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This article covers breaking news and events in August 2019.
Daily events
Thursday 1st August 2019
- Rome / Italy : Qu Dongyu succeeds José Graziano da Silva as Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- Wacken / Germany : Start of the Wacken Open Air (until August 3rd)
Friday 2nd August 2019
- San Juan / Puerto Rico : Announced resignation of Governor Ricky Rosselló . Pedro Pierluisi is sworn in as his successor .
- Washington, DC / United States : The withdrawal of the United States (USA) and Russia from the INF Treaty announced in February 2019 comes into force.
- Washington, DC / United States : The US government and the EU agree on a trade deal . No further special tariffs should be levied between the EU and the United States. The EU relented on imports of US beef, soybeans and liquefied natural gas.
- Stuttgart / Germany : The German Environmental Aid applied for enforcement of diesel judgment (recording of driving ban zones for Euro 5 diesel in clean air plan of the state capital) in Stuttgart Administrative Court obsessive against members of the state government of Baden-Wuerttemberg .
Saturday 3rd August 2019
- Cardiff / United Kingdom : Last day of the homeless World Cup
- Dortmund / Germany : In the game for the DFL Supercup , Borussia Dortmund prevailed against Bayern Munich in Signal Iduna Park .
- Graz / Austria : Last day of the World Cup in underwater rugby
- El Paso / United States : 20 people die in an attack in a shopping center and another 26 are injured.
Sunday 4th August 2019
- Dayton , Ohio / United States : Ten people died in a firearms attack in a nightlife district at 1:00 a.m. local time - including the attacker's sister and the perpetrator himself. Another 16 people were injured.
- Luxembourg / Luxembourg : The new season of the BGL Ligue , the top division in football, is opening.
Monday 5th August 2019
- Jammu and Kashmir : The Indian government declares Article 370, in which the special constitutional rights of Jammu and Kashmir are laid down, to be repealed with immediate effect.
- Beijing / People's Republic of China : In the trade conflict between the United States and the People's Republic of China, the Chinese government is lowering the country's currency, the renminbi .
Tuesday 6th August 2019
- Washington, DC / United States : The US freezes all assets of the Venezuelan government in the US.
- Munich / Germany : According to research by report Munich , drinking water is becoming scarce in parts of Germany after the second year of drought in a row.
Wednesday 7th August 2019
- Locarno / Switzerland : Start of the Locarno Festival (until August 17th)
- Hong Kong / People's Republic of China : Due to the ongoing and expanding protests in Hong Kong, the Chinese communist government warns against a military operation.
- San Juan / Puerto Rico : The Supreme Court declared the five days earlier acquisition was the governor post by Pedro Pierluisi not constitutional. Wanda Vázquez Garced is sworn in as his successor .
Thursday 8th August 2019
- Paris / France : The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC) presents its special report on climate change and land systems .
- Severodvinsk / Russia : An explosion occurs on a site 40 kilometers west of the city where missiles for nuclear submarines are being tested. Two members of the military and five employees of the Rosatom Authority are killed in the accident. After the accident, the city administration noted an increased dose rate for a short time .
Friday 9th August 2019
- Mecca / Saudi Arabia : Start of this year's Hajj (until August 14).
- Mülheim-Kärlich / Germany : The cooling tower of the decommissioned nuclear power plant is brought down.
- Warsaw / Poland : The President of the Parliament Marek Kuchciński , who has been criticized for allegedly private flights at state expense , resigns.
- Germany : The 1st main round of the 2019/20 DFB Cup starts.
- Zhejiang / People's Republic of China : Typhoon Lekima hits mainland China in the Zhejiang region and causes high levels of property damage. Over 50 people died in the tidal wave caused by the typhoon.
Saturday 10th August 2019
- Bærum / Norway : A right-wing extremist armed with several firearms attacks a mosque. He is overwhelmed by creditors and then arrested. He had previously killed his stepsister at home.
Sunday 11th August 2019
- Alkmaar / Netherlands : Last day of the UEC European Road Championships
- Guatemala City / Guatemala : In the runoff election for the presidential election , around eight million citizens eligible to vote choose a successor for President Jimmy Morales between Sandra Torres and Alejandro Giammattei .
