The text highlights several significant events that shaped the graph database industry in 2019, including the initiation of GQL as an international standard, the launch of Neo4j AuraDB, a fully managed native graph database as a service, the first-ever NODES online conference, the expansion of the Neo4j Educator Program, and partnerships with Google Cloud and O'Reilly Media. These events demonstrate the rapid growth in popularity for graph technology and its increasing accessibility to developers and businesses. The text also mentions new products and integrations, such as Neo4j Bloom for graph exploration and data visualization, ignio from Digitate, and Neo4j Streams for real-time correlations on Apache Kafka. Overall, 2019 was a year of significant milestones for the graph universe, setting the stage for future growth and innovation in the industry.