UK New Years

Feliç any nou! Feliz año nuevo!

Frohes Neues Jahr!

С Новым Годом!

Celebrating New Years

New Year's Eve

Also Called: Hogmanay (Scotland), Calennig (Wales), Ambang/Malam Tahun Baharu/Baru (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore). Silvester (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland). Réveillon (Algeria, Angola, Brazil, France, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, Romania, Wallonia, and French-speaking locations in North America), Kanun Novogo Goda (Russia). Ōmisoka (Japan)

In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve (also known as Old Year's Day in many countries), the last day of the year, is on December 31. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated at evening social gatherings, where many people dance, eat, drink, and watch or light fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service. The celebrations generally go on past midnight into New Year's Day, 1 January.  Tonga and Kiritimati (Christmas Island), part of Kiribati, are examples of the first places to welcome the New Year while Baker Island in the United States of America is among the last.

Canada New Year's Eve traditions and celebrations in Canada vary regionally, but are typically similar to those in the United States, with a focus on social gatherings and public celebrations (such as concerts and fireworks displays). In 1992, the sketch comedy troupe Royal Canadian Air Farce began airing its annual New Year's Eve special Year of the Farce on CBC Television, which features sketches lampooning the major events and news stories of the year. The 1992 edition was presented as a one-off special, but became a backdoor pilot for a regular Royal Canadian Air Farce television series that premiered the following year, and ran until 2008. Year of the Farce continued to air as special episodes of the television series, while the 2008 edition served as its series finale. One-off Year of the Farce specials have continued to air on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day since, featuring members of the original cast. Since 2017 (with the inaugural edition marking the beginning of the country's sesquicentennial year), CBC has also broadcast a more traditional countdown special, with music performances and coverage of festivities from various Canadian cities. Similarly, the CBC's French-language television network Ici Radio-Canada Télé airs its own New Year's Eve comedy special, Bye Bye. Unlike Year of the Farce, Bye Bye has been presented by various comedians; originally running from 1968 to 1998, it was revived in 2006 by the Québécois troupe Rock et Belles Oreilles. Its 2008 edition, hosted and co-produced by Québécois television personality Véronique Cloutier, was criticized for featuring sketches that viewers perceived as offensive, including sketches making fun of English Canadians and then American president-elect Barack Obama. In 2018, the special was seen by 3.3 million viewers.

Puerto Rico In Puerto Rico, New Year's Eve is celebrated with friends and family. The Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan is the main attraction for Puerto Ricans during the celebration. It has Latin music and fireworks at midnight along with the signature song "Auld Lang Syne" in Spanish. 

United States In the United States, New Year's Eve is celebrated with formal parties and concerts, family-oriented activities, and large public events such as firework shows and "drops".  The most prominent celebration in the country is the "ball drop" held at New York City's Times Square, which was inspired by the time balls that were formerly used as a time signal. At 11:59 p.m. ET, an 11,875-pound (5,386 kg), 12-foot-diameter (3.7 m) ball (which is adorned with crystal panels and an LED lighting system) is lowered down a 70 feet (21 m)-high pole on the roof of One Times Square, reaching the roof of the building 60 seconds later at midnight. The event has been held since 1907, and has seen an average attendance of one million spectators yearly. Since 2009, the ball itself has been displayed atop the building year-round. The spectacle has inspired similar events outside of New York City, where a ball or other item is lowered or raised in an identical manner. The items used for these events often represent local culture or history: Atlanta's Peach Drop reflects Georgia's identity as the "Peach State". National media coverage has historically been centred upon New York City and Times Square. Bandleader Guy Lombardo was well-known for his live broadcasts from New York with his band, The Royal Canadians—whose signature performance of "Auld Lang Syne" at midnight helped make the standard synonymous with the holiday. Beginning on radio in 1929, Lombardo moved to CBS television from 1956 to 1976, adding coverage of the ball drop. Following Lombardo's death, Dick Clark's contemporary competitor, New Year's Rockin' Eve (which premiered for 1973 on NBC, and moved to ABC for 1975) became the dominant New Year's Eve special on U.S. television (especially among younger viewers), with Clark having anchored New Year's coverage (including New Year's Rockin' Eve and the one-off ABC 2000 Today) for 33 straight years. After suffering a stroke in December 2004, Clark missed the 2005 edition with Regis Philbin filling in for him, and he retired as full-time host in favor of Ryan Seacrest for 2006 due to a lingering speech impediment. Clark continued making limited appearances on the special until his death in 2012.  Other notable celebrations include the Las Vegas Strip's "America's Party", which consists of a ticketed concert event at the Fremont Street Experience, and a public fireworks show at midnight that is launched from multiple casinos on the Strip. Los Angeles, a city long without a major public New Year celebration, held an inaugural gathering in Downtown's newly-completed Grand Park to celebrate the beginning of 2014. The event included food trucks, art installations, and culminating with a projection mapping show on the side of Los Angeles City Hall near midnight. The inaugural event drew over 25,000 spectators and participants. For 2016, Chicago introduced an event known as Chi-Town Rising.[48] Alongside the festivities in Times Square, New York's Central Park hosts a "Midnight Run" event organized by the New York Road Runners, which features a fireworks show and a footrace around the park that begins at midnight.  Major theme parks also hold New Year's celebrations; Disney theme parks, such as Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland in Anaheim, California, are traditionally the busiest around the Christmas and New Year's holidays. 

France In France, New Year's Eve (la Saint-Sylvestre) is usually celebrated with a feast, le Réveillon de la Saint-Sylvestre[71] (Cap d'Any in Northern Catalonia). This feast customarily includes special dishes including foie gras, seafood such as oysters, and champagne. The celebration can be a simple, intimate dinner with friends and family or, une soirée dansante, a much fancier ball.  On New Year's Day (le Jour de l'An) friends and family exchange New Year's resolutions, kisses, and wishes. Some people eat ice cream. The holiday period ends on 6 January with the celebration of Epiphany (Jour des Rois). A traditional type of flat pastry cake, la galette des rois, made of two sheets of puff pastry, filled with frangipane (almond paste) is eaten. The cake contains a fève, a small china doll; whomever finds it becomes king or queen and gets to wear a gold paper crown and choose his or her partner. This tradition can last up to two weeks. 

Germany  In Germany, parties are common on New Year's Eve. Fireworks are very popular, both with individuals and at large municipal displays. 31 December and the three days leading up to it are the only four days of the year on which fireworks may be sold in Germany. Every year Berlin hosts one of the largest New Year's Eve celebrations in all of Europe, attended by over a million people. The focal point is the Brandenburg Gate, where midnight fireworks are centered. Germans toast the New Year with a glass of Sekt (German sparkling wine) or champagne.[citation needed] Molybdomancy (Bleigießen) is another German New Year's Eve tradition, which involves telling fortunes by the shapes made by molten lead dropped into cold water. Other auspicious actions are to touch a chimney sweep or rub some ash on your forehead for good luck and health. Jam-filled doughnuts with or without alcoholic fillings are eaten. Finally a tiny marzipan pig is consumed for more good luck.[citation needed] In some northern regions of Germany (e.g. East Frisia) the making of Speckendicken [de] (also Speckdicken) is another tradition - people go door to door visiting their neighbors and partaking in this dish. It looks similar to a pancake, but the recipe calls for either dark molasses or dark syrup, topped with a few mettwurst slices and bacon strips. Another notable tradition is the British comedy sketch Dinner for One, which has traditionally been broadcast on German television on New Year's Eve since 1972. The version traditionally broadcast on German television was originally recorded in 1963, and was occasionally used as filler programming by NDR due to popular demand; in 1972, Dinner for One received its traditional New Year's Eve scheduling. The sketch, as well as its catchphrase "the same procedure as every year", are well known in German pop culture. Dinner for One is also broadcast on or around New Year's Eve in other European countries, although it is, ironically, relatively unknown in the United Kingdom.

Netherlands  New Year's Eve (Oud en Nieuw or Oudejaarsavond) in the Netherlands is usually celebrated as a cozy evening with family or friends, although many people attend big organized parties. Traditional snack foods are oliebollen (oil dumplings) and appelbeignets (apple slice fritters). On television, the main feature is the oudejaarsconference, a performance by one of the major Dutch cabaretiers (comparable to stand-up comedy, but more serious, generally including a satirical review of the year's politics). Historically, in Reformed Protestant families, Psalm 90 is read, although this tradition is now fading away. At midnight, Glühwein (bishops wine) or champagne is drunk. Many people light their own fireworks. Towns do not organize a central fireworks display, except for Rotterdam where the national fireworks display can be seen near the Erasmus Bridge. 

Poland In Poland New Year's Eve (Sylwester) celebrations include both indoor and outdoor festivities. A large open-air concert is held in the Main Square in Kraków. 150,000 to 200,000 revelers celebrate the New Year with live music and a fireworks display over St. Mary's Basilica.[80] Similar festivities are held in other cities around Poland.  For those who do not wish to spend the New Year in the city, the mountains are a popular destination. Zakopane, located in the Carpathian Mountains, is the most popular Polish mountain resort in winter.  Also, New Year's Eve (Sylwester) celebrations are in Katowice, near the Spodek arena. In Sławatycze, people tour the streets dressed up as bearded men. Major television networks broadcast the events live all across the country on New Year's Eve like Polsat and TVP. 