- Hermosa Beach / United States : Presentation of the Teen Choice Awards 2019
- Islamic World : First day of the Feast of the Sacrifice (until August 15)
- Kiev / Ukraine : Last day of the European Diving Championships
- Lima / Peru : Last day of the Pan American Games
- Moscow / Russia : Last day of the Beach Volleyball Championship
Monday, August 12, 2019
Tuesday 13th August 2019
Wednesday August 14, 2019
- Istanbul / Turkey : In the match for UEFA Super Cup beating Liverpool to Chelsea .
Thursday, August 15, 2019
- Bremen / Germany : Andreas Bovenschulte is elected as successor to Carsten Sieling as Mayor of Bremen and thus head of government of the state . He is at the head of a red-red-green coalition .
- Washington, DC , United States : Dan Coats resigns as director of national intelligence , succeeded by Joseph Maguire .
Friday, August 16, 2019
- Munich / Germany : FC Bayern Munich and Hertha BSC open the new season of the Bundesliga .
- Munich / Germany : The previous production director Oliver Zipse succeeds Harald Krüger as CEO of BMW .
Saturday 17th August 2019
- Jiuquan Cosmodrome / People's Republic of China : Successful maiden flight of the small Jielong-1 launch vehicle .
- Locarno / Switzerland : At the Locarno Film Festival , the film is Vitalina Varela of Pedro Costa with the Golden Leopard award. The leopard for best actress goes to the actress Vitalina Varela for Vitalina Varela , the leopard for best actor Regis Myrupu for A Febre by Maya Da-Rin .
- Winterthur / Switzerland : At the men's fistball world championship , the German team wins the gold medal, the Austrian team wins the silver medal and Brazil wins the bronze.
- Kabul / Afghanistan : Over 60 people die and around 100 more people are injured in a suicide attack at a wedding.
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Monday 19th August 2019
- Münchenstein / Switzerland : Start of the Badminton World Cup (until August 25)
- Rabat / Morocco : start of the Africa Games (until August 31)
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
- Rome / Italy : Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigns
- Cologne / Germany : Start of Gamescom , the world's largest trade fair for computer and video games
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : start of the criminal case against Alexander Falk .
- Khartoum / Sudan : The 11-member Sovereign Council takes over the leadership of the country from the military council that has ruled since the coup in April 2019 . It is led by Abdel Fattah Burhan , a general. The new head of government will be the economic expert Abdalla Hamdok .
- Ludwigshafen am Rhein / Germany : Start of the Festival of German Films (until September 8th)
- Szeged / Hungary : Start of the Canoe Racing World Championship (until August 25)
- Hachiōji / Japan : Last day of the World Climbing Championships ( en , official website )
Thursday 22nd August 2019
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- Salvador da Bahia / Brazil : After massive clearing in the previous months, forest fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil and partly in the neighboring states and in the bordering Pantanal wetlands during the Latin American "Climate Week".
Friday 23rd August 2019
Saturday 24th August 2019
- Antwerp / Belgium : final of the men's field hockey championship
- Dresden / Germany : Indivisible 2019 demonstration
- Biarritz / France : G7 summit , until August 26th
- Torrevieja / Spain : Start of the Vuelta a España (until September 15)
Sunday 25th August 2019
- Antwerp / Belgium : Women's European Field Hockey Championship Final ( Official Website )
- Ottensheim / Austria : Start of the World Rowing Championship (until September 1st)
- Rotterdam / Netherlands : Last day of the European Championships in dressage and show jumping
- Tokyo / Japan : Start of the Judo World Cup (until September 1st)
- Zug / Switzerland : Final day of the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival
Monday 26th August 2019
- New York City / United States : Start of the US Open (until September 8)
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
- Boca Chica / United States : The Starhopper test rocket from the space company SpaceX successfully completed its second and final test flight around midnight ( CEST ).
- Venice / Italy : Start of the International Film Festival (until September 7th)
Thursday 29th August 2019
- Europe : Start of the new season of the Champions Hockey League
- Hanover / Germany : Start of the Germany Tour (until September 1st)
- Kiev / Ukraine : Oleksiy Honcharuk becomes the country's new Prime Minister .
