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2020 was heavily defined by the
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, which led to global
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and
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disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the
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in the 1930s. ''Geospatial World'' also called 2020 "the worst year in terms of
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" in part due to major climate disasters worldwide, including major bushfires in
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and the western United States, as well as extreme tropical cyclone activity affecting large parts of
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. A
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progress report published in December 2020 indicated that none of the international
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for 2020 were achieved. ''Time'' magazine used its fifth ever Red X cover to declare 2020 "the worst year ever", although the
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itself did not go as far, instead saying "There have been worse years in U.S. history, and certainly worse years in world history, but most of us alive today have seen nothing like this one."


Events


January

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begins its term in the
presidency of the European Union The official title President of the European Union (or President of Europe) does not exist, but there are a number of presidents of European Union institutions, including: * the President of the European Council (since 1 December 2019, Charle ...
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January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
– The
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and
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are deployed to
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and
Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...
to assist mass evacuation efforts amidst the
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. *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
– A United States
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at
Baghdad International Airport Baghdad International Airport , previously Saddam International Airport ( ar, مطار بغداد الدولي, Maṭār Baġdād ad-Dawaliyy) is Iraq's largest international airport, located in a suburb about west of downtown Baghdad in the ...
kills ten people, including the intended target, Iranian general
Qasem Soleimani Qasem Soleimani ( fa, قاسم سلیمانی, ; 11 March 19573January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his assassination in 2020, he was the commander of the Quds F ...
, and Iraqi paramilitary leader
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis Jamal Ja'far Muhammad Ali Al Ibrahim ( ar, جمال جعفر محمد علي آل إبراهيم ', 16 Nov 1954 – 2 January 2020), known by the kunya Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis ( ar, أبو مهدي المهندس, lit=Father of Mahdi, the Engine ...
. *
January 5 Events Pre-1600 *1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Turckh ...
**
Second Libyan Civil War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Second Libyan Civil War , partof = the Arab Winter, Libyan Crisis (2011–present), Libyan Crisis, Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, War on terror, and Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomat ...
: President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the List of presidents of Turkey, 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as Lis ...
announces the
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of Turkish troops to Libya on behalf of the
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-backed
Government of National Accord The Government of National Accord ( ar, حكومة الوفاق الوطني) was an interim government for Libya that was formed under the terms of the Libyan Political Agreement, a United Nations–led initiative, signed on 17 December 2015. Th ...
. ** 2019–20 Croatian presidential election: The second round of voting is held and
Zoran Milanović Zoran Milanović (; born 30 October 1966) is a Croatian politician serving as President of Croatia since 19 February 2020. Prior to assuming the presidency, he was prime minister from 2011 to 2016 and president of the Social Democratic Party f ...
of the
Social Democratic Party of Croatia The Social Democratic Party of Croatia ( hr, Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske, SDP) is a social-democratic political party in Croatia. The SDP is anti-fascist, progressive, and strongly pro-European. The SDP was formed in 1990 as the succe ...
defeats
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president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (; born 29 April 1968) is a Croatian politician and diplomat who served as President of Croatia from 2015 to 2020. She was the first woman to be elected to the office since the first multi-party elections in 1990 and ...
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January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...
**
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
launches ballistic missiles at two
Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
i military bases hosting U.S. soldiers, injuring multiple personnel. **
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752/AUI752) was a scheduled international civilian passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv, operated by Ukraine International Airlines. On 8January 2020, the Boeing 737-800 flying the route was shot dow ...
is shot down by Iranian forces shortly after takeoff from
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, killing all 176 people on board. *
January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. *1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...
** A rare,
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called TOI 1338-b is discovered. **
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (IS-GS) is a terrorist group adhering to the ideology of Salafi Jihadism. IS-GS was formed on 15 May 2015 as the result of a split within the militant group Al-Mourabitoun. The rift was a reaction to the adh ...
militants
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a
Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesChinagodrar, killing at least 89 Nigerien soldiers. *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...
–
Haitham bin Tariq Haitham bin Tariq Al Said ( ar, هيثم بن طارق آل سعيد, Heysem bin Târık Âl Saîd; born 13 October 1954) is the current Sultan of Oman, reigning since January 2020 following the death of his cousin, Sultan Qaboos bin Said. Pr ...
succeeds
Qaboos bin Said Qaboos bin Said Al Said ( ar, قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد, ; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said ...
as the
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. *
January 11 Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhamma ...
– Presidential and
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are held in
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
.
Incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an official, office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seek ...
president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Tsai Ing-wen Tsai Ing-wen (; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician serving as president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai is the first female president of Taiwan. She served as ...
is reelected and the
Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...
wins a majority of 67 out of 113 seats in the
Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...
. *
January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned s ...
– The Taal Volcano in the
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has its first major eruption since 1977. *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
– The first impeachment trial of the
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,
Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
, begins in the
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. He is acquitted on
February 5 Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
.'Not Guilty': Trump Acquitted On 2 Articles Of Impeachment As Historic Trial Closes
by Philip Ewing,
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, February 5, 20204:33 PM ET *
January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...
–
Yemeni Civil War Yemeni Civil War may refer to several historical events which have taken place in Yemen: *Alwaziri coup, February – March 1948 *Yemeni–Adenese clan violence, 1956–60 *North Yemen Civil War, 1962–70 *Aden Emergency, 1963–67 *South Yemen#Di ...
: 111 Yemeni soldiers and 5 civilians are killed in a drone and missile attack on a
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near Maʼrib. *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 &ndas ...
–
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:
Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
authorities publicly confirm
human-to-human transmission Human-to-human transmission (HHT) is an epidemiologic vector, especially in case the disease is borne by individuals known as superspreaders. In these cases, the basic reproduction number of the virus, which is the average number of additional peop ...
of
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. *
January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...
– The
Hellenic Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule (ancient Greece), Boule of the Greeks, Hellenes, label=none), also kno ...
elects
Katerina Sakellaropoulou Katerina Sakellaropoulou ( el, Κατερίνα Σακελλαροπούλου, Latn, el, Katerína Sakellaropoúlou, ; born 30 May 1956) is a Greek judge who has been the president of Greece since 13 March 2020. She was elected by the Hellenic ...
as
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. *
January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. *1264 & ...
–
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: The
Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
city of
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, the epicentre of the initial COVID-19 outbreak, is quarantined with all scheduled public transport services and intercity flights halted. *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. *1531 – The 6.4–7.1 1531 Lisbon earthquake, Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. *1564 – ...
– The
2020 Peruvian parliamentary election Early parliamentary elections were held in Peru on 26 January 2020.Congress of the Republic of Peru The Congress of the Republic of Peru ( es, Congreso de la República) is the unicameral body that assumes legislative power in Peru. Congress' composition is established by Chapter I of Title IV of the Constitution of Peru. Congress is compose ...
. *
January 28 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession o ...
– A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes between the islands of
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and
Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
, resulting in some damage. It was the largest earthquake in the
Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
since
1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
. *
January 29 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. * 946 – Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler o ...
– U.S. president
Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
signs the
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, a North American trade agreement set to replace
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January 30 Events Pre-1600 *1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. *1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1601–1900 *1607 – An estimated ...
–
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: The
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(WHO) declares the outbreak of
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as a
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, the sixth time that this measure has been invoked since
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January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the t ...
– The
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and
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formally withdraw from the
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, beginning an 11-month
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.


February

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February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. *1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al ...
– The
2020 Irish general election The 2020 Irish general election took place on Saturday 8 February, to elect the 33rd Dáil, the lower house of Ireland's parliament. The election was called following the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil by the president, at the request of the Ta ...
is held to elect all 160 members of the 33rd
Dáil Éireann Dáil Éireann ( , ; ) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).Article 15.1.2º of the Constitution of Ireland read ...
, the
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of the
Oireachtas The Oireachtas (, ), sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the Bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The Oireachtas consists of: *The President of Ireland *The bicameralism, two houses of the Oireachtas ...
. *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
–
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: The
World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...
(WHO) names the disease
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February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...
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NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
publishes a detailed study of
Arrokoth Arrokoth (minor-planet designation 486958 Arrokoth; provisional designation ), formerly nicknamed Ultima Thule, is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. Arrokoth became the farthest and most primitive object in the Solar System ...
, the most distant body ever explored by a spacecraft. *
February 19 Events Pre-1600 * 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. * 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan ...
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Hanau shootings The Hanau shootings occurred on 19 February 2020, when eleven people were killed and five others wounded in a terrorist shooting spree by a schizophrenic far-right extremist targeting two shisha bars in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. A ...
: Eleven people are killed and five injured in a terrorist shooting spree by a far-right extremist targeting shisha bars in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Germany. *
February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * 13 ...
– The
Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the r ...
coalition
government of Malaysia The Government of Malaysia, officially the Federal Government of Malaysia ( ms, Kerajaan Persekutuan Malaysia), is based in the Federal Territory (Malaysia), Federal Territory of Putrajaya with the exception of the legislative branch, which is l ...
collapses and is replaced by the
Perikatan Nasional The National Alliance ( ms, Perikatan Nasional; abbrev: PN) is a political coalition composed of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN). This coalition was pr ...
coalition.
Muhyiddin Yassin Tan Sri Dato' Haji Mahiaddin bin Md Yasin (born 15 May 1947), commonly known as Muhyiddin bin Muhammad Yassin ( ms, محيي الدين بن محمد ياسين, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; ), is a Malaysian politician who serv ...
becomes the eighth
Prime Minister of Malaysia The prime minister of Malaysia ( ms, Perdana Menteri Malaysia; ms, ڤردان منتري مليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is the head of government of Malaysia. The prime minister directs the executive branch of the fede ...
on 1 March. *
February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantinople ...
–
2020 stock market crash On 20 February 2020, stock markets across the world suddenly crashed after growing instability due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It ended on 7 April 2020. Beginning on 13 May 2019, the yield curve on U.S. Treasury securities inverted, and rema ...
: Triggered by
fears Fear is an intensely unpleasant emotion in response to perception, perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat. Fear causes physiological changes that may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the thr ...
of the spreading of COVID-19, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plunges by 1,190.95 points, or 4.4%, to close at 25,766.64, its largest one-day point decline at the time. This follows several days of large falls, marking the worst week for the index since
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
. *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
– Syrian Civil War:
NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
expresses solidarity with
Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
after 34 Turkish soldiers were killed in an
airstrike An airstrike, air strike or air raid is an offensive operation carried out by aircraft. Air strikes are delivered from aircraft such as blimps, balloons, fighters, heavy bombers, ground attack aircraft, attack helicopters and drones. The offic ...
by pro-
Syrian government Government of the Syrian Arab Republic is the union government created by the constitution of Syria where by the president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Syr ...
forces. *
February 29 February 29, also known as leap day or leap year day, is a date added to leap years. A leap day is added in various solar calendars (calendars based on the Earth's revolution around the Sun), including the Gregorian calendar standard in mos ...
**A conditional peace agreement is signed between the
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
and the
Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state (polity), state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic fundamentalist, m ...
. The U.S. begins gradually withdrawing combat troops from
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
on March 10. **
Barquisimeto shooting The 2020 Barquisimeto shooting occurred on 29 February 2020, when pro-government colectivos shot at the Speaker of the National Assembly of Venezuela Juan Guaidó and his supporters in Barquisimeto, Lara state during a demonstration, leaving ten ...
: During a demonstration, pro-government
colectivos ''Colectivo'' (English: collective bus) is the name given in Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Paraguay to a type of public transportation vehicle, especially those of Argentina's capital city, Buenos Aires. The name comes from ''vehículos de tran ...
shoot at disputed President and Speaker of the
National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
Juan Guaidó Juan Gerardo Guaidó Márquez (born 28 July 1983) is a Venezuelan politician, a former member of the Social democracy, social-democratic Popular Will party, and federal deputy to the National Assembly (Venezuela), National Assembly representing ...
and his supporters in
Barquisimeto Barquisimeto (; guc, Watkisimeeta) is a city in Venezuela. It is the capital of the state of Lara and head of Iribarren Municipality. It is an important urban, industrial, commercial and transportation center of the country, recognized as the fou ...
,
Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
, leaving five injured.


