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January 21, 2020 – The first patient in the United States is diagnosed with coronavirus. January 26, 2020 – Kobe Bryant, along with his daughter, Gianna, and 7 others, perish in a helicopter crash. February 5, 2020 – The majority of the United States Senate votes to acquit President Trump of charges related to the Trump-Ukraine scandal.
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3]
Snowfall has occurred further south in the United States only on the high mountains of the state of Hawaii. President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (aka “Tokyo Rose”). January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th president of the United States, and Walter F. Mondale is sworn in as the 42nd vice president.
Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 (WW Norton, 2019), scholarly history. excerpt; Olson, James S. ed. Historical Dictionary of the 1970s (1999) excerpt; Richards, Marlee. America in the 1970s (Twenty-First Century Books, 2010) online. Sandbrook, Dominic. Mad as Hell: The Crisis of the 1970s and the Rise of the Populist Right ...
Jimmy Carter becomes the 39th president of the United States on January 20, 1977 Iran hostage crisis , November 4, 1979 – January 20, 1981 The United States transfers sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone back to the Republic of Panama , October 1, 1979
May 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of Lester E. Edmond for United States Director of the Asian Development Bank. [169] May 4 – President Carter announces the nominations of Ralph A. Dungan and E. Jay Finkel for United States Executive Director and Alternate U.S. Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank. [170]
Throughout its history, the United States has engaged in numerous military conflicts. The country has officially declared war on foreign nations on five occasions. Additionally, the United States Congress and the United Nations Security Council have authorized and funded various military engagements. In the military, specific names are assigned ...
2010s in United States history is the compiled history of major historical events and issues in the United States from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2019. Overview [ edit ]