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The Ohio Clock in the U.S. Capitol being turned forward for the country's first daylight saving time on March 31, 1918 by the Senate sergeant at arms Charles Higgins.. Most of the United States observes daylight saving time (DST), the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour when there is longer daylight during the day, so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less.
Tennessee and Oregon also passed bills in 2019 for year-round DST. [61] [62] In 2021, the Georgia General Assembly passed Senate Bill 100 providing for year-round daylight saving time if the United States Congress amends 15 U.S.C. Section 260a to authorize states to observe daylight saving time year round. [63]
The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019. [2] The first confirmed human case in the United States was on 19 January 2020. The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and first ...
It has since been set backward 8 times and forward 17 times. The farthest time from midnight was 17 minutes in 1991, and the nearest is 90 seconds, set in January 2023. The Clock was moved to 150 seconds (2 minutes, 30 seconds) in 2017, then forward to 2 minutes to midnight in January 2018, and left unchanged in 2019. [5]
This year, the first day of fall will take place on Monday, September 23 for those living in the Northern Hemisphere. To get a little more technical, the fall equinox, which marks the official ...
2021 was additionally defined by protests against COVID-19 lockdowns in response to the pandemic, as well as the beginning of a period of high inflation and ongoing protests mostly against police brutality. The year also saw an extremely active Atlantic hurricane season, a destructive wildfire season in California, and a power crisis in Texas.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 January 2025. This article is about the year 2019. For other uses, see 2019 (disambiguation). 2019 January February March April May June July August September October November December Clockwise from top-left: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; the U.S. House of ...
2019 Virginia Senate election & 2019 Virginia House of Delegates election: Democrats take control of the legislature for the first time in twenty years. [399] [400] New York City voters approve a ballot measure that would establish ranked-choice voting in primary and special elections for all local offices beginning in 2021. [401] November 6