2020 - A Year We Won't Forget

"Lessons in life will be repeated until they are learned" - Frank Sonnenberg

"WW3", January 2. - 8.

Jan. 2: Iranian General Qasem Soleimani killed in US drone strike.
Jan. 8: Iran launches ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq, injuring American soldiers.
Jan. 8: A Ukrainian flight crashes in Tehran, Iran, killing all 176 passengers on board.

COVID-19 (2019-nCoV), January 7. - X X.

Jan. 7: WHO was notified of the novel coronavirus
Jan. 11: China records first coronavirus death
Jan. 20: First death recorded in the US (Washington state).
Jan. 23: Wuhan, China — the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak — goes under an unprecedented lockdown, impacting 11 million residents.
Feb. 11: The WHO names the coronavirus disease COVID-19.
Mar. 10: Italy becomes the first country to implement a nationwide lockdown.
Mar. 11: The WHO declares the coronavirus a pandemic.
Mar. 13: Trump declares a national emergency amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Mar. 16: Dow plunges 2,997 points in the worst drop since 1987 amid coronavirus fears.
Mar. 24: The 2020 Summer Olympics, which were supposed to take place in Tokyo, are postponed until 2021.
Apr. 7: Officials in Wuhan, China, lift the city-wide lockdown after 76 days.
Apr. 9: The state of New York alone has the highest number of coronavirus cases than any country in the world.

Step-down from duties as senior royals, January 8.

Donald Trump, January 16. - X. X.

Jan. 16: The impeachment trial for President Donald Trump begins. Two articles of impeachment: Abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Feb. 5: Trump is acquitted by the Senate on both articles of impeachment.
X. X: Child trafficking
May. 31: Trump taken to the White House bunker, and the White House' lights were burnt off.
Jun. 2: Civil war

Basketball star Kobe Bryant passing, January 26.

Kobe and Gigi Bryant, along with seven other passengers, died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.

Brexit, January 31.

The Iowa Democratic Party "quality control", February 4.

Harvey Weinstein case, February 24.

Harvey Weinstein is found guilty of third-degree rape and first-degree criminal sexual act.

Drop-outs from presidential race, March 5. & April 8.

Mar. 5: Sen. Elizabeth Warren drops out of the 2020 presidential race.
Apr. 8: Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the 2020 race, making former Vice President Joe Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee in the race against President Donald Trump.

George Floyd, May 25. - May X.

Ebola return, June 1. - X

Jun. 1: World Health Organisation (WHO) confirms Ebola outbreak in central Afrika (area surrounding the Democratic Republic of Congo) and it's DRC's 11th ebola outbreak.

In depth

COVID-19 & Ebola:

Donald Trump:

George Floyd & the #blacklivesmatter movement:

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