The following is a list of notable events, births and deaths from 2020 in the United States. The US was heavily impacted by the

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, which by the end of the year killed over 300,000 people within American borders. America also became a political battleground for various issues, with various instances of

racism Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagoni ...

and more so

police brutality Police brutality is the excessive and unwarranted use of force by law enforcement against an individual or a group. It is an extreme form of police misconduct and is a civil rights violation. Police brutality includes, but is not limited to ...

commencing a wide movement of racial unrest and the

George Floyd protests The George Floyd protests were a series of protests and civil unrest against police brutality and racism that began in Minneapolis on May 26, 2020, and largely took place during 2020. The civil unrest and protests began as part of internat ...

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 P ...

was a central figure to American politics during his final full year as president, which saw not only the pandemic and racial unrest but also Trump's first impeachment trial and the appointment of

Amy Coney Barrett Amy Vivian Coney Barrett (born January 28, 1972) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The fifth woman to serve on the court, she was nominated by President Donald Trump and has served since October 27, 2020. ...

to the

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. While Trump lost the 2020 election to former Vice President Joe Biden, he has disputed the result of the election, and efforts have continued into both 2021 and 2022 to overturn the election.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...

) *

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

Mike Pence Michael Richard Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 50th ...

(R-

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...

) * Chief Justice:

John Roberts John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as the 17th chief justice of the United States since 2005. Roberts has authored the majority opinion in several landmark cases, including '' Nat ...

(

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

) *

Speaker of the House The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hunger ...

Nancy Pelosi Nancy Patricia Pelosi (; ; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who has served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2011. She has represented in the United States House of ...

( D-

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

) *

Senate Majority Leader The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...

Mitch McConnell Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky and the Senate minority leader since 2021. Currently in his seventh term, McCon ...

(R-

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

) *

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: 116th

Ongoing events

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2020–2021 United States racial unrest The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

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Events by month

January

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**Iraqi militiamen and protesters disperse from the site of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad a day after attacking it. **

Recreational marijuana Recreational drug use indicates the use of one or more psychoactive drugs to induce an altered state of consciousness either for pleasure or for some other casual purpose or pastime by modifying the perceptions and emotions of the user. When a ...

becomes legal in

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...

. **Several new regulations take effect in the United States, including new regulations on retirement funds, new minimum wage rules, and new overtime rules. **All books and films published in 1924 enter the

public domain in the United States Works are in the public domain if they are not covered by intellectual property rights (such as copyright) at all, or if the intellectual property rights to the works have expired. All works first published or released in the United States b ...

. *

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 ...

– 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis: President

approves the

targeted killing Targeted killing is a form of murder or assassination carried out by governments outside a judicial procedure or a battlefield. Since the late 20th century, the legal status of targeted killing has become a subject of contention within and bet ...

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 ...

ian 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 Qu ...

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 ...

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

, Iraq. *

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; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French a ...

– The

77th Golden Globe Awards The 77th Golden Globe Awards honored the best in film and American television of 2019, as chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Produced by Dick Clark Productions and the HFPA, the ceremony was broadcast live on January 5, 2020, fro ...

are held in

Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. A notable and historic suburb of Greater Los Angeles, it is in a wealthy area immediately southwest of the Hollywood Hills, approximately northwest of downtown Los Angeles. ...

. *

January 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ...

– Former film producer

Harvey Weinstein Harvey Weinstein (; born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer and convicted sex offender. He and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films includ ...

is charged with four additional counts of rape and sexual battery in a

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court. *

January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I and Alfred the Great lead a West Saxon army to repel an inv ...

**Persian Gulf crisis: Iran attacks Iraqi military bases hosting U.S. troops, injuring more than 110 service members. **The

American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer. Established in 1913, the society is organized into six geographical regions of both medical and lay volunteers operating in more than ...

reports a 2.2% drop in the

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...

death rate between 2016 and 2017, the largest single-year decline in mortality for this disease ever recorded in the U.S. *

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 Jin ...

**Persian Gulf crisis: The

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votes 224–194 to pass a non-binding

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to limit the president's ability to pursue military actions against Iran without congressional consent. **The

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reportedly finds "nothing of consequence" in its two-year investigation into the business dealings of former Secretary of State

Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...

. *

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 ...

– For the first time since the

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, women outnumber men in the American workforce, with women holding 50.04% of all jobs. *

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 Muha ...

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...

is hit by a 5.9 earthquake and several 5.0

earthquakes An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, fro ...

, following the 7 January 6.4 that left one dead and several wounded in addition to thousands without electric power. **At least seven people are killed by wind and rain storms across the South. *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 * 1639 – The " Fundamental Orders", the first written c ...

**The seventh Democratic presidential debate is held in

Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moine ...

. Six candidates participate. **The

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and its players' union reach an eight-year agreement allowing top players to earn $500,000 with an average salary of $130,000. It also provides fully paid

maternity leave Parental leave, or family leave, is an employee benefit available in almost all countries. The term "parental leave" may include maternity, Paternity (law), paternity, and adoption leave; or may be used distinctively from "maternity leave" an ...

. ** Delta Air Lines Flight 89, en route to

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the ...

, dumps fuel on a school playground near

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. 60 people, including 17 children, are treated for skin irritation. *

January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. *1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...

– President Donald Trump and China's Vice Premier Liu He sign the U.S.–China Phase One trade deal in Washington, D.C. *

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 Sp ...

– The

impeachment trial An impeachment trial is a trial that functions as a component of an impeachment. Several governments utilize impeachment trials as a part of their processes for impeachment, but differ as to when in the impeachment process trials take place and how ...

of President Donald Trump begins in the U.S. Senate. *

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 & ...

– 22,000 people attend a gun rights

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at the

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Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, Californi ...

to protest proposed gun laws. *

January 21 Events Pre-1600 * 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. * 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when ...

–

: The first case of

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in the United States is confirmed by the

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(CDC). *

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 ...

– The

Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Oakland from its founding in 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan area where they now play as the Las Vegas Ra ...

officially relocate to

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Veg ...

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

. *

January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. *1438 – The Counc ...

– Donald Trump becomes the first sitting president to personally attend the annual

March for Life March for Life may refer to: * March for Life (Washington, D.C.), an annual anti-abortion gathering held in Washington, D.C. * March for Life (Paris), an annual demonstration held in Paris protesting abortion * March for Life (Prague), an annual ...

anti-abortion protest in Washington, D.C. *

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 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...

**A helicopter crash in

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and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant. **The

62nd Annual Grammy Awards The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 26, 2020, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from October 1, 2018, to August 31, 2019. Al ...

are held in

, hosted by

Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. A classically trained pianist, Keys started composing songs when she was 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Col ...

. *

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 ...

** Fotis Dulos attempts suicide at his home in Connecticut; gets airlifted to a Bronx hospital where he would die 2 days later. *

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, rul ...

: President Donald Trump establishes the

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. **President Trump signs the

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(USMCA). *

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 estimat ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: The CDC confirms the first case of human-to-human transmission of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the U.S. *

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 ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: President Donald Trump imposes travel restrictions preventing foreign nationals from entering the U.S. if they visited China within the previous two weeks. **The U.S. Senate votes 51–49 against calling witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial. **President Trump expands his

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to include six new countries:

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopi ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

, and

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

. **At a

human trafficking Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extr ...

summit in the

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, Trump reportedly creates a new White House position dedicated solely to addressing the issue.

February

February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: ...

–

Super Bowl LIV Super Bowl LIV was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2019 season. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion Kansas City Chiefs defeated the National Football Conferenc ...

: The

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defeat the

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, 31–20.

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Affleck (' Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series '' In Living Color'', where she re ...

and

Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977), professionally known by the mononym Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular ...

co-headline the

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. *

February 3 Events Pre-1600 *1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. * 1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. * 1488 – ...

– The 2020

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Democratic and Republican caucuses take place. The Democratic caucus results are delayed due to problems with a vote-counting app. *

February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling ...

– President Donald Trump delivers his third State of the Union address. Among the guests are Venezuelan opposition leader

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and conservative radio host

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, who is awarded the

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. *

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 ...

– The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump concludes with the Senate voting 52–48 to

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on the first article of impeachment and 53–47 on the second charge.

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...

Senator

Mitt Romney Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American politician, businessman, and lawyer serving as the junior United States senator from Utah since January 2019, succeeding Orrin Hatch. He served as the 70th governor of Massachusetts ...

becomes the first ever senator to vote to remove a president of their own political party. *

February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death ...

– The

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(NHTSA) gives permission for

Nuro Nuro is an American robotics company based in Mountain View, California. Founded by Jiajun Zhu and Dave Ferguson, Nuro develops autonomous delivery vehicles and is the first company to receive an autonomous exemption from the National Highway ...

Inc. to deploy up to 5,000 driverless delivery vehicles across the country. It is the first time the NHTSA allows deployment of automated driving systems without meeting all national auto safety standards. *

February 9 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland. *1539 – The first recorded race is held ...

– The

92nd Academy Awards The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 2019 and took place on February 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:00 p ...

, the second in a row with no official host, are held at

Dolby Theatre The Dolby Theatre (formerly known as the Kodak Theatre) is a live-performance auditorium in the Ovation Hollywood shopping mall and entertainment complex, on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. ...

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywoo ...

Bong Joon-ho Bong Joon-ho (, ; Hanja: 奉俊昊; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. The recipient of four Academy Awards, his filmography is characterised by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black h ...

's ''

Parasite Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson h ...

'' becomes the first

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

n film to receive Academy Award recognition, winning four awards as well as becoming the first non-English-language film to win

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; Joon-ho also wins Best Director.

Todd Phillips Todd Phillips (né Bunzl, born December 20, 1970) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as ''Road Trip (film), Road Trip'', ''Old School (film), Old School'', ...

' '' Joker'' leads the nominations with 11, with

Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (; né Bottom; born October 28, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for playing dark and unconventional characters in independent films. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academ ...

winning

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to the ...

Renée Zellweger Renée Kathleen Zellweger (; born April 25, 1969) is an American actress. The recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, she was one of the world's highest-paid ...

wins

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

for '' Judy'',

Brad Pitt William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Awar ...

Best Supporting Actor for ''

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is ...

'' and

Laura Dern Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and five Golden Globe Awards. Born to actor Bruce Dern and act ...

Best Supporting Actress for ''

Marriage Story ''Marriage Story'' is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach, who also produced the film with David Heyman. It stars Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver as a warring couple going through a coast-to-coast divorce. Laura Dern, ...

''. The telecast garners over 23.6 million viewers, a 20% decrease from the previous year, at that point the lowest viewership for the ceremony since Nielsen began compiling figures. *

February 10 Events Pre-1600 *1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparki ...

– Former Congressman

J. C. Watts Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (born November 18, 1957) is an American politician, clergyman, and athlete. Watts was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League. He served in ...

launches the first all-news channel aimed at African Americans, the

Black News Channel The Black News Channel (BNC) was an American pay television news channel, targeting the African American demographic. The channel was based in Tallahassee, Florida, and launched on February 10, 2020.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 ...

– The 2020 New Hampshire primaries are held. *

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 ...

– The

McClatchy The McClatchy Company, commonly referred to as simply McClatchy, is an American publishing company incorporated under Delaware's General Corporation Law and based in Sacramento, California. It operates 29 daily newspapers in fourteen states and ...

newspaper chain files for

Chapter 11 bankruptcy Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code ( Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Such reorganization, known as Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is available to every business, whe ...

. *

February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: More than 300 Americans are evacuated from the quarantined ''Diamond Princess'' cruise ship in Japan, including 14 who have tested positive for the

coronavirus. **The national

Boy Scouts of America The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with about 1.2 million youth participants. The BSA was founded in ...

files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Independently funded local councils are not effected. **

Pier 1 Imports Pier 1 Imports, Inc. is an online retailer and former Fort Worth, Texas-based retail chain specializing in imported home furnishings and decor, particularly furniture, table-top items, decorative accessories, and seasonal decor. It was publicl ...

files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to do so in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...

as well. **

Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon (company), an American multinational technolog ...

CEO

Jeff Bezos Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( ;; and Robinson (2010), p. 7. ''né'' Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor, investor, and commercial astronaut. He is the founder, executive chairman, and former presi ...

pledges $10 billion to fight

climate change In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to ...

using a new fund called the Bezos Earth Fund. *

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 ...

– The

Utah Senate The Utah State Senate is the upper house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The Utah Senate is composed of 29 elected members representing an equal number of senate districts. Each senate district is ...

votes to decriminalize

polygamy Crimes Polygamy (from Late Greek (') "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more than one wife at the same time, sociologists call this polygyny. When a woman is marr ...

. *

February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. * 1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotlan ...

–

Political consultant Political consulting is a form of consulting that consists primarily of advising and assisting political campaigns. Although the most important role of political consultants is arguably the development and production of mass media (largely tel ...

Roger Stone Roger Jason Stone (born Roger Joseph Stone Jr.; August 27, 1952) is an American conservative political consultant and lobbyist. Since the 1970s, Stone has worked on the campaigns of Republican politicians, including Richard Nixon, Ronald Rea ...

is sentenced to 40 months in prison after being found guilty of witness tampering, obstructing an official proceeding, and five counts of making false statements. *

February 21 Events Pre-1600 *452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. * 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. *1440 – The Pru ...

Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California; operational headquarters in Manhattan; and managerial offices throughout the United States and intern ...

agrees to pay a $3 billion fine as a result of the 2016 fake account scandal. ** ''

Hunters Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...

'' debuts on

Amazon Video Amazon Prime Video, also known simply as Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon offered as a standalone service or as part of Amazon's Prime subscription. The service pr ...

. *

February 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. * 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferd ...

– The

2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses The 2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 22, 2020, with early voting on February 14–18, and was the third nominating contest in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the Ne ...

are held. The Republican caucuses are cancelled with President Trump winning all delegates by default. *

February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of ...

– Ahmaud Arbery is murdered in

Glynn County, Georgia Glynn County is located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 79,626. The county seat is Brunswick. Glynn County is part of the Brunswick, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. H ...

. No arrests are made until May. *

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. * ...

– Former film producer

is found guilty of

rape Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or ...

. *

February 25 Events Pre-1600 *138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. * ...

** Amazon opens its first cashierless grocery store, located in

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region o ...

