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This is a list of protests and unrest in the United States between 2020 and 2023 against systemic racism towards black people in the United States, such as in the form of police violence. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Following the murder of George Floyd , unrest broke out in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area on May 26, 2020, and quickly spread across the ...
California Governor Gavin Newsom states that the ongoing wildfires impacting Los Angeles County could become the worst natural disaster in American history "in terms of the scale and scope", amid current estimated damages of more than US$135 billion. (The Independent) The death toll from the wildfires increases to 24.
This list excludes the following: Artistic movements: see list of art movements. Independence movements: see lists of active separatist movements and list of historical separatist movements; Revolutionary movements: see List of revolutions and rebellions
Polls conducted in June 2020 estimated that between 15 million and 26 million people participated in the demonstrations in the United States, making them the largest protests in American history. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] It was also estimated that between May 26 and August 22, around 93 percent of protests were "peaceful and nondestructive".
Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Protest in Rome on 7 June 2020 Protest against the Polish government led by the Law and Justice (PiS) party 2017–2018 Russian protests School Strike for Climate in Vicenza, Italy, 15 March 2019. Anti-Japanese protests 2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations; 2012 China anti-Japanese ...
Trump made history in many ways this year, including by becoming the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime. At the end of May, a New York jury found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts ...
2020s in United States history is a narrative summary of major historical events and issues in the United States from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2029. The first part is divided chronologically by Congressional sessions and the second part highlights major issues that span several years or even the entire decade.
Samuel Chase, the Supreme Court Justice appointed by George Washington, was impeached for political favoritism and acquitted in 1805. [ 10 ] John Pickering , a federal judge appointed by George Washington , was impeached and convicted in absentia by the US Senate for drunkenness and use of profanity on the bench.