Russia  The most prominent public celebration of the New Year is held at Moscow's Red Square under the Kremlin Clock—whose chimes at midnight are traditionally followed by the playing of the Russian national anthem, and a fireworks display. The President's New Year's address is traditionally televised shortly before midnight in each time zone, reflecting on the previous year and the state of the country; in 1999, unpopular president Boris Yeltsin used the New Year's address to announce his resignation.  Secular celebrations of the New Year in Russia, also known as Novy God, are derived from Christmas; New Year trees (yolka) are put up in homes and in public, and Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) delivers presents to children for New Year's Day in a similar manner to Santa Claus. In the early 20th century, due to the Communist Party's stance of state atheism and a larger series of anti-religious policies, the celebration of Christmas and other religious holidays was widely discouraged. In particular, Christmas trees were singled out for being a tradition originating from Germany (a World War I enemy) and being a symbol of the bourgeoisie. In 1935, Soviet politician Pavel Postyshev and other high-ranking officials began to promote the concept of New Year trees as a wide, secular tradition—representing happiness and prosperity among youth. Even with the reinstatement of religious holidays after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Novy God has remained a popular celebration in modern Russia.  The Soviet film The Irony of Fate—which is set during New Year celebrations—is a staple in former Soviet countries. It is often broadcast by Russian television channels on New Year's Eve, to the extent that it has been compared to the traditional broadcast of It's a Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve in the United States. On 13 January, some people celebrate "Old New Year", according to the Julian calendar. 

Spain   Spanish New Year's Eve (Nochevieja or Fin de Año) celebrations usually begin with a family dinner, traditionally including shrimp or prawns, and lamb or capon. The actual countdown is primarily followed from the clock on top of the Casa de Correos building in Puerta del Sol Square in Madrid. It is traditional to eat Twelve Grapes, one on each chime of the clock. This tradition has its origins in 1909, when grape growers in Alicante thought of it as a way to cut down on the large production surplus they had had that year. Nowadays, the tradition is followed by almost every Spaniard, and the twelve grapes have become synonymous with the New Year. After the clock has finished striking twelve, people greet each other and toast with sparkling wine such as cava or champagne, or with cider. The song "Un año más," by the Spanish group Mecano, is frequently played.  Earlier in the evening at around 20:00, there is a 10k run called San Silvestre Vallecana, which starts on Paseo de la Castellana, next to Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, and ends at the Vallecas Stadium. Professional runners come to Madrid for this 10k.  After the family dinner and the grapes, many young people attend cotillones de nochevieja parties (named for the Spanish word cotillón, which refers to party supplies like confetti, party blowers, and party hats) at pubs, clubs, and similar places. Parties usually last until the next morning and range from small, personal celebrations at local bars to huge parties with guests numbering the thousands at hotel convention rooms. Early the next morning, party attendees usually gather to have the traditional winter breakfast of hot chocolate and fried pastry (chocolate con churros). 

Ukraine  In the countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union, New Year's has the same cultural significance as Christmas has in the United States, but without the religious connotations. Ukrainian families traditionally install spruce trees at home, the equivalent of a Christmas tree. Families gather to eat a large feast and reflect on the past year. They have a large celebration, make toasts, and make wishes for a happy New Year. Families give presents to their friends as well as informal acquaintances. As Ukrainians are traditionally a closely knit community, it is seen as a taboo to not give presents to those the family associates with. Children stay up until midnight, waiting for the New Year. During these celebrations many Ukrainians tune to special New Year shows, which have become a long-standing tradition for the Ukrainian TV. And just before midnight the President of Ukraine gives his New Year's message to the nation, and when the clock strikes 12, the National Anthem Shche ne vmerla Ukraina is played in all TV and radio stations as well as in Independence Square in Kiev and other cities where holiday celebrations are held.  The first New year dish in Ukraine which associates with the New year for every Ukrainian person is the Olivier salad. It has become the main «character» of many jokes and anecdotes. There are several versions about where the name Olivier comes from, but most people say that it appeared thanks to the French chef Olivier, who lived in the USSR in the 1960s and was the owner of a French restaurant in Moscow. He was the first one to cook this dish. Nowadays this salad is also called Russian, potato and meat salad. New Year is often considered a "pre-celebration" for Greek Catholics and Eastern Orthodox living in Eastern Europe, primarily in Ukraine, since Christmas is celebrated on 7 January.

United Kingdom

England  Thousands of people gather in central London for New Year celebrations, including fireworks at the London Eye at midnight The most prominent New Year's Eve (Old Year's Night) celebration in England is that of Central London, where the arrival of midnight is greeted with the chimes of Big Ben. In recent years, a major fireworks display has also been held, with fireworks launched from the nearby London Eye Ferris wheel. On New Year's Eve 2010, an estimated 250,000 people gathered to view an eight-minute fireworks display around and above the London Eye which was, for the first time, set to a musical soundtrack. Other major New Year events are held in the cities of Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, and Newcastle. 

Scotland  In Scotland, New Year's (Hogmanay) is celebrated with several different customs, such as First-Footing, which involves friends or family members going to each other's houses with a gift of whisky and sometimes a lump of coal.  Edinburgh, the Scottish capital, hosts one of the world's most famous New Year celebrations. The celebration is focused on a major street party along Princes Street. The cannon is fired at Edinburgh Castle at the stroke of midnight, followed by a large fireworks display. Edinburgh hosts a festival of four or five days, beginning on 28 December, and lasting until New Year's Day or 2 January, which is also a bank holiday in Scotland.  Other cities across Scotland, such as Aberdeen, Glasgow and Stirling have large organised celebrations too, including fireworks at midnight.  BBC Scotland broadcast the celebrations in Edinburgh to a Scottish audience, with the celebrations also screened across the world. STV covers both worldwide New Year celebrations, and details of events happening around Scotland. 

Wales   The Welsh tradition of giving gifts and money on New Year's Day (Welsh: Calennig) is an ancient custom that survives in modern-day Wales, though nowadays it is now customary to give bread and cheese. Thousands of people descend every year on Cardiff to enjoy live music, catering, ice-skating, funfairs and fireworks. Many of the celebrations take place at Cardiff Castle and Cardiff City Hall.  Every New Year's Eve, the Nos Galan road race (Rasys Nos Galan), a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) running race, is held in Mountain Ash in the Cynon Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. The race celebrates the life and achievements of Welsh runner Guto Nyth Brân.  Founded in 1958 by local runner Bernard Baldwin, it is run over the 5 kilometre route of Guto's first competitive race. The main race starts with a church service at Llanwynno, and then a wreath is laid on Guto's grave in Llanwynno graveyard. After lighting a torch, it is carried to the nearby town of Mountain Ash, where the main race takes place.  The race consists of a double circuit of the town centre, starting in Henry Street and ending in Oxford Street, by the commemorative statue of Guto. Traditionally, the race was timed to end at midnight, but in recent times it was rescheduled for the convenience of family entertainment, now concluding at around 9pm.  This has resulted in a growth in size and scale, and the proceedings now start with an afternoon of street entertainment, and fun run races for children, concluding with the church service, elite runners' race and presentations.

Israel   New Year's Eve (Sylvester) in Israel, is celebrated by parties, social get togethers, concerts, and dining out in major cities such as Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Immigrants from the former USSR celebrate Novy God, the Russian version of the holiday. 

Australia   Each major city in Australia holds New Year's Eve celebrations, usually accompanied by a fireworks display and other events. Gloucester Park, a racecourse in central Perth, is the largest and most recognised display in the Western Australian city. In Brisbane events are held at Southbank. At night, 50,000 people gather at sites around the Brisbane River to watch a fireworks display.  The most prominent celebration in the country is Sydney New Year's Eve, which takes place at Sydney Harbour and consists of two fireworks shows — the evening "Family Fireworks" held at 9:00 p.m., followed by the main New Year fireworks at midnight. Sydney Harbour Bridge is a focal point of the show, via pyrotechnics launched from the bridge, as well as lighting displays that illuminate it during the show—colloquially known as the "bridge effect", and previously taking the form of a symbol, installed on its trusses, that reflected an annual theme. 

New Zealand Many of New Zealand's cities and towns see in the new year with open-air concerts and fireworks displays.  Auckland regularly has a fireworks display at midnight from the top of the Sky Tower. In Wellington, Frank Kitts Park is the venue for a festival including fireworks, music, and open-air film displays. Similar events occur in Hamilton, starting with a family-friendly event at Steele Park, followed by an adult-specific party at SkyCity Hamilton. Gisborne, one of the first cities in the world to see sunrise at new year also celebrates with a new year festival. The small town of Whangamata, on the Coromandel Peninsula, is a major party venue at new year, especially for Aucklanders.  In the South Island, both Christchurch and Dunedin host free live music concerts culminating with a midnight fireworks display. These are held at Hagley Park and The Octagon respectively. The South Island's main resort town, Queenstown is also a major new year party venue, with music and fireworks.

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Evening Plans

2010s Events

14 Major Events of the 2010s

Look back at 14 events, achievements, tragedies and otherwise memorable moments that stood out during the 2010s. The decade began amid the chaotic wake of a global financial crisis, and ended with the impeachment of a U.S. president. The growing use of social media fueled mass protest movements, bringing millions of people together around the globe in pursuit of common objectives. Britain saw a new generation of royals emerge, countries around the world passed laws legalizing same-sex marriage, a U.S. president was impeached by the House of Representatives and a beloved baseball team ended a 108-year-long dry spell by winning a World Series.  From politics to culture to sports and beyond, here are 14 events, achievements, tragedies and otherwise memorable moments that stood out during the 2010s. 

Politics and World Events

1. Occupy Wall Street: Participants in the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrate around Wall Street attempting to disrupt pedestrian flow for financial workers to get to work, in New York, September 19, 2011. Around 1,000 people marched through the streets of New York City’s Financial District in September 2011 under an “Occupy Wall Street” banner. The protesters condemned corporate greed, income inequality and the corrosive influence of money in politics, and called for an overhaul of what they saw as a failing financial system. Like the Arab Spring, a wave of populist uprisings against authoritarian regimes in the Middle East that began that same year, the Occupy Wall Street movement spread via social media. Thousands more people showed up to join the sit-in in Zuccotti Park, near the New York Stock Exchange, and similar protests launched in dozens of cities across the country.

2. Black Lives Matter: In 2013, three black female activists started using the social media hashtag #BlackLivesMatter in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed an unarmed black teen, Trayvon Martin, the previous year. Drawing inspiration from the civil rights and Black Power movements of the 1960s and Occupy Wall Street, among other social justice campaigns, the Black Lives Matter movement gained more attention in 2014 and 2015, when rioting followed the deaths of several black men who were killed by police. The slogan's prominence throughout the decade helped bring racial injustice into the spotlight and cement the growing role of social media in modern-day activist movements.