. ** Bob Chapek is named CEO of

The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on Octobe ...

replacing

Bob Iger Robert Allen Iger (; born February 10, 1951) is an American businessman who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company. He previously served as the President of ABC Television between 1994 and 1995 and the President and Ch ...

. *

February 26 Events Pre-1600 * 747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: First case of community spread reported in California. *

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 Constantin ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: Growing fear of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic causes 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 ...

to plunge by 1,190.95 points (4.4%), closing at 25,766.64—its largest one-day points decline in history. This follows several days of large falls, the Dow's worst week since 2008. **Marine commandant General

David H. Berger David Hilberry Berger (born December 21, 1959) is a United States Marine Corps four-star general currently serving as the 38th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps. Since his commissioning in 1981, he has served in a variety of command an ...

orders the removal of Confederate symbols from

Marine Corps Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force trained to operate in littoral zones in support of naval operations. Historically, tasks undertaken by marines have included helping maintain discipline and order aboard the ship (refl ...

bases around the world. **Former Baltimore mayor

Catherine Pugh Catherine Elizabeth Pugh (born March 10, 1950) is an American former politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the 51st mayor of Baltimore from 2016 to 2019, when she resigned amid a scandal that eventually led to criminal char ...

is sentenced to three years in prison and three years probation after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the government. * February 29 **The

Trump administration Donald Trump's tenure as the List of presidents of the United States, 45th president of the United States began with Inauguration of Donald Trump, his inauguration on January 20, 2017, and ended on January 20, 2021. Trump, a Republican Party ...

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 ...

sign a conditional peace agreement in

Doha Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor (city), Al Khor, it is home to m ...

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

as part of a process to end the

war in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan, Afghan war, or Afghan civil war may refer to: *Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC) * Muslim conquests of Afghanistan (637–709) *Conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire (13th century), see al ...

. **COVID-19 pandemic: The first death from COVID-19 in the U.S. is reported by officials in

Washington state Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a U.S. state, state in the Northwestern United States, Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first President of the United States, U.S. p ...

, as the total number of cases nationwide reaches 66. **The

2020 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary The 2020 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on February 29, 2020 and was the fourth nominating contest in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The South Carolina primary was an open primary ...

is held; billionaire candidate

Tom Steyer Thomas Fahr Steyer (born June 27, 1957) is an American climate investor, businessman, hedge fund manager, philanthropist, environmentalist, and liberal activist. Steyer is the co-founder and co-chair of Galvanize Climate Solutions, founder and ...

suspends his presidential campaign.

March

March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Dioclet ...

– Former

South Bend, Indiana South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ...

mayor

Pete Buttigieg Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg ( ; ; Sometimes pronounced or , but not by Buttigieg himself. born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former military officer who is currently serving as the United States secretary of transp ...

suspends his

presidential campaign 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 ...

. *

March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome (537–38), Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths, Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Piazza del Popolo, Flaminian Gate; he a ...

**A

tornado outbreak __NOTOC__ A tornado outbreak is the occurrence of multiple tornadoes spawned by the same synoptic scale weather system. The number of tornadoes required to qualify as an outbreak typically are at least six to ten, with at least two rotational ...

strikes four counties around

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and ...

, killing 26 people. **Senator

Amy Klobuchar Amy Jean Klobuchar ( ; born May 25, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota, a seat she has held since 2007. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Minn ...

suspends her

. **

MSNBC MSNBC (originally the Microsoft National Broadcasting Company) is an American news-based pay television cable channel. It is owned by NBCUniversala subsidiary of Comcast. Headquartered in New York City, it provides news coverage and political ...

commentator

Chris Matthews Christopher John Matthews (born December 17, 1945) is an American political commentator, retired talk show host, and author. Matthews hosted his weeknight hour-long talk show, '' Hardball with Chris Matthews'', on America's Talking and later on ...

announces his retirement. *

March 3 Events Pre-1600 * 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. *1575 ...

– Super Tuesday 2020 takes place. * March 3–10 – The

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takes place. *

March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a ...

pandemic: At least 130 cases of COVID-19 are reported in the United States, with ten deaths in

Washington State Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a U.S. state, state in the Northwestern United States, Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first President of the United States, U.S. p ...

and one in

. California governor

Gavin Newsom Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who has been the 40th governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California f ...

declares a state of emergency. **Former

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

mayor

Michael Bloomberg Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman, politician, philanthropist, and author. He is the majority owner, co-founder and CEO of Bloomberg L.P. He was Mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013, and was a c ...

suspends his

. *

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 j ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: The Senate approves an $8.3 billion federal emergency aid package in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. President Trump signs the bill into law the next day. **The

Arizona House of Representatives The Arizona State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. The upper house is the Senate. The House convenes in the legislative chambers at the Arizona State C ...

passes a bill banning transgender females from sports. **Senator

Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Ann Warren ( née Herring; born June 22, 1949) is an American politician and former law professor who is the senior United States senator from Massachusetts, serving since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party and regarded as ...

suspends her

. *

March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. * 845 & ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: ***

reports two deaths from COVID-19, the first confirmed U.S. fatalities outside of the west coast. ***The annual

South by Southwest South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, ...

(SXSW) festival is canceled due to COVID-19 fears; it is the first time the event has been canceled in its 34-year history. *

March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Co ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: Washington, D.C. records its first case of COVID-19. *

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 &ndas ...

** Black Monday 2020: Share prices fall sharply in response to economic concerns and the impact of COVID-19. The Dow Jones industrial average plunges more than 2,000 points, its biggest ever fall in intraday trading.

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, OPE ...

plunge by as much as 30% in early trading, the biggest fall since 1991, after Saudi Arabia launches a

price war A price is the (usually not negative) quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for goods or services. In some situations, the price of production has a different name. If the product is a "good" in the ...

with Russia. **The U.S. begins a conditional troop withdrawal 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 borde ...

; American troop numbers are to be reduced from 12,000 to 8,600 within 135 days. *

March 10 Events Pre-1600 * 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 cases in the U.S. exceed 1,000, with a 50% increase within a 24-hour period and infections reported in 35 states. *

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 ven ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: ***President Trump announces a 30-day ban on incoming travel from

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

(with the exception of 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 ...

), effective midnight EDT (0400 GMT) on March 13. The announcement occurs the same day 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 o ...

(WHO) 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 disease with a stable number of in ...

. The travel ban is extended to the UK and

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the s ...

on March 16. ***The

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball sports league, league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues i ...

suspends its season after

Utah Jazz The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference, Northwest Division (NBA), ...

center

Rudy Gobert Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel ( ; born June 26, 1992) is a French professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the French national team in their international competitions ...

test positive for the virus, becoming the first major professional sports league to do so. **Persian Gulf crisis: A British soldier and two Americans are killed in a rocket attack in

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. **The Justice Department and the

Drug Enforcement Administration The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA; ) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domestic en ...

announce the arrest of more than 600 alleged members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. **Former film producer

is sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. *

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 C ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: ***The

Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is opera ...

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th and 57th Streets. Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built ...

, and the

New York Philharmonic The New York Philharmonic, officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., globally known as New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO) or New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, is a symphony orchestra based in New York City. It is ...

announce temporary shutdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New York Governor The governor of New York is the head of government of the U.S. state of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor ...

Andrew Cuomo Andrew Mark Cuomo ( ; ; born December 6, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the same position that his father, Mario Cuo ...

subsequently announces restrictions on gatherings of 500 people or more, prompting all

Broadway theatre Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), 130 of the 144 extant and extinct Broadway venues use (used) the spelling ''T ...

s to close. ***The

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...

and

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Cana ...

also suspend their seasons following the NBA suspension the night before.

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (A ...

suspends

spring training Spring training is the preseason in Major League Baseball (MLB), a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season. Spring training allows new players to try out for roster and position spots, and gives estab ...

. ***The

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges ...

cancels all Winter and Spring championships, including its men's and

women's A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardle ...

basketball tournaments, marking the first time both tournaments have been cancelled. ** Black Thursday 2020: Following a series of recent major falls, the Dow Jones plunges yet again, this time by over 9.5%, along with markets around the world. **Federal judge Anthony Trenga orders

whistleblower A whistleblower (also written as whistle-blower or whistle blower) is a person, often an employee, who reveals information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe or fraudulent. Whi ...

Chelsea Manning Chelsea Elizabeth Manning (born Bradley Edward Manning; December 17, 1987) is an American activist and whistleblower. She is a former United States Army soldier who was convicted by court-martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage A ...

be released from prison, but must pay accrued fines of $256,000. COVID-19 outbreak USA per capita cases map

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 Ton ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: ***President Trump declares a national emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, freeing up $50 billion in disaster relief funds. ***The

Food and Drug Administration The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food ...

(FDA) grants emergency authorization for a coronavirus test by Swiss diagnostics maker

Roche F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, commonly known as Roche, is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has shares listed on the SIX ...

. **

Bill Gates William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions ...

steps down from the board of

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washi ...

to focus on philanthropic activities. **

Breonna Taylor Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American woman, was fatally shot in her Louisville, Kentucky apartment on March 13, 2020, when at least seven police officers forced entry into the apartment as part of an investigation into drug dealing op ...

, a 26-year-old

emergency medical technician An emergency medical technician (EMT), also known as an ambulance technician, is a health professional that provides emergency medical services. EMTs are most commonly found working in ambulances. In English-speaking countries, paramedics are ...

, is shot eight times by Louisville police during a

no-knock warrant In the United States, a no-knock warrant is a warrant issued by a judge that allows law enforcement to enter a property without immediate prior notification of the residents, such as by knocking or ringing a doorbell. In most cases, law enforcemen ...

as part of a

narcotics The term narcotic (, from ancient Greek ναρκῶ ''narkō'', "to make numb") originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with numbing or paralyzing properties. In the United States, it has since become associated with opiate ...

investigation. *

March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. * 493 &ndash ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: The

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 ...

announces that it will cut its target interest rate to 0-0.25 percent. *

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 ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: ***Most schools nationwide are closed by this date. ***The Dow Jones falls by −2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second largest percentage drop ever at −12.93%, a larger crash than the

Wall Street Crash of 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 coll ...

. ***The first Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating a potential

COVID-19 vaccine A COVID19 vaccine is a vaccine intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19). Prior to the COVID19 pandemic, an e ...

begins at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in

. ***The

2020 Kentucky Derby The 2020 Kentucky Derby (officially, the 2020 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve) was the 146th Kentucky Derby, and took place on Saturday, September 5, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is one of the three legs of the American T ...

is postponed until September 5, the first postponement since 1945. *

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 ei ...

**COVID-19 pandemic:

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...

becomes the 50th state to have a confirmed a case of COVID-19. **After 20 seasons,

New England Patriots The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East divisio ...

quarterback

Tom Brady Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots organization, with which ...

announces he will not re-sign with the team, instead selecting free agency. *

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: ***President Trump signs the

Families First Coronavirus Response Act The Families First Coronavirus Response Act is an Act of Congress () meant to respond to the economic impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The act provides funding for free coronavirus testing, 14-day paid leave for American workers affected ...

into law and announces he will invoke the

Defense Production Act The Defense Production Act of 1950 () is a United States federal law enacted on September 8, 1950 in response to the start of the Korean War.Congressional Research ServiceThe Defense Production Act of 1950: History, Authorities, and Considerati ...

to improve U.S. medical resources and that he directed the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) to suspend evictions and foreclosures of federal housing until the end of April. He also announces the temporary closure of the

Canada–United States border The border between Canada and the United States is the longest international border in the world. The terrestrial boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is long. The land border has two sections: ...

; cross-border trade will continue. ***The Dow Jones closes down 6 percent, falling below 20,000 points. **A 5.9

earthquake An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, fr ...

hits

Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, t ...

. **Representative

Tulsi Gabbard Tulsi Gabbard (; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician, United States Army Reserve officer and political commentator who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. Gabbard was the fi ...

suspends her

. *

March 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen en ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: The Department of Labor reports that 281,000 Americans filed for

unemployment Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work during the refe ...

in the last week, a 33 percent increase over the prior week and the biggest percentage increase since

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engin ...

. *

March 20 Events Pre-1600 * 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. * 1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. * 1600 – The Link ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: The governor of New York orders staff at all "non-essential" businesses to remain at home as the number of COVID-19 cases in the state exceeds 7,000. *

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: Biotech company Cepheid Inc reports that it has been granted FDA approval for a new rapid diagnostic test, able to detect COVID-19 in 45 minutes. *

March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthelr ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: ***President Trump says the

National Guard National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards. Nat ...

has been activated in California, Washington, and

, thus far the most impacted states during the pandemic. The Washington National Guard clarifies that it was yet to be "activated", only put on stand-by. ***The USNS ''Comfort'' (T-AH-20)

hospital ship A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility or hospital. Most are operated by the military forces (mostly navies) of various countries, as they are intended to be used in or near war zones. I ...

is announced to be deployed to New York. The USNS ''Mercy'' (T-AH-19) is to be deployed to Los Angeles. ***

Rand Paul Randal Howard Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American physician and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, U.S. senator from Kentucky since 2011. A member of the Republican Party (Un ...

(R-KY) is the first senator to test positive for

. *

March 23 Events Pre-1600 *1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. *1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last rel ...

– Colorado becomes the 22nd state to abolish the

death penalty Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that ...

. *

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 o ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: ***The Dow Jones jumps by over 2,100 points, or 11.3 percent—its biggest one-day percentage gain since

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

. ***The U.S.

box office A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a wicket. By extension, the term is fre ...

records zero revenue for the first time ever. ***

governor

Steve Sisolak Stephen F. Sisolak (born December 26, 1953) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the 30th governor of Nevada since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served on the Clark County Commission from 2009 to 2019 and on ...

bans the use of anti-

malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. ...

drugs for COVID-19 treatment, notably

chloroquine Chloroquine is a medication primarily used to prevent and treat malaria in areas where malaria remains sensitive to its effects. Certain types of malaria, resistant strains, and complicated cases typically require different or additional medi ...

and

hydroxychloroquine Hydroxychloroquine, sold under the brand name Plaquenil among others, is a medication used to prevent and treat malaria in areas where malaria remains sensitive to chloroquine. Other uses include treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, an ...