March

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March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
– The
International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals ...
authorizes the Afghanistan War Crimes inquiry to proceed, reportedly allowing for the first time for
U.S. citizens Citizenship of the United States is a legal status that entails Americans with specific rights, duties, protections, and benefits in the United States. It serves as a foundation of fundamental rights derived from and protected by the Constitut ...
to be investigated. *
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. * 1226 – ...
**
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
:
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
becomes the first country to implement a nationwide quarantine in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. ** International share prices fall sharply in response to a Russo-Saudi oil price war and the impact of COVID-19. The
Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity inde ...
(DJIA) plunges more than 2,000 points, the largest fall in its history up to that point.
Oil prices The price of oil, or the oil price, generally refers to the spot price of a barrel () of benchmark crude oil—a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil such as West Texas Intermediate (WTI), Brent Crude, Dubai Crude, OPEC Refe ...
also plunge by as much as 30% in early trading, the biggest fall since
1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...
. *
March 11 Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the venerati ...
–
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
: The
World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...
declares the COVID-19 outbreak a
pandemic A pandemic () is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of individuals. A widespread endemic (epidemiology), endemic disease wi ...
. *
March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...
– Global stock markets crash due to the
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
and the
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
travel ban A travel ban is one of a variety of mobility restrictions imposed by governments. Bans can be universal or selective. The restrictions can be geographic, imposed by either the originating or destination jurisdiction. They can also be based on indiv ...
on the
Schengen Area The Schengen Area ( , ) is an area comprising 27 European countries that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. Being an element within the wider area of freedom, security and j ...
. The
DJIA The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity indexe ...
goes into free fall, closing at over −2,300 points, the worst losses for the index since
1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...
. *
March 13 Events Pre-1600 *624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh. *1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War. *1591 – At the Battle of Tond ...
–
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
: The
government of Nepal The Government of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल सरकार) is the federal executive authority of Nepal. Prior to the abolition of the Nepali monarchy in 2006 (became republic in 2008), it was officially known as His Majesty's Government. T ...
announces that
Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...
will be closed to climbers and the public for the rest of the season due to concerns from the
COVID-19 pandemic in Asia The COVID-19 pandemic began in Asia in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and has spread widely through the continent. As of , at least one case of COVID-19 had been reported in every country in Asia except Turkmenistan. The Asian countries with the highe ...
. *
March 16 Events Pre-1600 * 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang. *1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. * 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse ...
– The
Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity inde ...
falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than
Black Monday (1929) The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929. It started in September and ended late in October, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange colla ...
. This follows the
U.S. Federal Reserve The Federal Reserve System (often shortened to the Federal Reserve, or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States of America. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a ...
announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0–0.25%. *
March 17 Events Pre-1600 * 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. * 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eigh ...
**
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
: *** The
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
's external and
Schengen The Schengen Area ( , ) is an area comprising 27 European countries that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. Being an element within the wider area of freedom, security and j ...
borders are closed for at least 30 days in an effort to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. ***The
Euro 2020 The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2020 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2020) or simply Euro 2020, was the 16th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe ...
and 2020 Copa América
association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
tournaments are postponed until the summer of
2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
by
UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
and
CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...
respectively. *
March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ara ...
**
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
: *** The
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was planned to be the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It would have taken place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, following the country's victory at the with the song "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence. The con ...
is cancelled due to the spread of COVID-19 in Europe, the first cancellation in the contest's 64-year history. ***
Solidarity trial The Solidarity trial for treatments is a multinational Phase III-IV clinical trial organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners to compare four untested treatments for hospitalized people with severe COVID-19 illness. The tria ...
, a
WHO Who or WHO may refer to: * Who (pronoun), an interrogative or relative pronoun * Who?, one of the Five Ws in journalism * World Health Organization Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Who, a creature in the Dr. Seuss book ''Horton Hear ...
-sponsored clinical trial dedicated to finding a cure against COVID-19, is announced. *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 * 673 – Emperor Emperor Tenmu, Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Asuka, Yamato#Imperial Palaces, Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka, Yamato, Asuka. *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Au ...
** COVID-19 pandemic: The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 10,000 as the total number of cases reaches a quarter of a million. ** The
Bhadla Solar Park Bhadla Solar Park is the largest solar park in the world as of 2022 and is spread over a total area of in Bhadla, Phalodi tehsil, Jodhpur district, Rajasthan, India. The park has a total capacity of 2245  MW. The park had witnessed the lo ...
is commissioned and becomes the world's largest solar park. *
March 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6. *1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate off ...
** COVID-19 pandemic: ***
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
and the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
go into lockdown to contain COVID-19. The total number of people in the world facing some form of pandemic-related movement restriction now exceeds 2.6 billion, a third of the
global population In demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently living. It was estimated by the United Nations to have exceeded 8 billion in November 2022. It took over 200,000 years of human prehistory and history for the ...
. ***
Chinese Premier The premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, commonly called the premier of China and sometimes also referred to as the prime minister, is the head of government of China and leader of the State Council. The premier is ...
Li Keqiang Li Keqiang (born 1 July 1955) is a Chinese politician who is the outgoing premier of China. An economist by profession, Li is head of China's executive branch as well as one of the leading figures behind China's Financial and Economic Affai ...
reports that the domestically transmitted epidemic is now under control. Two days later,
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
temporarily suspends entry for foreign nationals with
visas Visa most commonly refers to: *Visa Inc., a US multinational financial and payment cards company ** Visa Debit card issued by the above company ** Visa Electron, a debit card ** Visa Plus, an interbank network *Travel visa, a document that allows ...
or
residence permit A residence permit (less commonly ''residency permit'') is a document or card required in some regions, allowing a foreign national to reside in a country for a fixed or indefinite length of time. These may be permits for temporary residency, or p ...
s, effective midnight March 28. *** The
International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
and
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
postpone the
2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
to
2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
. On March 30, the Summer Olympics are rescheduled from July 23 to August 8, 2021. *
March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is ...
** COVID-19 pandemic: *** Global COVID-19 cases reach 500,000, with nearly 23,000 deaths confirmed. The
U.S. The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
surpasses
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
and
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
in total number of known COVID-19 cases, with at least 81,321 cases and more than 1,000 deaths. ***Militants in the
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
,
Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
,
Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
, and
Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...
agree to
U.N. Secretary-General The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or SG) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. The role of the secretary-g ...
António Guterres António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres ( , ; born 30 April 1949) is a Portuguese politician and diplomat. Since 2017, he has served as secretary-general of the United Nations, the ninth person to hold this title. A member of the Portuguese Socia ...
' call for a
ceasefire A ceasefire (also known as a truce or armistice), also spelled cease fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), is a temporary stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions. Ceasefires may be between state act ...
; some accept medical aid for themselves and civilians in their communities.
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
and
Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
discuss a common response to the global pandemic, and the
UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
airlifts aid to
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. *
March 27 Events Pre-1600 *1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and Interdict (Catholic canon law), interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. ...
–
North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
becomes the 30th country to join
NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
. *
March 30 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague. * 1282 &ndas ...
–
2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war On 8 March 2020, Saudi Arabia initiated a price war on oil with Russia, facilitating a 65% quarterly fall in the price of oil. In the first few weeks of March, US oil prices fell by 34%, crude oil fell by 26%, and Brent oil fell by 24%. The pr ...
: The price of
Brent Crude Brent Crude may refer to any or all of the components of the Brent Complex, a physically and financially traded oil market based around the North Sea of Northwest Europe; colloquially, Brent Crude usually refers to the price of the ICE (Intercon ...
falls 9% to $23 per barrel, the lowest level since November 2002.


