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HTML

<section class="events">
  <article data-sid="20190207">2</article>
  <article data-sid="20190130">1</article>
  <article data-sid="20190228">3</article>
</section>
<br>

CSS

span {
   background-color: red;
   display: block;
   width: 100px;
   height: 100px    
}

JavaScript

$('.events article').sort(function(a,b) {
   return $(a).data('sid') > $(b).data('sid');
}).appendTo('.events')