. ***FBI agents kill a man in

Belton, Missouri Belton is a city in northwestern Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 23,116 at the 2010 census. History Belton was platted in 1871. The city was likely named for surveyor Capt. Marcus Lindsey Belt. A post office called Belto ...

suspected of plotting a bombing attack at a

Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more th ...

hospital believed to be treating COVID-19 patients. **A

Gallup Gallup may refer to: * Gallup, Inc., a firm founded by George Gallup, well known for its opinion poll * Gallup (surname), a surname *Gallup, New Mexico, a city in New Mexico, United States ** Gallup station, an Amtrak train in downtown Gallup, New ...

poll places President Trump's approval rating at 49 percent, his highest thus far. A separate ''Hill''- HarrisX poll places him at 50 percent, his highest since August

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

. *

March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to v ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: ***Nationwide COVID-19 deaths surpass 1,000 as the total number of cases reach almost 69,000. ***The White House and the Senate agree to a $2 trillion stimulus package—the largest in U.S. history—to boost the economy amid the ongoing pandemic. The Senate subsequently approves the negotiated bill (the CARES Act) in a 96–0 vote. Trump signs the bill into law on March 27 after a House

voice vote In parliamentary procedure, a voice vote (from the Latin ''viva voce'', meaning "live voice") or acclamation is a voting method in deliberative assemblies (such as legislatures) in which a group vote is taken on a topic or motion by responding vo ...

. ***

The Pentagon The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense. It was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. As a symbol of the U.S. military, the phrase ''The Pentagon'' is often used as a metony ...

orders a 60-day halt on all overseas troop travel and movement as 227 U.S. troops have thus far tested positive for COVID-19. The withdrawal from Afghanistan will continue. *

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, ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: ***Nationwide COVID-19 infections exceed 82,000—surpassing infections in China 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 ...

—as the U.S. now has more cases reported than any other country to date. ***The Department of Labor reports that 3.28 million Americans filed for

unemployment benefits Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by authorized bodies to unemployed people. In the United States, benefits are funded by a comp ...

in the last week, the largest increase in U.S. history. It supersedes the all-time high of 695,000 in October

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...

. **The Trump administration indicts Venezuelan president

Nicolás Maduro Nicolás Maduro Moros (; born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician and president of Venezuela since 2013, with his presidency under dispute since 2019. Beginning his working life as a bus driver, Maduro rose to become a trade union ...

's government of

drug trafficking A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support. Consumption of drugs can be via inhalati ...

and

narcoterrorism Narcoterrorism, in its original context, is understood to refer to the attempts of narcotics traffickers to influence the policies of a government or a society through violence and intimidation, and to hinder the enforcement of anti-drug laws by t ...

and offers a $15 million reward for information leading to Maduro's arrest. **The

Space Force A space force is a military branch of a nation's armed forces that conducts military operations in outer space and space warfare. The world's first space force was the Russian Space Forces, established in 1992 as an independent military service. ...

launches its first satellite, a $1.4 billion Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-6) military communications satellite. *

March 27 Events Pre-1600 *1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. * 1329 – Pope John XXII ...

– President Trump signs the

CARES Act The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, is a $2.2trillion Stimulus (economics), economic stimulus bill passed by the 116th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27, ...

in response to the

. *

March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of ...

– U.S.-led coalition troops withdraw from Iraq's

K-1 Air Base K-1 Air Base, or Kaywan, is a former Iraqi Air Force base and military base in the Kirkuk Governorate of Iraq. It was captured by Multi-National Force – Iraq, Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, later served as the headqu ...

, the third base transferred to the Iraqi military this month. *

March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V� ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: *** Nationwide reported COVID-19 cases exceed 163,000 as the national death toll reaches 3,000. Three-quarters of the U.S. population are under lockdown as

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

and

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...

become the latest states to restrict movement. ***U.S. dairy producers dump thousands of gallons of milk as farmers cannot get their product to market due to a

truck driver A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster, or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; a HGV driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the European Union, a lorry driver, or driver in ...

shortage. **The

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdicti ...

mandates cell phone providers implement

STIR/SHAKEN STIR/SHAKEN, or SHAKEN/STIR, is a suite of protocols and procedures intended to combat caller ID spoofing on public telephone networks. Caller ID spoofing is used by robocallers to mask their identity or to make it appear the call is from a legit ...

by June 30, 2021 for large carriers and June 30, 2022 for small carriers to prevent

robocall A robocall is a phone call that uses a computerized autodialer to deliver a pre-recorded message, as if from a robot. Robocalls are often associated with political and telemarketing phone campaigns, but can also be used for public service or em ...

s maliciously using

caller ID spoofing Caller ID spoofing is the practice of causing the telephone network to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is a station other than the true originating station. This can lead to a caller ID display showing a phone ...

to avoid being traced. **A 6.5

strikes

Central Idaho Central Idaho is a geographical term for the region located northeast of Boise and southeast of Lewiston in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is dominated by federal lands administered by the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Managemen ...

April

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 Ko ...

**The Trump administration deploys anti-drug Navy ships and AWACS planes near

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 ...

in reportedly the largest military build-up in the region since the 1989 invasion of Panama. **Coal companies owned by West Virginia Governor

Jim Justice James Conley Justice II (born April 27, 1951) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the 36th governor of West Virginia since 2017. Justice had a net worth of $1.2 billion in September 2018, making him the wealthiest person ...

agree to pay $5 million for thousands of

mine safety Mine safety is a broad term referring to the practice of controlling and managing a wide range of hazards associated with the life cycle of mining-related activities. Mine safety practice involves the implementation of recognised hazard controls an ...

violations. *

April 3 Events Pre-1600 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. *1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. *1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. * ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: The CDC recommends all citizens consider wearing cloth or fabric face coverings in public. *

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. *13 ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: Nationwide COVID-19 deaths surpass 10,000, with more than 19,800 recoveries. **President Trump signs an executive order encouraging future long-term commercial exploitation of various celestial bodies and mining of

lunar resources The Moon bears substantial natural resources which could be exploited in the future. Potential lunar resources may encompass processable materials such as volatiles and minerals, along with geologic structures such as lava tubes that together, ...

. *

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: The U.S. records the most COVID-19 deaths in a single day to date, with more than 1,800 fatalities reported, taking the cumulative total to nearly 13,000. This is overtaken on April 15 when 2,371 deaths are recorded in a single day, topping 30,800 fatalities. *

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 ...

**Senator

Bernie Sanders Bernard Sanders (born September8, 1941) is an American politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. He was the U.S. representative for the state's at-large congressional district from 1991 to 20 ...

suspends his

, leaving Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic nominee. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Over 100 inmates at

Monroe Correctional Complex Monroe Correctional Complex is a Washington State Department of Corrections men's prison located in Monroe, Washington, United States. With an operating capacity of 2,500, it is the second largest prison in the state. It opened in 1910, 21 year ...

Monroe, Washington Monroe is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Skykomish, Snohomish, and Snoqualmie rivers near the Cascade foothills, about northeast of Seattle. Monroe's population was 19,699 as o ...

riot after six inmates test positive for COVID-19. *** The Broadway League extends the Broadway theatre shutdown through June 7, projecting the longest shutdown in Broadway history. *

April 11 Events Pre-1600 * 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. *1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. *1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrare ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: ***The U.S. becomes the country with the highest number of reported COVID-19 deaths: over 20,000, overtaking

. ***For the first time in U.S. history, all 50 states have simultaneous federal major disaster declarations after

Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to t ...

receives the final declaration. Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands, the

Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonw ...

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

and

also have major disaster declarations by this time. *

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 to ...

– At least 30 people are killed and 1.3 million left without electricity after an Easter tornado outbreak across the South. *

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 O ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: President Trump announces that he will suspend U.S. funding of the

(WHO) pending an investigation into its early response to the outbreak. *

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: ***

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...

Governor

Gretchen Whitmer Gretchen Esther Whitmer (born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 ...

faces two federal lawsuits accusing her of violating constitutional rights during the state's containment efforts. Thousands of people attend a protest in Lansing as anti-lockdown sentiment spreads. ***New York Governor

signs an executive order requiring everyone in the state to wear a mask or a mouth/nose covering in public when not

social distancing In public health, social distancing, also called physical distancing, (NB. Regula Venske is president of the PEN Centre Germany.) is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures intended to prevent the spread of a contagious dis ...

. *

April 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1457 BC – Battle of Megido - the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. * 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Otho commits suicide. * 73 – Masad ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: ***It is revealed that nearly 22 million Americans have filed for

within a single month due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the worst unemployment crisis since the

Great Depression The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagio ...

. ***The Trump administration reveals federal guidelines outlining a three-phased, gradual reopening of schools, commerce, and services for parts of the country. *

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 Has ...

– COVID-19 pandemic:

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

is the first state to begin easing coronavirus-related restrictions. Florida's Duval County is the first in the state to ease restrictions, with

Jacksonville Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...

Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

, and

Neptune Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the farthest known planet in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. It is 17 time ...

being the first beaches in the state to reopen, on a limited basis. *

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 destroys ...

–

reach a record low, falling into negative values, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war. *

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 ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: The state of

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

challenges China's

sovereign immunity Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, is a legal doctrine whereby a sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution, strictly speaking in modern texts in its own courts. A similar, stronger ...

in U.S. district court by suing three Chinese government ministries, two local governments, two laboratories and the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Ci ...

over its handling of the COVID-19 outbreak. **A bipartisan Senate report reaffirms intelligence findings that Russia meddled in the

2016 presidential election This national electoral calendar for 2016 lists the national/ federal elections held in 2016 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. January *7 January: Kiri ...

. *

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 h ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: President Trump signs an immigration executive order halting the issuance of certain

green card A green card, known officially as a permanent resident card, is an identity document which shows that a person has permanent residency in the United States. ("The term 'lawfully admitted for permanent residence' means the status of having been ...

s for 60 days. *

April 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty). *1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: ***

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delawa ...

reports 100,000 cases and 5,617 deaths. ***President Trump signs a $483 billion bill to rescue small businesses. *

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 ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: Nationwide confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 1 million. **

officially releases three short videos showing " unidentified aerial phenomena" that had previously been revealed by ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' in 2019. *

April 29 Events Pre-1600 * 1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. * 1386 – Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and b ...

– The

Department of Commerce The United States Department of Commerce is an executive department of the U.S. federal government concerned with creating the conditions for economic growth and opportunity. Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for busi ...

reports that the U.S. economy shrank by 4.8% in the first quarter of 2020, its most severe contraction 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; ...

. *

April 30 Events Pre-1600 *311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. *1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. *1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus hi ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: Armed protesters enter Michigan's State Capitol building to demand an end to lockdown measures. **

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, succeedin ...

selects three U.S. companies—

Blue Origin Blue Origin, LLC is an American private spaceflight, privately funded aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company headquartered in Kent, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chairman of Am ...

Dynetics Dynetics is an American applied science and information technology company headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Its primary customers are the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the United States Intelligence Community, and National Ae ...

, and

SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launcher, and a satellite communications corporation headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the stated goal o ...

—to design and develop human landing systems for the agency's

Artemis program The Artemis program is a robotic and human Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) along with three partner agencies: European Space Agency (ESA), Japan Aerospace Exploration ...

, one of which is planned to deliver the first woman and next man on the Moon by

2024 Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1928 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ***''Steamboat Willie'', Walt Disney's f ...

May

May 1 Events Pre-1600 * 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. * 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. *1169 – N ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: The FDA authorizes emergency

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use to treat the sickest COVID-19 patients. *

May 2 Events Pre-1600 * 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. *1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. * 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprison ...

– 2020 Kansas Democratic primary: Joe Biden wins in a mail-in primary with ranked choice voting. *

May 3 Events Pre-1600 * 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. * 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. ...

– The United States faces an invasion of

Asian giant hornet The Asian giant hornet (''Vespa mandarinia'') or northern giant hornet, including the color form referred to as the Japanese giant hornet, is the world's largest hornet. It is native to temperate and tropical East Asia, South Asia, Mainland Sout ...

s (''Vespa mandarinia magnifica''), threatening domestic bees. *

May 7 Events Pre-1600 * 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch. * 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I imm ...

– The Department of Justice drops charges against former National Security Advisor

Michael Flynn Michael Thomas Flynn (born December 24, 1958) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general and conspiracy theorist who was the 24th U.S. National Security Advisor for the first 22 days of the Trump administration. He resigned in light of ...

in the

Mueller investigation The Mueller special counsel investigation was an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, links between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials, and possible obstruction of justice by Trump and his ...

. On May 11, nearly 2,000 former Justice Department officials sign a letter calling for

Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...

William Barr William Pelham Barr (born May 23, 1950) is an American attorney who served as the 77th and 85th United States attorney general in the administrations of Presidents George H. W. Bush and Donald Trump. Born and raised in New York City, Barr ...

to resign over what they describe as his improper intervention in the Flynn case. *

May 8 Events Pre-1600 *453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: The national unemployment level reaches 14.7%, with more than 33 million jobless claims having been filed since mid-March. *

May 12 Events Pre-1600 * 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism. * 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang d ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: The Broadway League extends its shutdown of Broadway theatres for a second time, projecting reopening on September 6. * May 13 – COVID-19 pandemic: President Donald Trump's former election campaign chairman,

Paul Manafort Paul John Manafort Jr. (; born April 1, 1949) is an American lobbyist, political consultant, and Lawyer, attorney. A long-time Republican Party (United States), Republican Party campaign consultant, he chaired the Donald Trump 2016 presidential ...

, is released to home confinement due to fears of possible

infection. * May 15 **COVID-19 pandemic: The Trump administration formally announces

Operation Warp Speed Operation Warp Speed (OWS) was a public–private partnership initiated by the United States government to facilitate and accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics. The firs ...

, a

public–private partnership A public–private partnership (PPP, 3P, or P3) is a long-term arrangement between a government and private sector institutions.Hodge, G. A and Greve, C. (2007), Public–Private Partnerships: An International Performance Review, Public Adminis ...

for accelerating the development of a

. **The

Senate Intelligence Committee The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (sometimes referred to as the Intelligence Committee or SSCI) is dedicated to overseeing the United States Intelligence Community—the agencies and bureaus of the federal government o ...

submits the fifth and final volume of its report on Russian election meddling to the

ODNI The director of national intelligence (DNI) is a senior, cabinet-level United States government official, required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to serve as executive head of the United States Intelligence Commu ...

for classification review. The report totals "nearly 1,000 pages". It is released on August 18, reportedly providing new information about President Trump's relationship with Russian officials. **A 6.4 earthquake strikes

. *

May 16 Events Pre-1600 * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. * 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. * 1 ...