April

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April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held. * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. *1081 – Alexios I Kom ...
** COVID-19 pandemic: ***
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
reports 130
asymptomatic In medicine, any disease is classified asymptomatic if a patient tests as carrier for a disease or infection but experiences no symptoms. Whenever a medical condition fails to show noticeable symptoms after a diagnosis it might be considered asy ...
cases of
COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, its first reported asymptomatic cases. ***
Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
's internationally recognised
government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
releases more than 470 of its prisoners amid concerns of the spread of the virus in Yemen's overcrowded jails. The
United Nations Human Rights Council The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), CDH is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. The Council has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. ...
has called for the release of all political prisoners. *
April 2 Events Pre-1600 *1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Jo ...
– COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of
COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
passes 1 million worldwide. *
April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...
**COVID-19 pandemic: ***The first case of COVID-19 in a zoo animal is reported: a four-year-old female
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at the
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in
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. *
April 6 Events Pre–1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus. * 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. *132 ...
– The
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designates the
Russian Imperial Movement The Russian Imperial Movement (RIM; russian: Русское Имперское Движениe, translit=Russkoe imperskoe dvizhenie, RID)Marlene Laruelle, ''Russian Nationalism: Imaginaries, Doctrines, and Political Battlefields'' (Routledge, 2 ...
as a
terrorist Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...
organization and imposes sanctions on its leaders; it is the first
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group the U.S. has designated as a terrorist organization. *
April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First ''Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Empe ...
– COVID-19 pandemic:
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
declares a state of emergency in response to COVID-19 and finalises a stimulus package worth 108 trillion yen (US$990 billion), equal to 20% of the country's
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. *
April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. *1139 – Ro ...
– COVID-19 pandemic: The Saudi–led coalition declares a unilateral ceasefire in its operations against
Houthi The Houthi movement (; ar, ٱلْحُوثِيُّون ''al-Ḥūthīyūn'' ), officially called Ansar Allah (' ''Partisans of God'' or ''Supporters of God'') and colloquially simply Houthis, is an Islamist political and armed movement that ...
forces in
Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
in accordance with
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-led efforts. *
April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 1407 ...
**
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: The
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reports the first case of
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since February 2020. The outbreak has killed more than 2,200 people since August 2018. **The
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makes its final
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around
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and begins to depart for
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, where it will make several gravity assist maneuvers before finally arriving at
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in
2025 Predicted and scheduled events *January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1929 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** The American FAA will have been imp ...
. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***The death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 100,000 globally, a ten-fold increase from March 20. *** EU finance ministers agree on a €540 billion loan package to alleviate the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. *
April 12 Events Pre-1600 * 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. * 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted ...
** COVID-19 pandemic:
Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...
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the ''
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'' blessing for
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; it is the second blessing in a month, with the first taking place on
March 27 Events Pre-1600 *1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and Interdict (Catholic canon law), interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. ...
during a special prayer service for the end of the pandemic. **
OPEC The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, ) is a cartel of countries. Founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), it has, since 1965, been headquart ...
and allies strike a deal to cut oil production by 9.7 million barrels per day, the largest such cut agreed upon, starting May 1. *
April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho ...
**COVID-19 pandemic ***The
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(IMF) says it expects the world economy to shrink 3%, the worst contraction since the
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of the
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. ***
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announces that the
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will suspend funding towards the
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(WHO) pending an investigation of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship with China. *
April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. * 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscar ...
**COVID-19 pandemic: ***The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 2 million worldwide. ***The
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is delayed until August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ***The
2020 South Korean legislative election Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 15 April 2020. All 300 members of the National Assembly were elected, 253 from first-past-the-post constituencies and 47 from proportional party lists. They were the first elections held under a ...
is held to elect all 300 members of the
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and the
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-
Platform Party The Platform Party () was a political party and an electoral alliance under the Democratic Party in South Korea formed in 2020 in order to run for party-list proportional representation in 2020 South Korean legislative election. History The ...
alliance wins 180 out of 300 seats. *
April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...
** The
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approves a transaction in which
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
's
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will take a majority interest in a
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securities firm, making Credit Suisse the first foreign bank to own a majority of such a company since the easing of foreign ownership rules in
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. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***China revises the COVID-19 death toll in Wuhan upward, adding 1,290 more fatalities to bring the country's reported COVID-19 deaths to 4,632. ***
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surpasses 100,000 COVID-19-related deaths. ***The U.N. Human Rights Office accuses
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of carrying out daily airstrikes in the Rakhine and
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states and that at least 32 civilians have been killed since March 23. The separatist
Arakan Army The Arakan Army ( my, ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော်, Rakhaing Tattaw; abbreviated AA) is an ethnic armed organisation based in Rakhine State (Arakan). Founded on 10 April 2009, the AA is the military wing of the United Lea ...
unilaterally declared a month-long ceasefire to fight the
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, but the military rejected the ceasefire claiming a previous ceasefire had been reneged by the insurgents. *
April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days. * 1428 – Peace of Ferrara betw ...
– 44 suspected
Boko Haram Boko Haram, officially known as ''Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād'' ( ar, جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit=Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad), is an Islamic terrorist organization ...
members are found dead, apparently due to poisoning, inside a prison in
N'Djamena N'Djamena ( ) is the capital and largest city of Chad. It is also a special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements''. The city serves as the centre of economic activity in Chad. Meat, fish and cotton processing are the ...
,
Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
. *
April 19 Events Pre-1600 *AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at ...
**COVID-19 pandemic: Unrest breaks out in
Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
,
Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
and
Vladikavkaz Vladikavkaz (russian: Владикавка́з, , os, Дзæуджыхъæу, translit=Dzæwdžyqæw, ;), formerly known as Ordzhonikidze () and Dzaudzhikau (), is the capital city of the North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Ru ...
as opposition to COVID-19 lockdowns continue. *
April 20 Events Pre-1600 * 1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII. 1601–1900 * 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament. * 1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroy ...
**Oil prices reach a record low, with
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falling into negative values. **The
Industrial Bank of Korea Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK; ) is a state-owned bank headquartered in Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Under the Industrial Bank of Korea Act, IBK was established to promote small and medium-sized businesses and improve their economic status by p ...
agrees to pay
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86 million and will enter a two-year
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to settle lawsuits with the
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and
the state of New York New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City. With a total area of , New York is the 27th-largest U.S. state ...
over a
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scheme to help transfer US$1 billion to
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. **
Israeli Prime Minister The prime minister of Israel ( he, רֹאשׁ הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה, Rosh HaMemshala, Head of the Government, Hebrew acronym: he2, רה״מ; ar, رئيس الحكومة, ''Ra'īs al-Ḥukūma'') is the head of government and chief exec ...
Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (; ; born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Israel from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021. He is currently serving as Leader of the Opposition and Chairman of ...
and Blue and White Alliance leader
Benny Gantz Benjamin Gantz ( he, בִּנְיָמִין "בֵּנִי" גַּנְץ, Transliterated: ; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli politician and retired army general serving as the minister of Defense since 2020 and deputy prime minister of Israel sin ...
agree on a deal to form a
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, thus ending more than a year of
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. As part of the deal, Netanyahu will hold onto his position for 18 more months, with Gantz replacing him afterwards. *
April 21 Events Pre-1600 *753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
– Mozambique police say 52 male villagers were killed by Islamist militants earlier this month in Muidumbe District,
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, after they refused to join their ranks. *
April 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. * 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. * 1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern ...
– Iran's
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...
deploys the country's first
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, using a new satellite carrier called " Ghased" ("Messenger"). *
April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. * 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...
** Syrian Civil War: Two former high-ranking members of the
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go on trial in
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,
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, for alleged war crimes committed during the civil war. It is the first time that Syrian military officials are prosecuted for their roles in the conflict. **COVID-19 pandemic:
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removes "
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" and "
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" as options for targeted ads as criticism mounts against
social media Social media are interactive media technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of ''social medi ...
for its role in spreading misinformation about COVID-19. *
April 25 Events Pre-1600 * 404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion. * 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the ...
**
Yemeni Civil War Yemeni Civil War may refer to several historical events which have taken place in Yemen: *Alwaziri coup, February – March 1948 *Yemeni–Adenese clan violence, 1956–60 *North Yemen Civil War, 1962–70 *Aden Emergency, 1963–67 *South Yemen#Di ...
: The
Southern Transitional Council The Southern Transitional Council (STC; ''al-Majlis al-Intiqālī l-Janūbiyy'') is a secessionist organization in South Yemen. The 26 members of the STC include the governors of five southern governorates and two government ministers. It was f ...
(STC) announces the establishment of a self-rule administration in southern Yemen and deploys forces in
Aden Aden ( ar, عدن ' Yemeni: ) is a city, and since 2015, the temporary capital of Yemen, near the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some east of the strait Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000 people. ...
. Governors of multiple southern Yemeni Governorates and
Socotra Socotra or Soqotra (; ar, سُقُطْرَىٰ ; so, Suqadara) is an island of the Republic of Yemen in the Indian Ocean, under the ''de facto'' control of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, a secessionist participant in Yemen’s ...
island reject the STC's claim to self-rule and declare their loyalty to
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi ( ar, عبدربه منصور هادي, translit=ʿAbd Rabbih Manṣūr Hādī Yemeni pronunciation: ; born 1 September 1945) is a Yemeni politician and former field marshal of the Yemeni Armed Forces who served as the pres ...
. Months later on July 19, the STC accepts a Saudi-brokered peace deal and abandons its self-rule aspirations. **COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 200,000. The UK becomes the fifth country to report 20,000 deaths. *
April 26 Events Pre-1600 *1336 – Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux. * 1348 – Czech king Karel IV founds the Charles University in Prague, which was later named after him and was the first university in Central Europe. * 14 ...
–
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Salman issues a royal decree, declaring that people will no longer be executed in
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
for crimes they were convicted of when they were minors. *
April 27 Events Pre-1600 * 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
– COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases passes 3 million worldwide, while the number of confirmed cases in the
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passes 1 million. *
April 28 Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory ...
**A
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is detected from the
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, the first ever detected inside the
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, and the first to be linked to a known source. **
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
formalizes its membership with the
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(OECD), becoming the 37th nation of the organization. **The
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condemns the
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after its annual report recommends placing
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on the "countries of particular concern" blacklist over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, Citizenship Amendment Act, the Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, and controversial comments made by Minister of Home Affairs (India), Home Minister Amit Shah, among others. * April 29 – (52768) 1998 OR2, a Near-Earth object, near-Earth asteroid that is 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) wide, makes a close approach of 0.042 Astronomical unit, AU (6.3 million Kilometre, km; 16 Lunar distance (astronomy), LD) to
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. It will not approach closer than this until 2070s, 2079. * April 30 **
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officially selects SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics to build its next-generation lunar lander to Artemis program, carry American astronauts to the Moon by 2024. ** Bulgaria applies for European Exchange Rate Mechanism, ERM II (the "waiting room" for the Eurozone), due to join along with
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in July 2020.


May

*May 1 **COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of recovered COVID-19 patients reaches 1 million worldwide, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, The Johns Hopkins University. **Guanare prison riot: A riot and attempted escape attempt leaves 47 dead and 75 injured in the ''Centro Penitenciario de los Llanos'' in Guanare,
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. *May 2 – The
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publishes a report stating that Russia's indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Syria constitutes a war crime. *May 3–May 4, 4 – Venezuelan dissidents and a North American-based private military company, Silvercorp USA, unsuccessfully attempt to Operation Gideon (2020), infiltrate Venezuela and forcibly remove President Nicolás Maduro from office. *May 4 – A team of United Kingdom, British and Kenyan scientists announce the discovery of Microsporidia MB, a Parasite, parasitic microbe in the Microsporidia fungi group that blocks mosquitos from carrying malaria, potentially paving the way for the control of malaria. *May 5 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, The U.K. death toll from COVID-19 becomes the highest in Europe at 32,313 after exceeding the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, death toll of 29,029 in Italy. *May 6 **Astronomers announce the discovery of the first black hole located in HR 6819, a star system visible to the naked eye. **COVID-19 pandemic: New evidence indicates that an Algerian-born French citizen, French fishmonger, who had not traveled to
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
and did not have contact with any China, Chinese nationals, was treated for pneumonia from an unknown source on December 27, 2019, now identified as
COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. *May 9 – Several People's Liberation Army, Chinese and Indian Armed Forces, Indian soldiers are injured in a 2020–2022 China–India skirmishes, cross-border clash at the Nathu La crossing. About 150 troops participated in the face-off, which involved fistfights and stone-throwing. *May 10 **The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, Iranian Navy frigate ''Iranian frigate Jamaran, Jamaran'' Konarak vessel incident, accidentally strikes the Iranian support vessel ''Iranian support vessel Konarak, Konarak'' with a missile, killing nineteen sailors. This is the first List of friendly fire incidents, friendly fire incident since February 2019, when an Indian Mil Mi-17 helicopter was mistakenly shot down by Indian Air Force, Indian air defense forces. **COVID-19 pandemic:
Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...
reports its first coronavirus cases in more than a month. An 89-year-old man is confirmed positive, but his wife and several members of the community are recorded as asymptomatic cases. *May 11 – The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology publishes the result of Radiocarbon dating, radiocarbon and DNA analysis from the fossils that has been found in the Bacho Kiro cave, Bulgaria. The result, showing that the fossils belong to ''Homo sapiens'' instead of Neanderthal, indicates that modern humans may have arrived in Europe thousands of years earlier than previously thought. *May 12 – Gunmen May 2020 Afghanistan attacks#12 May 2020 attacks, storm a maternity hospital and kill 24 people, including two newborn babies, in Dashte Barchi, a majority-Shia Islam, Shia neighborhood of Kabul,
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
. In a separate incident in Kuz Kunar District, Kuz Kunar, 32 people are killed at a funeral by a suicide bomber. *May 14 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 300,000. ***The United Nations, UN warns of a global mental health crisis caused by isolation, fear, uncertainty and economic turmoil. **
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Secretary General of NATO, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance is "ready to support" the United Nations, UN-recognized
Government of National Accord The Government of National Accord ( ar, حكومة الوفاق الوطني) was an interim government for Libya that was formed under the terms of the Libyan Political Agreement, a United Nations–led initiative, signed on 17 December 2015. Th ...
while Greece, a member state of NATO, strongly criticizes Stoltenberg's remarks, saying his recognition of the "Muslim Brotherhood government" does not reflect the positions of the military alliance. *May 15 – Researchers announce a 2.5 cm millipede fossil belonging to the ''Kampecaris'' genus, discovered on the island of Kerrera in the Scotland, Scottish Inner Hebrides, is the world's oldest-known land animal, which lived 425 million years ago in the Silurian period. *May 16 – Félicien Kabuga, a Rwandan businessman responsible for supporting the Rwandan genocide, is arrested in Asnières-sur-Seine, France, after 26 years as a fugitive. *May 18 **The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announces that 2020 East Africa floods, nearly 1 million people are affected and at least 24 people have died in flash floods that have hit Beledweyne and Jowhar, Somalia. **In a historic move, the
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holds its annual World Health Assembly using Video-conferencing, video conferencing instead of in-person meetings. *May 19 – State of Palestine, Palestinian President of the State of Palestine, President Mahmoud Abbas announces the termination of all agreements, including security ones, with Israel and the
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in response to Israel's plans to Annexation of the Jordan Valley, annex the Jordan Valley. *May 21 **Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in East India, eastern India and Bangladesh, killing over 100 people and forcing the evacuation of more than 4 million others. It causes over US$13 billion in damage, making it the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone, North Indian Ocean, shattering the record previously held by Cyclone Nargis, Nargis. **The
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announces it will withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies, Open Skies Treaty within six months, alleging continuous violations by Russia. **COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 5 million worldwide, with 106,000 new cases recorded over the past 24 hours, the highest single-day figure so far. *May 22 **Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303, Flight PK8303, a Pakistan International Airlines passenger aircraft, crashes in a residential area near Karachi, in Pakistan, killing 97 of the 99 total people on board and injuring dozens on the ground. **COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, Brazil overtakes COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, Russia to become the country with the second highest number of COVID-19 cases, with over 330,000 reported. Jair Bolsonaro, President Jair Bolsonaro continues to dismiss the threat of the virus. * May 23 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, China reports no new cases for the first time since the pandemic began, according to the National Health Commission. * May 24 **Mining corporation Rio Tinto (corporation), Rio Tinto admits to blowing up the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge caves in the Pilbara area of Western Australia. The firm later issues an apology to the two Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal peoples who are the traditional owners of the site. ** President of Egypt, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pardons 3,157 prisoners to celebrate Eid al-Fitr and, two days later, President of Zambia Edgar Lungu pardons nearly 3,000 inmates to commemorate Africa Day, Africa Freedom Day. *May 25 – The 2020 Surinamese general election is held to elect all 51 members of the National Assembly (Suriname), National Assembly of Suriname. * May 26 **George Floyd protests, Protests caused by the murder of George Floyd break out across List of George Floyd protests in the United States, hundreds of cities in the U.S. and List of George Floyd protests outside the United States, around the world. These are followed by further protests and rallies on June 6 against racism and police brutality List of George Floyd protests outside the United States, around the world. ** Costa Rica becomes the first Central American country to legalise Same-sex marriage in Costa Rica, same-sex marriage. ** LATAM Airlines Group, LATAM Airlines, the largest air carrier in Latin America, files for Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code, Chapter 11 bankruptcy. *May 27 **The National People's Congress, Chinese National People's Congress votes in favour of National People's Congress Decision on Hong Kong national security legislation, national security legislation that criminalizes "Hong Kong independence, secession", "subversion", "terrorism" and foreign interference in Hong Kong; the legislation grants sweeping powers to the Chinese central government to suppress the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, Hong Kong democracy movement, including banning activist groups and curtailing civil liberties. The U.S. government responds by declaring Hong Kong is "no longer autonomous" under the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act. **COVID-19 pandemic: The U.S. death toll passes 100,000 – more Americans than were killed in the Vietnam War and Korean War combined, and approaching that of the World War I, First World War, where 116,000 Americans died in combat. The total number of cases continues to rise, although the rate is slowing. *May 30 – The Crew Dragon Demo-2, first crewed flight of the SpaceX Dragon 2 (initially scheduled for May 27 but delayed due to weather) is launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39, Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first crewed spacecraft to take off from U.S. soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in STS-135, 2011.


