{"id":36033,"date":"2019-12-25T01:52:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T06:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opensource.im\/uncategorized\/2019-the-year-in-pictures-daily-maverick.php"},"modified":"2019-12-25T01:52:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T06:52:25","slug":"2019-the-year-in-pictures-daily-maverick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/julian-assange-2\/2019-the-year-in-pictures-daily-maverick.php","title":{"rendered":"2019: The Year in Pictures &#8211; Daily Maverick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>President Donald Trump exits a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2019 in New York City. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced yesterday that the House will launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>January: Polar vortex brings extreme cold temperatures<\/p>\n<p>February: Creative visionary Karl Lagerfeld dies at age 85<\/p>\n<p>Lady Gaga wins Best Original Song for Shallow at 91st Academy Awards<\/p>\n<p>April: Scientists capture the first image of the black hole<\/p>\n<p>Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris catches ablaze<\/p>\n<p>Wikileaks Julian Assange is arrested by Scotland Yard<\/p>\n<p>Kim Jon Un shakes hands with Vladimir Putin<\/p>\n<p>May: Cyril Ramaphosa is elected President of South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan becomes the first nation in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage<\/p>\n<p>Theresa May announces her resignation<\/p>\n<p>Formula 1 race car driver, Niki Laude, dies at 70<\/p>\n<p>Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, son of Prince Harry, Duke ofSussex, and Meghan, Duchess ofSussex is born<\/p>\n<p>June: Anti-government protesters march in Hong Kong<\/p>\n<p>July: Boris Johnson becomes UK Prime Minister after being elected Tory leader<\/p>\n<p>USA wins FIFA Womens World Cup Trophy<\/p>\n<p>The climate crisis continues as the Sahara heat wave sends temperatures to record levels<\/p>\n<p>August: 50 years ago, the iconic Abbey Road photograph was made<\/p>\n<p>September: President Donald Trumps wall is used as a platform for protest art<\/p>\n<p>October: At 22, Simone Biles is the most decorated artistic gymnast of all time, men and women combined<\/p>\n<p>November: The South African Springboks win the Rugby World Cup in Japan<\/p>\n<p>December: Zozibini Tunzi is crowned Miss Universe 2019<\/p>\n<p>December: TIME and Daily Mavericks Our Burning Planet name climate activist Greta Thunberg as Person of the Year<\/p>\n<p>December: South African-directed documentary, Influence, is selected to compete at Sundance Film Festival in 2020<\/p>\n<p>December: Disney Plus releases Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda forces his way through the internet<\/p>\n<p>President Donald J Trump becomes the third president of the United States to be impeached<\/p>\n<p>Please note you must be a Maverick Insider to comment. Sign up here or  if you are already an Insider.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Go here to see the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2019-12-23-2019-the-year-in-pictures\/\" title=\"2019: The Year in Pictures - Daily Maverick\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2019: The Year in Pictures - Daily Maverick<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> President Donald Trump exits a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2019 in New York City. 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