- Monaco : UEFA Champions League group stage draw
- Seoul / South Korea : The country's highest court decides on the appeal proceedings against former President Park Geun-hye , her confidante Choi Soon-sil and the Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong .
Friday 30th August 2019
- Hilversum / Netherlands : The television broadcaster NPO 1 announces that the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 will be held at Ahoy Rotterdam .
- Monaco : UEFA Europa League group stage draw
Saturday 31st August 2019
- Beijing / PR China : Start of the Basketball World Cup (until September 15)
- Tórshavn / Faroe Islands : parliamentary election
- Berlin / Germany : Panda female Meng Meng gives birth to twins in the Berlin Zoological Garden .
See also
- Nekrolog August 2019 for deaths this month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in August
- Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in August
Web links
Commons : August 2019 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pierluisi sworn in as governor of Puerto Rico. In: orf.at . August 3, 2019, accessed August 3, 2019.
- ↑ Tagesschau.de: USA and EU agree on trade agreement, more beef exports , accessed on August 2, 2019
- ↑ Handelsblatt.com: rapprochement in the trade dispute, USA and EU decide beef deal , accessed on August 2, 2019
- Jump up ↑ https://www.duh.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilung/deutsche-umwelthilfe- stellen-endung-auf-beugehaft-gegen-verbindungen-der-landesregierung-baden-wuerttemb /
- ↑ Official website
- ↑ Tagesschau.de: At least 20 dead - arrest after massacre in El Paso , accessed on August 5, 2019
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↑ Ten dead after being shot in Dayton. Tagesschau.de, August 4, 2019, accessed August 5, 2019. The
Ohio attacker also shot his sister to death. In: Spiegel Online. August 4, 2019, accessed August 5, 2019. - ↑ Zeit.de : China is devaluing its own currency , accessed on August 7, 2019
- ↑ Deviation in soil moisture from the long-term condition (1951–2015) in the respective month ( https://www.ufz.de/index.php?de=37937 )
- ↑ USA freeze Maduro government assets. Tagesschau.de, August 6, 2019, accessed on August 6, 2019.
- ↑ The fight for water begins. Tagesschau.de, August 6, 2019, accessed on August 6, 2019.
- ↑ Zeit.de: China's government warns demonstrators in Hong Kong
- ↑ https://www.ipcc.ch/2019/08/07/livestream-of-ipcc-press-conference-2/
- ↑ Explosion on a military test site in Russia. In: faz.net. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 10, 2019, accessed on August 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Saudi Arabia: calls for boycotts overshadow Hajj. ORF, July 10, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2019.
- ↑ Poland's President of Parliament resigns in flight affair ORF, August 8, 2019, accessed on the same day.
- ↑ ChinaDaily: 56 dead, 14 missing in typhoon's wake , accessed on August 23, 2019
- ^ Attack in Oslo: 21 years imprisonment for mosque attackers. tagesschau.de, June 11, 2020, accessed on June 11, 2020 .
- ^ Guatemala: runoff between Alejandro Giammattei and Sandra Torres. In: Spiegel Online . August 10, 2019, accessed August 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Official website
- ↑ Official website
- ↑ The Golden Leopard goes to a nightmare. August 17, 2019, accessed August 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Fistball: Austria wins silver at the World Cup. In: ORF.at . August 17, 2019, accessed August 17, 2019 .
- ↑ BBC.com: Afghanistan: Bomb kills 63 at wedding in Kabul
- ↑ Transitional government made up of the military and civilians. Deutschlandfunk, August 21, 2019, accessed on the same day.
- ↑ Abdalla Hamdok sworn in as Sudanese interim head of government. Der Standard, August 22, 2019, accessed on the same day.
- ↑ 72,000 fires this year , tagesschau.de, August 22, 2019.
- ↑ unteilbar.org
- ↑ Official website
- ↑ Stucki becomes Schwingerkönig at 34 , srf.ch, August 25, 2019.
- ^ Judgment against South Korea's ex-President Park. ORF, August 28, 2019, accessed on the same day.