June

* June 1 – Kivu Ebola epidemic: The
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reports six new cases of
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, and UNICEF reports five deaths, in a renewed outbreak of the disease in Mbandaka, Province of Équateur, Équateur Province,
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
. * June 2 – A United States dollar, US$5 billion class action lawsuit is filed against Alphabet Inc. and Google, alleging the company violates users' right to privacy by tracking them in Google Chrome, Chrome's Private browsing, incognito mode. * June 3 ** Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the United Kingdom, UK will change United Kingdom immigration law, immigration laws to offer a pathway to UK citizenship for all Hong Kong citizens who are eligible for British National (Overseas), BN(O) status if the government of China imposes National People's Congress Decision on Hong Kong national security legislation, new security laws on the territory. ** SpaceX successfully launches and deploys 60 Starlink satellites into a low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, bringing the total number of Starlink satellites in orbit to 482. ** President of Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin declares a state of emergency after 20,000 tons of oil leaked into the Ambarnaya River near the Siberian city of Norilsk within the Arctic Circle on May 26, 2020. The World Wildlife Fund said the accident is believed to be the Environmental issues in Russia, second-largest in modern Russian history. * June 4 ** Libya's
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(GNA) says they are in full control of the capital, Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli, after forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) retreat from the territory following 2019–2020 Western Libya campaign, months of intense fighting in the city. ** Hong Kong legislative council passed the controversial National Anthem Ordinance. *June 5 – The 2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election is held to elect all 15 members of the National Assembly (Saint Kitts and Nevis), National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis. * June 7 – COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 400,000. * June 8 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 7 million worldwide. * June 9 – COVID-19 pandemic: A Harvard University study suggests that COVID-19 may have been spreading in China as early as 2019#August, August 2019, based on hospital car park usage and web search trends. * June 15 **At least 20 Indian soldiers and over 40 Chinese forces are killed or injured in 2020 China–India skirmishes#Galwan Valley clash, skirmishes in the disputed Galwan River, Galwan Valley, the largest escalation along the Sino-Indian border dispute, Sino-Indian border in five decades. ** Turkish Armed Forces, Turkish and Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian forces commence Operation Claw-Eagle (2020), air and artillery strikes against Kurdistan Workers' Party forces in Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkey launches a Operation Claw-Tiger, land operation in the region on June 17. * June 16 **COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 8 million worldwide. ** North Korea demolishes the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in Kaesong, established in
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to improve relations. * June 21 ** An Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020, annular solar eclipse occurs. ** The 2020 Serbian parliamentary election is held to elect all 250 members of the National Assembly (Serbia), National Assembly of Serbia and the ruling Together We Can Do Everything, For Our Children coalition won 188 out of 250 seats. * June 22 ** COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 9 million worldwide. ** The 2020 Kiribati presidential election is held and
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President of Kiribati, president Taneti Maamau is reelected. * June 23 ** A 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico and kills at least four people. It is felt more than away in Mexico City. ** The 2020 Malawian presidential election is held and Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party is elected President of Malawi, president. *June 24 – The 2020 Mongolian legislative election is held to elect the State Great Khural and the ruling Mongolian People's Party wins 62 out of 76 seats. *June 27 **Micheál Martin succeeds Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach of Ireland, with Varadkar becoming Tánaiste in a historic three-party coalition government. **The 2020 Icelandic presidential election is held and
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President of Iceland, president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson is reelected. * June 28 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 10 million worldwide. The
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continues to report the highest number of any country as it reaches 2.5 million, a quarter of all cases globally. ***The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 500,000. ***The first round of voting of the 2020 Polish presidential election is held. * June 30 –
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passes the controversial Hong Kong national security law, allowing China to crack down on opposition to Beijing at home or abroad.


July

* July 1 – Russian voters back a 2020 Russian constitutional referendum, constitutional amendment that, among other things, enables Vladimir Putin to seek two further six-year terms when his current term ends in 2024, potentially allowing him to remain in power until 2036. * July 5 ** The 2020 Croatian parliamentary election is held to elect all 151 members of the Croatian Parliament. ** 2020 Dominican Republic general election: Modern Revolutionary Party candidate Luis Abinader is elected president of the Dominican Republic, the Modern Revolutionary Party wins 17 out of 32 seats in the Senate of the Dominican Republic, Senate and 86 out of 190 seats in the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic, Chamber of Deputies. * July 7 ** 2020–2021 Bulgarian protests, Protests begin throughout Bulgaria with the goal of removing Third Borisov Government, Borisov's cabinet and Office of the General Prosecutor of Bulgaria, Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev from office. ** COVID-19 pandemic: 2018–2020 Serbian protests, Thousands of people rally outside the House of the National Assembly of Serbia in Belgrade in response to stricter lockdown measures proposed by Aleksandar Vučić, President Aleksandar Vučić following an increase of COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia, cases in the city. * July 8 – At least 180 bodies are found in mass graves in Djibo, Burkina Faso, where Burkina Faso Armed Forces, soldiers are fighting jihadists. It is suspected that Government of Burkina Faso, government forces were involved in mass extrajudicial executions. * July 10 ** The European Central Bank, ECB accepts Bulgaria and the euro, Bulgaria and Croatia and the euro, Croatia into European Exchange Rate Mechanism, ERM II, a mandatory stage for countries wishing to adopt the euro. This is the Eurozone, currency union's first Enlargement of the eurozone, major expansion in half a decade. ** Turkey's President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the List of presidents of Turkey, 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as Lis ...
orders the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to be Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques, reverted to a mosque following a Council of State (Turkey), supreme court annulment of a 1934 presidential decree that made it into a museum. ** The 2020 Singaporean general election is held to elect all 93 members of the Parliament of Singapore and the People's Action Party, led by Prime Minister of Singapore, prime minister Lee Hsien Loong wins 83 out of 93 seats. *July 12 – The second round of voting for the 2020 Polish presidential election is held and
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President of Poland, president Andrzej Duda is reelected. * July 15 – The Twitter accounts of prominent political figures, CEOs, and celebrities are 2020 Twitter bitcoin scam, hacked to promote a bitcoin scam. * July 19 – Flooding of the Brahmaputra River kills 189 and leaves 4 million homeless in India and Nepal. * July 21 – COVID-19 pandemic: European leaders agree to create a €750 billion (US$858 billion) recovery fund to rebuild Economy of the European Union, EU economies impacted by the Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, pandemic. * July 22 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 15 million worldwide. * July 25 – COVID-19 pandemic: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un convenes an emergency meeting, declares a state of emergency, and orders the lockdown of Kaesong after a person suspected of having COVID-19 returned from COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, South Korea. If confirmed, it would be the first case to be officially COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea, acknowledged by North Korea. * 28 July – Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak is found guilty of all seven charges in the first of five trials on the 1MDB scandal, being jailed 12 years and fined Malaysian ringgit, RM210 million as a result. * July 30 –
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successfully launches its Mars 2020 rover mission to search for signs of Life on Mars, ancient life and collect samples for return to Earth. The mission includes technology demonstrations to prepare for Colonization of Mars, future human missions.


August

* August 1 – The Barakah nuclear power plant in the
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becomes operational following delays since 2017. It is the first commercial nuclear power station in the Arab world. * August 2 – COVID-19 pandemic: In rare talks, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (United Arab Emirates), Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran), Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hold a video call to discuss various regional issues, including combating COVID-19 pandemic in Asia, COVID-19 in their respective countries. * August 4 – 2020 Beirut explosion, An explosion caused by unsafely stored ammonium nitrate kills at least 218 people, injures thousands, and severely damages Port of Beirut, the port in Beirut, Lebanon. Damage is estimated at $10–15 billion, and an estimated 300,000 people are left homeless. The following day, the Lebanese government declares a two-week state of emergency. * August 5 – United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar travels to
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, the highest Taiwan–United States relations, U.S. official visit to the country in 40 years. The China, PRC condemns the visit. * August 7 – Air India Express Flight 1344 crashes after overrunning the runway at Calicut International Airport in Kerala,
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, killing 19 of the 191 people on board. * August 9 – A 2020 Belarusian presidential election, presidential election in Belarus which led to incumbent Alexander Lukashenko's reelection sparks 2020–21 Belarusian protests, protests throughout the country after major opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya rejected the results. Seven days later, the largest political march in History of Belarus, Belarusian history takes place, with an estimated 300,000 people in Minsk and 200,000 in other List of cities and largest towns in Belarus, Belarusian cities and towns. * August 10 **August 2020 Midwest derecho, Midwest Derecho: Costliest and one of the strongest thunderstorms in U.S. history. **COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 20 million worldwide. **The 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election is held to elect all 41 members of the House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago), House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago, the
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of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago and the People's National Movement party, led by List of prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago, prime minister Keith Rowley won 22 out of 41 seats. * August 11 – COVID-19 pandemic: Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, Russia has approved the Gam-COVID-Vac, world's first COVID-19 vaccine. * August 13 – Israel and the
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agree to Israel–United Arab Emirates peace agreement, normalise relations, marking the third Israeli–Palestinian peace process, Israel–Arab peace deal. * August 15 – The
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
ese bulk carrier ''Wakashio'', which stranded on a reef in Mauritius last month, breaks in half. Approximately 1,000 tonnes of oil are MV Wakashio oil spill, spilled into the ocean, becoming the largest environmental disaster in the history of Mauritius. * August 18 – A mutiny in a military base by soldiers of the Malian Armed Forces develops into 2020 Malian coup d'état, a coup d'état. President of Mali, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Prime Minister of Mali, Prime Minister Boubou Cissé, among other senior governmental and military officers, are arrested. The next day, Keïta announces his resignation on state television. * August 19 – The Special Tribunal for Lebanon convicts ''Trial in absentia, in absentia'' Salim Ayyash, a senior member of Hezbollah, for the 2005 Assassination of Rafic Hariri, assassination of former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. * August 22 – COVID-19 pandemic: The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 800,000. *August 23 – FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich wins the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League by beating Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain in the 2020 UEFA Champions League Final, final 1–0. * August 25 – Africa is declared free of wild polio, the second virus to be eradicated from the continent since Eradication of smallpox, smallpox 40 years previously. * August 26 – Amazon (company), Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos becomes the List of wealthiest historical figures, first person in history to have a net worth exceeding US$200 billion, according to ''Forbes''. *August 27 – Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Lake Charles, Louisiana with winds of 150 mph, making it the strongest hurricane to ever strike the state in terms of windspeed, tied with the 1856 Last Island hurricane, 1856 Last Island Hurricane. * August 28 – Prime Minister of Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the List of prime ministers of Japan, longest-serving prime minister in the history of Japan, announces his resignation from office, citing ill health. * August 30 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 25 million worldwide. India continues to record COVID-19 pandemic in India, the highest daily increase of cases.


