A catastrophic fire erupted in the attic space of the historic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, destroying its iconic spire and timber roof while historic relics and structural stone vaults were narrowly saved by emergency responders.
- 21 Apr 2019: Easter Sunday Bombings Target Churches and Hotels in Sri Lanka – A series of coordinated suicide bombings carried out by Islamist extremists struck three churches and three luxury hotels across Sri Lanka, resulting in 269 fatalities and sparking severe national political and security reforms.
- 20 May 2019: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Inaugurated as President of Ukraine – Former comedian and political outsider Volodymyr Zelenskyy was officially sworn in as President of Ukraine after winning a landslide victory in the national election on an anti-corruption and governance reform platform.
- 24 May 2019: Theresa May Announces Resignation as British Prime Minister – British Prime Minister Theresa May formally announced her resignation following repeated failures to pass her negotiated Brexit withdrawal agreement through the House of Commons, setting up a Conservative leadership contest won by Boris Johnson.
- 1 Oct 2019: Mass Protests Escalate Across Hong Kong Over Extradition Bill – Demonstrations against a proposed extradition amendment bill expanded into months of widespread pro-democracy civil unrest across Hong Kong, drawing international media coverage and diplomatic scrutiny regarding civil liberties.
- 31 Dec 2019: First Cases of Unknown Pneumonia Reported in Wuhan, China – Health officials in Wuhan, Hubei province, reported a cluster of novel viral pneumonia cases to the World Health Organization, marking the initial official identification of what would become the global COVID-19 pandemic.