** Tropical Storm Arthur is the first storm of the

2020 Atlantic hurricane season The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season featured a total of 31 tropical or subtropical cyclones, making it the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record. All but one cyclone became a named storm. Of the 30 named storms, 14 deve ...

. **An explosion in

Little Tokyo, Los Angeles Little Tokyo ( ja, リトル・トーキョー) also known as Little Tokyo Historic District, is an ethnically Japanese American district in downtown Los Angeles and the heart of the largest Japanese-American population in North America. It is t ...

sets multiple buildings on fire and leaves 11 firefighters injured. **A massive fire destroys a historic condominium in Padre Island, Texas. * May 18 – The FBI confirms that the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting was the first terrorist attack on U.S. territory that had been directed by a foreign actor since

9/11 The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commerci ...

. *

May 19 Events Pre-1600 * 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace. * 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected. *1051 – Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev. *1445 &nda ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: The U.S. surpasses 1.5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and 90,000 deaths. ** Two dams in Midland County,

, fail, resulting in extensive evacuations and the declaration of a state of emergency. **The

Congressional Budget Office The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is a List of United States federal agencies, federal agency within the United States Congress, legislative branch of the United States government that provides budget and economic information to Congress. Ins ...

reports a 38% fall in GDP on an annualized basis in the second quarter of 2020, with 26 million more unemployed Americans than in Q4 2019. *

May 20 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. * 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose her ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: James Jamal Curry, 31, who spat and coughed on a police officer in

Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...

after claiming to have COVID-19, is indicted for committing a

biological weapon A biological agent (also called bio-agent, biological threat agent, biological warfare agent, biological weapon, or bioweapon) is a bacterium, virus, protozoan, parasite, fungus, or toxin that can be used purposefully as a weapon in bioterroris ...

hoax (terrorism). *

May 25 Events Pre-1600 * 567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. *240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes Tol ...

– Minneapolis police officer

Derek Chauvin Derek Michael Chauvin ( ; born March 19, 1976) is an American former police officer who was convicted for the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chauvin was a member of the Minneapolis Police ...

murders Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the c ...

George Floyd George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African-American man who was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd may have used a counterfeit tw ...

, 46, by kneeling on his neck, as three other officers watch. Video of the incident goes viral and the four officers are subsequently fired. *

May 26 Events Pre-1600 * 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe. * 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empir ...

: Major protests begin in the

Minneapolis–Saint Paul Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a metropolitan area in the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States centered around the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi, Minnesota River, Minnesota and St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota) ...

(Twin Cities) area following the murder of George Floyd. **For the first time,

Twitter Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ...

labels a tweet by President Trump "misleading" and includes a "fact check" link. *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

**COVID-19 pandemic: The official nationwide death toll surpasses 100,000—more Americans than were killed in the

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...

and Korean wars combined, and approaching that of the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

, when more than 116,000 Americans died in combat. **George Floyd protests: Protests in Minneapolis turn violent as activists call for murder charges against the police officers involved in George Floyd's murder. **President Trump threatens to shut down Twitter and other social media platforms, accusing them of bias against

conservatives Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

. *

May 28 Events Pre-1600 *585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from ...

**George Floyd protests: A state of emergency is declared in the Twin Cities, with hundreds of

soldiers deployed on the streets as protests spread nationwide. **President Trump signs an executive order rolling back liability protections for social media companies over user-generated content. *

May 29 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city. * 1108 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under ...

**George Floyd protests: ***Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin is charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. An independent autopsy concludes on June 1 that Floyd's cause of death was "homicide caused by

asphyxia Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body which arises from abnormal breathing. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which affects primarily the tissues and organs. There are many circumstances that can ...

". Minnesota Attorney General

Keith Ellison Keith Maurice Ellison (born August 4, 1963) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 30th attorney general of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Ellison was the U.S. representative for from 2007 to ...

later increases the charge against Derek Chauvin to second degree on June 3; charges against the three other officers who were present are also filed. ***Twitter hides a tweet by President Trump after he reacts to the Minneapolis unrest by warning that "

when the looting starts, the shooting starts "When the looting starts, the shooting starts" is a phrase originally used by Walter E. Headley, the police chief of Miami, Florida, in response to an outbreak of violent crime during the 1967 Christmas holiday season. He accused "young hoodlum ...

." Twitter says the post violates its rules on glorifying violence. *

May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometre ...

**The first crewed flight of the

SpaceX Dragon 2 Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed and manufactured by American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, primarily for flights to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX has also launched private missions such as Ins ...

(initially scheduled for May 27 but delayed due to weather) is launched from

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, the first crewed spacecraft to launch from U.S. soil since

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

. **George Floyd protests: Curfews are declared in Los Angeles,

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since ...

and

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 ...

as riots and protests continue nationwide. The weeks' rioting is termed the worst instance of civil unrest in the United States since the 1968

King assassination riots The King assassination riots, also known as the Holy Week Uprising, were a wave of civil disturbance which swept the United States following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. Many believe them to be the greatest wav ...

. *

May 31 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. * 1223 – Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat K ...

– In response to the wave of civil unrest across the country, President Trump says he will designate the far-left activist group Antifa a terrorist organization. The next day, June 1, Trump threatens to deploy the military to quell the riots and conducts a controversial

photo-op A photo op (sometimes written as photo opp), short for photograph opportunity (or photo opportunity), is an arranged opportunity to take a photograph of a politician, a celebrity, or a notable event.St. John's Episcopal Church.

June

June 2 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks. * 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later. 1601� ...

–

Blackout Tuesday Blackout Tuesday was a collective action to protest racism and police brutality. The action, originally organized within the music industry in response to the murder of George Floyd and murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and the killing of Breonna Taylor ...

, an industry-driven collective protest against

and

inspired by the George Floyd protests, is observed. *

June 3 Events Pre-1600 * 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. * 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, depo ...

– A 5.5 M_w earthquake said to be an aftershock of the

2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes The 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes (more commonly referred to in scientific literature as the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence) of July 4 and 5 occurred north and northeast of the town of Ridgecrest, California located in Kern County and ...

hits near

Searles Valley, California Searles Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Searles Valley of the Mojave Desert, in northwestern San Bernardino County, California. Geography Searles Valley includes the unincorporated communities of Argus, Pioneer Point, Searles ...

. No injuries or damages are reported. *

June 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno. *1288 & ...

– Washington, D.C. mayor

Muriel Bowser Muriel Elizabeth Bowser (born August 2, 1972) is an American politician serving since 2015 as the eighth mayor of the District of Columbia. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented the 4th ward as a member of the Counci ...

designates a two-block-long section of

16th Street NW 16th Street Northwest is a prominent north–south thoroughfare in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. Part of Pierre L'Enfant's design for the city, 16th Street begins just north of the White House across Lafayette Park at H Street and ...

as " Black Lives Matter Plaza". *

June 8 Events Pre-1600 * 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. * 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...

**Amid unrest in Seattle, protestors declare an

autonomous zone ''T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone'' is a book by the anarchist writer and poet Hakim Bey (Peter Lamborn Wilson) published in 1991 by Autonomedia and in 2011 by Pacific Publishing Studio (). It is composed of three sections, "Chaos: The Bro ...

in the city's

Capitol Hill Capitol Hill, in addition to being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues. It is one of the ...

. **Amid renewed national debate over Confederate monuments, Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy says he will consider renaming the service's 10 bases and facilities that are named after Confederate leaders, a reversal of the Army's previous position on the issue. A provision to rename the bases is later included in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. *

June 9 Events Pre-1600 *411 BC – The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy. * 53 – The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia. * 68 – Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's ''Aeneid'', thus ending th ...

–

Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...

General Charles Brown becomes the first African American to lead a branch of

U.S. Armed Forces The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. The armed forces consists of six service branches: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard. The president of the United States is the ...

and the first African American

Air Force Chief of Staff The chief of staff of the Air Force (acronym: CSAF, or AF/CC) is a statutory office () held by a general in the United States Air Force, and as such is the principal military advisor to the secretary of the Air Force on matter pertaining to th ...

. *

June 10 Events Pre-1600 * 671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock ( clepsydra) called ''Rokoku''. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu. *1190 – Third Crusade: Frederick I ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: Nationwide confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 2 million. *

June 11 Events Pre-1600 * 173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle ...

– The Trump administration authorizes sanctions and additional visa restrictions against the

International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and International court, international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to pro ...

in retaliation for their investigation into potential war crimes by U.S. officials. *

June 12 Events Pre-1600 * 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. *1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...

**The

Minneapolis City Council The Minneapolis City Council is the lawmaking body of Minneapolis. It consists of 13 members, elected from separate wards to four-year terms, via a ranked-choice method. The council structure has been in place since the 1950s. In recent elections ...

votes unanimously to disband the

Minneapolis Police Department The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) is the primary law enforcement agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It is also the largest police department in Minnesota. Formed in 1867, it is the second-oldest police department in Minnesot ...

and replace it with a "community" safety department, however it is prevented from doing so by the

city charter A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document ('' charter'') establishing a municipality such as a city or town. The concept developed in Europe during the Middle Ages. Traditionally the granting of a charte ...

. **Protests breakout in

following the

killing of Rayshard Brooks On the night of June 12, 2020, Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old African American man, was fatally shot by Atlanta Police Department (APD) officer Garrett Rolfe. APD officer Devin Brosnan was responding to a complaint that Brooks was asleep in a ...

, 27, by a police officer in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant. The next day, June 13,

Atlanta Chief of Police There have been many police chiefs of the Atlanta Police Department in the history of Atlanta, Georgia United States. The city shifted from a rural, Marshal/Deputy Marshal model in 1873. The current interim police chief is Darin Schierbaum. Th ...

Erika Shields resigns and protesters burn down the fast food restaurant where the incident took place. *

June 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1158 – The city of Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. * 1216 – First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France takes the city of Winchester, abandoned by John, King of England, and soon ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: New infections increase by 25,000, the highest since May 2, in part due to increased testing. *

June 15 Events Pre-1600 * 763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. * 844 – Louis II is crowned as king of Italy at Rome by pope Sergius II. * 923 – Battle of So ...

**The

rules that

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 () is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requi ...

, which makes it illegal for employers to discriminate because of a person's sex, also covers

sexual orientation Sexual orientation is an enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender. These attractions are generall ...

. **COVID-19 pandemic: The FDA withdraws emergency use authorization for

to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients, citing unnecessary risk. *

June 18 Events Pre-1600 * 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China. * 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. * 860 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about ...

– The

Environmental Protection Agency A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale ...

(EPA) withdraws the introduction of federal limits for

perchlorate A perchlorate is a chemical compound containing the perchlorate ion, . The majority of perchlorates are commercially produced salts. They are mainly used as oxidizers for pyrotechnic devices and to control static electricity in food packaging. ...

, which has been linked to brain damage in infants. *

June 19 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. *1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle chan ...

–

Juneteenth Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Deriving its name from combining "June" and "nineteenth", it is celebrated on the anniversary of General Order No. 3, i ...

is observed across the country. *

June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. *1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...

– President Trump holds his first 2020 campaign rally in months at the Bank of Oklahoma Center in

Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region wit ...

. *

June 25 Events Pre-1600 * 524 – The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce. * 841 – In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: The U.S. reaches a record daily high of 40,000 new COVID-19 cases, following a reversal in the downward trend of infections in early June. Southern and western states are the worst affected. *

June 26 Events Pre-1600 * 4 – Augustus adopts Tiberius. * 221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar. * 363 – Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat fr ...

**President Trump signs an executive order against the destruction or vandalism of public monuments, memorials, or statues. **''

'' reports that a Russian military intelligence unit offered bounties to

-linked militants for the killing of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and that President Trump was briefed on the findings in late March 2020, but did not authorize any response. Trump denies he was ever briefed on the matter. *

June 29 Events Pre-1600 * 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei. *1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. *1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: Arizona Governor

Doug Ducey Douglas Anthony Ducey (, né Roscoe Jr.; born April 9, 1964) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 23rd governor of Arizona since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Ducey was previously the CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, a c ...

orders all bars, nightclubs, gyms, movie theaters and water parks to close for 30 days due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. *

June 30 Events Pre-1600 * 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. * 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. * 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan ...

– Following a vote by the

state legislature A state legislature is a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. Two federations literally use the term "state legislature": * The legislative branches of each of the fifty state governments of the United Sta ...

, Mississippi governor Tate Reeves signs a bill retiring the official Mississippi state flag, the last state flag incorporating the Confederate Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia into its design. A commission is established to design a new state flag.

July

July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and th ...

– The

House Armed Services Committee The U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee or HASC, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is responsible for funding and oversight of the Department of De ...

votes for a

National Defense Authorization Act The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is the name for each of a series of United States federal laws specifying the annual budget and expenditures of the U.S. Department of Defense. The first NDAA was passed in 1961. The U.S. Congress o ...

amendment to restrict President Trump's ongoing troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and prospective withdrawal from Germany. *

July 2 Events Pre-1600 * 437 – Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome. * 626 – Li Shimin, t ...

**The FBI arrests British socialite

Ghislaine Maxwell Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell ( ; born 25 December 1961) is a British convicted sex offender and former socialite. In 2021, she was found guilty of child sex trafficking and other offences in connection with the financier and convicted sex o ...

, an associate of late disgraced U.S. financier

Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Edward Epstein ( ; January 20, 1953August 10, 2019) was an American sex offender and financier. Epstein, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, began his professional life by teaching at the Dalton School in Manhattan, des ...

, in

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

. **COVID-19 pandemic: Florida reports 10,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, the biggest one-day increase in the state since the pandemic started, and more than any European country had at the height of their outbreaks. *

July 4 Events Pre-1600 *362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed ...

