Editing 2019 (section)

=== December ===
* [[December 1]] – [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: First known human case of [[Coronavirus disease 2019]], in [[Wuhan]], [[Hubei]], [[China]].<ref name="Novel Coronavirus—China">{{cite web |title=WHO {{!}} Novel Coronavirus—China |url=https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/ |website=WHO |access-date=April 9, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114185815/https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=5days>{{cite web|title=Covid-19: Five days that shaped the outbreak|first=Jane|last=McMullen|work=[[BBC News]] News|publisher=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55756452|date=January 25, 2021|access-date=January 25, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126021655/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55756452|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 2]] – [[Typhoon Kammuri (2019)|Typhoon Kammuri]] hits the [[Philippines]], causing the evacuation of 200,000 people, but without reports of injuries or serious damage.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-asia-storm-philippines/typhoon-hits-philippines-disrupting-travel-work-idUSKBN1Y7021 Typhoon hits Philippines, disrupting travel, work] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203024815/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-asia-storm-philippines/typhoon-hits-philippines-disrupting-travel-work-idUSKBN1Y7021 |date=December 3, 2019 }} Reuters, December 2, 2019</ref>
* [[December 2]]–[[December 13|13]] – The [[2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] takes place in [[Madrid]], Spain, after Chilean President [[Sebastián Piñera]] announced in October that his country could not host the conference due to [[2019 Chilean protests|political unrest]] in the country.<ref name=common>{{cite web|website=Common Dreams|date=November 1, 2019|access-date=November 1, 2019|title=Because the Climate Crisis 'Does Not Wait for Us,' Spain to Host COP25 in Place of Chile|url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/01/because-climate-crisis-does-not-wait-us-spain-host-cop25-place-chile|archive-date=November 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102172607/https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/01/because-climate-crisis-does-not-wait-us-spain-host-cop25-place-chile|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 5]]
** The [[2019 Burundi landslide]] is reported to have caused at least 26 deaths.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-burundi-landslide-idUSKBN1Y91IX|title=Landslides in northwest Burundi kill at least 26 people|date=December 5, 2019|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=December 5, 2019|language=en|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205161146/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-burundi-landslide-idUSKBN1Y91IX|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives]] [[Nancy Pelosi]] asks the [[House Judiciary committee|House Judiciary Committee]] to begin drafting the articles of [[impeachment]] against [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pelosi-make-formal-statement-impeachment-inquiry/story?id=67514548|title=Speaker Pelosi asks House to draft articles of impeachment against President Trump|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|language=en|access-date=December 5, 2019|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205132716/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pelosi-make-formal-statement-impeachment-inquiry/story?id=67514548|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 8]] – [[Delhi factory fire|A fire]] at a factory in [[Delhi]], India, kills 43 people and injures at least 50 others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/12/08/786066785/43-dead-in-extremely-horrific-fire-at-new-delhi-factory|title=43 Dead In 'Extremely Horrific' Fire At New Delhi Factory|newspaper=[[NPR]]|date=December 8, 2019|last1=Wamsley|first1=Laurel|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208190327/https://www.npr.org/2019/12/08/786066785/43-dead-in-extremely-horrific-fire-at-new-delhi-factory|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 9]]
** The [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] votes unanimously to ban [[Russia]] from international sport for four years for doping offences, meaning it will be excluded from the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, the [[2022 Winter Olympics]] in Beijing and the [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022 World Cup]] in Qatar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/09/russia-banned-from-tokyo-olympics-and-football-world-cup|title=Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and football World Cup|date=December 9, 2019|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=December 9, 2019|language=en|archive-date=December 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209155622/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/09/russia-banned-from-tokyo-olympics-and-football-world-cup|url-status=live}}</ref>
** A volcano [[2019 Whakaari/White Island eruption|erupts]] on [[Whakaari/White Island|White Island]] in [[New Zealand]], killing 22 people and injuring 25 others.<ref name="20thDeath">{{cite web|title=Another person dies of injuries from Whakaari /White Island eruption, bringing death toll to 20|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/another-person-dies-injuries-whakaari-white-island-eruption-bringing-death-toll-20|publisher=[[TVNZ]]|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=January 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112230730/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/another-person-dies-injuries-whakaari-white-island-eruption-bringing-death-toll-20|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New Zealand volcano eruption: death toll rises to 19 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/22/new-zealand-volcano-death-toll-rises-to-19 |access-date=December 23, 2019 |date=December 23, 2019 |archive-date=December 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222234826/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/22/new-zealand-volcano-death-toll-rises-to-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2019 Chilean Air Force C-130 crash]]: A Chilean military transport aircraft crashes while en route to [[Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva]] in [[Antarctica]], killing all 38 people on board.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50723907|title=Antarctica-bound plane missing with 38 on board|date=December 10, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=December 10, 2019|publisher=[[BBC News]]|archive-date=August 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820141304/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50723907|url-status=live}}</ref> The crash site is located on December 12.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chile-plane-missing-human-remains-and-debris-c-130-hercules-air-force-plane-today-2019-12-12/|title=Chile air force plane found off tip of South America along with human remains|date=December 12, 2019|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=December 12, 2019|archive-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003000521/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chile-plane-missing-human-remains-and-debris-c-130-hercules-air-force-plane-today-2019-12-12/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 10]]
** [[Sanna Marin]], at the age of 34, becomes the world's youngest serving prime minister after being selected to lead [[Finland]]'s [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/09/finland-anoints-sanna-martin-34-as-worlds-youngest-serving-prime-minister|title=Finland anoints Sanna Marin, 34, as world's youngest serving prime minister|date=December 9, 2019|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=December 9, 2019|language=en|archive-date=April 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052728/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/09/finland-anoints-sanna-martin-34-as-worlds-youngest-serving-prime-minister|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] announce formal charges against [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]], accusing him of abusing power and "obstructing Congress"; he becomes the third U.S. president in history to face impeachment.<ref>{{cite news|title='Solemn step': Democrats unveil articles of impeachment against Trump|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/10/donald-trump-articles-of-impeachment-democrats-congress|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=December 10, 2019|access-date=December 10, 2019|archive-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210141534/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/10/donald-trump-articles-of-impeachment-democrats-congress|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 11]] – The [[World Trade Organization]] is left unable to intervene in trade disputes after the U.S. blocks the appointment of new panel members.<ref>{{cite news|title=UK's post-Brexit trade at risk as WTO's top court shuts down|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/11/uk-post-brexit-trade-at-risk-as-wto-top-court-shuts-down|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=December 11, 2019|access-date=December 11, 2019|archive-date=December 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211120017/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/11/uk-post-brexit-trade-at-risk-as-wto-top-court-shuts-down|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. trade offensive takes out WTO as global arbiter|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-wto/us-trade-offensive-takes-out-wto-as-global-arbiter-idUSKBN1YE0YE|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=December 10, 2019|access-date=December 11, 2019|archive-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210154408/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-wto/us-trade-offensive-takes-out-wto-as-global-arbiter-idUSKBN1YE0YE|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump Cripples W.T.O. as Trade War Rages|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/business/trump-trade-war-wto.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 8, 2019|access-date=December 11, 2019}}</ref>
* [[December 12]] – [[Boris Johnson]] and his [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] win a [[landslide victory]] in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] achieving a majority in the [[House of Commons]] of 80 seats.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boris Johnson leads Tories to historic general election win|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/13/boris-johnson-leads-tories-historic-general-election-win|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=December 13, 2019|access-date=November 29, 2023}}</ref>
* [[December 16]] – [[Pope Francis]] abolishes [[Pontifical secret|pontifical secrecy]] in [[Catholic Church sexual abuse cases|sex abuse cases]]; the move follows the Vatican's [[Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church]] months prior.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50824842|title=Pope lifts 'pontifical secret' rule in sex abuse cases|work=[[BBC News]]|date=December 17, 2019}}</ref> The Pope also raises the definition of "[[Legality of child pornography|child pornography]]" from 14 to 18 years old.<ref>{{citation|website=NBC World News|title=Pope abolishes 'pontifical secret' in clergy sex abuse cases|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pope-abolishes-pontifical-secret-clergy-sex-abuse-cases-n1103166|date=December 17, 2019}}</ref>
* [[December 17]] – ''[[Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong|Shandong]]'', China's first fully domestically built [[aircraft carrier]], enters naval service.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chinapower.csis.org/china-aircraft-carrier-type-001a/|title=What we know so far about China's second aircraft carrier |website=chinapower.csis.org |date=April 22, 2017 |access-date=23 December 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3043042/smaller-fighter-jet-force-expected-chinas-new-aircraft-carrier|title=Smaller fighter jet force expected for China's new aircraft carrier|date=20 December 2019|website=South China Morning Post|location=Hong Kong|access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[December 18]]
** The [[CHEOPS]] space telescope, whose mission is to study the formation of [[extrasolar planets]] and determine their precise radius, likely density and internal structure, is launched.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/dec/18/cheops-european-satellite-lifts-off-to-study-planets-beyond-solar-system|title=Cheops satellite lifts off to study planets beyond solar system|date=December 18, 2019|access-date=December 18, 2019|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
** The [[U.S. House of Representatives]] approves two [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|articles of impeachment against President Trump]], making him the third [[President of the United States|president]] to be impeached in the nation's history.<ref>{{citation|website=[[Fox News]] |title=House impeaches Trump over Ukraine dealings, as Pelosi floats holding up Senate trial|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/impeachment-debate-floor |author1=Gregg Re|author2=Marisa Schultz|date=December 18, 2019}} {{citation|website=[[CNN]]|title=House of Representatives impeaches President Donald Trump|date=December 18, 2019 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/18/politics/house-impeachment-vote/index.html|author1=Jeremy Herb|author2=Manu Raju}}</ref>
* [[December 19]]
** Libya's [[Government of National Accord]] activates a cooperation accord with [[Turkey]], allowing for a potential Turkish military intervention in the [[Libyan Civil War (2014–present)|Second Libyan Civil War]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/20/libyan-government-activates-cooperation-accord-with-turkey|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=Libyan government activates cooperation accord with Turkey|date=December 19, 2019}}</ref>
** A [[locust]] plague devastates 173,000 acres (70,000 hectares) of crop and grazing land in [[Ethiopia]] and [[Somalia]].<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/plague-locusts-ravages-harvests-somalia-ethiopia-n1104791 Plague of locusts ravages harvests in Somalia and Ethiopia] NBC World News, December 19, 2019</ref>
** A court in the [[Philippines]] convicts [[Andal Ampatuan Jr.]], his brother [[Zaldy Ampatuan]] and 31 others including three members of the Ampatuan clan, of 57 counts of [[murder]] and sentences them to [[reclusion perpetua|life imprisonment]] without [[parole]] for their role in the [[Maguindanao massacre]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/247380-ampatuan-brothers-guilty-ampatuan-maguindanao-massacre-case/|title=Ampatuan brothers convicted in 10-year massacre case|date=December 19, 2019|newspaper=[[Rappler]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50770644|title=Maguindanao : Philippine family clan members guilty of massacre|date=December 19, 2019|newspaper=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
* [[December 20]]
** The United States founds the [[United States Space Force]], a [[Military branch|branch]] of the [[United States Armed Forces]] dedicated to [[space warfare]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.airforcemag.com/space-force-established-as-trump-signs-ndaa/|title=Space Force Established as Trump Signs NDAA|date=December 20, 2019|access-date=December 21, 2019|work=Air Force Magazine}}</ref>
** The Dutch Supreme Court affirms that the Dutch government is responsible for management of carbon dioxide emissions for the country and is bound to protect human rights.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/12/20/business/bc-eu-netherlands-climate-case.html | title = Activists Cheer Victory in Landmark Dutch Climate Case | date = December 20, 2019 | access-date = December 21, 2019 | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | via = [[Associated Press]] | archive-date = December 21, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191221020329/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/12/20/business/bc-eu-netherlands-climate-case.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> The ruling reiterated from the Court of Appeals is that "every country is responsible for its share" of emissions.
