Hi there! I found it interesting to collect shocking events that happened in 2020, if I missed something, you can add in the comments (To be continued).
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plunges by 1,190.95 points, or 4.4%, to close at 25,766.64, its largest one-day point decline at the time. This follows several days of large falls, marking the worst week for the index since 2008, triggered by fears of the spreading COVID-19.
Italy places 16 million people in quarantine, more than a quarter of its population, in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19.[32] A day later, the quarantine is expanded to cover the entire country, becoming the first country to apply this measure nationwide.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plunges more than 2,000 points, the largest fall in its history up to that point. Oil prices also plunge by as much as 30% in early trading, the biggest fall since 1991.
Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in eastern India and Bangladesh, killing over 100 people and forcing the evacuation of more than 4 million others. It causes over US$13 billion in damage, making it the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico, and kills at least four people. It is felt more than 640 kilometers (400 mi) away in Mexico City.
Russian voters back a constitutional amendment that, among other things, enables Vladimir Putin to seek two further six-year terms when his current term ends in 2024, potentially allowing him to remain in power until 2036.
China reports 141 dead or missing in floods since June; 28,000 homes have been damaged.
The Twitter accounts of prominent political figures, CEOs, and celebrities are hacked to promote a bitcoin scam.
Flooding of the Brahmaputra River kills 189 and leaves 4 million homeless in India and Nepal.
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 15 million worldwide.
Multiple explosions caused by unsafely stored ammonium nitrate kill over 135 people, injured thousands, and severely damage the port of Beirut, Lebanon. Damage is estimated at $10–15 billion, and at least 300,000 people are left homeless.
The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 700,000.
The 2020 Summer Olympics, which were supposed to take place in Tokyo, are postponed until 2021.
A Ukrainian flight crashes in Tehran, Iran, killing all 176 passengers on board.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce they are stepping down from their duties as senior royals in Buckingham Palace.
Pakistan airliner crash.
Impeachment of President Donald Trump.
The coronavirus pandemic triggered a global recession as numerous countries went into lockdown. The Dow Jones industrial average suffered its worst single-day point drop ever on March 9.
Ghislaine Maxwell arrest
”Murder hornets” arrive in US
Chadwick Boseman’s death
West Coast wildfires
The Supreme Court Justice and unrelenting trailblazer for gender equality died Sept. 18 at the age of 87. She was the second-ever woman appointed to the high court.
Renewed fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh has shattered a ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
A man with a knife killed three people at a church in Nice, in an assault that bore similarities to the recent killing of a schoolteacher, which has shaken the country.
The second Covid-19 wave has arrived
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 47 million worldwide.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on troops to “put all (their) minds and energy on preparing for war
Tens of thousands protest in Belarus, defying warning shots
An Islamic State-supporting gunman killed four people and injured 22 others in an attack in central Vienna
2020 likely to be one of the warmest years on record
Canada makes a plan to evacuate its citizens from Hong Kong
Poland delays implementing new abortion law amid huge protests
Attack on Kabul University in Afghanistan’s capital leaves at least 19 dead
Death toll reaches 39 in the quake that hit Turkey
American missionary kidnapped in Niger, in West Africa
Thailand rocked by protests as prime minister refuses to step down
Russia says COVID “under control” despite record infections, bodies lined up in a hospital basement
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