**Rapper

Kanye West Ye ( ; born Kanye Omari West ; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the ea ...

announces his

candidacy Candidacy is a rite which takes place during Roman Catholic seminary formation, by which the Church recognizes the seminarian as worthy of being ordained (hence, they become a "candidate" for ordination to the priesthood). With the liturgical ref ...

in the

2020 presidential election This national electoral calendar for 2020 lists the national/ federal elections held in 2020 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. January *5 January: ** ...

. **The

2020 Salute to America The 2020 Salute to America was an event with flyovers and fireworks arranged by the Presidency of Donald Trump, Trump administration held on Independence Day (United States), Independence Day, July 4, 2020. It was the second event of its kind; th ...

Independence Day event is held in Washington, D.C. *

July 7 Events Pre-1600 * 1124 – The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks. * 1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution. * 1520 – Spanish ''conquistad ...

– Primary elections are held in New Jersey, rescheduled from June 2. *

July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. *1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...

**The Supreme Court rules that President Trump must release his financial records for examination by prosecutors in New York. **COVID-19 pandemic:

emerges as the world's new epicenter of the pandemic, with 220,500 confirmed cases statewide. **

Naya Rivera Naya Marie Rivera (; January 12, 1987July 8, 2020) was an American actress, singer, and model. Recognized for her work on the popular musical comedy-drama series '' Glee'', she received various awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and ...

, a star in the show '' Glee'', dies at age of 33 from drowning. Her death was not announced until July 13, 2020. *

July 10 Events Pre-1600 *138 – Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina. * 645 – Isshi Incident: Prince ...

– President Trump commutes the 40-month sentence of political consultant

. *

July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, ...

– COVID-19 pandemic: President Trump is seen publicly wearing a face mask for the first time while visiting wounded soldiers and health care workers at Walter Reed Military Hospital. *

July 12 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine I ...

**18 sailors are injured by an explosion and fire on the ''

USS Bonhomme Richard Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name ''Bonhomme Richard'' or ''Bon Homme Richard'' (), the French language equivalent of " Goodman Richard". The name is in reference to American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was re ...

'' in San Diego, California. **COVID-19 pandemic: Florida reports 15,299 cases, a new single-day record since the start of the pandemic. *

July 14 Events Pre-1600 * 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy. *1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II. *1420 ...

**White supremacist and murderer Daniel Lewis Lee is executed by lethal injection in

Terre Haute, Indiana Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a ...

, becoming the first

federal execution The term federal execution'','' or (German: ''Bundesexekution'') refers to the right of a confederation or federation to act militarily against individual member states if they violate duties resulting from membership. The term "''Reichsexekution' ...

since 2003. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***The Trump administration orders hospitals to bypass the CDC and send all COVID-19 patient data to a central database in Washington, D.C. ***Pharmaceutical company

Moderna Moderna, Inc. ( ) is an American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that focuses on RNA therapeutics, primarily mRNA vaccines. These vaccines use a copy of a molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA) to ...

announces that its

vaccine A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease. The safety and effectiveness of vaccines has been widely studied and verified.

will begin the final phase of testing, with approximately 30,000 human volunteers. *

July 15 Events Pre-1600 *484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome * 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. ( 17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). * 756 – ...

**The

accounts of prominent political figures, CEOs, and celebrities are hacked to promote a

bitcoin Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is a decentralized digital currency that can be transferred on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network. Bitcoin transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded in a public distr ...

scam. **COVID-19 pandemic: Georgia Governor

Brian Kemp Brian Porter Kemp (born November 2, 1963) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 83rd governor of Georgia since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Kemp served as the 27th secretary of state of Georgia from 2010 to ...

voids all of the state's local face mask mandates. *

July 17 Events Pre-1600 * 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. *1048 – Damasu ...

– Secretary of Defense

Mark Esper Mark Thomas Esper (born April 26, 1964) is an American politician and manufacturing executive who served as the 27th United States secretary of defense from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party, he had previously served as the 23rd U ...

issues a memorandum to the military on the appropriate display of flags, which excludes the

Confederate flag The flags of the Confederate States of America have a history of three successive designs during the American Civil War. The flags were known as the "Stars and Bars", used from 1861 to 1863; the "Stainless Banner", used from 1863 to 1865; and ...

, thereby effectively banning it. *

July 18 Events Pre-1600 *477 BC – Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army. *387 BC – Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, lead ...

– George Floyd protests: Oregon Attorney General

Ellen Rosenblum Ellen F. Rosenblum (born January 6, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the Oregon Attorney General since 2012. She is the first female state attorney general in Oregon's history, and previously was a judge on the Oregon ...

files a lawsuit against the federal government, accusing it of unlawfully detaining protesters in Portland. * July 21 – Republican Ohio House Speaker

Larry Householder Larry Lee Householder (born June 6, 1959) is an American politician who was the state representative for Ohio's 72nd district and was a two-time Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party. Householder r ...

is arrested by federal agents in connection with a $60 million bribery case. Former Ohio GOP Chairman

Matt Borges Matthew "Matt" Borges is an American politician, and the former Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party. He was honored with the "Distinguished Alumni Award" by The Ohio State University Department of Political Science in 2019. He also serves on O ...

is also arrested, along with a GOP advisor and two lobbyists. * July 22 **A 7.8-magnitude earthquake is reported off the coast of

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U ...

. **George Floyd protests: President Trump announces a "

surge Surge means a sudden transient rush or flood, and may refer to: Science * Storm surge, the onshore gush of water associated with a low-pressure weather system * Surge (glacier), a short-lived event where a glacier can move up to velocities 100 ...

" in deployments of federal officers to Democratic-run cities, following an earlier crackdown on protests in Oregon. *

July 23 Events Pre-1600 * 811 – Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury. *1319 – A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios. 1 ...

– The Trump administration announces that it is revoking the

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) is a provision of the 1968 federal Fair Housing Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The law requires that "All executive departments and agencies shall administer their programs and acti ...

provision of the 1968

Fair Housing Act The Civil Rights Act of 1968 () is a landmark law in the United States signed into law by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during the King assassination riots. Titles II through VII comprise the Indian Civil Rights Act, which appl ...

. *

July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge ...

–

Hurricane Hanna The name Hanna or Hannah has been used for eleven tropical cyclones worldwide: five in the Atlantic Ocean and six in the Western Pacific Ocean (four regionally in the Philippines by PAGASA). The latter spelling has also been used for one extratropi ...

makes two landfalls in

South Texas South Texas is a region of the U.S. state of Texas that lies roughly south of—and includes—San Antonio. The southern and western boundary is the Rio Grande, and to the east it is the Gulf of Mexico. The population of this region is about 4.96 ...

, one in Padre Island and another in Kenedy County, killing 5 people. *

July 29 Events Pre-1600 * 587 BC – The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple. * 615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12. * 904 – Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo ...

– George Floyd protests: Oregon Governor

Kate Brown Katherine Brown (born June 21, 1960) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 38th governor of Oregon since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she served three terms as the state representative from the 13th district of the ...

and Vice President

agree to a phased withdrawal of deployed federal law enforcement from Portland. *

July 30 Events Pre-1600 * 762 – Baghdad is founded. * 1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. * 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Is ...

**Federal economic figures show a 32.9% annualized rate of GDP contraction between April and June, the sharpest decline since records began in

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, ...

. **President Trump suggests delaying the

, saying increased

voting by mail Postal voting is voting in an election where ballot papers are distributed to electors (and typically returned) by post, in contrast to electors voting in person at a polling station or electronically via an electronic voting system. In an ele ...

could lead to fraud and inaccurate results.

August

August 2 Events Pre-1600 *338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. *216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...

–

Crew Dragon Demo-2 Crew Dragon Demo-2 (officially Crew Demo-2, SpaceX Demo-2, or Demonstration Mission-2) was the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. The spacecraft, named '' Endeavour'', launched on 30 May 2020 on a Falcon 9 booster, and ca ...

, the first U.S.-crewed

splashdown Splashdown is the method of landing a spacecraft by parachute in a body of water. It was used by crewed American space capsules prior to the Space Shuttle program, by SpaceX Dragon and Dragon 2 capsules and by NASA's Orion Multipurpose Crew ...

since

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

, lands in the

Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United ...

. * August 3 **

Hurricane Isaias Hurricane Isaias () was a destructive Category 1 hurricane that caused extensive damage across the Caribbean and the East Coast of the United States while also spawning a large tropical tornado outbreak that generated the strongest tropical c ...

makes landfall in North Carolina. **7,500 east Los Angeles residents are evacuated in the Apple Fire. *

August 4 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo during th ...

– The

Great American Outdoors Act The Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957) is a piece of legislation passed by the United States Congress, signed by President Donald J. Trump, and activated into Public Law (Public Law No. 116-152) in 2020. It has two major components: fully an ...

is passed. *

August 5 Events Pre-1600 *AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty. * 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are ...

–

Secretary of Health and Human Services The United States secretary of health and human services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all health matters. The secretary is ...

Alex Azar Alex Michael Azar II (; born June 17, 1967) is an American attorney, businessman, lobbyist, and former pharmaceutical executive who served as the United States secretary of health and human services from 2018 to 2021. Azar was nominated to his p ...

travels to

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 no ...

, the highest U.S. official visit to the country in 40 years. *

August 6 Events Pre-1600 *1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. *1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesad ...

New York Attorney General The attorney general of New York is the chief legal officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the Department of Law of the state government. The office has been in existence in some form since 1626, under the Dutch colonial government o ...

Letitia James Letitia Ann James (born October 18, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician. She is a member of the Democratic Party and the current Attorney General of New York, having won the 2018 election to succeed appointed Attorney General Barbara U ...

announces a lawsuit aimed at dissolving the

National Rifle Association The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is a gun rights advocacy group based in the United States. Founded in 1871 to advance rifle marksmanship, the modern NRA has become a prominent gun rights lobbying organization while cont ...

over alleged financial mismanagement. **President Trump signs an executive order banning any U.S. companies or citizens from making transactions with

ByteDance ByteDance Ltd. () is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Founded by Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo and a team of others in 2012, ByteDance developed the video-sharing social networkin ...

, the parent company of

TikTok TikTok, known in China as Douyin (), is a short-form video hosting service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from 15 seconds to 10 minutes. TikTok is an international version o ...

, in 45 days. He takes similar action against

Tencent Tencent Holdings Ltd. () is a Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimedia companies in the world based on revenue. It is also the wo ...

. **Facebook founder

Mark Zuckerberg Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (; born ) is an American business magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding the social media website Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.), of ...

reaches a net worth exceeding $100 billion, becoming the third centibillionaire, alongside Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates. *

August August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named '' Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month i ...

7–17 – COVID-19 pandemic: The

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is a motorcycle rally held annually in Sturgis, South Dakota, and the surrounding Black Hills region of the United States. It began in 1938 by a group of Indian Motorcycle riders and was originally held for stunts a ...

takes place despite concerns by health officials. *

August 9 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. * 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens ...

– President Trump is escorted from a news briefing by the

Secret Service A secret service is a government agency, intelligence agency, or the activities of a government agency, concerned with the gathering of intelligence data. The tasks and powers of a secret service can vary greatly from one country to another. Fo ...

following a shooting near the

. *August 10– 11 – A

derecho A ''derecho'' (, from es, derecho, link=no , 'straight') is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system. Derechos can cause hurri ...

with winds recorded at up to 140 mph strikes the

Midwest The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Region, census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of ...

, resulting in four deaths, hundreds of injuries, widespread utility outages, and severe property damage. *August 11 – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden names Senator

Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well ...

as his vice presidential nominee, the first African American woman to serve in the role. *

August 13 Events Pre-1600 * 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. * 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. * 554 &ndas ...

**The 2020 Postal Service crisis begins after plans are revealed to remove hundreds of high-volume

mail sorting Mail sorting refers to the methods by which postal systems determine how and where to route mail for delivery. Once accomplished by hand, mail sorting is now largely automated through the aid of specialized machines. The first widely adopted m ...

machines from postal facilities across the country. **

reportedly begins establishing a new task force to investigate

UFO An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are ide ...

sightings, particularly over military bases, similar to the U.S. Navy's

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is an office within the United States Office of the Secretary of Defense that investigates unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and other anomalous phenomena, sometimes termed unidentified aerial phen ...

. *

August 16 Events Pre-1600 *1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamda ...

– During a record-breaking heat wave, a remnant thunderstorm from Tropical Storm Fausto spawns hundreds of wildfires in

. *August 17– 20 – The

Democratic National Convention The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 18 ...

is held in

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee i ...

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

, with events happening virtually. Delegates of the Democratic Party formally choose former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator

of California as the party's nominees for president and vice president, respectively, in the 2020 election. *

August 19 Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known ...

– Apple Inc. becomes the first U.S. company to be valued at over $2 trillion. *August 20 **COVID-19 pandemic:

Bill Cassidy William Morgan Cassidy (born September 28, 1957) is an American physician and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Louisiana ...

(R-LA) is the second senator to test positive for COVID-19. **Former White House advisor

Steve Bannon Stephen Kevin Bannon (born November 27, 1953) is an American media executive, political strategist, and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist in the administration of U.S. president Donald Trump during t ...

is arrested and charged with fraud over a fundraising campaign to build a

wall A wall is a structure and a surface that defines an area; carries a load; provides security, shelter, or soundproofing; or, is decorative. There are many kinds of walls, including: * Walls in buildings that form a fundamental part of the s ...

on the U.S.-Mexico border. He is released on a $5 million bail bond after pleading not guilty. *

August 23 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, the eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Cae ...

** Violent protests break out in

Kenosha, Wisconsin Kenosha () is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Kenosha County. Per the 2020 census, the population was 99,986 which made it the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin. Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Kenos ...

following the shooting of Jacob Blake, 29, by a police officer. **COVID-19 pandemic: The FDA grants emergency use authorization to antibody-rich

blood plasma Blood plasma is a light amber-colored liquid component of blood in which blood cells are absent, but contains proteins and other constituents of whole blood in suspension. It makes up about 55% of the body's total blood volume. It is the int ...

for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients. *

August 24 Events Pre-1600 * 367 – Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father. * 394 – The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is writte ...

