2020

Facts and Events That Happened in This Year

Feb 23

China announced that the Coronavirus had created the country's worst health emergency since 1949.

Feb 20

A polymer note replaced the paper £20 note in the UK.

Feb 17

$10 billion was pledged to help fight climate change by Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos.

Feb 6

The United States had its first official COVID-19 related death.

Feb 5

US President Donald Trump was acquitted of impeachment charges by the US Senate.

Jan 31

The United Kingdom left the European Union, also known as 'Brexit.'

Jan 30

Coronavirus was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Jan 26

A helicopter carrying nine people, including Kobe Bryant and his daughter, crashed in California with no survivors.

Jan 25

The world's largest twin-engine airliner completed its first trip.

Jan 22

One hundred million people were placed in lockdown in Wuhan, China, amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Jan 21

A meteorite that hit Australia 2.2 billion years ago was announced as Earth's oldest recognized meteorite impact structure.

Jan 16

The trial phase of former US President Donald Trump's first impeachment began.

Jan 13

A meteorite that landed in Australia in the 1960s revealed stardust up to 7 billion years old.

Jan 11

Diego, a 100-year-old tortoise, was retired from a breeding program after fathering 800+ children.

Jan 8

Justin Bieber posted on Instagram that he has Lyme disease, a bacterial illness spread by ticks.