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April 11, 2020 – The U.S. becomes the country with the highest number of reported COVID-19 deaths: over 20,000, overtaking Italy. April 14, 2020 – President Trump announces that he will suspend U.S. funding of the World Health Organization (WHO) pending an investigation into its early response to the outbreak. [21]
March 29: 2010 Moscow Metro bombings. April 10: The President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes in Smolensk, Russia. April 20: The largest oil spill in US history occurs in the Gulf of Mexico. May 31: Gaza flotilla raid. July 22 – August 10: 2010 Colombia–Venezuela diplomatic crisis.
On January 2, 2020, the U.S. launched an airstrike on a convoy, killing Iranian Quds Force Major-General Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. [48] An additional 4,000 U.S. troops were mobilized to the region, including some 750 from the 82nd Airborne Division . [ 49 ]
2000s energy crisis (2003–2009) oil price bubble; Subprime mortgage crisis (US) (2007–2010) 2000s United States housing bubble and 2000s United States housing market correction (2003–2011) 2008–2010 automotive industry crisis (US) 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis; Post-2008 Irish banking crisis; Great Recession in Russia
The General National Congress changes the provisional name of Libya to the State of Libya, pending the adoption of a new constitution. [55] 1 July: Croatia joins the European Union. 24 October: The Republic of Cape Verde changes its official English name to the Republic of Cabo Verde, [56] following precedents set by Côte d'Ivoire and Timor ...
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was a major ecological disaster from April through September 2010. [48] A renegotiated free trade agreement with South Korea went into effect on December 3, 2010. [49] The 2010 United States elections resulted in major victories for the Republican Party. [50]
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.
NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) has reported growing numbers of weather and climate-related events costing at least a billion dollars, [1] exceeding the 1980–2019 inflation-adjusted average of 6.6 such events. [2] This list of United States natural disasters is a list of notable natural disasters that occurred in ...