* [[December 23]]
** Five men are sentenced to death and another three face 24 years in prison for their roles in the [[Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi|murder]] of dissident journalist and ''Washington Post'' columnist [[Jamal Khashoggi]] at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/23/saudi-arabia-sentences-five-to-death-for-of-jamal-khashoggi|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=Saudi Arabia sentences five to death for murder of Jamal Khashoggi|date=December 23, 2019|access-date=December 23, 2019}}</ref>
** 28 people are killed and 13 others injured after a bus plunges into a ravine on a winding road in South [[Sumatra]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/24/death-toll-rises-to-28-after-indonesian-bus-plunges-into-ravine |work=[[The Guardian]]|title= Indonesian bus crash: death toll rises to 28 |date=December 24, 2019|access-date=December 24, 2019}}</ref>{{importance inline|date=May 2020}}
* [[December 24]] – Thousands of Muslims protest the December 20 burning of four [[mosque]]s in the [[Amhara Region]] of Ethiopia.<ref>{{cite web|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|title=Ethiopian Muslims protest after several mosques burned|date=December 24, 2019 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ethiopian-muslims-protest-mosques-burned-67910346}}</ref>
* [[December 26]] – An annular [[Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019|solar eclipse]] is visible from South Asia. This is a part of [[Solar Saros 132|Saros 132]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NASA: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2019 December 26 |url=http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEsearchmap.php?Ecl=20191226 |date=September 15, 2009 |access-date=August 7, 2010}}</ref>
* [[December 27]] – Corporate defaults on corporate bonds in China reach a new record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/China-s-corporate-bond-defaults-hit-record-23bn-as-bailouts-fade|title=China's corporate bond defaults hit record $23bn as bailouts fade|website=Nikkei Asia}}</ref><ref name="j939">{{Cite news |last=Wilkins |first=Rebecca Choong |date=2019-12-26 |title=China's Government Is Letting a Wave of Bond Defaults Just Happen |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-26/china-s-government-is-letting-a-wave-of-bond-defaults-just-happen |access-date=2024-11-20 |work=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref>{{importance inline|date=May 2020}}
* [[December 28]] – A [[December 2019 Mogadishu bombing|truck bomb]] attributed to [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|al-Shabaab]] kills at least 78 and wounds 125 in [[Mogadishu|Mogadishu, Somalia]].<ref>{{cite web |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|title=Truck bomb in Somali capital kills at least 78 at rush hour|author=ABDI GULED|date=December 28, 2019 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/police-car-bomb-somalias-capital-kills-67954666?cid=clicksource_76_null_articleroll_hed}}</ref>
* [[December 29]]
** A report by the Multi-Sector Epidemic Response Committee (CMRE) indicates that 2,231 people have died so far in the [[Kivu Ebola epidemic|2018–20 Kivu Ebola epidemic]] in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<ref>{{cite web|website=AFP / MSN Noticias|title=Ébola mató a 2.231 personas en RDC desde agosto de 2018|language=es|trans-title=Ebola has killed 2,231 people in DRC since August 2018|date=December 29, 2019 |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/virales/%c3%a9bola-mat%c3%b3-a-2231-personas-en-rdc-desde-agosto-de-2018/ar-BBYrbpM}}</ref>
** The [[Taliban]]'s ruling council agrees to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, opening a door to a peace agreement with the United States.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/29/taliban-council-agrees-cease-fire-afghanistan-090398 Taliban council agrees to cease-fire in Afghanistan] Politico, December 29, 2019</ref>
* [[December 30]] – Chinese authorities announce that [[He Jiankui]], who claimed to have created the world's [[He Jiankui affair|first genetically edited human babies]], has been sentenced to three years in prison and fined 3&nbsp;million yuan (US$430,000) for his genetic research efforts.<ref name="NYT-20191230">{{cite news |last=Wee |first=Sui-Lee |title=Chinese Scientist Who Genetically Edited Babies Gets 3 Years in Prison – He Jiankui's work was also carried out on a third infant, according to China's state media, in a new disclosure that is likely to add to the global uproar over such experiments. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/business/china-scientist-genetic-baby-prison.html |date=December 30, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 30, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="CNN-20191230">{{cite news |last1=Yee |first1=Isaac |last2=Hollingsworth |first2=Julia |title=Chinese gene-editing scientist jailed for 3 years |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/30/china/gene-scientist-china-intl-hnk/index.html |date=December 30, 2019|website=[[CNN News]] |access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] 
** Iraqi militiamen and protesters [[2019–20 attack on the United States embassy in Baghdad|breach]] the front gate checkpoint of the [[Embassy of the United States, Baghdad|United States embassy in Baghdad]] following a U.S. [[2019 United States bombing of Kata'ib Hizbollah|military operation]] that targeted an Iraqi militia on December 29.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/75228a8a607a44863b57021ac33264dc|title=Militiamen breach US Embassy in Baghdad; Trump blames Iran|date=December 31, 2019|work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
** [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: First official reports of "viral pneumonia" from the [[Wuhan]] Municipal Health Commission.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-12-31|title=Chinese officials investigate cause of pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan|language=en|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-idUSKBN1YZ0GP|access-date=2021-05-02}}</ref>