Events from the year 2020 in the United States.
Events
January
January 3 — A U.S. airstrike near Baghdad International Airport kills Iranian military general Qasem Soleimani, fueling the Persian Gulf crisis. January 16 – The impeachment trial of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, starts in the U.S. Senate. January 26 – Five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant, his 13 year-old daughter Gianna and seven others are killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. January 28 — President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announce the Trump peace plan.
February
February 5
Academy Award-winning actor Kirk Douglas died in Los Angeles, aged 103. President Donald Trump is found innocent during his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate. February 13 — NASA publishes a detailed study of Arrokoth, the most distant body ever explored by a spacecraft, which New Horizons passed by on its journey through the Kuiper Belt. February 27 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges by 1,190.95 points, or 4.4%, to close at 25,766.64, its largest one-day points decline in history. This follows several days of large falls, marking the worst week for the index since 2008, triggered by fears of the spreading coronavirus. This would cause a massive global stock market crash. February 28 – Ambassadors of all 29 NATO Allies meet in the North Atlantic Council expressing solidarity with Turkey after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in an air strike by the Syrian government forces during the ongoing Syrian civil war. February 29 A truce is signed between American troops, Afghan troops, and the Taliban.
March
March 3 - Several tornadoes tear through Nashville, Tennessee, killing 25. March 5 – The I.C.C. approves the Afghanistan War Crimes Inquiry to begin, allowing for the first time for U.S. citizens to be investigated. March 16 – Oil prices fall into the $20 range, down 10 percent from the previous day amid the coronavirus pandemic, as The Fed cuts interest rates to zero. March 20 – Country music singer Kenny Rogers dies at the age of 81.
April
April 2 – 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic: Over 1,000,000 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed worldwide. April 5 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic: The first case of COVID-19 in a zoo animal is reported; a four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York. April 10 – 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic: The death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 100,000 globally, a ten-fold increase from March 20. April 12–13 – At least thirty people are killed in an Easter Sunday tornado outbreak in the Southeastern United States. April 15 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 2 million worldwide. April 18–April 19 – At least 23 people are killed at random at several places in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the deadliest attack of its kind in Canadian history. April 25 – 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic: The death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 200,000 globally. The U.K. becomes the fifth country to report 20,000 deaths. April 27 – 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 3 million worldwide, while the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States passes 1 million.