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This article covers news and events in September 2019.

Daily events

Sunday 1st September 2019

• Berlin / Germany : The application period for the SPD chairmanship is coming to an end.
• Bremen / Germany : The AfD parliamentary group in the Bremen citizenship breaks up and loses its parliamentary group status. This makes Bremen the only federal state without an AfD parliamentary group.
• Coimbra / Portugal : End of the canoe polo EM
• Dhamar / Yemen : 130 people die in a Saudi air strike on the prison in Dhamar.
• Dresden / Germany : State election in Saxony
• Grand Bahama / Bahamas : Category 5 Hurricane Dorian hits the island of Grand Bahama.
• Ottensheim / Austria : End of the World Rowing Championship
• Potsdam / Germany : State election in Brandenburg
• Tokyo / Japan : End of the Judo World Cup
• Vienna / Austria : Robert Holzmann succeeds Ewald Nowotny as Governor of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank .
• Vatican City : Pope Francis appoints 13 new cardinals .

Monday 2nd September 2019

Cyclone Dorian eyeing Grand Bahama near the US coast

• Santa Cruz Island / United States : Off the coast of the Californian island, the excursion boat " Conception " catches fire and sinks, at least 25 people are killed.
• Tehran / Iran : Iranian soccer fan Sahar Khodayari burned himself to death in the courtroom . She was arrested because she disguised as a man wanted to watch a soccer game in the stadium. She dies of her injuries on September 8th.

Tuesday 3rd September 2019

• London / United Kingdom : The British House of Commons ends its summer break. Because of their voting behavior in the context of a legislative initiative to prevent an exit from the EU without an agreement , 21 MEPs of the Conservative Party in the British House of Commons are expelled from their group late in the evening. Shortly before, the government had already lost its majority when its MP Phillip Lee left the parliamentary group .
• Nantes / France : Start of the European table tennis championship (until September 8th)
• Raleigh (North Carolina) / USA : A court in North Carolina declares Gerrymandering unconstitutional for congressional seats in North Carolina.
• Rome / Italy : The members of the Five Star Movement vote by a large majority for a coalition government of their party with the Partito Democratico under the leadership of the previous Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte .
• Zurich : Digital Switzerland organizes a public digital day on cybersecurity at Zurich main station as well as 300 free talks, opportunities to have a say, stage shows, startup pitches, expos and courses throughout Switzerland.

Wednesday 4th September 2019

• Bonn / Germany : The first cum-ex fraud trial begins in Bonn .
• Germany : Start of the 33rd Fantasy Film Festival (until September 29)
• London / United Kingdom : The British House of Commons votes for a law to extend the deadline in the event of unsuccessful renegotiations on Brexit and reject an early election. At the same time, a court in Scotland allows the planned recess in parliament.
• Saarbrücken / Germany : First regional conference to elect the SPD chairmanship

Thursday 5th September 2019

The new Italian government

• Berlin / Germany : The Futurium opens in Berlin .
• Detmold / Germany : Two perpetrators in the Lügde abuse case are sentenced to long prison terms before the regional court .
• Frankenstein (Palatinate) / Germany : The CDU and AfD form a parliamentary group in the Frankenstein municipal council, the first in Germany.
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The Frankfurt Stock Exchange decides that ThyssenKrupp has to leave the DAX.
• Linz / Austria : Start of Ars Electronica (until September 9th)
• London / United Kingdom : Boris Johnson's brother and State Secretary Jo Johnson leaves the UK cabinet and resigns from parliament.
• London / United Kingdom : In London, the car of the daughter-in-law of the former Ukrainian central bank head Valerija Hontarewa is set on fire. Hontarewa itself had been hit in August.
• Moscow / Russia : The Russian election officer Ella Pamfilova is injured in an attack.
• Rome / Italy : The new Italian government under Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte takes office.
• Waldsiedlung (Altenstadt) / Germany : The NPD functionary Stefan Jagsch is elected mayor of the Hessian village of Waldsiedlung.
• Washington / USA : In good time before the new President Kristalina Georgiewa takes office, the IMF is abolishing the age limit of 65 years for directors at the time of taking office.

