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January 6, 2019

On January 6, 2019, muhammad V of Kelantan resigns as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, becoming the first monarch to do so. The year's #1 song was "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. Prince Archie of Sussex, Prince Archie of Sussex, Prince Archie of Sussex would arrive in the same year.

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2019 (MMXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2019th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 19th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2010s decade.

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On January 6, 2019

  1. 2019 Muhammad V of Kelantan resigns as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, becoming the first monarch to do so.

    King of Malaysia from 2016 to 2019

    Muhammad V has been the 29th Sultan of Kelantan since ascending to the throne in 2010. He previously reigned as King of Malaysia from 2016 until his abdication in 2019.

Farewells

Died on January 6, 2019

José Ramón Fernández Cuban politician (1923–2019)
Lamin Sanneh Gambian American scholar (1942–2019)
W. Morgan Sheppard British actor (1932–2019)
Paul Streeten Austrian-born British economics professor (1917–2019)

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Prince Archie of Sussex 2019–
Prince Archie of Sussex 2019–
Prince Archie of Sussex 2019–
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