September

*September 3 **Prime Minister of Sudan, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Abdelaziz al-Hilu, the leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM–N), sign an agreement to transition Sudan, the country into a secular state. The agreement comes three days after the signing of a Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, peace deal between 2019–2022 Sudanese transition to democracy, Sudan's transitional government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front, which the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, SPLM–N opted out of. Weeks later on October 3, the transitional government signed a peace deal with the main rebel groups, including the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, which had refused to engage in previous talks. **The skeletons of 200 mammoths and 30 other animals are unearthed at a construction site for the Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport. It is the largest find of mammoth bones to date, surpassing The Mammoth Site in the U.S. which had 61 skeletons. *September 4 **Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope at 93 years, four months, and 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903. **The La Línea (Road Pass), La Línea highway tunnel, the longest road tunnel in South America at a length of 8.65 kilometres (5.37 mi), is opened in
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after 14 years of construction and several delays. **Kosovo–Serbia relations, Kosovo and Serbia announce that they will 2020 Kosovo–Serbia agreement, normalize economic relations. The two countries will also move their Foreign relations of Israel, Israeli embassies to Jerusalem, becoming List of positions on Jerusalem, the third and fourth countries to Status of Jerusalem, recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. **Bahrain and Israel agree to Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement, normalise relations, marking the fourth Israeli–Palestinian peace process, Israel–Arab peace deal. *September 6 – Typhoon Haishen makes landfall on Japan and then South Korea as a strong category 2-equivalent typhoon. It later makes landfall on North Korea where widespread flooding occurs. *September 14 **Former
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Najib Razak is listed on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) online database of corruption offenders convicted locally. His name at the top of the first page of the MACC Corruption Offenders Database. **The Royal Astronomical Society announces the detection of phosphine in
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' atmosphere, which is known to be a strong predictor for the presence of microbial life. **The first discovery of the perfectly preserved remains of a cave bear, believed to be 22,000 to 39,500 years old (Late Pleistocene), is made in Lyakhovsky Islands, Siberia in the thawing permafrost. *September 16 **A
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fact-finding mission formally accuses the Government of Venezuela, Venezuelan government of crimes against humanity, including cases of killings, torture, violence against political opposition and disappearances since 2014. President Nicolás Maduro and other senior Venezuelan officials are among those implicated in the charges. **Yoshihide Suga becomes the new Prime Minister of Japan, replacing Shinzo Abe. **Hurricane Sally makes landfall on the Alabama coast as a high-end Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, Category 2 hurricane, causing over $8 billion in damages and killing 8 people. *September 17 **France,
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, and the
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issue a joint ''Diplomatic correspondence, note verbale'' to the
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rejecting Territorial disputes in the South China Sea, China's claims to the South China Sea, and supporting the ruling in ''Philippines v. China'' that said the historic rights per the nine-dash line ran counter to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. However the statement says that on "territorial sovereignty" they "take no position". **COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 30 million worldwide. *September 19 – A 1634 edition of ''The Two Noble Kinsmen'', the last Shakespeare's plays, play by English playwright William Shakespeare, is discovered at the Royal Scots College's library in Salamanca, Spain. It is believed to be the oldest copy of any of his works in the country. *September 20 – ''BuzzFeed News'' and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) release the FinCEN Files, a collection of 2,657 documents relating to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network describing over 200,000 suspicious transactions valued at over trillion that occurred from 1999 to 2017 across multiple global financial institutions. *September 21 – Microsoft agrees to buy video game holding company ZeniMax Media, including Bethesda Softworks and their following subsidiaries for US$7.5 billion, in what was the biggest and most expensive takeover in the history of the video game industry. *September 27 – 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Deadly clashes erupt in Nagorno-Karabakh between Armed Forces of Armenia, Armenian and Azerbaijani Armed Forces, Azerbaijani forces. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Republic of Artsakh introduce martial law and Mobilization, mobilize forces. *September 29 ** COVID-19 pandemic: The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds one million. ** The Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Sheikh Sabah Al-Sabah dies at the age of 91. Crown Prince Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is named his successor.


October

* October 1 – The EU began legal proceedings against the UK after it ignored their deadline to drop controversial sections from its United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020, internal market Bill. * October 5 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 35 million worldwide. The news coincides with the World Health Organization estimating that total worldwide cases may be around 760 million; roughly a tenth of the global population. * October 10 – Armenia and Azerbaijan agree on a ceasefire in the ongoing 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. * October 15 **2020 Thai protests: The Government of Thailand declares a "severe" state of emergency banning gatherings of five or more people, initiating a crackdown on demonstrations and imposing media censorship. **President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov resigns from office after weeks of 2020 Kyrgyzstan protests, massive protests in the wake of the October 2020 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, October 2020 parliamentary election; opposition leader Sadyr Japarov assumes office as both the acting president and Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan. * October 17 – 2020 New Zealand general election: Jacinda Ardern's New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party wins a landslide second term in office, defeating the New Zealand National Party, National Party led by Judith Collins and gaining the country's first New Zealand Parliament, parliamentary majority since the introduction of the Mixed-member proportional representation, MMP voting system. * October 19 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 40 million worldwide. * October 20 – NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly touches down on 101955 Bennu, Bennu, becoming the agency's first probe to retrieve samples from an asteroid, with its cargo due for Sample-return mission, return to Earth in 2023. * October 21 – Heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Linfa, tropical storm Linfa caused landslides at the Rao Trang 3 hydroelectric plant in Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam, killing 17 construction workers and 13 soldiers who were on a rescue mission. * October 22 – The Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family is signed by government representatives from 34 countries. * October 23 **At the end of an 11-year demining process, the Falkland Islands are declared Land mines in the Falkland Islands, free of land mines, 38 years after the end of the Falklands War, 1982 war. **Israel and Sudan agree to Israel–Sudan normalization agreement, normalise relations, marking the fifth Israeli–Palestinian peace process, Israel–Arab peace deal. * October 26 – NASA confirms the existence of Lunar water, molecular water on the sunlit side of the Moon, near Clavius (crater), Clavius crater, at concentrations of up to 412 parts per million. * October 29 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirms the death of least 140 migrants who drowned off the coast of Senegal on a vessel bound for the Spanish Canary Islands. It is the deadliest shipwreck of 2020 so far. *October 30 **2020 Aegean Sea earthquake: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Turkey and Greece, killing 119 people and injuring over 1,000. **COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 45 million worldwide. * October 31 – Typhoon Goni (2020), Typhoon Goni makes landfall in the Philippines, becoming the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone in history, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and killing dozens of people in the region.


November

*November 1 – 2020 Moldovan presidential election: Former Prime Minister of Moldova, Prime Minister and Ministry of Education, Culture and Research (Moldova), Minister of Education Maia Sandu is elected as the 6th President of Moldova, becoming the first woman to ever hold the post. *November 3 – November 7 **2020 United States presidential election: The election of Joe Biden as the 46th
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is called by many news media organizations after remaining vote counts (November 7) come in from key states delayed by an influx of mail-in ballots caused by the pandemic, defeating incumbent President
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. **2020 United States Senate elections take place, ending in an overall success for the Democratic party. **Hurricane Eta makes landfall in Nicaragua, killing over 100 people in Central America as a category 4. *November 4 ** The United States formally United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, exits the Paris Agreement on
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. ** Ethiopia Tigray War, launches offensive on Tigray Region, Tigray following heavy clashes in the region. *November 8 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 50 million worldwide. *November 9 – COVID-19 pandemic: The first successful Phases of clinical research, phase III trial of a COVID-19 vaccine is announced by drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, which is 90% effective according to interim results. *November 10 – Apple Inc., Apple releases the first Macintosh, Mac computers (a new MacBook Air (Apple silicon), MacBook Air, Mac Mini, Mac mini and MacBook Pro) powered by Apple silicon chips. *November 11 – COVID-19 pandemic: The Sputnik V vaccine is proven to be 92% effective against COVID-19 according to interim results. *November 12 – Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse, in response to four lawmakers' disqualification made by the government. *November 15 **The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is signed by 15 Asia-Pacific countries to form the world's largest free-trade bloc, covering a third of the world's population. **
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and SpaceX launch the SpaceX Crew-1 mission from Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A, Launch Complex 39A to the International Space Station, ISS, the first operational flight of the Crew Dragon capsule. *November 16 **COVID-19 pandemic: The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is proven to be 94.5% effective against COVID-19 based on interim results, including severe illnesses. The vaccine has been cited as being among those that are easier to distribute as no ultra-cold storage is required. **Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane just two weeks after Hurricane Eta made landfall, devastating the same areas. *November 17 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 55 million worldwide, with around a million cases recorded every two days on average. *November 18 – COVID-19 pandemic: Pfizer and BioNTech complete trials on their COVID-19 vaccine, with an overall effectiveness rate of 95% without adverse events. *November 19 **The Brereton Report into Australian war crimes during the War in Afghanistan (2001–present), War in Afghanistan is released. **''Shuggie Bain'' by Douglas Stuart (writer), Douglas Stuart wins the 2020 Booker Prize. *November 22 – The United States withdraws from the Treaty on Open Skies. *November 23 – COVID-19 pandemic: AstraZeneca's AZD1222 vaccine, developed in collaboration with Oxford University, is shown to be 70% effective in protecting against COVID-19. The efficacy can be raised to 90% if an initial half dose is followed by a full dose a month later, based on interim data. *November 25 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 60 million worldwide. *November 27 – Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran. *November 28 – Koshobe massacre:
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jihadists attack a farm in Jere, Borno, Jere, Nigeria, killing at least 43 people. * November 30 **A November 2020 lunar eclipse, penumbral lunar eclipse occurs; the last of four lunar eclipses in 2020. **Protein folding, one of the biggest mysteries in biology, is solved by AlphaFold, an artificial intelligence algorithm developed by DeepMind. **COVID-19 pandemic: Moderna files an application for Emergency Use Authorization in the United States after its vaccine achieved an efficacy of 94.1% from full trials without safety concerns. It also plans to do the same in EU soon.


December

* December 1 ** COVID-19 pandemic: Pfizer and BioNTech announced an Emergency Use Authorization application to the European Medicines Agency. ** The Arecibo Telescope of the Arecibo Observatory collapses, just weeks after the announcement of its planned demolition. * December 2 ** COVID-19 pandemic: The United Kingdom approves Pfizer-BioNTech's Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, BNT162b2 vaccine, being the first country in the world to do so. ** Three activists in Hong Kong were jailed for their roles in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, with Joshua Wong getting the heaviest at 13.5 months. **The
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UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Commission on Narcotic Drugs votes to remove Cannabis (drug), cannabis from the Removal of cannabis and cannabis resin from Schedule IV of the Single Convention on narcotic drugs, 1961, treaty list of dangerous drugs in recognition of its medical value, although some controls will remain. * December 4 ** COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 65 million worldwide, with the global death toll exceeding 1.5 million. Figures reflect that, in the last week, over 10,000 people worldwide have died on average every day, with one death every nine seconds. According to the
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,
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had caused more deaths in 2020 than tuberculosis in 2019, as well as four times the number of deaths than malaria. ** Somali Civil War (2009-present), Somali Civil War: The United States announces its withdrawal from the conflict over the next month. * December 5 – COVID-19 pandemic: Russia begins mass vaccination against COVID-19 with the Gam-COVID-Vac, Sputnik V candidate. * December 6 – The 2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election takes place. * December 8 ** COVID-19 pandemic: The United Kingdom becomes the first nation to begin a mass inoculation campaign using a clinically authorised, fully tested vaccine, Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Margaret Keenan, 90, becomes the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer vaccine after trials. ** Nepal and China officially agree on
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's actual height, which is 8,848.86m. *December 10 **COVID-19 pandemic: The United States and Saudi Arabia approve the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, while Argentina approves Sputnik V. **Western Sahara conflict, Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel and Morocco normalise diplomatic relations. Simultaneously, the United States reaffirms its previous recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara and announces plans to build a consulate there. **The Nicolas Sarkozy corruption trial concludes in France. * December 11 – The
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agrees to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% over the next decade. * December 12 ** COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 70 million worldwide. ** Bhutan and Israel normalise diplomatic relations. * December 14 **COVID-19 pandemic: The United States and Canada begin mass vaccination with the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, Singapore approves the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, with other companies to provide vaccines progressively. **Sudan–United States relations: The United States removes Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. **Turkey–United States relations: The United States places sanctions on
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in retaliation for their purchase of a S-400 missile system from Russia, marking the first time they have sanctioned a
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ally. **A Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020, total solar eclipse is visible from parts of the South Pacific Ocean, southern South America, and the South Atlantic Ocean. * December 18 **Media outlets report that astronomers have detected a radio signal, BLC1, apparently from the direction of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun. Astronomers have stated that this and other, yet unpublished, signals, are thought to likely be "interference that we cannot fully explain" and that it appears to be among the two strongest candidates for a radio signal humanity received from extraterrestrial intelligence so far. **COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 75 million worldwide. **COVID-19 pandemic: The United States approves Moderna's vaccine for emergency use, the second brand available there. * December 20 – COVID-19 pandemic: Variant of Concern 202012/01, A highly infectious new strain of SARS-CoV-2 spreading in Europe and Australia provokes international border closures. * December 21 ** COVID-19 pandemic: 36 cases are reported on the Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme in the Chilean Antarctic Territory, marking the first infections in Antarctica, the last continent to report infections. ** A great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurs, with the two planets separated in the sky by 0.1 degrees. This is the closest conjunction between the two planets since 1623. * December 24 **The
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and the
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agree to a comprehensive UK - EU Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, free trade agreement prior to the end of the
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. **COVID-19 pandemic: Sinovac's CoronaVac, vaccine reached a rate of 91.25% efficacy in trials in Turkey. * December 27 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 80 million worldwide. *December 29 – The 2020 Petrinja earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 strikes Croatia, killing seven and injuring more than 20. * December 30 – COVID-19 pandemic: The United Kingdom approves AstraZeneca-Oxford's AZD1222, vaccine, the second one available. The vaccine is easier to store as it only requires normal fridge temperatures, making distribution easier. * December 31 – The transition period following Brexit, the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020 expires.


