2019

Year before COVID

2019 is the next year after 2018 and the last year before 2020. 2019 is a common year that starts on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar.

politics

impeachment

Charging officials with misconduct

  • TrumpAmerican political surname
  • UkraineEastern European sovereign state
  • BrexitUK leaving European Union

Hong Kong protests · climate strike · Greta Thunberg · Green New Deal · trade war · tariffs · Boris Johnson · whistleblower · election interference

calendar

January

Year's opening month

May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December · first quarter · second quarter

culture

streaming wars

Rivalry among video services

e-sports · Billie Eilish · Old Town Road · Lizzo · Avengers Endgame · Joker · Baby Yoda · VSCO girl · canceled

pandemic

COVID-19

WHO-named 2019 coronavirus

quarantine · lockdown · social distancing · face masks · flatten the curve · remote work · Zoom · isolation · travel ban · contact tracing

events

Notre-Dame fire

2019 Parisian cathedral conflagration

Kashmir · Women's World Cup · Liverpool · Cricket World Cup

technology

5G

Current mobile network standard

smart speakers · autonomous vehicles · data privacy · screen time · subscription fatigue

Opposites
temporal distance/historical remoteness

2019ancient times

Long-ago historical era

prehistory · antiquity

pre-pandemic vs. pandemic/post-pandemic era

20192020

Recent leap year

2021 · 2022 · lockdown · post-pandemic

leap year status

20192020

Recent leap year

2016 · 2024 · leap year · 2000 · 2012

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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