Friday 6th September 2019

• Berlin / Germany : Start of the international radio exhibition (until September 11th)
• Istanbul / Turkey : The Istanbul CHP chairwoman Canan Kaftancıoğlu is sentenced to nine years in prison.
• Kinshasa / Democratic Republic of the Congo : Sylvestre Ilunga Ilukamba is elected Prime Minister.
• London / United Kingdom : The law against a no-deal Brexit passes the British House of Lords. A court in London allows the planned recess in parliament.
• Moon : The attempt to land on the moon with the Indian Chandrayaan-2 mission fails.
• Suva / Fiji : The parliament of Fiji rejects the suspension of the head of government.
• Zeltweg / Austria : start of the AirPower flight show (until September 7th)

Saturday 7th September 2019

Amber Rudd (2017)

• Hanover / Germany : Jochen Beekhuis , member of the Lower Saxony state parliament , is excluded from the SPD.
• London / United Kingdom : The Minister for Labor and Pensions , Amber Rudd , resigns from her position and at the same time from the faction of the Conservative Party .
• Venice / Italy : End of the International Film Festival . The Golden Lion goes to Joker by Todd Phillips , the Jury Grand Prize to J'accuse by Roman Polański and the Silver Lion for Best Director to Roy Andersson for Über die Infinity . The Coppa Volpi is awarded to the actors Ariane Ascaride and Luca Marinelli , and the Marcello Mastroianni Prize to the actor Toby Wallace for baby tea .

Sunday 8th September 2019

• Ankara / Turkey : Final game of the European Women's Volleyball Championship
• Dessau / Germany : Opening of the Bauhaus Museum Dessau
• Ludwigshafen am Rhein / Germany : Last day of the Festival of German Films
• Moscow / Russia : local elections
• Nantes / France : Finals of the European table tennis championship
• New York City / United States : Final of the US Open
• Sukhumi / Abkhazia : President Raul Hadschimba is re-elected in the internationally unrecognized republic .

Monday 9 September 2019

• Funafuti / Tuvalu : general election
• London / United Kingdom : The No Deal Act enters into force. Meanwhile, John Bercow , the President of the House of Commons, declares back to October 31st.
• Rome / Italy : The Italian House of Representatives approves the new government of Giuseppe Conte .
• Tallinn / Estonia : The Estonian government is not nominating a commissioner for the remainder of the EU Commission's term of office (until October 31). The previous Vice-President of the Commission, Andrus Ansip , moved to the European Parliament on July 2 and gave up his post prematurely.

Tuesday 10th September 2019

• London / United Kingdom : Before the parliamentary recess - which was later declared illegal - begins, the British House of Commons again refuses to dissolve itself.
• Rome / Italy : The Senate also approves the new government of the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte .
• Schwerin / Germany : Manuela Schwesig is stepping down as the incumbent SPD chairman for health reasons .
• Washington / USA : US Security Advisor John Bolton resigns.

Wednesday 11th September 2019

• Edinburgh / United Kingdom : An appeals court ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's recess in parliament was illegal. The British Supreme Court will give a final verdict on September 24th.

Thursday September 12, 2019

Hall 11 of the IAA 2019

• Cambridge / United States : At Harvard University , ten scientific studies are awarded the Ig Nobel Prize.
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : Start of the International Motor Show (until September 22nd)
• Montpellier / France : Start of the men's European volleyball championship (until September 29)
• Munich / Germany : The couple Charlotte (98) and Ludwig Piller (104) celebrate their oak wedding. This makes them the first German couple to have been married for 80 years.
• Washington, DC / United States : Christine Lagarde is leaving her position as head of the International Monetary Fund .
• Washington, DC / United States : Kelly Craft is named new American ambassador to the United Nations.

Friday 13th September 2019

• Ankara / Turkey : Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu (2014–2016) resigns from the ruling AKP party .
• Berlin / Germany : The German Drama Award will be presented in the Zoo Palast . Valerie Pachner was honored as an actress in a leading role for Der Boden unter den Füssen , while Rainer Bock was an actor in a leading role for Atlas . Christine Schorn received the honorary award for her life's work .
• Boston / USA : In the bribery scandal involving American universities, the actress Felicity Huffman is sentenced to 14 days in prison and a fine.
• Los Angeles / United States : 45th Saturn Award ceremony

Saturday 14th September 2019

• Graz / Austria : Norbert Hofer is elected as the new federal party leader of the FPÖ . He succeeds Heinz-Christian Strache , who resigned from office due to the Ibiza affair .
• Vienna / Austria : The more than 40-year stage career of the First General Uncertainty ends with a last concert in the town hall .
• Abqaiq and Churais oil field / Saudi Arabia : As part of the civil war in Yemen , two key Saudi Aramco facilities are attacked by drones . As a result, Aramco's oil production is estimated to collapse by half. Yemeni Houthi rebels acknowledge the attacks.

Sunday 15th September 2019

• Bonn / Germany : Final game of the European baseball championship
• Beijing / PR China : Final of the Basketball World Cup
• Madrid / Spain : The Slovenian Primož Roglič wins the 74th Vuelta a España .
• Nur-Sultan / Kazakhstan : Start of the World Wrestling Championships (until September 22nd;: en , official website )
• Toronto / Canada : On the Toronto International Film Festival is Jojo Rabbit of Taika Waititi awarded the grand prize.
• Tunis / Tunisia : presidential election

Monday, September 16, 2019

• Hyderabad / India : The former President of the Parliament of Andhra Pradesh Kodela Siva Prasada Rao commits suicide.

