Most Americans can agree that the year 2019 was filled with lots of memorable events, both good and bad. Here are about 13 major things that shaped this year:

This year was filled with incredible movies and there are three specific movies that deserve to be in this article. 

Avengers’s Endgame was one of the most anticipated movies ever and it completely overtook the box office by becoming the most profitable movie of all time. Avenger’s Endgame beat many classic movies like Avatar and Titanic. It was a cinematic masterpiece as it perfectly ended a long-time Marvel series of amazing superheroes.

Another movie was the recently released film, ‘Joker’. This movie deserves all the hype it received. It perfectly described the hardships of the Joker and his descent into madness. This movie had viewers on the edge of their seats.

The last movie that many forgot about was ‘Bird Box’. This movie was released late 2018, but still managed to make many rave about it into the new year. Despite if people enjoyed it or not, this movie was relentlessly talked about and was extremely popular. 

To get into the dramatic things that happened in 2019, the New Year began with a government shutdown. Airports became a nightmare as TSA agents were unpaid and only little showed up to work. This only occurred for a month though. January also held the start of soon the soon to be popular meme, “ok boomer”. This meme, or ‘saying’, was used to refer to the baby boomer generation. This meme did not grow too popular until the end of the year. 

At the end of March, Lil Nas X released his hit ‘Old Town Road’, featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. This song blew up as many were intrigued by the mix of hip-hop and country. 

April was one of the most eventful months in 2019. On the tenth, scientists discovered and released the very first photo of a black hole. This was a very difficult task, yet it was achieved! No many days later, news spread across the world as the Notre Dame Cathedral caught on fire. Many donated in hopes that irreplaceable items could be saved from the ruins. By the end of April, Marvel released ‘Avengers Endgame’.

In July, France women’s soccer team celebrated their win in the FIFA World Cup!

In August, environmental activists become panicked at the news of the amazon rain forest on fire. In lighter news, Keanu Reeves became very popular in August and the internet “worshiped’ him.

Lastly, September held a goofy and a serious event. On the twentieth, people gathered together at the Area 51 military base in hopes to “raid’ it. Three days later, the Greta Thungberg spoke and shocked world leaders at the United Nations meeting. Thungberg spoke about the environmental crisis.

If you are curious what happened this entire decade, be sure to check out the article, “Everything That You Forgot Happened This Decade” by Jillian Para.