– 27 – The

Republican National Convention The Republican National Convention (RNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1856 by the United States Republican Party. They are administered by the Republican National Committee. The goal of the Repu ...

is held in

Charlotte Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

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formally nominate incumbent President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence as the party's nominees for the 2020 election. *

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– Four U.S. soldiers are diagnosed with mild

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-like symptoms following a skirmish with Russian forces in northeast Syria. *

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– 31:

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break out in downtown Minneapolis following false rumors about the suicide of an African American man being pursued by police. 113 people are arrested. *August 26 **Kenosha protests: ***Two people are fatally shot overnight during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin; a suspect is arrested. ***Professional athletes begin

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their respective sports contests in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake. **

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, heading towards the

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border, intensifies to a Category 4 storm. **Amazon CEO

becomes the first person in history to have a net worth exceeding $200 billion, according to ''

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''. *August 28 – Thousands of people gather at the

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actor

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dies at the age of 43, after privately battling with colon cancer for 4 years.

September

*September 2 – Protests breakout in Rochester, New York following the release of police body camera footage of the Killing of Daniel Prude, fatal March 2020 arrest of Daniel Prude. *September 4 – A Trump administration memo calls on all Federal government of the United States#Cabinet, executive departments, and agencies, executive branch agencies to cease funding for diversity training, diversity and sensitivity training and teachings of critical race theory. *September 5 – Authentic (racehorse), Authentic wins the

. *September 6 – California sets a new record for land area destroyed by 2020 California wildfires, wildfires, with 2.1 million acres burned in the year thus far. *September 9 – President Donald Trump is nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize by a Christian Tybring-Gjedde, Norwegian lawmaker for his role in facilitating the Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement. *September 10 – Over 10 percent of Oregon's state population are reported to be fleeing 2020 Oregon wildfires, wildfires. *September 12 – Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies are 2020 shooting of Los Angeles police officers, shot and critically injured while sitting in their patrol car in Compton, California. *September 16 – Hurricane Sally brings massive flooding to Southeastern United States, the South after making landfall, killing eight people and costing billions in damage. *September 17 – President Trump announces the formation of the 1776 Commission. *September 18 – A

seat is vacated following the Death and state funeral of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87. President Trump says he will choose a woman to fill the seat. *September 19 **At least 16 people are shot and two confirmed dead in a Rochester shooting, mass shooting at a backyard party in Rochester, New York. **Law enforcement officials report the interception of a package, addressed to President Trump, containing the lethal toxin ricin. *September 21 –

agrees to buy ZeniMax Media holding company and its subsidiaries for $7.5 billion, the largest and most expensive takeover in the history of the video game industry. *September 22 – COVID-19 pandemic: Nationwide official COVID-19 deaths surpass 200,000. *September 25 – President Trump unveils his "Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign#September 2020, Platinum Plan" at a campaign rally in

, in which he proposes making

a federal holiday, labeling the Ku Klux Klan and Antifa as terrorist organizations, and making lynching a national hate crime, among other socioeconomic initiatives aimed at African Americans. *September 26 – President Trump Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination, nominates United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge

to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. *September 27 **A ''New York Times'' report on President Trump's personal and business Tax returns of Donald Trump, tax returns alleges years of tax avoidance and millions in debt and Internal Revenue Service, IRS penalties, among other allegations. **Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is hospitalized under the Florida Mental Health Act after arming himself and threatening to commit suicide at his home. *September 28 – The Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Dallas Stars 4–2 to win their second 2020 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup championship. *September 29 – The first 2020 United States presidential debates#September 29 presidential debate (Case Western Reserve University), 2020 presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden takes place in Cleveland, Ohio.

October

*October 1 **COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C., COVID-19 pandemic: The White House COVID-19 outbreak is realized, as both President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump test positive for COVID-19 and enter quarantine. Several White House staffers and multiple congress members also test positive. **The Trump administration announces plans to slash U.S. refugee admissions for 2021 to a record low–15,000 refugees, down from a cap of 18,000 for 2020. *October 3 – COVID-19 pandemic: By this date, multiple U.S. senators whom have attended presidential events have tested positive for COVID-19. *October 5 – COVID-19 pandemic: President Trump returns to the White House after three days of hospitalization at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. *October 7 **Ruby Tuesday (restaurant), Ruby Tuesday files for Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after closing 185 restaurants. Pizza Hut files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after closing 163 restaurants. **The 2020 United States presidential debates#Vice presidential debate (University of Utah), 2020 Vice Presidential debate takes place in Salt Lake City. *October 8 **COVID-19 pandemic: 34 editors of ''The New England Journal of Medicine'' denounce the Trump administration's handling of the pandemic. **A former leading fundraiser for president Donald Trump has been indicted on a charge that he illegally lobbied the US government to drop its probe into the Malaysia 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, 1MDB corruption scandal and to deport an exiled Chinese billionaire. The indictment said Elliott Broidy was recruited in 2017 by an unnamed foreign national, understood to be Malaysian Low Taek Jho, to pressure US officials to end their investigation into a scandal engulfing the then Malaysian prime minister, Najib Razak. **The FBI charges 13 List of militia organizations in the United States, militiamen with Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot, plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor

at her vacation home. A fourteenth suspect is arrested on October 15. *October 9 **United States House of Representatives, House Democrats announce plans to create a congressional commission invoking the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 25th Amendment to evaluate the physical and mental health of the president. **Hurricane Delta makes landfall near Creole, Louisiana, the tenth landfalling storm in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, 2020 season, a record breaking amount. **COVID-19 pandemic: The Broadway League extends its shutdown of Broadway theaters for a third time, this time until May 30, 2021. *October 10 – COVID-19 pandemic: President Trump hosts his first public event at the White House since becoming ill, informing attendees that a COVID-19 vaccine, vaccine is forthcoming. *October 11 – The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Miami Heat in the 2020 NBA Finals to win their 17th championship in franchise history. *October 12 **Facebook bans content relating to Holocaust denial. **Activists in Portland, Oregon, topple statues of former presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider, Theodore Roosevelt and Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Portland, Oregon), Abraham Lincoln in Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage, protest of the Dakota War of 1862#Execution, 1862 execution of 38 Dakota and Roosevelt's views on Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans. *October 15 **Donald Trump, President Trump and Joe Biden participate in dueling town halls. Biden's is hosted by ABC News, ABC's George Stephanopoulos and Trump's is hosted by NBC's Savannah Guthrie. **North Carolina confirms the state's first influenza death of the 2020–2021 flu season. *October 16 – COVID-19 pandemic: The U.S. surpasses eight million COVID-19 cases. *October 22 **The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously votes for the nomination of Judge

, 12–0, as committee Democrats boycott the roll call. **The 2020 United States presidential debates#October 22 presidential debate (Belmont University), second 2020 presidential debate takes place in Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee. *October 23 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas, Arkansas and COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon, Oregon set single-day records for new cases. *October 24 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan, Michigan, COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois, Illinois, COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico, New Mexico, and COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio, Ohio all set single-day records for new cases. *October 25 – Daily nonstop American Airlines flights return to India for the first time since 2015. *October 26 **The Senate confirms

as Supreme Court justice, 52–48, as Senate Democrats failed to stop the process. **The Supreme Court rules 5-3 that 2020 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Wisconsin cannot count mail-in ballots received after election day. **Killing of Walter Wallace, Walter Wallace Jr., 27, is shot and killed by two Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia police officers, resulting in subsequent protests and riots. *October 27 **COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin, Wisconsin, and COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky, Kentucky reach new one-day records for new cases. **The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Tampa Bay Rays to win the 2020 World Series, their first in 32 years. *October 28 – President Trump declares a state of emergency for

ahead of Hurricane Zeta's landfall. *October 29 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Michigan, Oregon, and Illinois report new single-day records for new cases. ***87,164 new cases are reported nationally, a new single-day record. *October 30 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***The U.S. is the first country to exceed 100,000 daily cases of COVID-19. ***Nationwide COVID-19 cases surpass nine million. **The FBI launches an investigation into an Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign#Texas bus incident, incident in Texas where a Joe Biden campaign bus tour was cancelled after a caravan of supporters of President Trump attempted to run it off the road and hit a staffer's car. *October 31 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***New York Governor

announces all out-of-state visitors must test negative for COVID-19 three days before arrival. ***A Stanford University study links over 30,000 COVID-19 cases and 700 deaths directly to President Donald Trump's 2020 List of post-election Donald Trump rallies, campaign rallies.

November

*November 3 **

: ***The 2020 United States presidential election takes place. Shortly after midnight, President Trump asserts that he has won the election and demands all vote counting to stop, alleging potential electoral fraud. ***Oregon becomes the first state to decriminalize possession of small amounts of narcotics, including heroin, cocaine and LSD. ***Voters in Cannabis in Arizona, Arizona, Cannabis in Montana, Montana, Cannabis in New Jersey, New Jersey, and Cannabis in South Dakota, South Dakota vote to legalize recreational marijuana. Voters in Cannabis in Mississippi, Mississippi and South Dakota vote to legalize medical marijuana. ***Mississippi approves a Flag of Mississippi, new state flag to replace the previous design that featured a Modern display of the Confederate battle flag, Confederate battle flag, while voters in Rhode Island approve the removal of "...and Providence Plantations" from the state's official name. *November 4 – The United States formally United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, withdraws from the Paris Agreement. *November 5 **Former White House advisor

is permanently banned from

after suggesting FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, Christopher Wray and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci be Decapitation, beheaded during a live broadcast. ** 2020 presidential election: Amid 2020–21 United States election protests, election-related protests, Facebook bans a 300,000-member Stop the Steal group page being used by supporters of President Trump to organize protests against the election results, citing calls for violence by some participants. *November 6 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***COVID-19 pandemic in Texas, Texas surpasses one million confirmed cases of COVID-19, the first state and the world's first place to pass that milestone that is not an independent country. ***COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan, Michigan surpasses 200,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19. *November 7 **2020 presidential election: *** Joe Biden is projected to have won the presidential election, following several days of uncertainty due to Postal voting in the United States, postal vote counting. He is to be Inauguration of Joe Biden, inaugurated on January 20, 2021. It is the first time since 1992 United States presidential election, 1992 that an incumbent president's challenger has won the election over the incumbent president, when Bill Clinton defeated George H. W. Bush. ***

is the first woman and first person of color to be elected Vice President of the United States. Her husband, Doug Emhoff, is to become the first Second Lady of the United States, Second Gentleman and the first Jewish spouse of a U.S. vice president. *November 8: Longtime Jeopardy!, Jeopardy host Alex Trebek dies at the age of 80 following a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. *November 9 **2020 presidential election: President Trump's Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign, re-election campaign files multiple Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election, lawsuits in several states alleging widespread electoral fraud. **COVID-19 pandemic: United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson tests positive for COVID-19. *November 10 – President Trump promotes a number of reported loyalists to various roles in the Defense Department following the November 9 ouster of Defense Secretary

. *November 12 **2020 presidential election: A coalition of federal and state officials declare the 2020 presidential election "the most secure in American history" and asserts there is no evidence of compromised voting systems. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***

becomes the second state after Texas to reach one million cases. ***More than 150,000 new cases are reported nationwide, setting a world record for a third consecutive day. **The FBI arrests convicted murderer Leonard Rayne Moses, who escaped from custody in 1971 and had been on their FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. *November 13 **2020 presidential election: President-elect Joe Biden is projected to win Arizona, the first Democrat to do so since Bill Clinton in 1996 United States presidential election, 1996. Biden also becomes the first Democrat to win Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia since Clinton did so in 1992 United States presidential election, 1992. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***More than 130

agents are ordered to self-isolate or quarantine. ***

Governor

tests positive for COVID-19. ***Michigan, COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin, Wisconsin,

, and COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois, Illinois report new single-day records for new cases. Illinois breaks the national record for new cases reported by a state in a single day. ***COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon, Oregon and COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota, North Dakota issue new mask mandates and restrictions on businesses. **A 5.5 M_w earthquake strikes Tonopah, Nevada, the largest earthquake in Nevada in over 66 years. *November 14 – 2020 presidential election: Thousands of protesters march in Washington, D.C. in support of President Trump and his Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, claims of electoral voter fraud. *November 15 **2020 presidential election: President Trump concedes that Joe Biden won the presidential election, but alleges Electoral fraud, vote rigging. **COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky, Kentucky and

report new single-day records for new cases. *November 16 **SpaceX Crew-1, the first operational

Dragon 2, crew dragon mission, launches from the Kennedy Space Center. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Texas surpasses 20,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19, becoming the state with the second highest number of reported deaths in the country, behind

. ***United States House of Representatives, Representatives Cheri Bustos (D-Illinois) and Tim Walberg (R-Michigan) announce they have tested positive for COVID-19. Representative Mark Pocan (D-Wisconsin) says he is self-isolating. *November 17 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Wisconsin reports a record 92 new fatalities within the previous 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 2,741. A record 318 hospitalizations are also reported. ***COVID-19 pandemic in Maine, Maine, COVID-19 pandemic in Idaho, Idaho, and COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico, New Mexico report new single-day records for new cases. ***COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania announces that out-of-state travelers will be required to either quarantine or present a negative COVID-19 testing, COVID-19 test result to enter the state. ***COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine orders a three-week night time curfew from 10:00 pm until 5:00 am Eastern Time Zone, EST beginning November 19. ***U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) tests positive for COVID-19. ***The FDA grants emergency use authorization to a home testing kit by Lucira Health, Inc. that provides COVID-19 results in 30 minutes. *November 18 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Nationwide COVID-19 deaths surpass 250,000. ***The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the military, U.S. military reports a record high of 1,314 new COVID-19 cases. ***COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio orders New York City Department of Education, public schools to conduct classes exclusively online. ***COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz imposes several new four-week restrictions on businesses and indoor gatherings beginning November 20. **The Federal Aviation Administration allows the Boeing 737 MAX to fly in the United States citing modifications following a 20-month ban. *November 19 **By this date, one-third of the Cincinnati City Council has been arrested this year on bribery charges. **2020 presidential election: Joe Biden's win in Georgia is upheld and reaffirmed following a hand recount, making him the first Democrat to win the state since Bill Clinton in 1992. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***COVID-19 pandemic in Utah, Utah reports a record number of new COVID-19 daily cases and deaths. ***Pennsylvania and Maryland report new daily records for new cases. ***