Tuesday 17th September 2019

• Bratislava / Slovakia : A vote of no confidence in the Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini fails.
• Charikar / Afghanistan : 26 people died in an attack on an election campaign event by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani . 26 people are murdered in Kabul.
• Jerusalem / Israel : general election
• Kiev / Ukraine : The house of the former head of the Ukrainian central bank Valerija Hontarewa is destroyed by arson. It is the third attack on Gontareva and its surroundings in a few weeks.
• Madrid / Spain : The Spanish King Felipe IV announces the dissolution of the parliament.
• Rome / Italy : Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi founds the new “Italia Viva” party.
• Strasbourg / France : The European Parliament confirms Christine Lagarde as ECB President. Your term of office begins on November 1st.

Wednesday September 18, 2019

• New Delhi / India : E-cigarettes are banned in India.
• Pattaya / Thailand : Start of World Weightlifting Championships (to 27 September, Official website , : s )
• Strasbourg / France : Former Croatian Foreign Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić takes up her post as Secretary General of the Council of Europe .
• Stuttgart : The AfD parliamentary group in the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg does not accept the successor Doris Senger . You missed a two-thirds majority. The background is fierce wing fighting in the faction.

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Friday 20th September 2019

• Berlin / Germany : The Climate Cabinet ( Cabinet Merkel IV ) presents key points of the Climate Protection Plan 2050 in the newly opened Museum Futurium .
• Harrisburg / United States : The last reactor block in the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is shut down.
• Japan : Rugby Union World Cup begins (until November 2nd).
• Worldwide: Third global day of action by Fridays for Future
• Tromsø / Norway : The MOSAiC expedition to research ice drift ends in the Arctic. It is the largest Arctic expedition to date.

Saturday, September 21, 2019

• Munich / Germany : Start of the Oktoberfest (until October 6th)
• Yekaterinburg / Russia : Last day of the World Boxing Championships

Sunday 22nd September 2019

• Los Angeles / United States : The Emmys will be awarded in the Microsoft Theater .
• Harrogate / United Kingdom : Start of the road cycling world championships (until September 29)

Monday 23 September 2019

• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The Essen-based industrial and steel group Thyssenkrupp is relegated from the DAX share index to the MDAX due to its fallen share price and is replaced by the engine manufacturer MTU .
• London / United Kingdom : The British company Thomas Cook Group is insolvent.
• Milan / Italy : The World Footballer of the Year is chosen at Scala .
• New York City / United States : UN Climate Summit 2019
• Port-au-Prince / Haiti The Haitian Senator Jean-Marie Féthière shoots around in front of the parliament building.

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

• Asad Jammu and Kashmir / Pakistan : 38 people die in an earthquake in Pakistan , around 790 people are injured.
• Berlin / Germany : The parliamentary groups of the FDP , AfD and Bündnis90 / The Greens confirm their faction leaders in office. The SPD parliamentary group elects Rolf Mützenich , who has been acting on a provisional basis, as its chairman.
• Leipzig / Germany : Frank Werneke is elected to succeed Frank Bsirske as the new chairman of the United Services Union (Verdi).
• Ljubljana / Slovenia : The UEFA Executive Committee decides to expand Group A in the Nations League . As a result, Germany rises back to the highest group, although it was relegated in the first season in November 2018.
• London / United Kingdom : The Supreme Court , chaired by Lady Hale, declares Prime Minister Boris Johnson 's suspension of Parliament illegal .
• Madrid / Spain : The Supreme Court rejects the complaint by the family of the former dictator Franco against the government's intended exhumation of his bones in the Valle de los Caídos and the subsequent reburial in another cemetery.
• New York / USA : The UN General Assembly opens.
• Rwanda : The leading opposition politician Sylidio Dusabumuremyi is murdered.

Wednesday 25th September 2019

• Baikonur Cosmodrome / Kazakhstan : Launch of the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft to the International Space Station . On board are Oleg Skripotschka , Jessica Meir and Hassa al-Mansuri , the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates .
• Beijing / People's Republic of China : The city's new airport is inaugurated.
• Stockholm / Sweden : Aminatou Haidar , Guo Jianmei , Greta Thunberg and Davi Kopenawa receive the Right Livelihood Award .
• Vienna / Austria : In its last meeting before the new election , the Austrian National Council proclaimed a climate emergency .

