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Events on Monday 15 April 2019 4
2019Aretha Franklin awarded a posthumous PulitzerSpecial CitationThe first individual woman to receive a Pulitzer special citation.
2019Extinction Rebellion protests spread globallyClimate activists stage mass civil disobedienceThe environmental group Extinction Rebellion staged coordinated civil disobedience actions in cities including London, occupying bridges and public spaces to demand urgent government action on climate change. Thousands were arrested over the course of the protests. The movement helped push climate policy higher on the political agenda in several countries.
2019 – 2024Notre Dame FireCultural TragedyA massive fire severely damaged the historic cathedral; it was reopened to the public in late 2024.
2019Notre-Dame fireMedieval cathedral nearly destroyedA devastating fire engulfed Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019, causing the collapse of the spire and most of the roof. The 850-year-old cathedral was saved by firefighters.