3. 2016 Presidential Election: In November 2016, one of the most bitterly divided political contests in the nation’s history ended when Republican candidate Donald Trump, a businessman and TV personality with no prior experience in public service, won the election to become the 45th president of the United States. With his populist campaign and slogan, “Make America Great Again,” Trump capitalized on widespread discontent among white working-class voters, targeting the Washington establishment, undocumented immigrants and political correctness among the causes of their woes. Though his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, former first lady, New York senator and secretary of state and the first female presidential nominee of a major U.S. political party, won the popular vote by more than 2.8 million votes, Trump captured the electoral vote, 304-227. In January 2017, the day after Trump’s inauguration, more than 5 million people around the globe—including nearly 500,000 in Washington, D.C. alone—participated in the Women’s March, a massive protest against the incoming administration and one of the largest single-day demonstrations in the nation’s history.

4. Brexit: In mid-2016, amid a mass refugee crisis in Europe and furious debate over migration, Britons voted roughly 52 to 48 percent in favor of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, a.k.a. Brexit. The deadline for withdrawal was extended several times, as Parliament’s steadfast opposition to a proposed deal led to Prime Minister Theresa May’s resignation in mid-2019. Though May’s successor, Boris Johnson, initially planned to force an exit, with or without a deal, opposition to this plan forced him to seek yet another extension, pushing the contentious issue into the next decade.

5. Impeachment: In the fall of 2019, a complaint by a whistleblower within the White House sparked an impeachment inquiry by the Democrat-dominated House of Representatives. The focus of the investigation was whether Trump threatened to withhold military aid to Ukraine until the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, agreed to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden (a Democratic presidential candidate for 2020) and his son Hunter, who had worked for a Ukrainian energy company. Trump became only the fourth U.S. president in history—after Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton—to formally face impeachment. After a series of public hearings led by the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, two articles of impeachment were brought against Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. On December 18, the House voted to pass both articles and Trump became the third U.S. president to be impeached.

Disasters & Violence

6. Haiti Earthquake: The deadliest natural disaster of the decade happened in the first month of 2010, when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the West Indian island of Hispaniola on the afternoon of January 12. Followed by dozens of powerful aftershocks, the quake hit hardest in Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere, killing an estimated 200,000 to 250,000 people and affecting some 3 million. The disaster drew a worldwide humanitarian response, but the impact of the earthquake was felt throughout the decade, as Haiti and its people continued along the difficult path to recovery.

7. Hurricanes: Several massive hurricanes and tropical storms hit the United States in the 2010s, starting in 2012 with Sandy, which unleashed record-setting gales and storm surges in the Northeast. The storm killed more than 230 people and caused some $70 billion in damages. In 2017, three major hurricanes (Harvey, Irma and Maria) struck Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, respectively, over five devastating weeks. A year later, Michael became the first Category 5 hurricane to hit the contiguous United States since 1992, causing more than 50 deaths and $25 billion in damages on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Some scientists have linked the increasing intensity—if not frequency—of hurricanes to climate change-related developments like rising sea levels and warmer oceans, raising the possibility that the next decade may hold more such mega-storms. 

8. Terrorist Attacks: During the second decade following 9/11, the scourge of terrorism continued around the world. There were major attacks at the Boston Marathon; a music venue, cafes and restaurants in Paris, France; on London Bridge and a crowded Barcelona street; a nightclub in Orlando, Florida; and a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, among other places. U.S. Special Operations forces took down two major leaders of Islamic terrorism, 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden and ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But terrorism within the United States was on the rise, including an increasing number of attacks driven by racist, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-Muslim and/or anti-Semitic views.

9. Mass Shootings : Horrifying episodes of gun violence against schoolchildren marred the decade, including attacks at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and dozens of others. The horrifying spectacle of semi-automatic weapons used in mass school shootings, as well as in similarly brutal attacks in other public venues—from a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, to a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, to a country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada—led to calls for increased gun legislation after each new tragedy.

People & Culture

10. Advances in LGBTQ Rights: The decade saw key advances for LGBTQ people around the world, with the legalization of same-sex marriage in 18 countries, including Argentina, France, Great Britain, Australia, Ireland, Germany and the United States (via the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges). Amid these milestones, there were also setbacks with anti-gay laws passed in Russia and China and an ongoing battle in the United States over laws preventing transgender people from using bathrooms matching their gender identity and the Trump’s administration’s ban on transgender citizens serving in the U.S. military.

11. New Generation of British Royals: With Queen Elizabeth II in her seventh decade on the throne, a new generation of royals made their mark in the 2010s. Prince William, Prince Charles’s eldest son with Princess Diana, married Catherine Middleton in 2011, and by decade’s end they had three children, including Prince George, now third in line to the British throne behind his grandfather and father. In 2018, William’s younger brother, Prince Harry, wed the biracial, divorced American actress Meghan Markle in a ceremony watched by some 29.2 million TV viewers. Their son, Archie, was born the following year.

12. #MeToo Movement: Though activist Tarana Burke first coined the phrase #MeToo back in 2006, what’s known as the #MeToo movement exploded in late 2017, after a New York Times article exposed long-rumored accusations of sexual harassment and assault against influential Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein made by dozens of women, including many famous actresses. In the aftermath of these revelations, millions of people came forward to express solidarity with the accusers and shared their own experiences with sexual assault, harassment and sexism in the workplace and beyond. Widespread media coverage of #MeToo led to the resignation or firing of numerous prominent figures accused of misconduct.

Sports

13. Chicago Cubs Win the World Series: In 2016, the Chicago Cubs ended the longest drought in baseball by defeating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in the 10th inning of Game 7 to win the World Series. Before this historic victory, the last time the Cubs won a World Series was in 1908, 108 years earlier. Cleveland, who had taken a 3-1 lead in games before Chicago came back to win three in a row, took over the title of the longest World Series drought among active baseball teams: The Indians haven’t won a pennant since 1948.

14. Simone Biles Becomes the Most Decorated Gymnast in History: Finally, the 2010s saw the rise of Simone Biles, the jaw-droppingly talented gymnast who won four gold medals, including the individual all-around and team titles, at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, setting a U.S. record for most gold medals in women's gymnastics at a single Games. To close out the decade, Biles won five gold medals at the World Championships held in October 2019, bringing her total to 25 world medals and 19 gold—the most of any gymnast, male or female, in history. Biles will compete in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, but has said she will retire from gymnastics after that competition.

https://www.history.com/news/2010s-decade-major-events

Rescued Help

From Military.com:

“Shelter Dogs Help Veterans Heal Trauma of War” 

At 13 pounds, Sandy may not look like your stereotypical service dog. The Shih Tzu-yorkie mix, found abandoned in an alley, has a face that seems more doll-like than dutiful. But for owner Teri Pleinis -- a 23-year Army veteran diagnosed with PTSD after serving in Iraq -- Sandy has been life-changing. "I've already been able to decrease my meds because Sandy is around to help me -- and I've only had her two months," said Pleinis, who lives in Tampa. "She's like, 'I'm here for you, Mom.' She'll sense when I start getting anxious and she'll just crawl into my lap." Pleinis and Sandy are in training at the nonprofit K9 Partners for Patriots, an 11,000-square-foot facility in Brooksville, 75 miles west of Orlando, that has won four grants from the U.S. Department of Defense since opening in 2014. To date, it has helped nearly 300 veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and military sexual trauma heal from the invisible wounds of war. But unlike other programs that train specific dog breeds and then place them with veterans, K9 Partners for Patriots selects dogs from pet shelters and rescue groups based on temperament -- or uses the veteran's own dog -- and then trains both the veteran handlers and the dogs together. It's a 19-week course that has produced nearly 300 graduates from 31 Florida counties, including those in Lake, Orange, Osceola and Seminole. "We have rescued over 140 dogs so far, many slated for euthanasia," said Mary Peter, a certified master dog trainer who founded the organization. "But we want to use the veteran's dog if it's social enough and well-balanced mentally to come into the program. If it already has a bond with that veteran, we don't need to reinvent the wheel." The dogs are first tested for their ability to sense and react to the stress hormones released when a veteran is anxious or panicky. They also have to be relatively young -- ideally, 9 months to 3 years -- and be calm, confident and friendly with adults, children and other dogs. They can be massive Bernese mountain dogs or tiny Lhasa apsos, stately German shepherds or playful Dachshunds. Or anything in between. "When we test the dogs, we walk the dog around, and we watch," Peter said. "If it jumps in everybody's lap, kisses everybody, loves everybody, that dog's a no. It'll be a great pet for someone, but we need a dog that senses adrenaline, and then pulls toward that veteran who is releasing it. And most of the time when this happens, the dog will then lay or sit in the lap of that veteran, and you can't pull him away. It is beautiful to watch." That's how it was for John Taylor, 39, a medically retired Army warrant officer who has battled the effects of PTSD, traumatic brain injury, vertigo and tinnitus for a decade. Pinned on a rooftop during the siege of Sadr City, Iraq, for eight hours, he saw his best friend die. "I lock myself up. I don't go anywhere really, and if I do it's very short and I don't go by myself," he said one day in December, as he was just starting the program. "I don't do well when there's a lot of people." As he talks, a rescued Rottweiler named Levy, found in the woods, nudges Taylor with his nose, then stares longingly into his eyes, trying to coax his attention. "That dog is working for him right now," Peter said. Taylor gazes back and stroke's the dog's head. "I hope he helps me, you know, get back out there," he said. The program is free to veterans, who can come back indefinitely after they graduate for the camaraderie and advice. They also get free pet supplies, help with dog food and medication if they need it plus peer-support counseling groups. "It's amazing what happens here," said Denny Brown, a licensed clinical social worker with the program. "Obviously, it's not a cure. But we have had dogs literally save a life" that otherwise would have been lost to suicide. The best thing about a service dog, Brown said, is its constant presence. "So if the veteran is having an issue at night -- whether it's nightmares or anxiety -- the dog is right there," he said. Researchers from the University of Central Florida, the University of South Florida and the private Saint Leo University are studying the work at K9 Partners for Patriots to document the impact. And so far, before and after assessments show it's working, said James Whitworth, an associate professor at UCF's School of Social Work who has counseled military members and their families. "Participants in this program consistently report statistically significant improvements in their social/relational functioning and in their mood, along with reductions in the PTSD-related difficulties from pre-test and post-test," Whitworth writes in a recently published study of 43 veterans who were evaluated using a standardized trauma symptom survey. "They are also able to describe in their own words how training and having a service dog is greatly helping them to get better. Most notably, participants are far more willing to start and complete this program for their PTSD compared to standard trauma treatments such as prolonged exposure and cognitive-processing therapy." At a time when 22 veterans and active-duty service members take their own lives each day -- and suicide rates have soared among younger veterans -- advocates say the need for K9 Partners for Patriots and programs like it is critical. "We're troubled by the apparent failure on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce the veteran suicide rate," said Gregg Laskoski, the charity's communications director. "Frankly, the VA may be complicit in contributing to a significant number of veteran suicides because for decades it has opted for pills, pills and more pills -- to the exclusion of alternative therapies," such as service dogs. Pleinis doesn't disagree. Though VA doctors helped her survive, she wanted an alternative to the litany of medications they prescribed. "I'm on a lot of them, but not as many as I used to be, and I hope to be able to stop altogether," she said. Still suffering from anxiety, nightmares and a severe startle response, the mother of two went through five attempted pairings with canine partners before Sandy came along in early October. "I was disappointed at first, but I truly believe God has a plan," Pleinis said. "And then they brought in Sandy and she was like, 'Hi, I'm here!' And she jumped in my lap. Now, Sandy is my medicine. She's helping me be happier."