Thursday, September 26, 2019

• Berlin / Germany : The Bundestag votes for the transfer of the Stasi records authority to the Federal Archives .
• Berlin / Germany : Paul Podolay fails as the fourth AfD candidate in the election for Bundestag Vice President.
• Bodø / Norway : Bodø will be named European Capital of Culture 2024. Every three years, also in 2024, in addition to two cities in the European Union, a European city outside the EU becomes the cultural capital.
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : Foundation stone laid for the new DFB headquarters
• Moluccas / Indonesia : An earthquake near Ambon with a magnitude of 6.5 M _w kills 30 people and injures around 180.
• Prague / Czech Republic : The Czech parliament votes with a narrow majority against an indictment by President Milos Zeman .
• Zurich / Switzerland : Start of the Zurich Film Festival (until October 6th)

Friday 27th September 2019

• Doha / Qatar : Start of the World Athletics Championships (until October 6)
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : Fritz Keller is elected DFB President.

Saturday 28th September 2019

• Kabul / Afghanistan : presidential election

Sunday 29th September 2019

• Paris / France : Final game of the European men's volleyball championship
• Vienna / Austria : National Council election

Monday September 30, 2019

• Berlin / Germany : Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel is leaving the acting SPD leadership to move up to the GIZ board. Thus, of the original transitional trio, only Malu Dreyer remains at the top of the party.
• Braunschweig / Germany : The trial of the largest model declaratory action to date against VW begins in Braunschweig .
• Brussels / Belgium : The Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament rejects two candidates for the von der Leyen Commission .
• Lima / Peru : Peru's President Martín Vizcarra dissolves parliament. Shortly thereafter, Parliament unanimously declared him deposed and Vice-President Mercedes Aráoz as incumbent President. This waived a day later and also resigns as Vice President. There is no longer any of the original two vice-presidents.

See also

• Nekrolog September 2019 for deaths this month
• List of annually recurring memorial and action days in September
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in September

Web links

Commons : September 2019  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Event Page - Results kayak polo. Retrieved September 2, 2019 . 
2. ↑ https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2019-09/buergerkrieg-jemen-huthi-konflikt-luftangriff-tote
3. ↑ Richard Pasch: Hurricane Dorian Discussion Number 36 , NOAA, September 2, 2019 (5:00 AM EDT ).
4. ↑ Faster exit for cash than expected. ORF, August 30, 2019, accessed on the same day.
5. ↑ Pope surprisingly announces 13 new cardinals Vaticannews of September 1, 2019
6. ↑ Fire on submersible boat - Rescue workers discover dozens of dead Spiegel Online, September 3, 2019, accessed on the same day.
7. ↑ Laura Kuenssberg: Can the rebel alliance stop no-deal Brexit? BBC, August 30, 2019, accessed the same day. (English)
8. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/us/north-carolina-gerrymander-unconstitutional.html
9. ↑ Five stars vote for Alliance with Social Democrats. Spiegel Online, September 3, 2019, accessed on the same day.
10. ↑ Digital Day Switzerland on digitaltag.swiss , September 1, 2019.
11. ↑ Information about the festival on the organizer's website, accessed on August 2, 2019.
12. ↑ Biennale Cinema 2019: Official Awards of the 76th Venice Film Festival. September 7, 2019, accessed on September 7, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Venice: Golden Lion for the psychological thriller "Joker". In: ORF.at . September 7, 2019, accessed September 7, 2019 . 
14. ^ Wrapping machines and wombat poop: Ig Nobel Prizes awarded. NZZ, September 13, 2019, accessed on the same day.
15. ↑ Lagarde gives up IMF leadership in September. Spiegel Online, July 16, 2019, accessed on the same day.
16. ↑ Acting award for Valerie Pachner and Rainer Bock. In: Wetterauer Zeitung . September 13, 2019, accessed September 13, 2019 . 
17. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/us/felicity-huffman-sentencing.html?searchResultPosition=1 .
18. ↑ Say “Ding Dong” quietly as you part. ORF, September 14, 2019, accessed on the same day.
19. ↑ "Houthi rebels attack two Saudi Aramco locations - oil production halved" handelsblatt.com of September 14, 2019
20. ↑ https://www.pressreader.com/germany/neues-deutschland/20190918/281616717076267
21. ↑ https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2019-09/selbstmordattentat-anschlaege-afghanistan-taliban-todesopfer-kabul
22. ↑ Thyssenkrupp has to leave Dax. Spiegel Online, September 4, 2019, accessed on the same day.
23. ↑ Sueddeutsche.de: Thomas Cook is broke , accessed on September 23, 2019
24. ↑ Virgil calls for Messi and Ronaldo in world football elections. Spiegel Online, September 2, 2019, accessed on the same day.
25. ↑ Bundestag: SPD parliamentary group elects Mützenich with almost 98 percent as chairman . In: Spiegel Online . September 24, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed September 24, 2019]).
26. ↑ Greens in the Bundestag: Özdemir fails in the election as parliamentary group leader . In: Spiegel Online . September 24, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed September 24, 2019]).
27. ↑ https://apps.derstandard.de/privacywall/story/2000109115766/eu-parlament-lehnte-rumaeniens-kommissarin-plumb-ab