Governor

orders a 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time Zone, PST curfew for 41 List of counties in California, counties beginning November 21, affecting more than 90 percent of the state population. *November 20 **At least eight people are injured in a Mayfair Mall shooting, mass shooting at the Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Michigan, Ohio, California, and Utah report new single-day records for new cases. ***Donald Trump Jr. and U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-Florida) test positive for COVID-19. *November 21 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Nationwide COVID-19 cases surpass 12 million, six days after surpassing 11 million cases. More than 200,000 new cases have been reported in recent days. ***Michigan and New Jersey both surpass 300,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19.New Jersey sees record COVID numbers ahead of Thanksgiving
''North Jersey'', November 21, 2020 New Jersey, COVID-19 pandemic in Mississippi, Mississippi, Oregon, and California report a record number of new daily cases. ***U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-Georgia) enters quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. ***The FDA grants emergency use authorization for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' antibody cocktail to treat COVID-19 patients. *November 22 – The United States withdraws from the Treaty on Open Skies, Open Skies Treaty. *November 23 **2020 presidential election: ***The Presidential transition of Joe Biden, presidential transition of President-elect Joe Biden formally begins. ***Joe Biden nominates several people to his Cabinet of Joe Biden, cabinet, including Avril Haines as the first female Director of National Intelligence, Alejandro Mayorkas as the first Latino United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Janet Yellen as the first female United States Secretary of the Treasury, Treasury Secretary. *November 24 **Elon Musk overtakes

to become the second richest person in the world, with a net worth of $127.9 billion, behind only

. **The Dow Jones increases by 500 points to surpass 30,000 for the first time. *November 25 **President Trump pardons ex-National Security Adviser

. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Texas reports a new daily record for new cases. ***

Governor Mark Gordon (politician), Mark Gordon tests positive for COVID-19. *November 27 **2020 presidential election: A recount in 2020 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Wisconsin's Milwaukee County, largest county results in Joe Biden achieving a net gain of 132 votes. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Nationwide COVID-19 cases surpass 13 million cases, six days after surpassing 12 million cases, the fourth million-milestone of the month. ***Minnesota reports a new daily record for new deaths. ***

reports its highest daily new case total since April 24. *November 28 **Wilton Daniel Gregory becomes the first African American College of Cardinals, cardinal. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Michigan surpasses 9,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19. ***Ohio surpasses 400,000 COVID-19 cases. ***COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado, Colorado Governor Jared Polis and his husband Marlon Reis test positive for COVID-19. **Mike Tyson returns to boxing in an exhibition bout against Roy Jones Jr. Youtuber Jake Paul knocks out National Basketball Association, NBA player Nate Robinson on the Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr., undercard. *November 29 **President-elect Biden nominates an all-female communications team, including Kate Bedingfield as White House Communications Director, Communications Director and Jen Psaki as White House Press Secretary, Press Secretary. **Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten's parole request is rejected by the state of California. *November 30 – 2020 Arizona Proposition 207, Arizona Proposition 207 comes into effect, making Arizona the Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction, 12th state to legalize recreational cannabis.

December

*December 1 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Congress unveils a $908 billion Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, COVID-19 relief plan. ***Oregon reports a new single day record for new deaths. ***

exceeds one million COVID-19 cases, the third state to do so after Texas and California. **The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Supreme Court allows Bill Cosby to appeal a 2018 Bill Cosby sexual assault cases, sexual assault conviction. *December 2 **Former astronaut Mark Kelly is sworn in as a U.S. Senator after a 2020 United States Senate special election in Arizona, special election in Arizona. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***New nationwide COVID-19 cases surpass 200,000 as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients surpasses 100,000. ***COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts, Massachusetts reports record new daily cases and Illinois reports a record number of new deaths. ***COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico, New Mexico surpasses 100,000 COVID-19 cases. *December 3 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Total nationwide COVID-19 cases surpass 14 million and total deaths surpass 274,000. ***President-elect Joe Biden announces that Dr. Vivek Murthy and Jeffrey Zients will lead Presidency of Joe Biden, his administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and asks Dr. Anthony Fauci to become the

's chief medical advisor. **The Department of Justice files a lawsuit against Facebook, accusing them of discriminating against American workers. **The circuit court of

orders 17-year old suspect Kyle Rittenhouse in the fatal Kenosha unrest shooting, Kenosha protest shooting to stand trial on two Murder#Degrees of murder, first-degree homicide charges, as well as possession of a firearm by a minor and two counts of reckless endangerment. *December 4 **COVID-19 pandemic: Nationwide new daily cases surpass 227,885, breaking a record set the previous day. **The House of Representatives passes the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, MORE Act to Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States, decriminalize Cannabis (drug)#Recreational, recreational cannabis at the federal level. *December 6 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***President Donald Trump says his personal lawyer and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for COVID-19. ***The

Arizona House of Representatives, House and Arizona Senate, Senate closes for a week due to COVID-19 concerns. **President-elect Biden nominates Attorney General of California, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be the first Latino United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services Secretary. **The Cleveland Browns defeat the Tennessee Titans 41–35 to secure their first winning season since 2007. *December 7 **2020 presidential election: Georgia re-certifies Joe Biden as the winner of the state following a second recount. **Joe Biden nominates retired Army General Lloyd Austin to be the first African American United States Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Defense. **The National Football League announces an investigation into the Washington Football Team for allegations of workplace sexual harassment. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Michigan extends its statewide partial shutdown on businesses, indoor dining in restaurants, and in-person instruction at high schools and colleges through December 20 after surpassing 400,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The same day the Michigan House of Representatives announce that they will cancel a voting session scheduled for December 8 (and later 9 and 10) after a legislative aide tested positive for COVID-19. ***Wyoming issues new containment procedures, including a statewide mask mandate for indoor public spaces lasting from December 9 to January 8. *December 8 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Nationwide COVID-19 cases surpass 15 million, with about one out of every 22 Americans having tested positive since the pandemic began. ***Michigan surpasses 10,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19. Governor Gretchen Whitmer orders flags to fly at half staff for the next 10 days, one day for every 1,000 victims. *December 9 **

announces the 18 Artemis program, Artemis astronauts at the eighth meeting of the National Space Council. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***The U.S. surpasses 3,000 nationwide COVID-19 deaths in a single day for the first time. ***Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf tests positive for COVID-19. ***Nearly 30 members and staffers of the Michigan House of Representatives test positive for COVID-19. ***COVID-19 pandemic in Alabama, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announces that the statewide mask mandate and stay-at-home order will be extended until January 22. *December 11 **2020 presidential election: The Supreme Court denies a Texas v. Pennsylvania, lawsuit to overturn Joe Biden's victory in four battleground states. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Nationwide COVID-19 cases surpass 16 million and a new one-day record of 3,309 deaths are reported. ***California reports 35,468 new cases in the previous 24 hours, a new single-day record, and reports a record number of 2,013 hospitalized patients and 2,669 intensive care patients. ***The FDA grants emergency authorization of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine begins shipment to all 50 states on December 13, with the first doses administered on December 14. *December 12 **COVID-19 pandemic:

surpasses 20,000 deaths from COVID-19, including residents and non-residents. **Four people are stabbed, one is shot, and 33 are arrested during 2020–2021 United States election protests, pro-Donald Trump protests in Washington, D.C. *December 14 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Nationwide COVID-19 deaths exceed 300,000. ***West Virginia Governor

is the first high-ranking elected official to receive the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. **Early voting in the upcoming 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia, Georgia runoff elections begin. **U.S. Representative Paul Mitchell (politician), Paul Mitchell (R-Michigan) announces he is leaving the Republican Party and becoming an Third-party and independent members of the United States House of Representatives, independent. *December 15 – President-elect Joe Biden nominates

to be United States Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Transportation, becoming the first Coming out, openly Homosexuality in the United States, gay person appointed to a cabinet-level position if confirmed. *December 16 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***United States Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and U.S. Representative Joe Wilson (American politician), Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) test positive for COVID-19. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo enters quarantine. ***

and California report daily records for new cases. California also reports a new daily record for deaths. ***Michigan surpasses 11,000 deaths from COVID-19, eight days after surpassing 10,000. *December 17 **Joe Biden nominates Deb Haaland for Secretary of the Interior, becoming the first Native American appointed to a cabinet-level position if confirmed. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***California reports new single-day records for new cases and new deaths, also breaking national records. ***Texas reports a daily record for new cases. *December 18 **Roy Charles Waller, also known as the NorCal Rapist, is sentenced to 897 years in prison for a series of rapes that spanned from 1991 to 2006. **COVID-19 pandemic: ***The FDA authorizes emergency use of the

mRNA-1273, COVID-19 vaccine. ***Vice President Mike Pence, Second Lady of the United States, Second Lady Karen Pence, Surgeon General of the United States, Surgeon General Jerome Adams, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, House Speaker

, and Senate Majority Leader

receive the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. ***Minnesota Minnesota Senate, State Senator Jerry Relph dies of COVID-19 complications. *December 21 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Congress passes the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, a packaged $2.3 trillion pandemic relief and omnibus spending bill. At 5,593 pages, it is the longest bill ever passed by Congress. After initial objections, President Trump signs the bill into law on December 27, averting a partial government shutdown. ***President-elect Joe Biden and incoming First Lady Jill Biden receive the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. *December 22 **President Trump begins issuing a new round of List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump, pardons for dozens of associates, including

, and Charles Kushner. **Secretary of State of California, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla is appointed to fill the remaining Senate term of

, becoming the state's first Latino senator. ** The local council of Murdock, Minnesota gives permit approving for a whites-only church. The Asatru Folk Assembly describes itself as a “warrior” religion of “white people” from northern Europe. *December 24 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***California is the first state to surpass two million COVID-19 cases. ***COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas, Arkansas reports a new one-day record for new cases. *December 25 – A 2020 Nashville bombing, suicide car bomb explosion in downtown

leaves multiple people injured. *December 27 – COVID-19 pandemic: Nationwide COVID-19 cases surpass 19 million, having averaged 185,000 daily cases over the previous week. *December 29 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff receive the Moderna vaccine. ***California reports a new record number of daily deaths. **A statue of Abraham Lincoln in Boston that featured a slave kneeling before the former president is removed. **The Department of Justice announces there will be no charges against the two Cleveland Division of Police, Cleveland, Ohio police officers accused of Shooting of Tamir Rice, killing Tamir Rice. *December 31 **COVID-19 pandemic: ***2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia, Georgia Senate runoff candidate David Perdue and his wife enter quarantine despite negative test results. ***A COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin, Wisconsin pharmacist is arrested after destroying 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine.

Deaths

January

** Lexii Alijai, rapper (b. 1998) ** Tommy Hancock, Western swing fiddler and bandleader (b. 1929) ** Doug Hart, football player (b. 1939) ** Don Larsen, baseball player (b. 1929) ** Roland Minson, basketball player (b. 1929) ** David Stern, National Basketball Association commissioner (b. 1942) * January 2 ** John Baldessari, conceptual artist (b. 1931) ** Tom Buck, politician and lawyer (b. 1938) ** Lorraine Chandler, soul singer and songwriter (b. 1946) ** R. Kern Eutsler, United Methodist bishop (b. 1919) ** Nick Fish, politician and lawyer (b. 1958) ** Sam Wyche, football player and coach (b. 1945) *

** Ken Fuson, journalist (b. 1956) ** Reuben Hersh, mathematician (b. 1927) * January 4 ** Emanuel Borok, violinist and concertmaster (b. 1944) ** James Parks Morton, Episcopal priest (b. 1930) *

– Betty Pat Gatliff, forensic artist (b. 1930) *

** Mike Fitzpatrick, politician (b. 1963) ** Frank Gordon Jr., judge (b. 1929) * January 7 ** Silvio Horta, screenwriter and television producer (b. 1974) ** Neil Peart, Canadian-American drummer and lyricist (b. 1952) ** George Perles, football coach (b. 1934) ** Patrick Welch, politician (b. 1948) ** Elizabeth Wurtzel, writer and journalist (b. 1967) *

** Edd Byrnes, actor (b. 1932) ** Buck Henry, actor, screenwriter, and film director (b. 1930) *

** Walter J. Boyne, U.S. Air Force officer and historian (b. 1929) ** Galen Cole, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925) ** Pete Dye, golf course designer (b. 1925) ** Pampero Firpo, professional wrestler (b. 1930) ** Mike Resnick, science fiction writer (b. 1942) ** Hal Smith (infielder), Hal Smith, baseball player (b. 1930) *

– Ed Sprague Sr., baseball pitcher (b. 1945) *

** Stan Kirsch, actor, screenwriter, and film director (b. 1968) ** Steve Stiles, cartoonist and writer (b. 1943) * January 12 ** Jack Baskin, engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1919) ** C. Robert Sarcone, politician (b. 1925) *

– Steve Martin Caro, pop vocalist (b. 1948) *

– Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1944) * January 19 – Jimmy Heath, jazz saxophonist (b. 1926) * January 23 – Jim Lehrer, journalist, novelist and screenwriter (b. 1934) *

– Pete Stark, businessman and politician (b. 1931) *

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, basketball player (b. 1978) ** Louis Nirenberg, Canadian-American mathematician (b. 1925) *

– Chris Doleman, American Pro Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame American football, football player (b. 1961) *

– Mary Higgins Clark, author (b. 1927)

February

** Gene Reynolds, actor, television writer, director, and producer (b. 1923) ** George Steiner, French-American literary critic and essayist (b. 1929) ** Willie Wood, American Pro Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame professional American football, football player (b. 1936) *

** Stanley Cohen (biochemist), Stanley Cohen, biochemist (b. 1922) ** Kirk Douglas, actor, director, producer (b. 1916) * February 7 – Orson Bean, actor and comedian (b. 1928) * February 8 – Robert Conrad, actor (b. 1935) *

– Paula Kelly (actress), Paula Kelly, dancer, singer, and actress (b. 1943) *

– Lyle Mays, jazz pianist and composer (b. 1953) * February 14 – Lynn Cohen, actress (b. 1933) * February 16 – Larry Tesler, computer scientist (b. 1945) *

** Ja'Net DuBois, actress (b. 1945) **Mickey Wright, American World Golf Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame professional golfer (b. 1935) *

