Timeline December 2019

Events in December 2019 12

• 1933 – 2019 Danny Aiello (1933-2019) Died 12 December 2019, aged 86 Danny Aiello was an American actor best known for his Academy Award-nominated role as Sal in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. He appeared in dozens of films including Moonstruck and The Godfather Part II. He died in New Jersey.
• 1958 – 2019 Marie Fredriksson (1958-2019) Died 9 December 2019, aged 61 Marie Fredriksson was a Swedish singer and one half of the pop duo Roxette, known worldwide for hits including "It Must Have Been Love" and "Listen to Your Heart". She continued recording and performing for years after a 2002 brain tumor diagnosis. She died in Djursholm, Sweden.
• 2000 – 2019 Wayne Shorter Quartet Led his own acclaimed quartet featuring pianist Danilo Pérez, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade, entering a celebrated late phase of his career.
• 2019 2019: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Hamilton won his sixth title, moving within one of Schumacher's all-time record of seven.
• 2019 Australian bushfires 18 million hectares burn The Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 burned over 18 million hectares across Australia, destroying thousands of homes and killing an estimated 3 billion animals.
• 2019 Czech Citizenship Restored Had his Czech citizenship restored after 40 years, in a symbolic gesture by the Czech government recognising his significance to Czech culture.
• 2019 Parasite Played Park Dong-ik, the patriarch of the wealthy family, in Bong Joon-ho's Parasite. The film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and four Academy Awards including Best Picture, making it the first non-English language film to win that honour.
• 2019 The Who release WHO Twelfth studio album Townshend and Daltrey's first album in 13 years.
• 2019 UK general election Conservatives win landslide majority on Brexit platform Boris Johnson led the Conservative Party to its largest majority since 1987, campaigning on a promise to "get Brexit done". The Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn suffered its worst result since 1935. The result cleared the way for the UK to leave the European Union in early 2020.
• 2019 US House impeaches President Trump Trump impeached over Ukraine dealings The US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, stemming from his dealings with Ukraine. He became only the third US president to be impeached. The Senate acquitted him on both charges in February 2020.
• 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker #4 film of 2019 — $1.07bn worldwide Directed by J.J. Abrams. The Resistance faces the First Order once more as the saga of the Skywalker family comes to a close.
• 2019 Greta Gerwig's Little Women Saoirse Ronan as Jo Told out of chronological order, it stars Saoirse Ronan as Jo, Florence Pugh as Amy, Emma Watson as Meg, Eliza Scanlen as Beth and Timothée Chalamet as Laurie. Six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture — it wins for Costume Design.