With champagne toasts, fireworks and concerts, north Alabamians will say goodbye to 2019 — a year that saw the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the impeachment of President Donald Trump, the resignation of British Prime Minister Theresa May, the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, the U.S. winning the Women’s World Cup, the premier of the final “Star Wars” movie and the deaths of Toni Morrison, Luke Perry, Nipsey Hussle, Ross Perot, Lee Iacocca and Caroll Spinney — and ring in 2020.
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