^ This is such a great idea (training rescue dogs from shelters and even a veteran’s own dog to be used as a service dog.) I really hope this program is expanded across the country to help all soldiers and veterans that need it. ^

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/12/29/shelter-dogs-help-veterans-heal-trauma-war.html

Gentleman's Agreement

With recent events in the US and what is happening around Europe and the rest of the world everyone should watch (or re-watch) “Gentleman’s Agreement.” It may be from 1947 and in black-and-white, but sadly still fits today’s society

2010s Closings

From USA Today:

“Retailers lost in the last decade: Toys R Us, Sports Authority, Blockbuster, Borders and Payless”

America lost a record number of household names in 2019 as store closings capped a tough decade of accelerating decline for the troubled retail industry. No category was safe from the retail apocalypse that shuttered thousands of stores – not books, toys, clothing, shoes or electronics – as shoppers deserted malls for the ease of online shopping. It's not just shoppers' habits that are hurting retailers. Heaps of debt, bruising competition from Amazon and crushing pressures to reduce their physical footprint forced a wave of closures, some after companies filed for bankruptcy. The 2010s were cruel. Retailers shed thousands of stores in 2017, too, another record year of losses in the past decade.  Michael Brown, a partner in the retail practice of consulting firm A.T. Kearney who has studied the future of shopping centers, said the closings represented a changing of the guard. “As we exit this decade, we’re really seeing the tidal wave of shift from physical to digital in many respects whether it’s physical to digital shopping or physical to digital products that are impacting what and how people are buying it,” Brown said. Now they're headed into a new decade saddled with fresh worries, from growing consumer debt to the trade dispute with China. A significant downturn isn't forecast for the industry, but chances are the pain won't let up anytime soon for some of America's struggling chains.  The brick-and-mortar downturn is expected to continue, according to a report released in April from UBS Securities. Investment bank analysts said 75,000 more stores would need to be shuttered by 2026 if e-commerce “penetration rises from 16% currently to 25%.” "Amazon is the biggest threat to the retail industry and as such retailers are spending heavily to keep up with Amazon," John Haber, Spend Management Experts CEO, told USA TODAY, noting "this strategy has proved deadly for those retailers that spent themselves straight into bankruptcy." Brown said there’s been a singling out of big box stores where there used to be two players in each sector. “We had Dick’s (Sporting Goods) and Sports Authority and lost Sports Authority. We had Borders and Barnes & Noble, we lost Borders,” Brown said. “We’ve seen a narrowing of the big box sector based on the strength of growing online but also on the growing strength of Walmart and Target being able to service those categories for the consumer.”

A decade of store closings

Here's a look at some of the biggest stores that shuttered all or nearly all locations in the 2010s, many of which relaunched an online presence.

Blockbuster: 1,700-plus stores- The saga of Blockbuster's demise was drawn out for several years. In 2010, the company filed for bankruptcy and was purchased by Dish Network in 2011, which planned to keep most of the 1,700 remaining stores it bought open. By the end of 2014, all corporate stores closed but a few franchise stores stuck it out. After two of the last three U.S. locations in Alaska closed in 2018 and the last store in Australia closed in March 2019, there's only one remaining location of the iconic franchise left worldwide in Bend, Oregon.

Borders: 399 stores - Kmart owned the bookstore chain in the early 1990s before spinning it off into a separate company. At one time, the book retailer operated more than 1,000 stores but lost business with the rise of e-readers like Amazon's Kindle and the growth of discount retailers. In 2011, the chain filed for bankruptcy protection and announced some stores would close but then ended up closing its remaining 399 stores. Borders also operated Waldenbooks, which it also shuttered.

Charlotte Russe: 510 stores - The San Diego-based mall chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early February 2019 and outlined plans to close 94 stores. After not finding a buyer for the remaining stores, the fast-fashion retailer announced in March it would liquidate its 500 stores. Toronto-based clothing manufacturer YM Inc. purchased the Charlotte Russe brand and intellectual property in late March and less than two weeks after the final stores closed, the new owner promoted a comeback. As of Dec. 27, there are 139 new stores, according to the Charlotte Russe website.

Dressbarn: 649 stores - Ascena Retail Group announced the "wind-down" of its Dressbarn stores in May 2019 and closed the last remaining Dressbarn bricks-and-mortar stores closed Dec. 26. New Jersey-based Ascena's other brands include Ann Taylor, Ann Taylor Loft, Lane Bryant, Catherines and the Justice tween brand and it sold the intellectual property assets of Dressbarn to a subsidiary of Retail Ecommerce Ventures LLC. The brand's new owner plans to launch a new Dressbarn website in early 2020.

Fred's: 568 stores- Discount merchandise retailer and pharmacy chain Fred's filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2019 after a series of closings throughout the year. Before the closures, Fred's had 568 stores in 15 states in the southeastern U.S. The fate of Fred's had been shrouded in uncertainty since the company's plans to profit from a mega-merger between pharmacy giants Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid collapsed in late June 2017 amid federal antitrust concerns.

Gymboree: 749 stores- The children’s clothing retailer was the first victim of 2019 when it announced in January 2019 that it filed for bankruptcy protection and would close both Gymboree and Crazy 8 stores and sell its high-end children’s fashion line Janie and Jack, which had 139 stores. The Children's Place purchased the rights to the Gymboree and Crazy 8 brands for $76 million and is relaunching a new Gymboree.com and a collection in select Children's Place stores in spring 2020. The Gap acquired Janie and Jack for $35 million.

Payless ShoeSource: 2,589 stores- The shoe dropped for the Topeka, Kansas-based discount shoe retailer in February 2019 when it announced plans to close its nearly 2,600 stores in the U.S. and Canada and then filed for bankruptcy protection. While all North American locations closed by the end of June, Payless lives on in the U.S. through Amazon, which is selling some of its well-known shoe brands. There also are 750 brick-and-mortar stores in 35 other countries.

Sports Authority: 460 stores - The sporting goods store chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March 2016 with initial plans to close about 140 stores. After attempting to restructure debt and not finding any buyers in an auction, all 460 stores shuttered in the summer of 2016. Dick's Sporting Goods bought Sports Authority's intellectual property and some leases for $15 million.

Toys R Us: More than 800 stores - Seventeen months after Toys R Us shuttered its last U.S. stores in June 2018, the iconic toy brand’s comeback continued in late November when the new parent company Tru Kids Brands opened its first retail Toys R Us store at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey, followed by a second store in Houston, Texas in December. “These stores are fundamentally different from the Toys R Us stores that you’ll remember from the past,” Tru Kids Brands CEO Richard Barry told USA TODAY in October. “They are smaller, very immersive, experimental as well.” The new company also opened two “toy wonderlands” called Toys R Us Adventure in Chicago and Atlanta this year and rolled out a new e-commerce website and partnership with Target.

^ I remember going to Blockbuster to get VHS tapes and then DVDs all the time. I also went to Borders (and other bookstores like Walden Books.) It’s a shame so many stores are closing. ^

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/12/29/decade-store-closings-biggest-retailers-lost-decade/2750954001/

2019 Deaths: Part 2

Deaths in 2019: Part 2

July:

1st: Jackie Mekler, 87, South African long-distance runner, British Empire and Commonwealth silver medalist (1954).

1st: Sid Ramin, 100, American composer (West Side Story, Too Many Thieves, Stiletto), Oscar (1961) and Grammy winner (1961).

2nd: Leila Leah Bronner, 89, American Jewish historian and Bible scholar.

2nd: Lee Iacocca, 94, American automobile executive (Ford Motor Company, Chrysler) and writer (Where Have All the Leaders Gone?), complications from Parkinson's disease.

3rd: Arte Johnson, 90, American comedian and actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), Emmy Award winner (1969), bladder and prostate cancer.

3rd: Malva Landa, 100, Ukrainian-born Russian geologist and human rights activist.

4th: Bob Gilliland, 93, American pilot, first to fly SR-71 Blackbird.

