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2019 (MMXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2019th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 19th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2010s decade.
Predicted and scheduled events
January
- January 1 – Assuming that the copyright laws are not changed further, all works published in 1923 enter the public domain in the U.S., the first works to do so since the passage of the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.
December
- December 26 – An annular solar eclipse will be visible from South Asia.[1]
Date unknown
- Estimated completion date for the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia which is expected to become the tallest building in the world and the first to reach 1 kilometer in height.
- 2019 Cricket World Cup to be hosted by England and Wales.
- 2019 Rugby World Cup to be hosted by Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
- ITER, an international scientific experiment (the 2nd largest in world history) in developing nuclear fusion as an energy source will begin its first plasma experiments.[2]
- The European Spallation Source is expected to go in to operation in Lund, Sweden [3]
- The Bangladesh Navy plans to commission its submarine force in 2019.[4]
- Completion of the Xayaburi Dam in Laos.[5]
- British troops will leave Germany, having been stationed there since World War II.[6]
- A complete ban on lead ammunition for hunting will come into force across California.[7]
- The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) is expected to complete the process of eliminating tariffs on sensitive products, thus establishing a single market throughout most of South America.
See also
According to the comedy TV series, The Last Man on Earth, a mysterious plague wipes out almost all of humanity.
References
- ^ NASA: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2019 December 26, September 15, 2009, retrieved August 7, 2010
- ^ "Deal finalised on fusion reactor". BBC News. July 29, 2010.
- ^ "Home Page". European Spallation Source. April 11, 2015.
- ^ Shakhawat Liton (June 24, 2009). "Navy eyes sub, new frigates". Thedailystar.net. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ^ "Laos approves Xayaburi 'mega' dam on Mekong". BBC News. November 6, 2012.
- ^ "British troops to leave Germany by 2019". Spacedaily.com. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ^ "Historic Vote Moves California Closer to Banning Lead Hunting Ammunition". Biologicaldiversity.org. September 9, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2014.