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February 26, 2020 – 6 people are killed in a mass shooting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin before the perpetrator killed himself. February 29, 2020 – The Trump administration and the Taliban sign a conditional peace agreement in Doha, Qatar as part of a process to end the War in Afghanistan. March 3, 2020 – Super Tuesday 2020 takes place.
January 3 – 7: Boko Haram perpetrates a massacre of over 2,000 people in Baga, Nigeria, and allies itself with ISIL. April 2 : Al-Shabaab perpetrates a mass shooting in Kenya , killing 148. April 25 – May 3 : The death of an African-American man, Freddie Gray by police leads to violent unrest in Baltimore , Maryland .
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.
From top left, clockwise: Anti-government protests called the Arab Spring arose in 2010–2011, and as a result, many governments were overthrown, including when Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed; Crimea is annexed by Russia in 2014; ISIS/ISIL perpetrates terrorist attacks and captures territory in Syria and Iraq; climate change awareness and the Paris Agreement; the Event Horizon ...
The Budget Control Act of 2011 called for a reduction in spending in order to lower the federal debt. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) and nineteen other people were shot in Tucson on January 8, 2011. [54] Twenty children and six adults were killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, sparking a debate about ...
With multiple extreme weather events magnifying in the 2020s, several world leaders have called it the "decisive decade" for climate action as ecological crises continue to escalate. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In February 2023, a series of powerful earthquakes killed up to 62,000 people in Turkey and Syria ; this event fell within the top 5 deadliest ...
Historical timelines show the significant historical events and developments for a specific topic, over the course of centuries or millennia. Graphical timelines provide a visual representation for the timespan of multiple events that have a particular duration, over the course of centuries or millennia.
Prominent events and trends during the 2000s: Increasing Islamophobia and Islamophobic incidents during the 2000s associated with the September 11 attacks or with the increased presence of Muslims in the Western world. [214] [215] [216] In 2000, the Italian Supreme Court ruled that Scientology is a religion for legal purposes. [217] [218]