4th: Eva Mozes Kor, 85, Romanian-born American Holocaust survivor and author, founder of CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center.

5th: Neil Davey, 98, Australian public servant, oversaw currency decimalisation.

5th: Klaus Sahlgren, 90, Finnish diplomat.

5th: Sam Schulman, 90, American sailor, last living American member of the crew of the SS Exodus.

6th: Cameron Boyce, 20, American actor (Jessie, Grown Ups, Descendants), epileptic seizure.

6th: Eddie Jones, 84, American actor (Lois & Clark, A League of Their Own, The Terminal).

6th: Arman Kirakossian, 62, Armenian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1992–1993), ambassador to the United States (1999–2005) and United Kingdom (since 2018).

7th: Jean Buckley, 87, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets, Rockford Peaches).

7th: Ora Namir, 88, Israeli politician and diplomat, member of the Knesset (1973–1996), Minister of Labor (1992–1996), ambassador to China and Mongolia (1996–2000).

9th: Ross Perot, 89, American billionaire businessman, philanthropist and presidential candidate, founder of Electronic Data Systems and the Reform Party, leukemia.

9th: Rip Torn, 88, American actor (Cross Creek, The Larry Sanders Show, Men in Black), Emmy winner (1996).

10th: Denise Nickerson, 62, American actress (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Dark Shadows, Smile), seizure.

11th: Vincent Lambert, 42, French quadriplegic and vegetative state right-to-die figure, court assisted starvation.

13th: Richard Carter, 65, Australian actor (Mad Max: Fury Road, The Great Gatsby, Rafferty's Rules).

14th: Hussain Muhammad Ershad, 89, Bangladeshi military officer and politician, Chief of Army Staff (1978–1986) and President (1983–1990), Leader of the Opposition (since 2019), myelodysplastic syndrome.

15th: Bruce Laingen, 96, American diplomat, Ambassador to Malta (1977–1979), captive during the Iran hostage crisis, complications from Parkinson's disease.

18th: David Hedison, 92, American actor (The Fly, Live and Let Die, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea).

19th: Alois Dubec, 96, Czech WWII airman, the Order of the White Lion recipient.

19th: Rutger Hauer, 75, Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Nighthawks, The Hitcher).

21st: Yelena Grigoryeva, 41, Russian LGBT activist, stabbed and strangled.

21st: Francisco Grau, 72, Spanish military officer and composer, Director of the Musical Unit of the Royal Guard (1988–2008).

22nd: Christopher C. Kraft Jr., 95, American aerospace engineer, Director of Johnson Space Center (1972–1982).

23rd: Chaser, 15, American Border Collie with the largest-tested non-human memory.

24th: Trudy, 63, American gorilla, world's oldest gorilla in captivity.

25th: Georg, Duke of Hohenberg, 90, Austrian aristocrat, Head of the House of Hohenberg (since 1977).

26th: Russi Taylor, 75, American voice actress (Disney's House of Mouse, The Simpsons, DuckTales), colon cancer.

28th: Richard Stone, 90, American politician, U.S. senator (1975–1980), Secretary of State of Florida (1971–1974) and Ambassador to Denmark (1991–1993).

31st: Hamza bin Laden, 29–30, Saudi jihadist (al-Qaeda).[593] (death announced on this date).

August:

1st: Ian Gibbons, 67, English keyboardist (The Kinks), bladder cancer.

1st: Annemarie Huber-Hotz, 70, Swiss politician, Federal Chancellor (2000–2007) and President of the Swiss Red Cross (since 2011), heart attack.

2nd: Alexandra Strelchenko, 82, Russian folk singer, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984).

3rd: Nikolai Kardashev, 87, Russian astrophysicist (SETI), developer of the Kardashev scale.

4th: Nuon Chea, 93, Cambodian politician, Acting Prime Minister (1976) and chief ideologist of Khmer Rouge.

5th: Toni Morrison, 88, American author (The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved), Nobel laureate (1993), Pulitzer Prize winner (1988).

6th: Krystyna Dańko, 102, Polish humanitarian, Righteous Among the Nations (1998).

8th: Theodore L. Eliot Jr., 91, American diplomat, Ambassador to Afghanistan (1973–1978), heart disease.

10th: Jeffrey Epstein, 66, American financier (Bear Stearns), philanthropist (Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation) and convicted sex offender, suicide by hanging.

10th: Jim Forbes, 95, Australian politician, MP (1956–1975), Minister for Health (1966–1971) and Immigration (1971–1972), Military Cross recipient.

10th: Jo Lancaster, 100, British RAF pilot.

12th: Danny Cohen, 81, Israeli-American Hall of Fame computer scientist.

15th: Glenn Tasker, 67, Australian sports administrator, President of the Australian Paralympic Committee (2013–2018).

16th: Princess Christina of the Netherlands, 72, Dutch royal, bone cancer.

16th: Peter Fonda, 79, American actor and screenwriter (Easy Rider, Ulee's Gold, 3:10 to Yuma), lung cancer.

19th: Jan Ruff O'Herne, 96, Australian comfort women rights activist.

21st: Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, 89, Jordanian princess, Queen consort (1955–1957).

22nd: Tim Fischer, 73, Australian politician and diplomat, Deputy Prime Minister (1996–1999), Ambassador to the Holy See (2009–2012), acute myeloid leukemia.

25th: Alfred C. Haynes, 87, American airline pilot, United Airlines Flight 232 crash survivor.

27th: Sir Dawda Jawara, 95, Gambian politician, Prime Minister (1962–1970) and President (1970–1994).

27th: Conchita Ramos, 94, Spanish-French Holocaust survivor and member of the French Resistance.

29th: Jim Leavelle, 99, American homicide detective, police escort for Lee Harvey Oswald, heart attack.

30th: Valerie Harper, 80, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie), Emmy Award winner (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975), leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.

31st: Immanuel Wallerstein, 88, American sociologist, developer of world-systems theory.

September:

1st: Ciaran McKeown, 76, Northern Irish peace activist.

2nd: Sergei Kirpichenko, 68, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to Egypt (since 2011).

3rd: Diet Eman, 99, Dutch Resistance fighter and writer. Eman received thanks from numerous leaders for her efforts, including General Eisenhower in 1946 and President Ronald Reagan in 1982. She was awarded the Righteous Among Nations award in 1998 by Yad Vashem.

3rd: Carol Lynley, 77, American actress (Harlow, Bunny Lake Is Missing, The Poseidon Adventure), heart attack.

3rd: Desmond Morton, 81, Canadian historian.

4th: Sir Hugh Beach, 96, British military officer, Master-General of the Ordnance (1977–1981).

4th: Gerardo Bujanda Sarasola, 100, Spanish Civil War veteran and Basque nationalist politician, Deputy (1977–1982).

6th: Robert Mugabe, 95, Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician, Prime Minister (1980–1987) and President (1987–2017).

8th: Marca Bristo, 66, American disability rights activist, cancer.

9th: Robert Frank, 94, Swiss-American photographer (The Americans) and documentary filmmaker (Cocksucker Blues).

10th: Lauren Bruner, 98, American Pearl Harbor survivor (USS Arizona).

10th: Albert Razin, 79, Russian language activist, self-immolation.

12th: Juanita Abernathy, 88, American civil rights activist (Montgomery Bus Boycott), complications from a stroke.

13th: Paul Cronin, 81, Australian actor (The Sullivans, Matlock Police, State Coroner).

13th: Eddie Money, 70, American singer ("Take Me Home Tonight") and songwriter ("Two Tickets to Paradise", "Baby Hold On"), complications from heart surgery.

13th: Brian Turk, 49, American actor (Carnivàle, Big Fat Liar, American Pie 2), brain cancer.

15th: David Hurst, 93, German-British actor (Star Trek: The Original Series, The Perfect Woman, Hello, Dolly!).

15th: Phyllis Newman, 86, American actress (Subways Are for Sleeping, Mannequin, To Find a Man) and singer.

15th: Azellia White, 106, American aviator and the first African-American woman to earn a pilot's license in Texas.

16th: Henry Buttelmann, 90, American fighter pilot of the United States Air Force in the Korean War and Vietnam War. He achieved seven victories over enemy aircraft in Korea, making him a flying ace. He gained his fifth kill on June 30, 1953, just after his 24th birthday, which made him the youngest ace of the war.

17th: Imata Kabua, 76, Marshallese politician, President (1997–2000).

17th: Cokie Roberts, 75, American journalist (ABC News, NPR), political commentator and author, complications from breast cancer.

19th: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 83, Tunisian military officer and politician, Prime Minister (1987) and President (1987–2011), prostate cancer.

19th: Marco Feingold, 106, Austrian Holocaust survivor.

19th: John Keenan, 99, American police officer, led Son of Sam manhunt, heart failure.

20th: Karl Muenter, 96, German war criminal (Ascq massacre).

21st: Aron Eisenberg, 50, American actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Horror Show, Prayer of the Rollerboys), heart attack.

21st: Sigmund Jähn, 82, German cosmonaut, first East German in space (Soyuz 31, Soyuz 29.)

22nd: Rosemarie Burian, 83, American humanitarian, founder of the Northern Illinois Food Bank.

26th: Jacques Chirac, 86, French politician, President and Co-Prince of Andorra (1995–2007), Prime Minister (1974–1976, 1986–1988) and Mayor of Paris (1977–1995).

26th: Gennadi Manakov, 69, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-16).

26th: Ronald L. Schlicher, 63, American diplomat, Ambassador to Lebanon (1994–1996) and Cyprus (2005–2008).

27th: Rob Garrison, 59, American actor (The Karate Kid, Iron Eagle, Prom Night).

27th: Joseph C. Wilson, 69, American writer (The Politics of Truth) and diplomat, Ambassador to Gabon (1992–1995), organ failure.

28th: Ismail Petra of Kelantan, 69, Malaysian royal, Sultan of Kelantan (1979–2010).

28th: Jan Kobuszewski, 85, Polish actor (Kwiecień, Alternatywy 4).