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During the summer of 2020, 2020–21 North American drought, the worst drought in almost a decade hits the Western United States, Western, Midwestern United States, Midwestern and Northeastern United States.


Births

* May 10 – Prince Charles of Luxembourg (born 2020), Prince Charles of Luxembourg


Deaths


January

*
January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
– David Stern, American businessman and Commissioner of the NBA, NBA commissioner (b. 1942) *
January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
– John Baldessari, American conceptual artist (b. 1931) *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
**
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis Jamal Ja'far Muhammad Ali Al Ibrahim ( ar, جمال جعفر محمد علي آل إبراهيم ', 16 Nov 1954 – 2 January 2020), known by the kunya Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis ( ar, أبو مهدي المهندس, lit=Father of Mahdi, the Engine ...
, Iraqi-Iranian military commander (b. 1954) **
Qasem Soleimani Qasem Soleimani ( fa, قاسم سلیمانی, ; 11 March 19573January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his assassination in 2020, he was the commander of the Quds F ...
, Iranian general (b. 1957) *
January 5 Events Pre-1600 *1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Turckh ...
** Tafazzul Haque Habiganji, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (b. 1938) ** Anri Jergenia, 4th Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1941) ** Hans Tilkowski, German football goalkeeper and manager (b. 1935) * January 6 – Luís Morais, Brazilian football player (b. 1930) * January 7 ** Silvio Horta, American screenwriter and television producer (b. 1974) ** Neil Peart, Canadian drummer and lyricist (b. 1952) ** Elizabeth Wurtzel, American writer and journalist (b. 1967) *
January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...
** Edd Byrnes, American actor (b. 1932) ** Buck Henry, American actor, screenwriter and television producer (b. 1930) ** Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Infanta Pilar de Borbón, Spanish royal (b. 1936) *
January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. *1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...
– Mike Resnick, American science fiction author (b. 1942) *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...
** Neda Arnerić, Serbian film actress (b. 1953) ** Marino Bollini, former Captain Regent of San Marino (b. 1933) ** Guido Messina, Italian racing cyclist (b. 1931) **
Qaboos bin Said Qaboos bin Said Al Said ( ar, قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد, ; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said ...
,
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(b. 1940) *
January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned s ...
– Roger Scruton, British philosopher and writer (b. 1944) * January 15 ** Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1944) ** Christopher Tolkien, British academic and editor (b. 1924) *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
– Efraín Sánchez, Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1926) * January 19 ** Jimmy Heath, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1926) ** Shin Kyuk-ho, South Korean businessman (b. 1921) * January 21 ** Hédi Baccouche, 6th Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1930) ** Terry Jones, Welsh actor and comedian (b. 1942) ** Tengiz Sigua, 2nd Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1934) *
January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. *1264 & ...
** Frederick Ballantyne, 7th Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (b. 1936) ** Gudrun Pausewang, German writer (b. 1928) * January 24 – Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch footballer (b. 1947) *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. *1531 – The 6.4–7.1 1531 Lisbon earthquake, Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. *1564 – ...
** Kobe Bryant, American professional basketball player (b. 1978) ** Louis Nirenberg, Canadian-American mathematician (b. 1925) *
January 30 Events Pre-1600 *1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. *1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1601–1900 *1607 – An estimated ...
** John Andretti, American race car driver (b. 1963) *
January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the t ...
** Mary Higgins Clark, American novelist (b. 1927) ** Janez Stanovnik, 12th President of Slovenia, President of SR of Slovenia (b. 1922)


February

* February 1 – Andy Gill, English musician (b. 1956) * February 2 – Mike Moore (New Zealand politician), Mike Moore, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1949) * February 3 – George Steiner, French-American literary critic and essayist (b. 1929) * February 4 ** José Luis Cuerda, Spanish filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1947) ** Daniel arap Moi, 2nd President of Kenya (b. 1924) *
February 5 Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
** Stanley Cohen (biochemist), Stanley Cohen, American Nobel biochemist (b. 1922) ** Kirk Douglas, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1916) * February 6 – Jhon Jairo Velásquez, Colombian hitman and drug dealer (b. 1962) * February 7 ** Orson Bean, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1928) ** Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist (b. 1986) ** Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer and actress (b. 1933) *
February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. *1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al ...
– Robert Conrad, American actor (b. 1935) * February 9 – Mirella Freni, Italian soprano (b. 1935) *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
– Joseph Shabalala, South African musician (b. 1940) * February 12 – Geert Hofstede, Dutch social psychologist (b. 1928) *
February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...
– Rajendra K. Pachauri, Indian scientist (b. 1940) * February 14 – Lynn Cohen, American actress (b. 1933) * February 15 – Caroline Flack, English television and radio presenter (b. 1979) * February 16 ** Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (b. 1933) ** Larry Tesler, American computer scientist (b. 1945) * February 17 ** Mário da Graça Machungo, 1st List of prime ministers of Mozambique, Prime Minister of Mozambique (b. 1940) ** Kizito Mihigo, Rwandan gospel singer, organist and peace activist (b. 1981) ** Andrew Weatherall, English music DJ and producer (b. 1963) ** Sonja Ziemann, German actress (b. 1926) * February 18 ** José Bonaparte, Argentine paleontologist (b. 1928) *
February 19 Events Pre-1600 * 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. * 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan ...
– Pop Smoke, American rapper (b. 1999) * February 22 – Kiki Dimoula, Greek poet (b. 1931) *
February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * 13 ...
** Clive Cussler, American author (b. 1931) ** Katherine Johnson, American mathematician (b. 1918) ** Diana Serra Cary, American child actress (b. 1918) * February 25 ** Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher (b. 1919) ** Hosni Mubarak, 41st Prime Minister of Egypt, Prime Minister and 4th President of Egypt (b. 1928) ** Dmitry Yazov, Soviet and Russian marshal (b. 1924) * February 26 – Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian politician (b. 1921) *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
– Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923) *
February 29 February 29, also known as leap day or leap year day, is a date added to leap years. A leap day is added in various solar calendars (calendars based on the Earth's revolution around the Sun), including the Gregorian calendar standard in mos ...
** Éva Székely, Hungarian swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1927) ** Luis Alfonso Mendoza, Mexican voice actor, voice director and announcer (b. 1964)


March

File:Manolis_Glezos_with_LAE_2.jpg, upright=0.5, Manolis Glezos * March 1 ** Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan poet and priest (b. 1925) ** Jack Welch, American business executive and writer (b. 1935) * March 2 – James Lipton, American writer, lyricist and actor (b. 1926) * March 3 – Stanisław Kania, Polish head of state, First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party (b. 1927) * March 4 ** Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, 137th Prime Minister of Peru and 5th United Nations Secretary-General (b. 1920) ** Robert Shavlakadze, Georgian high jumper (b. 1933) * March 6 ** Henri Richard, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame ice hockey player (b. 1936) ** McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist (b. 1938) * March 8 – Max von Sydow, Swedish-French actor (b. 1929) *
March 11 Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the venerati ...
** Charles Wuorinen, American composer (b. 1938) ** Michel Roux, French chef and restaurateur (b. 1941) *
March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...
– Tonie Marshall, French-American actress, screenwriter, and film director (b. 1951) *
March 13 Events Pre-1600 *624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh. *1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War. *1591 – At the Battle of Tond ...
– Dana Zátopková, Czech javelin thrower (b. 1922) * March 14 – Genesis P-Orridge, English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and occultist (b. 1950) *
March 16 Events Pre-1600 * 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang. *1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. * 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse ...
– Stuart Whitman, American actor (b. 1928) *
March 17 Events Pre-1600 * 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. * 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eigh ...
** Eduard Limonov, Russian writer, poet, publicist, and political dissident (b. 1943) ** Roger Mayweather, American professional boxer and trainer (b. 1961) ** Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Acting President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1958) ** Betty Williams (peace activist), Betty Williams, Northern Ireland Nobel peace activist (b. 1943) *
March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ara ...
** Catherine Hamlin, Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist (b. 1924) ** Alfred Worden, American astronaut (b. 1932) *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 * 673 – Emperor Emperor Tenmu, Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Asuka, Yamato#Imperial Palaces, Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka, Yamato, Asuka. *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Au ...
** Amadeo Carrizo, Argentine footballer (b. 1926) ** Kenny Rogers, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1938) * March 21 – Lorenzo Sanz, Spanish sports executive (b. 1943) * March 23 – Lucia Bosè, Italian actress and beauty pageant winner (b. 1931) *
March 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6. *1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate off ...
** Manu Dibango, Cameroonian saxophonist (b. 1933) ** Stuart Gordon, American film director (b. 1947) ** Terrence McNally, American playwright (b. 1938) ** Albert Uderzo, French comic book artist (b. 1927) *
March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is ...
** Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, Spanish-French royal (b. 1933) ** Michel Hidalgo, French footballer and manager (b. 1933) *
March 27 Events Pre-1600 *1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and Interdict (Catholic canon law), interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. ...
– Hamed Karoui, 7th Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1927) * March 29 ** Philip W. Anderson, American Nobel physicist (b. 1923) ** Yuri Bondarev, Soviet and Russian writer and screenwriter (b. 1924) ** Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1933) *
March 30 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague. * 1282 &ndas ...
** Manolis Glezos, Greek politician and resistance fighter (b. 1922) ** Hau Pei-tsun, 13th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1919) ** Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938) ** Joachim Yhombi-Opango, 4th List of presidents of the Republic of the Congo, President and 12th List of prime ministers of the Republic of the Congo, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1939) * March 31 – Abdul Halim Khaddam, Acting President of Syria (b. 1932)


April

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April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held. * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. *1081 – Alexios I Kom ...
** Nur Hassan Hussein, 12th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1937) ** Ellis Marsalis Jr., American jazz pianist (b. 1934) ** Adam Schlesinger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967) *
April 2 Events Pre-1600 *1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Jo ...
– William Frankland (immunologist), William Frankland, British immunologist (b. 1912) * April 4 – Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero, 31st President of Honduras (b. 1943) *
April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...
** Honor Blackman, English actress (b. 1925) ** Margaret Burbidge, English-born American astrophysicist (b. 1919) ** Shirley Douglas, Canadian actress and civil rights activist (b. 1934) ** Mahmoud Jibril, former Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1952) ** Pentti Linkola, Finnish deep ecologist and writer (b. 1932) *
April 6 Events Pre–1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus. * 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. *132 ...
– James Drury, American actor (b. 1934) *
April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First ''Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Empe ...
– John Prine, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946) *
April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. *1139 – Ro ...
** Abdul Momin Imambari, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (b. 1930) ** Valeriu Muravschi, 1st Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1949) *
April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 1407 ...
** Enrique Múgica, Spanish politician (b. 1932) ** Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japanese filmmaker (b. 1938) * April 11 ** John Horton Conway, English mathematician (b. 1937) ** Edem Kodjo, 3rd Prime Minister of Togo (b. 1938) *
April 12 Events Pre-1600 * 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. * 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted ...
** Stirling Moss, English Formula One, F1 driver (b. 1929) ** Chung Won-shik, 21st Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1928) ** Tim Brooke-Taylor, English comic performer (b. 1940) * April 13 ** Ryo Kawasaki, Japanese jazz fusion guitarist and composer (b. 1947) ** Landelino Lavilla Alsina, Landelino Lavilla, Spanish politician (b. 1934) *
April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. * 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscar ...
** Brian Dennehy, American actor (b. 1938) ** Lee Konitz, American jazz composer and alto saxophonist (b. 1927) * April 16 ** Gene Deitch, American-Czech animator and film director (b. 1924) ** Luis Sepúlveda, Chilean writer (b. 1949) *
April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...
** Filipe Duarte (actor), Filipe Duarte, Portuguese actor (b. 1973) ** Norman Hunter (footballer), Norman Hunter, English international footballer (b. 1943) *
April 21 Events Pre-1600 *753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
** Abdurrahim El-Keib, Acting Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1950) ** Laisenia Qarase, 6th Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1941) ** Florian Schneider, German electronic musician (b. 1947) *
April 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. * 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. * 1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern ...
** Hartwig Gauder, German Olympic champion (b. 1954) ** Shirley Knight, American actress (b. 1936) *
April 25 Events Pre-1600 * 404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion. * 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the ...
– Per Olov Enquist, Swedish author (b. 1934) *
April 27 Events Pre-1600 * 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
– Dragutin Zelenović, 1st Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1928) *
April 28 Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory ...
– Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian scientist (b. 1936) * April 29 **Trevor Cherry, English footballer (b. 1948) ** Denis Goldberg, South African social campaigner (b. 1933) ** Yahya Hassan, Danish poet and political activist (b. 1995) ** Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (b. 1967) ** Jānis Lūsis, Latvian Olympic champion (b. 1939) ** Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, 80th List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (b. 1944) ** Maj Sjöwall, Swedish writer (b. 1935) * April 30 **Tony Allen (musician), Tony Allen, Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter (b. 1940) ** Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor (b. 1952)