– Pop Smoke, rapper (b. 1998) *

** Diana Serra Cary, child actress (b. 1918) ** Clive Cussler, author (b. 1931) ** Katherine Johnson, mathematician (b. 1918) *

** R. D. Call, actor (b. 1950) ** Colin S. Gray, British-American writer (b. 1943) * February 28 – Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923) * February 29 – Bill Bunten, politician (b. 1930)

March

– Jack Welch, businessman, engineer and writer (b. 1935 in the United States, 1935) *

– James Lipton, television host (b. 1926 in the United States, 1926) *

– McCoy Tyner, jazz pianist (b. 1938 in the United States, 1938) *

– Charles Wuorinen, American composer (b. 1938) *

– Stuart Whitman, American actor (b. 1928) *

** Roger Mayweather, American professional boxer and trainer (b. 1961) ** Lyle Waggoner, American actor (b. 1935) ** Alfred Worden, American astronaut (b. 1932) *

– Kenny Rogers, country singer and songwriter (b. 1938 in the United States, 1938) *

** Stuart Gordon, American film director (b. 1947) ** Terrence McNally, American playwright (b. 1938) *

– Curly Neal, American basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters (b. 1942) *

– Joseph Lowery, minister and civil rights activist (b. 1921 in the United States, 1921) * March 28 – Tom Coburn, politician and physician (b. 1948 in the United States, 1948) *

** Philip W. Anderson, American physicist (b. 1923) ** Joe Diffie, country singer (b. 1958 in the United States, 1958) * March 30 **Tomie dePaola, children's author and illustrator (b. 1934) **Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1938)

April

**Anne Hendricks Bass, investor and philanthropist (b. 1941) **Cristina (singer), Cristina, singer (b. 1959) **David Driskell, visual artist and academic (b. 1931) **Kevin Duffy, jurist (b. 1933) **Ed Farmer, baseball player (b. 1949) **Edward L. Feightner, Navy officer and flying ace (b. 1919) **Ellis Marsalis Jr., jazz pianist (b. 1934) **Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitarist (b. 1926) **Adam Schlesinger, musician (b. 1967) * April 4 – Tom Dempsey, American professional American football, football player (b. 1947) * April 5 – Bobby Mitchell, American Pro Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame professional American football, football player. (b. 1935) *

** James Drury, American actor (b. 1934) ** Al Kaline, American professional baseball player, announcer, and executive (Detroit Tigers) (b. 1934) ** Fred Singer, Austrian-born American physicist (b. 1924) *

** John Prine, folk singer (b. 1946) ** Herb Stempel, game show contestant (b. 1926) *

– Norman I. Platnick, American arachnologist and curator (b. 1951) *

– Tarvaris Jackson, NFL Quarterback (b. 1983) *

– Hank Steinbrenner, American businessman and part owner of the New York Yankees (b. 1957) *

** Allen Daviau, American cinematographer (b. 1942) ** Brian Dennehy, American actor (b. 1938) ** Lee Konitz, American composer and alto saxophonist (b. 1927) *

** Gene Deitch, American-born Czech illustrator, animator, and comics artist (b. 1924) ** Howard Finkel, American wrestling ring announcer (b. 1950) * April 18 – Paul H. O'Neill, American politician (b. 1935) *

– Tom Lester, American actor and evangelist (b. 1938) *

– Dimitri Diatchenko, American actor (b. 1968) *

** Vanessa Guillen, soldier, murder victim (b. 1999) ** Shirley Knight, actress (b. 1936) *

** Lynn Harrell, classical cellist (b. 1944) ** Troy Sneed, gospel musician (b. 1967) *

– Sam Lloyd, American actor, singer, and musician (b. 1963)

May

– John Ericson, German-American actor (b. 1926) * May 4 ** Michael McClure, American poet and playwright (b. 1932) ** Don Shula, American football player and coach (b. 1930) *

– Mike Storen, American sports executive in basketball, baseball, and American football, football.(b. 1935) *

– Siegfried & Roy, Roy Horn, German-American magician (b. 1944) * May 9 – Little Richard, American singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1932) * May 10 – Betty Wright, American soul and R&B singer (b. 1953) * May 11 – Jerry Stiller, American actor and comedian (b. 1927) * May 14 ** Phyllis George, American businesswoman, actress, and sportscaster (b. 1949) ** Bob Watson, American professional baseball player and sports executive (b. 1946) * May 15 ** Lynn Shelton, American filmmaker (b. 1965) ** Fred Willard, American actor and comedian (b. 1939) * May 17 ** Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler and actor (b. 1981) ** Lucky Peterson, American blues singer and musician (b. 1964) *

– Ravi Zacharias, Indian-born Canadian-American Christian apologist (b. 1946) * May 21 – Oliver E. Williamson, American economist (b. 1932) * May 22 – Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942) * May 24 – Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer (b. 1929) *

–

, American truck driver and security guard, murder victim (b. 1973) *

– Richard Herd, American actor (b. 1932) *

– Larry Kramer, American author and LGBT rights activist (b. 1935) *

– Bobby Morrow, American athlete (b. 1935) *

– Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Christo, Bulgarian-American artist (b. 1935)

June

* June 1 – Pat Dye, American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator (b. 1939) *

** Mary Pat Gleason, actress (b. 1950) ** Wes Unseld, American Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame professional basketball player, coach and executive (b. 1946) * June 4 – Pete Rademacher, Olympic boxing champion (b. 1928) * June 6 – Reche Caldwell, NFL Wide Receiver (b. 1979) *

– Claudell Washington, American professional baseball outfielder (b. 1954) *

** Mel Winkler, actor (b. 1941 in the United States, 1941) ** Dennis O'Neil, comic book writer (b. 1939) * June 13 – Dick Garmaker, basketball player (b. 1932) * June 17 – Jean Kennedy Smith, diplomat (b. 1928) *

– Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Spanish novelist (b. 1964) *

** Kelly Asbury, film director and animator (b. 1960) ** Milton Glaser, graphic designer (b. 1929) * June 27 – Freddy Cole, jazz singer and pianist (b. 1931) * June 28 – Rudolfo Anaya, author (b. 1937) *

** Johnny Mandel, composer (b. 1925) ** Carl Reiner, actor, film director and comedian (b. 1922)

July

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– Hugh Downs, broadcaster and television personality (b. 1921) *

** Betsy Ancker-Johnson, American plasma physicist (b. 1927) ** Christian Garrison, American writer (b. 1942) ** Jon Gilliam, American football player (b. 1938) ** Reckful, American gamer and Twitch (service), Twitch streamer (b. 1989 in the United States, 1989) *July 5 – Nick Cordero, Broadway theatre, Broadway actor and singer (Bullets Over Broadway (musical), ''Bullets Over Broadway'') (A Bronx Tale (musical), ''A Bronx Tale'') (Waitress (musical), ''Waitress'')(b. 1978) * July 6 **Mary Kay Letourneau, schoolteacher, convicted of having sex with a minor. Later marrying the victim, her former student (b. 1962) ** Charlie Daniels, country singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1936) ** Ronald Graham, mathematician (b. 1935) *

–

, actress, model and singer (b. 1987) *

– Kelly Preston, actress and model (b. 1962) * July 13 – Grant Imahara, electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host (b. 1970) * July 16 – Phyllis Somerville, actress (b. 1943) *

** John Lewis, civil-rights leader and politician (b. 1940) ** C. T. Vivian, minister, author and lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr. (b. 1924) * July 20 – Michael Brooks (political commentator), political commentator and talk show host (b. 1983) * July 21 – Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress (b. 1930) * July 24 – Regis Philbin, actor, singer, and media personality (b. 1931) *

– John Saxon, actor (b. 1936) * July 26 – Olivia de Havilland, British-born American actress (b. 1916) *

– Herman Cain, businessman and politician (b. 1945)

August

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* August 1 – Wilford Brimley, actor and singer (b. 1934 in the United States, 1934) *

– Leon Fleisher, American pianist (b. 1928) * August 3 – Shirley Ann Grau, American writer (b. 1929) *

– Frances Allen, American computer scientist (b. 1932 in the United States, 1932) *

– Brent Scowcroft, diplomat (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925) *

– Kamala (wrestler), Kamala, American professional wrestler (b. 1950 in the United States, 1950) * August 11 ** Russell Kirsch, American computer scientist (b. 1929) ** Trini Lopez, American singer and actor (b. 1937) ** Sumner Redstone, American media executive (b. 1923) * August 15 – Robert Trump, younger brother of Donald Trump (b. 1948 in the United States, 1948) *

– Xavier (wrestler), John Jairo Bedoya Jr., wrestler (b. 1977) * August 18 – Jack Sherman, American guitarist (b. 1956) *

– Lori Nelson, American actress and model (b. 1933) *

** Gerald Carr (astronaut), Gerald Carr, American astronaut and aeronautical engineer (b. 1932) ** Joe Ruby, animator, co-creator of Scooby-Doo (b.

) * August 28 –

, actor (b. 1976 in the United States, 1976) * August 29 – Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966), Clifford Robinson, American basketball player (b. 1966) * August 31 – Tom Seaver, American baseball player (b. 1944)

September

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* September 1 – Erick Morillo, Colombian-American DJ and music producer (b. 1971) * September 2 – David Graeber, American anthropologist and anarchist author (b. 1961) * September 4 – Gary Peacock, American jazz double-bassist (b. 1935) * September 6 – Lou Brock, American baseball player (b. 1939) * September 14 – Bill Gates Sr., American attorney and philanthropist (b. 1926). * September 17 ** Terry Goodkind, American novelist (b. 1948) ** Winston Groom, American novelist (b. 1943) * September 18 ** Stephen F. Cohen, American academic and historian (b. 1938) ** Ruth Bader Ginsburg, jurist (Supreme Court of the United States) (b.

) * 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) ** Jackie Stallone, American astrologer, dancer, promoter and businesswoman (b. 1921) * September 22 – Road Warrior Animal, American professional wrestler (b. 1960) * September 23 ** Sir Harold Evans, English-American journalist (''The Sunday Times'', ''The Week'', ''The Guardian'') and author (b. 1928) ** Gale Sayers, American Pro Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame American football, football player (b. 1943) * September 29 ** Mac Davis, country singer, songwriter, and actor (b. 1942) ** Helen Reddy, singer, songwriter, and actor (b. 1941)

October

* October 2 – Bob Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1935) * October 3 – Charlie Haeger, American baseball player (b. 1983) * October 6 ** Johnny Nash, singer-songwriter (b. 1940) ** Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American musician and songwriter (b. 1955) * October 8 ** Whitey Ford, American baseball player (b. 1928) ** Charles Moore (athlete), Charles Moore, American athlete (b. 1929) * October 11 – Joe Morgan, American baseball player (b. 1943) * October 12 ** Conchata Ferrell, actress (b. 1943) ** Roberta McCain, socialite and mother of John McCain (b. 1912) * October 14 – Rhonda Fleming, American actress (b. 1923) * October 20 – James Randi, Canadian-American magician and skeptic (b. 1928) * October 21 – Marge Champion, American dancer and actress (b. 1919) * October 23 – Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942) * October 25 – Diane di Prima, American poet (b. 1934) * October 28 – Leanza Cornett, model (Miss America 1993), TV host and actress (b. 1971 in the United States, 1971) * October 29 – Angelika Amon, Austrian-American molecular and cell biologist (b. 1967) * October 31 – MF Doom, British-born American rapper and record producer (b. 1971)

November

* November 1 ** Carol Arthur, actress (b. 1935) ** Nikki McKibbin, finalist on American Idol (season 1), American Idol (b. 1978) *November 2 – Robert Sam Anson, journalist and author (b. 1945) *November 3 – Elsa Raven, actress (b. 1929) * November 4 – John Meyer (American football), John Meyer, football player and coach (b. 1942) * November 5 – Len Barry, singer (b. 1942) *November 6 ** Ken Spears, writer (b. 1938) ** King Von, rapper (b. 1994) * November 7 – Norm Crosby, actor and comedian (b. 1927) * November 8 – Alex Trebek, Canadian-born game show host (''Jeopardy!'') (b. 1940) * November 10 – Tom Heinsohn, Hall of Fame basketball player, coach, and broadcaster (b. 1934) * November 17 – Walt Davis, American athlete (b. 1931) * November 23 ** Abby Dalton, American actress (b. 1932) ** David Dinkins, American politician, lawyer, and author (b. 1927) ** Hal Ketchum, American country singer-songwriter (b. 1953) * November 27 – Tony Hsieh, Internet entrepreneur (b. 1973)

December

* December 1 – Arnie Robinson, American athlete (b. 1948) * December 2 ** Rafer Johnson, American athlete (b. 1935) ** Pat Patterson (wrestler), Pat Patterson, Canadian-born American wrestler (b. 1941) ** Pamela Tiffin, American actress and model (b. 1942) * December 4 – David Lander, American actor (''Laverne & Shirley'') (b. 1947) * December 5 – Martin Sandoval, politician (b. 1964) * December 6 – Paul Sarbanes, American politician and attorney (b. 1933) * December 7 – Chuck Yeager, first pilot to break the sound barrier (b. 1923) * December 9 – Ray Perkins, American football player and coach (b. 1941 in the United States, 1941) * December 10 ** Tommy Lister Jr., actor and professional wrestler (b. 1958) ** Brandon Bernard, murderer (b. 1980) * December 12 – Charley Pride, American singer, musician and guitarist (b. 1934) * December 16 – Lorenzo Taliaferro, football player (b. 1991) * December 20 – Ezra Vogel, American sociologist (b. 1930) * December 21 – Kevin Greene (American football), Kevin Greene, hall of fame football player (b. 1962) * December 22 – Leslie West, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1945) * December 23 – Frankie Randall, boxer (b. 1961) * December 25 – Barry Lopez, author (b. 1945) * December 26 – Brodie Lee, professional wrestler and actor (b. 1979) * December 29 – Joe Louis Clark, educator (b. 1938) * December 30 – Samuel Little, American serial killer; the confirmed most prolific serial killer U.S. history (b. 1940) * December 31 – Dick Thornburgh, List of governors of Pennsylvania, Governor of Pennsylvania (1979–1987) and United States Attorney General (1988–1991) (b. 1932)

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