29th: Yuriy Meshkov, 73, Russian politician, Prime Minister (1994) and President of Crimea (1994–1995).

29th: Nguyễn Hữu Hạnh, 93, Vietnamese military officer (Army of the Republic of Vietnam – South Vietnam).

30th: Kornel Morawiecki, 78, Polish politician and theoretical physicist, Senior Marshal of the Sejm (since 2015) and Chairman of Freedom and Solidarity (since 2016), pancreatic cancer.

October:

1st: Anders Ferm, 81, Swedish diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations (1982–1988).

1st: Karel Gott, 80, Czech singer, acute myeloid leukemia.

1st: Eric Pleskow, 95, Austrian-born American film producer, President of United Artists (1973–1978) and Orion Pictures (1978–1991).

1st: Wen Chuanyuan, 101, Chinese aeronautical engineer, designed China's first UAV and first flight simulator.

2nd: Julie Gibson, 106, American actress (Nice Girl?, The Feminine Touch, Lucky Cowboy) and singer.

3rd: Diogo Freitas do Amaral, 78, Portuguese politician, Acting Prime Minister (1980–1981), Minister of National Defence (1981–1983) and Foreign Affairs (1980–1981 and 2005–2006).

3rd: Hu Yamei, 96, Chinese physician and leukemia researcher, President of Beijing Children's Hospital (1982–1989).

3rd: Philip K. Lundeberg, 96, American naval historian and World War II veteran, last survivor of the USS Frederick C. Davis sinking.

4th: Diahann Carroll, 84, American actress (Julia, Dynasty, Claudine), Tony winner (1962), cancer.

4th: Stephen Moore, 81, British actor (A Bridge Too Far, The Last Place on Earth, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).

6th: Karen Pendleton, 73, American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club), heart attack.

6th: Rip Taylor, 88, American actor (The $1.98 Beauty Show, Chatterbox, Down to Earth) and comedian.

8th: Francis S. Currey, 94, American technical sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient.

9th: Richard Askey, 86, American mathematician, discoverer of Askey–Wilson polynomials, Askey scheme and Askey–Gasper inequality.

9th: Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof, 94, Polish-born French civil engineer and Esperantist.

10th: Juliette Kaplan, 80, British actress (Last of the Summer Wine, Coronation Street), cancer.

11th: Mac Christensen, 85, American clothier, president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (2000–2012).

11th: Robert Forster, 78, American actor (Jackie Brown, The Black Hole, Medium Cool), brain cancer.

11th: Alexei Leonov, 85, Russian cosmonaut (Voskhod 2), first person to walk in space.

12th: María Luisa García, 100, Spanish chef and cookbook author, proponent of Asturian cuisine.

14th: Emmett Chappelle, 93, American scientist (NASA) and World War II veteran (Buffalo Soldier), kidney failure.

16th: Leah Bracknell, 55, British actress (Emmerdale, Casualty 1900s, The Royal Today), lung cancer. (death announced on this date).

16th: Bernard Fisher, 101, American surgeon, pioneer in breast cancer treatment.

16th: John Tate, 94, American mathematician (Tate's thesis, Tate conjecture, Tate cohomology group), Abel Prize winner (2010).

17th: Márta Kurtág, 92, Hungarian pianist.

18th: Sir John Boyd, 83, British diplomat, Ambassador to Japan (1992–1996).

18th: William Milliken, 97, American politician, Governor of Michigan (1969–1983).

18th: Meir Shamgar, 94, Israeli lawyer and politician, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1983–1995).

19th: Salvador Giner, 85, Spanish sociologist, President of the Institute of Catalan Studies (2005–2013).

19th: Warren Rosenthal, 96, American restaurateur (Long John Silver's) and philanthropist.

21st: Lho Shin-yong, 89, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1985–1987) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980–1982).

22nd: Sadako Ogata, 92, Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1990–2000).

23rd: Alfred Znamierowski, 79, Polish vexillologist.

25th: Rafael Ninyoles i Monllor, 76, Spanish Catalan sociolinguist.

26th: Gregory E. Pyle, 70, American politician, Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (1997–2014).

27th: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 48, Iraqi insurgent and cleric, Emir of the Islamic State of Iraq (2010–2013) and Leader of ISIL (since 2013), suicide by explosive vest.

29th: Gerald Baliles, 79, American politician, Governor (1986–1990) and Attorney General of Virginia (1982–1985), member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1976–1982), renal cell carcinoma.

29th: John Moon, 103, United States Marine Corps officer, oldest known survivor of the Battle of Iwo Jima.

30th: William J. Hughes, 87, American politician and diplomat, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1995), Ambassador to Panama (1995–1998).

31st: Ann Crumb, 69, American actress (Anna Karenina) and singer, ovarian cancer.

November:

1st: Rudy Boesch, 91, American Navy SEAL, reality show contestant (Survivor: Borneo, Survivor: All Stars) and host (Combat Missions).

3rd: Yvette Lundy, 103, French Resistance member and Legion of Honour recipient.

3rd: Bob Norris, 90, American model (Marlboro Man).

4th: Anatoliy Nogovitsyn, 67, Russian military officer, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces (2008–2012).

6th: Jan Stráský, 78, Czech politician, Prime Minister (1992).

7th: Nik Powell, 69, British film producer and record executive, co-founder of Virgin Records, Director of the National Film and Television School (2003–2017).

8th: Verner Gustav Doehner, 89, German-born American last living survivor of the 1937 Zeppelin airship Hindenburg disaster.

11th: Tauba Biterman, 102, Polish-born American Holocaust survivor.

11th: Winston Lackin, 64, Surinamese politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2010–2015).

11th: Ralph T. O'Neal, 85, British Virgin Islands politician, Premier (1995–2003, 2007–2011).

12th: Baha Abu al-Ata, 41, Palestinian Islamic militant, air strike.

12th: Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall, 95, British field marshal, Chief of the General Staff (1979–1982) and the Defence Staff (1982–1985).

13th: Niall Tóibín, 89, Irish comedian and actor (Ryan's Daughter, Far and Away, Veronica Guerin).

14th: Jean Fergusson, 74, British actress (Last of the Summer Wine, Coronation Street).

14th: Zwelonke Sigcawu, 51, South African royal, King of the Xhosa people (since 2006).

15th : Harrison Dillard, 96, American sprinter and hurdler, Olympic champion (1948, 1952), stomach cancer.

17th: Nicholas Amer, 96, English actor (Henry VIII and His Six Wives, The Draughtsman's Contract, A Man for All Seasons).

18th: Norodom Buppha Devi, 76, Cambodian royal and prima ballerina, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts (1998–2004).

18th: Sultan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, 62, Emirati royal, Deputy Prime Minister (1997–2009).

19th: D. M. Jayaratne, 88, Sri Lankan politician, Prime Minister (2010–2015) and MP (1989–2015).

19th: Fazlollah Reza, 104, Iranian professor, scientist and scholar, ambassador to UNESCO (1969–1974) and Canada (1974–1978).

20th: Mari-Luci Jaramillo, 91, American diplomat, ambassador to Honduras (1977–1980).

20th: Amos Lapidot, 85, Israeli fighter pilot, Commander of the Israeli Air Force (1982–1987).

20th: Michael J. Pollard, 80, American actor (Bonnie and Clyde, Scrooged, House of 1000 Corpses), cardiac arrest.

21st: Donna Carson, 73, American folk singer (Hedge and Donna).

23rd: Nick Clifford, 98, American construction worker, last surviving Mount Rushmore carver.

23rd: Barbara Hillary, 88, American adventurer, first black woman to reach both poles.

24th: Lyudmila Verbitskaya, 83, Russian linguist, Rector (1994–2008) and President (since 2008) of Saint Petersburg State University.

25th: Goar Vartanian, 93, Soviet-Armenian spy, uncovered Operation Long Jump.

28th: Dorcas Hardy, 73, American administrator, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (1986–1989).

29th: Irving Burgie, 95, American Hall of Fame songwriter ("Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jamaica Farewell", "In Plenty and In Time of Need").

December

1st: Shelley Morrison, 83, American actress (Will & Grace, The Flying Nun, General Hospital), heart failure.

2nd: Robert K. Massie, 90, American Romanov historian, Pulitzer Prize winner (1981).

2nd: Roderick Strohl, 97, American veteran (Band of Brothers).

3rd: Ragnar Ulstein, 99, Norwegian journalist and resistance fighter.

4th: Chen Xingbi, 88, Chinese electronics engineer, inventor of the superjunction power semiconductor device.

5th: Robert Walker, 79, American actor (Ensign Pulver, The Ceremony, Star Trek).

6th: Ron Leibman, 82, American actor (Angels in America, Norma Rae, Kaz), Tony winner (1993), complications from pneumonia.

6th: Maurice Mounsdon, 101, British WWII RAF pilot.

8th: René Auberjonois, 79, American actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, MASH, Benson), Tony winner (1970), lung cancer.

8th: Caroll Spinney, 85, American puppeteer (Sesame Street, Shalom Sesame, Follow That Bird), cartoonist and author.

9th: Ben Turok, 92, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, member of the National Assembly.

10th: Yury Luzhkov, 83, Russian politician, Mayor of Moscow (1992–2010), complications during heart surgery.

10th: Philip McKeon, 55, American actor (Alice) and brother of actress Nancy McKeon.

11th: Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet, 93, British diplomat, ambassador to Iraq (1974–1977), Iran (1979–1980) and NATO (1982–1986).

11th: William S. McFeely, 89, American historian, Pulitzer Prize recipient (1982), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

12th: Danny Aiello, 86, American actor (Do the Right Thing, The Godfather Part II, Moonstruck).

13th: Sheila Mercier, 100, English actress (Emmerdale).

14th: Felix Rohatyn, 91, Austrian-born American banker and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1997–2000).

15th: Chuy Bravo, 63, Mexican-American actor and television personality (Chelsea Lately).