May

File:Millie Small (1964).jpg, upright=0.5, Millie Small File:Little Richard (1967).png, upright=0.5, Little Richard File:AdolfoNicolas.jpg, upright=0.5, Adolfo Nicolás File:Nobel Prize 2009-Press Conference KVA-42.jpg, upright=0.5, Oliver E. Williamson File:Stanleyho2006.jpg, upright=0.5, Stanley Ho * May 1 – Tun Tin, 6th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920) * May 2 – Idir (singer), Idir, Algerian singer (b. 1949) * May 5 ** Didi Kempot, Indonesian prominent singer-songwriter of campursari genre (b. 1966) ** Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1946) * May 8 – Siegfried & Roy, Roy Horn, German-American magician (b. 1944) * May 9 – Little Richard, American musician (b. 1932) * May 10 – Betty Wright, American soul singer (b. 1953) * May 11 – Jerry Stiller, American comedian (b. 1927) * May 12 ** Sisavath Keobounphanh, 13th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1928) ** Astrid Kirchherr, German photographer and artist (b. 1938) ** Michel Piccoli, French actor, producer and film director (b. 1925) * May 13 ** Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright (b. 1931) ** Chedli Klibi, 4th List of Secretaries General of the Arab League, Secretary General of the Arab League (b. 1925) * May 15 ** Lynn Shelton, American filmmaker (b. 1965) ** Fred Willard, American actor and comedian (b. 1933) * May 17 – José Cutileiro, 8th List of Secretaries General of the Western European Union, Secretary General of the Western Europe Union (b. 1934) * May 19 – Ravi Zacharias, Indian-born Canadian-American Christian apologist (b. 1946) * May 20 ** Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest (b. 1936) ** Gianfranco Terenzi, former Captain Regent of San Marino (b. 1941) * May 21 – Oliver E. Williamson, American Nobel economist (b. 1932) * May 22 ** Ashley Cooper (tennis), Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (b. 1936) ** Mory Kanté, Guinean singer and musician (b. 1950) ** Luigi Simoni, Italian football player and manager (b. 1939) ** Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and head coach (b. 1942) * May 23 – Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1997) * May 24 – Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer (b. 1929) * May 25 ** Hyun Soong-jong, 22nd Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1919) ** Balbir Singh Sr., Indian field hockey player and manager (b. 1923) ** Vadão, Brazilian football manager (b. 1956) * May 26 – Stanley Ho, Hong Kong-Macau business magnate, investor and philanthropist (b. 1921) * May 27 – Larry Kramer, American author and LGBT rights activist (b. 1935) * May 29 – Abderrahmane Youssoufi, 12th Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1924) * May 30 **Yawovi Agboyibo, 8th Prime Minister of Togo (b. 1943) ** Bobby Morrow, American athlete (b. 1935) * May 31 – Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Christo, Bulgarian-American artist (b. 1935)


June

File:Pierre_Nkurunziza_2014_press_conference_(cropped).jpg, upright=0.5, Pierre Nkurunziza File:Sushant Singh Rajput (cropped).jpg, upright=0.5, Sushant Singh Rajput File:Vera Lynn (1962).jpg, upright=0.5, Dame Vera Lynn File:Carl_Reiner_1960_still.jpg, upright=0.5, Carl Reiner * June 2 ** Carlo Ubbiali, Italian motorcycle road racer (b. 1929) ** Wes Unseld, American basketball player and coach (b. 1946) * June 4 – Pete Rademacher, American Olympic heavyweight boxing champion (b. 1928) * June 5 – Boris Gaganelov, Bulgarian footballer and manager (b. 1941) * June 8 ** Tony Dunne, Irish footballer (b. 1941) ** Pierre Nkurunziza, 8th President of Burundi (b. 1964) * June 11 **Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, 10th Prime Minister of Gabon (b. 1961) ** Dennis O'Neil, American comic book writer (b. 1939) ** Rosa Maria Sardà, Spanish actress (b. 1941) * June 13 – Jean Raspail, French author and explorer (b. 1925) * June 14 **Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Mexican footballer (b. 1942) ** Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor (b. 1986) ** Keith Tippett, British pianist and composer (b. 1947) * June 16 – Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan politician and guerrilla (b. 1937) * June 17 ** Marlene Ahrens, Chilean athlete (b. 1933) ** György Kárpáti, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1935) * June 18 ** Tibor Benedek, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1972) **Dame Vera Lynn, English singer (b. 1917) ** Jules Sedney, 5th Prime Minister of Suriname (b. 1922) * June 19 **Sir Ian Holm, English actor (b. 1931) ** Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Spanish novelist (b. 1964) * June 20 ** Ema Derossi-Bjelajac, 6th President of the Presidency of Croatia, President of the Presidency of the SR of Croatia (b. 1926) ** Pedro Lima (actor), Pedro Lima, Portuguese actor (b. 1971) * June 21 ** Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi footballer and manager (b. 1964) ** Zeev Sternhell, Polish-born Israeli historian and political scientist (b. 1935) * June 22 – Joel Schumacher, American film director (b. 1939) * June 26 – Milton Glaser, American graphic designer (b. 1929) * June 27 ** Belaid Abdessalam, 7th Prime Minister of Algeria (b. 1928) ** Linda Cristal, Argentine actress (b. 1931) ** Ilija Petković, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1945) * June 29 – Carl Reiner, American actor, film director and comedian (b. 1922) * June 30 – Ida Haendel, Polish-born English violinist (b. 1928)


July

File:Ennio Morricone Cannes 2007 (cropped).jpg, upright=0.5, Ennio Morricone File:Zizi Jeanmaire (1963).jpg, upright=0.5, Zizi Jeanmaire File:Benjamin_Mkapa_2010-05-07.jpg, upright=0.5, Benjamin Mkapa File:Fleetwood Mac peter green.jpg, upright=0.5, Peter Green (musician), Peter Green File:Olivia_DeHavilland-2.JPG, upright=0.5, Dame Olivia de Havilland File:Arthurowen.jpg, upright=0.5, Owen Arthur File:總統李登輝先生玉照_(國民大會實錄).jpg, upright=0.5, Lee Teng-hui * July 1 ** Emmanuel Rakotovahiny, 15th Prime Minister of Madagascar (b. 1938) ** Everton Weekes, Barbadian cricketer (b. 1925) * July 3 – Saroj Khan, Indian choreographer (b. 1948) * July 5 ** Willi Holdorf, German athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1940) ** Volodymyr Troshkin, Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (b. 1947) * July 6 ** Charlie Daniels, American country singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1936) ** Ennio Morricone, Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (b. 1928) * July 8 ** Amadou Gon Coulibaly, 10th List of heads of government of Ivory Coast, Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (b. 1959) ** Finn Christian Jagge, Norwegian alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1966) ** Alex Pullin, Australian Olympic snowboarder (b. 1987) ** Naya Rivera, American actress, model and singer (b. 1987) * July 9 – Miloš Jakeš, 5th List of presidents of Czechoslovakia, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (b. 1922) * July 10 ** Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager (b. 1935) ** Paik Sun-yup, South Korean military officer (b. 1920) ** Lara van Ruijven, Dutch short track speed skater (b. 1992) * July 12 ** Hassan Abshir Farah, 9th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1945) ** Kelly Preston, American actress and model (b. 1962) ** Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer (b. 1945) ** Lajos Szűcs (footballer, born 1943), Lajos Szűcs, Hungarian footballer (b. 1943) * July 13 ** Grant Imahara, American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host (b. 1970) ** Hasan al-Lawzi, Acting Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1952) * July 15 – Toke Talagi, 5th Premier of Niue (b. 1951) * July 17 ** Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballet dancer (b. 1924) ** John Lewis, American civil rights leader and politician (b. 1940) ** Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer (b. 1940) ** Ron Tauranac, British-Australian engineer and racing car designer (b. 1925) * July 18 ** Juan Marsé, Spanish novelist, journalist and screenwriter (b. 1933) ** Haruma Miura, Japanese actor (b. 1990) * July 19 ** Sapardi Djoko Damono, Indonesian poet and literary figure (b. 1940) ** Seydou Diarra, 4th Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (b. 1933) ** Nikolai Tanayev, 8th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (b. 1945) * July 21 ** Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Spanish philologist (b. 1922) ** Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress (b. 1930) * July 23 – Jean Brankart, Belgian racing cyclist (b. 1930) * July 24 ** Ben Jipcho, Kenyan athlete, Olympic silver medallist (b. 1943) ** Benjamin Mkapa, 3rd President of Tanzania (b. 1938) * July 25 – Peter Green (musician), Peter Green, English blues rock singer-songwriter (b. 1946) * July 26 – Dame Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress (b. 1916) * July 27 – Owen Arthur, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1949) * July 28 ** Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer (b. 1924) ** Gisèle Halimi, Tunisian-French lawyer and feminist (b. 1927) * July 30 – Lee Teng-hui, 13th President of the Republic of China (b. 1923) * July 31 ** Alan Parker, English filmmaker (b. 1944) ** Stephen Tataw, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1963)


August

File:John Hume 2008.jpg, upright=0.5, John Hume File:Allen_mg_2528-3750K-b.jpg, upright=0.5, Frances Allen File:Chadwick Boseman by Gage Skidmore July 2017 (cropped).jpg, upright=0.5, Chadwick Boseman File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg, upright=0.5, Pranab Mukherjee * August 1 – Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (b. 1934) * August 2 ** Leon Fleisher, American pianist (b. 1928) ** Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov, Kazakh Olympic wrestling champion (b. 1951) * August 3 ** Ernesto Brambilla, Grand Prix motorcycle road racer (b. 1934) ** John Hume, Northern Irish Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Peace laureate politician (b. 1937) * August 4 – Frances Allen, American computer scientist (b. 1932) * August 6 – Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher (b. 1952) * August 7 ** Lê Khả Phiêu, 10th General-Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (b. 1931) ** Adin Steinsaltz, Israeli rabbi and philosopher (b. 1937) * August 8 – Pedro Casaldáliga, Spanish-Brazilian prelate and human rights activist (b. 1928) *August 9 ** Martin Birch, British music producer and engineer (b. 1948) ** Franca Valeri, Italian actress and playwright (b. 1920) * August 10 – Vladica Popović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1935) * August 11 – Trini Lopez, American singer and actor (b. 1937) * August 14 ** Julian Bream, English classical guitarist and lutenist (b. 1933) ** Ewa Demarczyk, Polish singer and poet (b. 1941) * August 17 – Mário de Araújo Cabral, Portuguese Formula One driver (b. 1934) * August 18 **Ben Cross, English actor (b. 1947) **Cesare Romiti, Italian manager and businessman (b. 1923) * August 19 – Borys Paton, Soviet and Ukrainian scientist (b. 1918) * August 20 – Branko Kostić, acting President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (b. 1939) * August 21 – Ken Robinson (educationalist), Ken Robinson, English educationalist and author (b. 1950) * August 24 – Pascal Lissouba, 6th President of the Republic of Congo, President and 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo (b. 1931) * August 26 – Gerald Carr (astronaut), Gerald Carr, American astronaut and aeronautical engineer (b. 1932) * August 28 – Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (b. 1976) * August 31 **Nina Bocharova, Soviet and Ukrainian Olympic gymnast (b. 1924) ** Pranab Mukherjee, 13th President of India (b. 1935)


