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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 ]
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 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]
2020 2022 Tigray War. Part of the Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present) TPLF. Ethiopia Eritrea. Ethiopia. TPLF Oromo Liberation Army. 2020 Ongoing Western Saharan clashes (2020–present) Part of the Western Sahara conflict. Morocco: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: 2020 2022 2020–2022 Ethiopian–Sudanese clashes: Sudan: Ethiopia ...
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.
2020 Wildfire: 47 ≥$19.884 billion 2020 Western United States wildfire season: Western United States: One of the most destructive wildfire seasons recorded in the Western United States. [14] [15] 2020 Wildfire: 31 ≥$12.079 billion 2020 California wildfires: California: The largest and the third-most destructive wildfire season on record in ...