17th: Virgilio Fernández del Real, 100, Spanish doctor and Civil War veteran (XIII International Brigade).

20th: Marko Orlandić, 89, Montenegrin politician, Prime Minister (1974–1978) and President (1983–1984).

21st: James H. Shepherd, 68, American medical researcher and rehabilitation executive, co-founder and chairman of Shepherd Center.

23rd: Mustafa Mujezinović, 64, Bosnian politician, Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009–2011).

23rd: Georgeta Snegur, 82, Romanian-born Moldovan socialite, First Lady (1990–1997).

25th: Ari Behn, 47, Norwegian author, member of the royal family (2002–2017), suicide.

25th: Táňa Fischerová, 72, Czech actress (Hotel for Strangers), civic activist and politician, MP (2002–2006).

25th: Makhmut Gareev, 96, Russian military officer, Deputy Chief of the Soviet General Staff (1984–1992).

26th: Galina Volchek, 86, Russian actress (Don Quixote, Beware of the Car, Autumn Marathon) and film director, People's Artist of the USSR (1989), pneumonia.

27th: Don Imus, 79, American radio personality (Imus in the Morning).

27th: J. Charles Jones, 82, American civil rights activist, co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

28th: Erzsébet Szőnyi, 95, Hungarian composer and music pedagogue, vice-president of the International Society for Music Education (1970–1974).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2019

2019 Deaths: Part 1

Deaths 2019: Part 1

January:

1st: Ludwig W. Adamec, 94, Austrian-born American historian.

1st: Yuri Artsutanov, 89, Russian engineer. Helped pioneer the Space Elevator.

1st: Ke Hua, 103, Chinese diplomat, ambassador to Guinea, Ghana, the Philippines and the United Kingdom.

1st: Raymond Ramazani Baya, 75, Congolese politician, Foreign Minister (2004–2007) and Ambassador to France (1990–1996).

3rd: Theodore E. Gildred, 83, American diplomat, Ambassador to Argentina (1986–1989).

3rd: Herb Kelleher, 87, American businessman, co-founder of Southwest Airlines.

4th: Harold Brown, 91, American government official and nuclear physicist, Secretary of Defense (1977–1981), pancreatic cancer.

6th: Gebhardt von Moltke, 80, German diplomat, Ambassador to the UK (1997–1999).

7th: Moshe Arens, 93, Lithuanian-born Israeli aeronautical engineer and politician, Minister of Defense (1983–1984, 1990–1992, 1999) and Foreign Affairs (1988–1990).

7th: Guy Charmot, 104, French resistance fighter.

9th: Don Reynolds, 81, American child actor (Song of Arizona, The Fighting Redhead, Beyond the Purple Hills).

11th: Marge Callaghan, 97, Canadian baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).

12th: Joe M. Jackson, 95, American Air Force officer, Medal of Honor recipient.

12th: Taw Phaya, 94, Burmese prince, Head of the Royal House of Konbaung (since 1956).

13th: Alfred K. Newman, 94, American Navajo code talker.

13th: Francis W. Nye, 100, American major general in the U.S. Air Force.

14th: Paweł Adamowicz, 53, Polish politician, Mayor of Gdańsk (since 1998), stabbed.

14th: Milton Bluehouse Sr., 82, American politician, President of the Navajo Nation (1998–1999).

15th: Bradley Bolke, 93, American voice actor (The New Casper Cartoon Show, Underdog, The Year Without a Santa Claus).

15th: Carol Channing, 97, American actress (Hello, Dolly!, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Thoroughly Modern Millie), singer and dancer, Tony winner (1964).

16th: Shannon M. Kent, 35, American Navy chief cryptologic technician, bombing.

16th: Hugh Lewin, 79, South African anti-apartheid activist and writer.

17th: Mary Oliver, 83, American poet, Pulitzer Prize winner (1984), lymphoma.

17th: Mary Jane Osborn, 91, American biochemist and molecular biologist.

17th: Helen Smith, 97, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).

19th: Tony Mendez, 78, American intelligence officer (CIA), subject of Argo, complications from Parkinson's disease.

19th: Muriel Pavlow, 97, English actress (Malta Story, Doctor in the House, Reach for the Sky).

19th: Margaret Wigiser, 94, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).

20th: Tibor Baranski, 96, Hungarian-born American Righteous Among the Nations.

20th: Dumisani Kumalo, 71, South African politician and diplomat, UN ambassador (1999–2009).

21st: Charles Kettles, 89, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient.

30th: Stewart Adams, 95, British chemist, developer of ibuprofen.

30th: Dame Felicity Hill, 103, British Royal Air Force officer, Director of WRAF (1966–1969).

30th: Dick Miller, 90, American actor (Gremlins, The Little Shop of Horrors, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm).

31st: Ron Joyce, 88, Canadian businessman, co-founder of Tim Hortons.

February:

1st: Tim Elkington, 98, British Royal Air Force fighter pilot, member of The Few, fall.

2nd: Alaa Mashzoub, 50, Iraqi novelist and writer, expert on the History of the Jews in Iraq, shot.

3rd: Julie Adams, 92, American actress (Creature from the Black Lagoon, Bend of the River, Murder, She Wrote).

3rd: Wallace Chafe, 91, American linguist.

4th: Ward Thomas, 95, British television executive and World War II fighter pilot.

5th: Vano Zodelava, 61, Georgian politician, Mayor of Tbilisi (1998–2004), injuries from a traffic collision.

6th: Yechiel Eckstein, 67, Israeli-American rabbi, founder of International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, heart attack.

10th: Carmen Argenziano, 75, American actor (Stargate SG-1, Booker, Angels & Demons).

10th: Michael Wilson, 81, Canadian politician and diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (2006–2009), cancer.

11th: Alix, Princess of Ligne, 89, Luxembourg royal.

15th: Terry Charman, 68, English military historian and museum curator (Imperial War Museum), cancer.

16th: Richard N. Gardner, 91, American diplomat, Ambassador to Italy (1977–1981) and Spain and Andorra (1993–1997).

18th: Wallace Smith Broecker, 87, American geophysicist, coined the term "global warming".

21st: Stanley Donen, 94, American film director (Singin' in the Rain, On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), heart failure.

21st: Peter Tork, 77, American musician and actor (The Monkees), complications of adenoid cystic carcinoma.

22nd: Morgan Woodward, 93, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Dallas), cancer.

23rd: Douglas, 51, Brazilian-born Swedish scarlet macaw actor (Pippi in the South Seas).

23rd: Katherine Helmond, 89, American actress (Soap, Who's the Boss?, Brazil), Golden Globe winner (1980, 1988), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

24th: T. Jack Lee, 83, American engineer, director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (1989–1994), pancreatic cancer.

24th: Herbert Stuart, 95, British Anglican priest, RAF Chaplain-in-Chief (1980–1983).

27th: France-Albert René, 83, Seychellois politician, President (1977–2004) and Prime Minister (1976–1977), respiratory failure.

March:

2nd: Ogden Reid, 93, American publisher, diplomat, and politician, Ambassador to Israel (1959–1961) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1963–1975).

2nd: Mike Oliver, 74, British disability rights activist.

4th: Luke Perry, 52, American actor (Beverly Hills, 90210, Riverdale, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), complications from a stroke.

7th: Joseph H. Boardman, 70, American railroad executive, president and CEO of Amtrak (2008–2016), complications from a stroke.

8th: Ian Lawrence, 82, Australian-born New Zealand politician, Mayor of Wellington (1983−1986), bowel cancer.

8th: Mesrob II Mutafyan of Constantinople, 62, Turkish religious leader, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople (1998–2016), dementia.

9th: Jed Allan, 84, American actor (Days of Our Lives, Santa Barbara, Lassie).

9th: Vladimir Etush, 96, Russian actor (Kidnapping, Caucasian Style, The Twelve Chairs, 31 June), People's Artist of the USSR (1984), heart failure.

10th: Anton Buteyko, 71, Ukrainian diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1998–1999) and Romania (2000–2003).

13th: Harry Hughes, 92, American politician, Governor of Maryland (1979–1987), member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1955–1959) and Senate (1959–1971).

15th: Sara Payne Hayden, 99, American WWII WASP pilot.

16th: Dick Dale, 81, American guitarist and surf music pioneer ("Let's Go Trippin'", "Misirlou"), heart failure.

16th: Tom Hatten, 92, American actor (The Secret of NIMH, Spies Like Us) and media personality (KTLA).

22nd: June Harding, 81, American actress (The Trouble with Angels, The Richard Boone Show, Matt Lincoln).

23rd: Howard V. Lee, 85, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.

26th: Michel Bacos, 95, French pilot (Air France Flight 139 related to Operation Entebbe in 1976.)

27th: Valery Bykovsky, 84, Russian cosmonaut (Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, Soyuz 31).

29th: Ed Westcott, 97, American photographer (Manhattan Project).

30th: Virginia Uribe, 85, American educator and LGBT advocate.

April:

5th: Nina Lagergren, 98, Swedish activist, co-founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Academy.

5th: Ly Tong, 73, Vietnamese-American anti-communist activist, lung failure.

6th: Romus Burgin, 96, American World War II veteran and author.

9th: Richard E. Cole, 103, American air force officer, last surviving member of the Doolittle Raid.

9th: Charles Van Doren, 93, American academic, writer and television quiz contestant, part of the 1950s quiz show scandals.

12th: Georgia Engel, 70, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Open Season, Everybody Loves Raymond).

12th: John McEnery, 75, British actor (Romeo and Juliet, Nicholas and Alexandra, The Land That Time Forgot).

13th: Neus Català, 103, Spanish Resistance fighter, Holocaust survivor and political activist.

13th: Paul Greengard, 93, American neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (2000).

17th: Ya'akov Nehoshtan, 93, Israeli politician and diplomat, member of the Knesset (1969–1974), ambassador to the Netherlands (1982–1985).

19th: William Krehm, 105, Canadian Trotskyist activist and Spanish Civil War veteran.

