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May 1, 2019

On May 1, 2019, naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team. 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 May 1, 2019

  1. 2019 Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team.

    Communist ideology

    Naxalism is the communist ideology of the Naxalites or Naxals, a grouping of political and insurgent groups from India. It is influenced by Maoist political sentiment and ideology.

  2. 2019 Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period.

    Emperor of Japan since 2019

    Naruhito is Emperor of Japan, reigning since the abdication of his father, Akihito, in May 2019. He is the country's 126th monarch who acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne, according to the traditional order of succession and his reign is the Reiwa era.

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Prince Archie of Sussex 2019–
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