41 events found for 2020
A killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in th
For the first time in history, oil prices drop below zero, an effect of the 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war
Four police officers are killed after being struck by a truck on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne while speaking to a sp
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashes in Model Colony near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakist
Protests triggered by the murder of George Floyd erupt in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, later becoming widespread across the U
An oil spill in Norilsk releases 17,500 tons of diesel oil into nearby rivers
The Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches from the Kennedy Space Center, becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch fr
Death of Giovanni López: Protests over the death of Giovanni López Ramírez, who had died on 4 May while in custody, begi
Animal rights advocate Regan Russell is run over and killed by a transport truck outside of a pig slaughterhouse in Burl
The Hong Kong National Security Law is passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and immediatel
The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement replaces NAFTA.
NASA's Mars 2020 mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Beirut Port explosion: At least 220 people are killed and over 5,000 are wounded when 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate…
Air India Express Flight 1344 overshoots the runway at Calicut International Airport in the Malappuram district of…
Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.
Israel–United Arab Emirates relations are formally established.
Russia begins production on the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
The August Complex fire in California burns more than one million acres of land.
Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech virtually for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic…