732 notable events from 2020 — murders, fires and massacres. Page 1 of 8.
- Abraham Accords
2020 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Samuel Paty
Oct 16, 2020 · France · Terrorism
- Derek Chauvin
May 25, 2020 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of George Floyd
May 25, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Beirut explosion
Aug 4, 2020 · Lebanon · Bombing & explosion
- Pop Smoke
Feb 19, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash
Jan 26, 2020 · United States · Aviation accident
- GameStop short squeeze
from 2020 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- George Floyd protests
from May 26, 2020 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Murder of Jorge Torres
Feb 24, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Hathras gang rape and murder
Sep 14, 2020 · India · Crime & justice
- Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
Jan 8, 2020 · Iran · War & armed conflict
- 2020 Nashville bombing
Dec 25, 2020 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
Feb 23, 2020 · United States · Shooting
- Tigray war
Nov 3, 2020–Nov 3, 2022 · Ethiopia · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2020 Nova Scotia attacks
Apr 18, 2020–Apr 19, 2020 · Canada · Shooting
- Kenosha unrest shooting
Aug 25, 2020 · United States · Shooting
- 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Feb 29, 2020–Aug 30, 2021 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- 2020–2021 Belarusian protests
May 24, 2020–Mar 25, 2021 · Belarus · Riot & unrest
- Shooting of Jacob Blake
Aug 23, 2020 · United States · Shooting
- Gen Z protests
from 2020s · War & armed conflict
- Assassination of Qasem Soleimani
Jan 3, 2020 · Iraq · War & armed conflict
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303
May 22, 2020 · Pakistan · Aviation accident
- Lecce massacre
Sep 21, 2020 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Banco Master scandal
2020s · Brazil · Crime & justice
- 2020 Phala Phala Robbery
Feb 9, 2020 · Crime & justice
- Murder of Pop Smoke
Feb 19, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Mazen al-Hamada
Feb 23, 2020 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- Capitol Hill Occupied Protest
until Jul 1, 2020 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Colegio Cervantes shooting
Jan 10, 2020 · Mexico · Shooting
- Killing of Breonna Taylor
Mar 13, 2020 · United States · Shooting
- Poisoning of Alexei Navalny
Aug 20, 2020 · Russian Federation · Terrorism
- Murder of Vanessa Guillén
Apr 22, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Melissa Caddick
Nov 12, 2020 · Australia · Disappearance
- Central Park birdwatching incident
May 25, 2020 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Death of Naya Rivera
Jul 8, 2020 · United States · Disappearance
- 2020 stock market crash
from Feb 2020 · Industrial & structural disaster
- Air India Express Flight 1344
Aug 7, 2020 · India · Aviation accident
- Hanau shootings
Feb 19, 2020 · Germany · Terrorism
- Black Swan manslaughter case
Sep 27, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcasting
May 5, 2020 · Philippines · Scandal & controversy
- Clarke family murders
Feb 19, 2020 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- Itadaki Joshi Riri-chan case
2020s · Japan · Crime & justice
- Murder of Alban Gervaise
May 10, 2020 · France · Crime & justice
- Murder of Fernando Báez Sosa
Jan 18, 2020 · Argentina · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
May 16, 2020–Nov 18, 2020 · Natural disaster
- United States–Taliban deal
Feb 29, 2020 · Qatar · War & armed conflict
- Ukrainian drone strikes in the Russian rear
2020s · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Trump fake electors plot
2020 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- 2020 Delhi riots
from Feb 23, 2020 · India · Riot & unrest
- Murder of Delphine Jubillar
Dec 16, 2020 · France · Disappearance
- Coup Belt
Jan 1, 2020 · Burkina Faso · War & armed conflict
- 2020 Vienna attack
Nov 2, 2020 · Austria · Terrorism
- Trial of Derek Chauvin
May 25, 2020 · United States · Crime & justice
- Murders of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman
Jun 6, 2020 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance and murder of Gannon Stauch
Jan 27, 2020 · Murder & homicide
- Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot
Oct 8, 2020 · United States · Crime & justice
- Disappearance of Jason Landry
Dec 13, 2020 · United States · Disappearance
- Murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes
Jun 17, 2020 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Fukuoka commercial facility woman stabbing murder case
Aug 28, 2020 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Nice stabbing
Oct 29, 2020 · France · Terrorism
- Next Generation EU
May 18, 2020 · Crisis
- Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193
Feb 5, 2020 · Türkiye · Aviation accident
- Xiao Zhan incident
from Feb 2020 · China · Scandal & controversy
- Operation Gideon (2020)
2020–May 3, 2020 · Venezuela · War & armed conflict
- United States racial unrest (2020–2023)
from May 25, 2020 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Nakhon Ratchasima shootings
Feb 8, 2020 · Thailand · Massacre
- Hurricane Laura
Aug 20, 2020–Aug 29, 2020 · Natural disaster
- Disappearance of Dylan Ehler
May 6, 2020 · Canada · Disappearance
- Murder of FBG Duck
Aug 4, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Malian coup d'état
Aug 18, 2020 · Mali · War & armed conflict
- Disappearance of Owen Harding
Mar 26, 2020 · United Kingdom · Disappearance
- Murder of Star Hobson
Sep 22, 2020 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Killing of Rayshard Brooks
Jun 12, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Usa parent-child robbery murder case
Feb 2, 2020 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Killing of Emily Jones
Mar 22, 2020 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- 2020 California wildfires
2020 · United States · Fire
- Murder of Garrett Foster
Jul 25, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Thuringian government crisis
Feb 5, 2020–Mar 4, 2020 · Germany · Crisis
- Kenosha unrest
Aug 2020 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Operation Martyr Soleimani
Jan 8, 2020 · Iraq · War & armed conflict
- Mississippi welfare funds scandal
2020 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Norilsk oil spill
May 29, 2020 · Russian Federation · Industrial & structural disaster
- Killings of Aaron Danielson and Michael Reinoehl
Sep 3, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis
Feb 21, 2020–Nov 24, 2022 · Malaysia · Crisis
- 2020–2021 Thai protests
Feb 2020–Dec 2021 · Thailand · Riot & unrest
- Mila affair
Jan 2020 · France · Scandal & controversy
- Murder of Adriana Naghei Ostrowska
Aug 2, 2020 · Sweden · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Zagreb earthquake
Mar 22, 2020 · Croatia · Earthquake
- El Dorado Fire
Sep 5, 2020–Nov 16, 2020 · United States · Fire
- Killing of Ingrid Escamilla
Feb 9, 2020 · Mexico · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Gretchen Anthony
Mar 21, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Little Rock serial stabbings
Jan 1, 2020–Jan 1, 2021 · Attack (other)
- Murder of Mattieo Condoluci
May 14, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Jun 7, 2020 · United States · Riot & unrest
- 2020 Shibuya homeless murder
Nov 16, 2020 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Killing of Eyad al-Hallaq
May 30, 2020 · Palestine · Scandal & controversy
- 2020 Bassfield–Soso tornado
Apr 12, 2020 · United States · Natural disaster
- 2020 Easter tornado outbreak
Apr 12, 2020–Apr 13, 2020 · United States · Natural disaster
- 2020 Trier attack
Dec 1, 2020 · Germany · Attack (other)