By The Entire Golden Gazette Staff
What happened in 2020
2020. What a year. Now that we are a month and a half into 2021 we here at the golden Gazette feel we are finally at a safe enough distance from 2020 to look back at all that has happened. From the moment 2020 was rung in to the moment it was rung out, from the tragic deaths to protests and pandemics and everything in between.
January
2 Australian Fires
3 Iranian General Qasem Soleimani is assassinated
4 Jet fuel dumped in Los Angeles
The US and Iran tension increases
8 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce they are stepping down from their duties as senior royals in Buckingham Palace.
8 Iran launches ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq, injuring American soldiers.
8 A Ukrainian flight crashes in Tehran, Iran, killing all 176 passengers on board.
11 China records its first coronavirus death.
15 US announces first case of COVID - 19
16 The first impeachment trial for President Donald Trump begins.
23 Wuhan, China — the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak — goes under an unprecedented lockdown, impacting 11 million residents.
26: Kobe and Gigi Bryant, along with seven other passengers, died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.
30 United States reports its first confirmed case of person-to-person transmission of the coronavirus
31 Mary Higgins Clark one of the most successful crime writers of all time dies at age 92
31 Brexit
February
5 Kirk Douglas ne of Hollywood’s foremost leading men and enduring stars, producers and directors dies at age 103
6 First American dies from Coronavirus
10 President Trump first impeachment acquittal
17 India’s Supreme Court grants equal rights to women in the armed forces
24 Film Producer Harvey Weinstein is found guilty of third-degree rape and first-degree criminal sexual act. #MeToo
March
10 Italy becomes the first country to implement a nationwide lockdown.
11 The WHO declares the coronavirus a pandemic.
13 President Trump declares a national emergency amid the coronavirus pandemic.
13 Breonna Taylor’s shot and killed in her own home
16 Stock market crash. Dow plunges 2,997 points in the worst drop since 1987 amid coronavirus fears.
20 Kenny Rogers country-pop crooner specialized in narrative-driven ballads dies at age 81
24 2020 Olympics Postponed
27 Joseph Lowery civil rights leader was among the prominent ministers who founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr does at age 98
April
2 Global coronavirus cases surpass one million.
7 Officials in Wuhan, China, lift the city-wide lockdown after 76 days.
9 The state of New York alone has the highest number of coronavirus cases than any country in the world.
12 Eastern Tornado outbreak
18 22 people were killed in a shooting in Nova Scotia, which was called the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history.
22 Disappearance of soldier Vanessa Guillen
28 Confirmed COVID cases surpass 1 million in US
30 Armed protesters demand end to lockdown from coronavirus
May
3 Us faces invasion of Asian giant hornets
9 Little Richard was the unstoppable pacesetter, the pompadoured wild man whose flamboyant showmanship and incendiary spirit of abandon died at age 87
16 Explosion in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
16 Distinguished scholars at IKE weren’t forgotten even in a pandemic
25 Video of George Floyd goes viral
26 George Floyd protests
June
10 Confirmed COVID cases surpasses 2 million in US
12 Protests in response to the killing of Rayshard Brooks
13 protesters burn down restaurant
20 Trump’s first 2020 campaign rally hardly anyone shows up
27 Freddy Cole jazz pianist and balladeer long performed in the shadow of his older brother Nat King Cole died at age 88
July
2 President Jaun Orlando Hernandez is released from Hospital for Coronavirus
2 Honduras Hospitals collapsing because of COVID
14 White supremacist murderer is executed by lethal injection
24 Public places in England reopen after 4 month quarantine
24 Regis Philbin the boisterous television personality’s, popular host for more than six decades. According to Guinness World Records, Mr. Philbin spent more hours on U.S. television — over 16,000 — than anyone else in history dies at age 88.
August
4 Lebanon, Beirut explosion
11 Kamala Harris is chosen as Joe Biden’s running mate, only the 3rd woman in U.S. history
Mid - Major evacuation in California due to a heat wave worsening fires
18, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris officially become the Democratic Party’s Nominees for President and Vice President during the DNC
23 Malware attack on Rialto School District
24 Donald Trump and Mike Pence officially become the Republican Party’s Nominees for President and Vice President during the RNC
28 Chadwick Boseman's death #Wakanda Forever
September
1 BLM protests start again in L.A.
6 100th night of consecutive BLM protests
7 Trump parade boats sink
18 Death of supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
29 First Presidential debate
October
2 Pandemic is worsening in Paris
2 Donald Trump and Melania Trump announce they have contracted Covid-19
2 Nigerian scientists developed a faster and cheaper way of testing kids for COVID
4 Many European countries face increasing COVID - 19 cases
6 Rock legend Eddie Van Halen, 65, died following a decades-long battle with cancer
13 Protests in Nigeria due to SARS (Special Anti Robbery Squad)
21 Viola Smith, The swing-era musician and championed greater inclusion of women dies at age 107
27 Amy Coney Barrett is appointed to the Supreme Court
31 Sean Connery “Bond, James Bond” dies at age 90
November
Covid-19 cases reach 12 million, claiming 257,000 lives
7 Joe Biden is projected to win Presidential election
7 Joe Biden becomes president-elect
8 “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek died, following his battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
13 Texas is the first state to surpass 1 million COVID cases
23 Joe Biden announces first cabinet picks, in an attempt to create a very diverse cabinet with several historic appointments
December
1 Alumni of EHS Adewale Adeymo is nominated for Deputy of Treasury Secretary
One year since the outbreak of the first reported COVID- 19 case.
11 the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine becomes the first covid vaccine to be approved for emergency use by the FDA for individuals 16 and older
14 the first Americans were vaccinated against the coronavirus
18 the Moderna vaccine is granted emergency use authorization by the FDA for use of individuals 18 and older, only the second in the U.S.
21 The Jupiter and Saturn alignment
28 California becomes the first state to surpass 2 million covid cases
Overall 2020 had a lot of obstacles for everyone but here at the Golden Gazette we are hopeful that 2021 can be a great year even if it is off to a rocky start. Regardless of what’s in store for us Keep working hard Eagles!