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March 14, 2019

On March 14, 2019, cyclone Idai makes landfall near Beira, Mozambique, causing devastating floods and over 1,000 deaths. 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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The year in brief

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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What happened

On March 14, 2019

  1. 2019 Cyclone Idai makes landfall near Beira, Mozambique, causing devastating floods and over 1,000 deaths.

    South-West Indian Ocean cyclone in 2019

    Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai was one of the costliest and deadliest tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the Southern Hemisphere. The long-lived storm caused catastrophic damage, and a humanitarian crisis in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, leaving more than 1,500 people dead and many more missing. Idai is the deadliest tropical cyclone recorded in the South-West Indian Ocean basin.

Farewells

Died on March 14, 2019

Jake Phelps American skateboarder and magazine editor (1962–2019)
Charlie Whiting Formula One race director (1952–2019)
Haig Young Canadian politician (1928–2019)

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Prince Archie of Sussex 2019–
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