19th: Rodolfo Severino Jr., 82, Filipino diplomat, Secretary-General of the ASEAN (1998–2002), Ambassador to Malaysia (1989–1992), complications from Parkinson's disease.

19th: Verena Wagner Lafferentz, 98, German Wagner family member and associate of Adolf Hitler.

21st: Geoffrey Servante, 99, British veteran of the Spanish Civil War.

23rd: Jean, 98, Luxembourgish royal, Grand Duke (1964–2000), pulmonary infection.

26th: Elina Bystritskaya, 91, Russian actress (Unfinished Story, And Quiet Flows the Don, All Remains to People), People's Artist of the USSR (1978).

26th: Povl Falk-Jensen, 98, Danish resistance member during World War II.

27th: Negasso Gidada, 75, Ethiopian politician, President (1995–2001).

28th: Menachem Mendel Taub, 96, Israeli Hasidic rebbe and Holocaust survivor.

30th: Carlos Serrate, 86, Bolivian diplomat and politician, Minister of Education (1964) and of Mining and Metallurgy (1971), Ambassador to the USSR (1977–1980), heart attack.

May:

1st: Kurt Lang, 95, German-born American sociologist, respiratory failure.

2nd: Max Arthur, 80, British military historian and actor (Doctor Who).

2nd: Rafael Hernández Colón, 82, Puerto Rican politician, Governor (1973–1977, 1985–1993), leukemia.

2nd: Chris Reccardi, 54, American animator, storyboard artist, cartoon director (The Ren & Stimpy Show, Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls) and musician, heart attack.

3rd: Kjell Grandhagen, 64, Norwegian military officer, head of the Norwegian Intelligence Service (2010–2015), multiple myeloma.

5th: Barbara Perry, 97, American actress (The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Hathaways).

7th: Te Wharehuia Milroy, 81, New Zealand Māori language academic.

8th: Sprent Dabwido, 46, Nauruan politician, President (2011–2013), throat cancer.

8th: Jim Fowler, 89, American zoologist and television host (Wild Kingdom).

9th: Vasili Blagov, 64, Russian Olympic pair skater (1972), Soviet champion (1972).

9th: Clement von Franckenstein, 74, American actor (Lionheart, The American President, Death Becomes Her), hypoxia.

9th: B. Mitchell Simpson, 87, American lawyer and naval historian.

10th: Fleming Begaye Sr., 97, American WWII Navajo code talker.

10th: Frederick Brownell, 79, South African vexillographer, designer of the South African and Namibian flag.

11th: Sir Hector Busby, 86, New Zealand Māori navigator and traditional waka builder.

11th: Peggy Lipton, 72, American actress (The Mod Squad, Twin Peaks, The Postman) and model, Golden Globe winner (1970), colon cancer.

11th: Robert D. Maxwell, 98, American combat soldier, recipient of the Medal of Honor.

11th: Nan Winton, 93, British broadcaster, first female BBC newsreader, fall.

12th: Machiko Kyō, 95, Japanese actress (Rashomon, Ugetsu, The Teahouse of the August Moon), heart failure.

13th: Unita Blackwell, 86, American politician and civil rights activist, mayor of Mayersville, Mississippi (1976–2001), complications of dementia.

13th: Doris Day, 97, American actress (Pillow Talk, Calamity Jane), singer ("Que Sera, Sera") and animal welfare activist, Golden Globe winner (1958, 1960, 1963, 1989), pneumonia.

13th: Velma Demerson, 98, Canadian human rights activist. She was imprisoned in 1939 in Ontario for being in a relationship with a Chinese immigrant. She won an apology and compensation from the government when she was in her eighties.

14th: Sir Thomas Baird, 94, British Royal Navy Vice Admiral.

14th: Tim Conway, 85, American actor and comedian (McHale's Navy, The Carol Burnett Show, SpongeBob SquarePants), complications from normal pressure hydrocephalus.

15th: Bobby Diamond, 75, American actor (Fury, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis) and attorney, cancer.

15th: George L. Kelling, 83, American criminologist and professor (Harvard University, Rutgers University–Newark, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research), cancer.

15th: Frank F. Ledford Jr., 85, American military doctor, Surgeon General of the United States Army (1988–1992).

15th: Eduardo A. Roca, 97, Argentine diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1968–1970).

15th: Michael Zampelas, 82, Cypriot politician, mayor of Nicosia (2002–2006).

16th: Nikolai Baturin, 82, Estonian novelist and playwright.

16th: Bob Hawke, 89, Australian politician, Prime Minister (1983–1991), President of the ACTU (1969–1980).

17th: John Warlick McDonald, 97, American diplomat.

17th: Herman Wouk, 103, American author (The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, War and Remembrance), Pulitzer Prize winner (1952).

18th: Austin Eubanks, 37, American motivational speaker, survivor of the Columbine High School massacre, heroin overdose.

19th: Bengt Rösiö, 92, Swedish diplomat, ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1974–1977), Pakistan (1977–1979), Czechoslovakia (1979–1981), Malaysia (1981–1985), and Zaire (1990–1992).

21st: Ernest Graves Jr., 94, American Army lieutenant general.

22nd: Ahmad Shah of Pahang, 88, Malaysian royal, Sultan of Pahang (1974–2019) and Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1979–1984).

22nd: Theresa Burroughs, 89, American civil rights activist.

22nd: Beverly Lunsford, 74, American actress (Leave It to Beaver, The Intruder, The Crawling Hand).

24th: Murray Gell-Mann, 89, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1969).

24th: Oleg Golovanov, 84, Russian rower, Olympic champion (1960).

24th: Edmund Morris, 78, Kenyan-born British-American writer and biographer (The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan), Pulitzer Prize winner (1980), stroke.

24th: John Pinto, 94, American Navajo code talker and politician, member of the New Mexico Senate (since 1977).

25th: Karel Masopust, 76, Czech ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1968).

27th: Robert L. Bernstein, 96, American publisher (Random House) and human rights activist (Helsinki Watch).

27th: Jocelyne Blouin, 68, Canadian meteorologist and weather presenter, cancer.

28th: Carmine Caridi, 85, American actor (The Godfather Part II, Bugsy, Summer Rental), pneumonia.

28th: Jean Juventin, 91, French politician, Deputy (1978–1986, 1993–1997), President of the Assembly of French Polynesia (1988–1991, 1992–1995) and Mayor of Papeete (1977–1995).

28th: Levi Oakes, 94, Canadian-born American soldier, last living WWII Mohawk code talker.

28th: Edward Seaga, 89, Jamaican politician, Prime Minister (1980–1989), cancer.

29th: Jiří Stránský, 87, Czech author, translator and political prisoner.

30th: Milan Blažeković, 78, Croatian animator (The Elm-Chanted Forest, The Magician's Hat, Lapitch the Little Shoemaker).

June

1st: Nikola Dinev, 65, Bulgarian wrestler, world champion (1977, 1982).

2nd: Alistair Browning, 65, New Zealand actor (The Lord of the Rings, Vertical Limit, Power Rangers Dino Charge), cancer.

2nd: Pavel Fried , 88, Czech engineer and businessman, Holocaust survivor.

3rd: William Tully Brown, 96, American WWII Navajo code talker.

3rd: Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg, 100, German royal.

3rd: Simjon Rosenfeld, 96, Polish-born Israeli Holocaust survivor. He was the last Sobibor Death Camp Uprising survivor to pass away.

3rd: Stanley Tigerman, 88, American architect (Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

5th: Albert Rohan, 83, Austrian diplomat, Permanent Secretary of the Austrian Foreign Minister (1996–2001).

6th: John Gunther Dean, 93, American diplomat. US Ambassador to: Khmer Republic (1974-1975), Denmark (1975-1978), Lebanon (1978-1981), Thailand (1981-1985) and India (1985-1988.)

10th: Lee Hee-ho, 96, South Korean women's rights and peace activist, First Lady (1998–2003), liver cancer.

11th: Billy McKee, 97, Irish republican, founding member and leader of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

15th: Franco Zeffirelli, 96, Italian film and stage director (Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth, The Taming of the Shrew) and Senator (1994–2001).

16th: Frederick Andermann, 88, Ukrainian-born Canadian neurologist and epileptologist.

16th: Zappy Max, 97, French broadcaster (Radio Luxembourg) and actor.

16th: Francine Shapiro, 71, American psychologist, developer of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

17th: Philipp Bobkov, 93, Russian intelligence officer (KGB). He was widely regarded the chief KGB ideologist or "KGB brain".

18th: Pavel Chihaia, 97, Romanian novelist and political dissident.

18th: Jeanne O'Laughlin, 90, American Roman Catholic nun and educator, president of Barry University (1981–2004), legal advocate for Elián González.

19th: Leonid Zamyatin, 97, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to the UK (1986–1991), Director General of TASS (1970–1978).

21st: Demetris Christofias, 72, Cypriot politician, President (2008–2013), respiratory failure.

21st: Robert J. Friend, 99, American Air Force pilot (Tuskegee Airmen), sepsis.

22nd: Jerry Carrigan, 75, American rock drummer (Elvis Presley, John Denver, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section).

23rd: Dave Bartholomew, 100, American Hall of Fame musician, bandleader and songwriter ("Ain't That a Shame", "I Hear You Knocking", "I'm Walkin'"), heart failure.

24th: Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, 93, Russian military doctor. Hero of the Soviet Union (1990.)

26th: Andrey Sakharov, 89, Russian and Soviet historian.

26th: Max Wright, 75, American actor (ALF, Reds, All That Jazz), lymphoma.

26th: Ivan Cooper, 75, Northern Irish politician, MP (1969–1974), co-founder of the SDLP.

26th: David Pentreath, 86, British Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Falklands War while commanding HMS Plymouth and took the surrender of Argentine forces on South Georgia in 1982.

30th: Momir Bulatović, 62, Montenegrin politician, President of the Republic of Montenegro (1990–1998) and Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1998–2000), heart attack.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2019