September

File:Diana Rigg 1973 Cropped.jpg, upright=0.5, Diana Rigg File:Moussa_Traoré_(1989)_(cropped).jpg, upright=0.5, Moussa Traoré File:Turner 1968 cropped.jpg, upright=0.5, John Turner File:Arthur Ashkin EM1B5678 (44417135450).jpg, upright=0.5, Arthur Ashkin File:Juliette Greco voor het programma Domino in de Cinebone Studio in Duivendrecht, Bestanddeelnr 914-9574 (cropped).jpg, upright=0.5, Juliette Gréco File:Sheikh Sabah IV (cropped).jpg, upright=0.5, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah * September 1 ** Vladislav Krapivin, Soviet and Russian children's literature writer (b. 1938) ** Erick Morillo, Colombian-American DJ and music producer (b. 1971) * September 2 ** David Graeber, American anthropologist and anarchist author (b. 1961) ** Kang Kek Iew, Cambodian prison commander and war criminal (b. 1942) * September 4 ** Annie Cordy, Belgian actress and singer (b. 1928) ** Joe Williams (Cook Islands politician), Joe Williams, 5th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1934) * September 5 – Jiří Menzel, Czech film director, actor and screenwriter (b. 1938) * September 6 ** Vaughan Jones, New Zealand mathematician (b. 1952) ** Dragoljub Ojdanić, Serbian military officer and war criminal (b. 1941) * September 7 – Abdul Qadir Bajamal, 5th Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1946) * September 8 ** Ronald Harwood, South African-born English screenwriter (b. 1934) ** Alfred Riedl, Austrian football player and manager (b. 1949) * September 9 – Shere Hite, American-born German feminist and sex educator (b. 1942) * September 10 – Diana Rigg, English actress (b. 1938) * September 11 – Toots Hibbert, Jamaican singer and songwriter (b. 1942) * September 15 ** Momčilo Krajišnik, Bosnian Serb political leader and war criminal (b. 1945) ** Moussa Traoré, 2nd President of Mali (b. 1936) * September 17 – Terry Goodkind, American novelist (b. 1948) * September 18 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American jurist, and gender equality pioneer (b. 1933) * September 19 – John Turner, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1929) * September 20 – Michael Chapman (cinematographer), Michael Chapman, American cinematographer and film director (b. 1935) * September 21 ** Arthur Ashkin, American Nobel physicist (b. 1922) ** Tommy DeVito (musician), Tommy DeVito, American musician and singer (b. 1928) ** Michael Lonsdale, French actor (b. 1931) * September 22 – Agne Simonsson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1935) * September 23 ** Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (b. 1927) ** Gale Sayers, American gridiron football player (b. 1943) * September 24 ** Dean Jones (cricketer), Dean Jones, Australian cricketer (b. 1961) ** Corine Rottschäfer, Dutch model and beauty contestant (b. 1938) * September 25 ** S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Indian playback singer (b. 1946) ** Goran Paskaljević, Serbian film director (b. 1947) * September 27 ** John D. Barrow, English cosmologist, theoretical physicist and mathematician (b. 1952) ** Yūko Takeuchi, Japanese actress (b. 1980) * September 29 ** Mac Davis, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1942) ** Helen Reddy, Australian singer and actress (b. 1941) ** Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1929) * September 30 ** Ali Bozer, Acting Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1925) ** Quino, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1932)


October

File:Eddie Van Halen (Cropped).jpg, upright=0.5, Eddie Van Halen File:Mario Molina 1c389 8385 (cropped).jpg, upright=0.5, Mario Molina File:Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri portrait (cropped) (2).png, upright=0.5, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri File:Sean Connery (1983).jpg, 110px, Sir Sean Connery * October 2 – Bob Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1935) * October 4 – Kenzō Takada, Japanese-born French fashion designer (b. 1939) * October 6 ** Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940) ** Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American musician and songwriter (b. 1955) * October 7 – Mario Molina, Mexican Nobel chemist (b. 1943) * October 8 ** Whitey Ford, American baseball player (b. 1928) ** Ali Khalif Galaydh, 8th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1941) **Charles Moore (athlete), Charles Moore, American athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1929) ** Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Iranian classical singer (b. 1940) * October 12 – Litokwa Tomeing, 4th President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1939) * October 14 ** Rhonda Fleming, American actress (b. 1923) ** Kuniwo Nakamura, 6th President of Palau (b. 1943) * October 18 – René Felber, 81st President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1933) * October 19 – Spencer Davis, Welsh musician (b. 1939) * October 20 ** Bruno Martini, French footballer (b. 1962) ** James Randi, Canadian-American magician and skeptic (b. 1928) ** Irina Skobtseva, Soviet and Russian actress (b. 1927) * October 21 – Marge Champion, American actress and dancer (b. 1919) * October 25 ** Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, 6th Vice President of Iraq (b. 1942) ** Diane di Prima, American poet, playwright and activist (b. 1934) ** Lee Kun-hee, South Korean electronics executive (b. 1942) * October 28 – Anthony Soter Fernandez, Malaysian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1932) * October 29 – Angelika Amon, Austrian-American molecular and cell biologist (b. 1967) * October 30 ** Robert Fisk, English writer and journalist (b. 1946) ** Nobby Stiles, English footballer and manager (b. 1942) ** Mesut Yılmaz, 21st Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1947) ** Amfilohije Radović, 50th Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral (b. 1938) * October 31 ** Sean Connery, Scottish actor (b. 1930) ** MF Doom, British-American rapper (b. 1971)


November

File:Amadou Toure cropped.jpg, upright=0.5, Amadou Toumani Touré File:Masatoshi Koshiba 2002 (headshot).jpg, upright=0.5, Masatoshi Koshiba File:Jerry Rawlings (headshot).jpg, upright=0.5, Jerry Rawlings File:Soumitra Chatterjee - Kolkata 2011-05-09 2865 (headshot).JPG, upright=0.5, Soumitra Chatterjee File:Patrijarh Irinej na obeležavanju 70. godišnjice Novosadske racije (1) (cropped).JPG, upright=0.5, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Irinej File:Maradona 2010-1.jpg, upright=0.5, Diego Maradona * November 2 ** Ahmed Laraki, 6th Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1931) ** Gigi Proietti, Italian actor and comedian (b. 1940) * November 4 – Ken Hensley, English singer and songwriter (b. 1945) * November 6 ** Jim Marurai, 8th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1947) ** Fernando Solanas, Argentine film director and politician (b. 1936) * November 8 – Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host (b. 1940) *November 9 – Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player and coach (b. 1934) * November 10 ** Saeb Erekat, Palestinian diplomat (b. 1955) ** Amadou Toumani Touré, 3rd President of Mali (b. 1948) * November 11 ** Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, 1st Prime Minister of Bahrain (b. 1935) ** Jorge Llopart, Spanish athlete (b. 1952) * November 12 ** Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese Nobel physicist (b. 1926) ** Jerry Rawlings, President of Ghana (b. 1947) * November 13 – Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (b. 1946) *November 14 ** Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Soviet, Armenian and Russian actor (b. 1935) ** Peter Florjančič, Slovene inventor and athlete (b. 1919) ** Hasan Muratović, 4th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1940) ** Des O'Connor, English television presenter, comedian and singer (b. 1932) * November 15 ** Soumitra Chatterjee, Indian actor (b. 1935) ** Ray Clemence, English football goalkeeper (b. 1948) ** Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Ecuadorian cardinal (b. 1934) * November 16 ** Henryk Gulbinowicz, Polish cardinal (b. 1923) ** Walid Muallem, Syrian diplomat (b. 1941) **Bruce Swedien, American audio engineer and record producer (b. 1934) * November 18 - Umar Ghalib, 7th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1930) * November 20 – Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (b. 1930) * November 22 ** Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, 7th Heads of state of Mauritania, President of Mauritania (b. 1938) ** Mustafa Nadarević, Bosnian-Croatian actor (b. 1943) * November 23 – Anele Ngcongca, South African footballer (b. 1987) * November 24 – Mamadou Tandja, 7th List of heads of state of Niger, President of Niger (b. 1938) * November 25 ** Diego Maradona, Argentine football player and manager (b. 1960) ** James Wolfensohn, 9th President of the World Bank Group (b. 1933) * November 26 ** Sadiq al-Mahdi, 7th List of heads of government of Sudan, Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1935) ** Tevita Momoedonu, 5th Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1946) ** Daria Nicolodi, Italian actress and screenwriter (b. 1950) *November 27 – Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iranian nuclear physicist and academic (b. 1958) * November 28 – David Prowse, English bodybuilder and actor (b. 1935) * November 29 – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (b. 1978)


December

File:Valéry Giscard d’Estaing 1978(2).jpg, upright=0.5, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing File:Visita Oficial del Presidente de Uruguay 2 (cropped).jpg, upright=0.5, Tabaré Vázquez File:Kim_Ki-duk_at_the_69th_Venice_International_Film_Festival_(cropped).jpg, upright=0.5, Kim Ki-duk File:Pierre Buyoya at Chatham House 2013 crop.jpg, upright=0.5, Pierre Buyoya File:Pierre Cardin (headshot).jpg, upright=0.5, Pierre Cardin *December 1 ** Eduardo Lourenço, Portuguese philosopher and writer (b. 1923) ** Arnie Robinson, American athlete (b. 1948) *December 2 ** Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 20th President of France (b. 1926) ** Zafarullah Khan Jamali, 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1944) ** Rafer Johnson, American decathlete and actor (b. 1934) ** Pat Patterson (wrestler), Pat Patterson, Canadian–American professional wrestler and producer (b. 1941) * December 5 – Viktor Ponedelnik, Soviet and Russian footballer and manager (b. 1937) * December 6 – Tabaré Vázquez, 39th and 41st President of Uruguay (b. 1940) * December 7 – Chuck Yeager, American Air Force officer and test pilot (b. 1923) * December 8 – Alejandro Sabella, Argentine football player and manager (b. 1954) * December 9 ** Vyacheslav Kebich, 1st Prime Minister of Belarus (b. 1936) ** Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer (b. 1956) * December 10 ** Tommy Lister Jr., American actor and professional wrestler (b. 1958) ** Barbara Windsor, English actress (b. 1937) * December 11 **Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director and screenwriter (b. 1960) **James Flynn (academic), James Flynn, New Zealand intelligence researcher (b. 1934) * December 12 ** John le Carré, English author (b. 1931) ** Charley Pride, American singer, musician, and guitarist (b. 1934) ** Fikre Selassie Wogderess, 9th List of heads of government of Ethiopia, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1945) ** Jack Steinberger, German-born American Nobel physicist (b. 1921) * December 13 – Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, 10th Prime Minister of Eswatini (b. 1968) * December 14 – Gérard Houllier, French footballer and manager (b. 1947) * December 15 – Saufatu Sopoanga, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1952) * December 16 – Flavio Cotti, 80th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1939) * December 17 – Pierre Buyoya, 3rd President of Burundi (b. 1949) * December 18 ** Michael Jeffery, 24th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1937) ** Òscar Ribas Reig, 1st Prime Minister of Andorra (b. 1936) * December 19 – Mekere Morauta, 7th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1946) * December 20 – Doug Anthony, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1929) * December 22 – Muhammad Mustafa Mero, 62nd Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1941) * December 24 ** John Cremona, Acting President of Malta (b. 1918) ** Ivry Gitlis, Israeli violinist (b. 1922) * December 25 – K. C. Jones, American basketball player and coach (b. 1932) * December 26 ** George Blake, British spy and double agent (b. 1922) ** Brodie Lee, American professional wrestler and actor (b. 1979) * December 28 – Armando Manzanero, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1935) * December 29 – Pierre Cardin, Italian-born French fashion designer (b. 1922) * December 30 – Eugene Wright, American jazz bassist (b. 1923) * December 31 – Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1928)


Nobel Prizes

File:Nobel medal.png, 120px, Nobel medal * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – Paul Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Louise Glück * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – World Food Programme * Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea M. Ghez * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton (virologist), Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice


References


External links

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