732 notable events from 2020 — murders, fires and massacres. Page 2 of 8.
- Delta Air Lines Flight 89
Jan 14, 2020 · United States · Aviation accident
- St. Louis gun-toting incident
Jun 28, 2020 · United States · Crime & justice
- Victorine case
Sep 2020 · France · Crime & justice
- Kōriyama explosion
Jul 30, 2020 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- August Complex fire
Aug 17, 2020–Nov 15, 2020 · United States · Fire
- 2020 Kyushu floods
from Jul 3, 2020 · Japan · Natural disaster
- Operation Spring Shield
Feb 27, 2020–Mar 6, 2020 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- 2020 Tarlac shooting
Dec 20, 2020 · Philippines · Shooting
- Death and funeral of Diego Maradona
Nov 25, 2020 · Argentina · Death & funeral
- 2020 United States Air Force E-11A crash
Jan 27, 2020 · Afghanistan · Aviation accident
- 2020 Pacific typhoon season
2020 · Natural disaster
- Killing of Alexis Sharkey
Nov 27, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Execution of Nathaniel Woods
Mar 5, 2020 · United States · Suicide & execution
- Dominic Cummings scandal
Apr 12, 2020 · United Kingdom · Scandal & controversy
- 2020 Gifu City homeless person murder case
Mar 25, 2020 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Bernadette Walker
Jul 18, 2020 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- 2022 Greek surveillance scandal
from 2020 · Greece · Scandal & controversy
- MS Monarch
until 2020 · Maritime disaster
- Ecuadorian security crisis
from 2020 · Ecuador · Crisis
- Carpentier affair
from Jul 8, 2020 · Canada · Crime & justice
- 2020 boogaloo murders
May 29, 2020 · United States · Terrorism
- 2020 Oregon wildfires
from Jul 5, 2020 · United States · Fire
- 2020 Kyrgyz Revolution
Oct 5, 2020–Oct 15, 2020 · Kyrgyzstan · Riot & unrest
- 2020 Bolsheorlovskoe shooting
Oct 12, 2020 · Russian Federation · Shooting
- Death of Joyce Echaquan
Sep 28, 2020 · Canada · Death & funeral
- Takarazuka familicide
Jun 4, 2020 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- WE Charity scandal
2020 · Canada · Scandal & controversy
- 2020 Toronto machete attack
Feb 24, 2020 · Canada · Attack (other)
- Noto earthquake swarm
from Dec 2020 · Japan · Earthquake
- MV Wakashio oil spill
Aug 2020 · Mauritius · Industrial & structural disaster
- Murder of Fátima Cecilia
Feb 15, 2020 · Mexico · Murder & homicide
- 2020 congressional insider trading scandal
Feb 1, 2020–Jan 19, 2021 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- 2020 Ditrău xenophobic incident
from Jan 29, 2020 · Romania · War & armed conflict
- 2021–2023 global supply chain crisis
from 2020 · Crisis
- Tigray genocide
Jan 1, 2020 · Ethiopia · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2020 Chernobyl exclusion zone wildfires
Apr 4, 2020–May 2020 · Ukraine · Fire
- North Complex Fire
Aug 17, 2020–Dec 3, 2020 · United States · Fire
- Storm Alex
Sep 30, 2020–Oct 3, 2020 · France · Natural disaster
- Killing of Sammy Baker
Aug 13, 2020 · Netherlands · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Kerala gold smuggling case
Jul 5, 2020 · India · Crime & justice
- Murder of Matt Ratana
Sep 25, 2020 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- 2020–2022 Taal Volcano eruptions
from Jan 12, 2020 · Philippines · Natural disaster
- 2020 Aegean Sea earthquake
Oct 30, 2020 · Greece · Earthquake
- 2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis
Mar 20, 2020 · India · Crisis
- Haynie family murders
Jan 17, 2020 · United States · Shooting
- George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon
from May 28, 2020 · United States · Riot & unrest
- 2020 Salvadoran political crisis
Feb 9, 2020 · El Salvador · Crisis
- Murder of Patricia Alatorre
Jul 2, 2020 · Murder & homicide
- Camp Simba attack
Jan 5, 2020 · Kenya · War & armed conflict
- 2020 Reading stabbings
Jun 20, 2020 · United Kingdom · Attack (other)
- Mark Frerichs
Jan 31, 2020 · Afghanistan · Kidnapping & hostage
- 2015 Kyoto Minami-ku Kuze elderly woman murder case
Jun 30, 2020 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Dungan–Kazakh ethnic clashes
from Feb 7, 2020 · Kyrgyzstan · War & armed conflict
- Killing of Brendin Horner
Oct 1, 2020 · South Africa · Crime & justice
- 2020 Eastern Freeway truck crash
Apr 22, 2020 · Australia · Crime & justice
- Toshima women murder and body disposal case
Sep 24, 2020 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Cookeville tornado
Mar 3, 2020 · United States · Natural disaster
- Creek Fire
Sep 4, 2020–Dec 24, 2020 · United States · Fire
- Face mask affair (Netherlands)
2020 · Netherlands · Scandal & controversy
- 2020 Paris stabbing attack
Sep 25, 2020 · France · Terrorism
- Diol–Beye family murders
Aug 5, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Greenhills hostage crisis
Mar 2, 2020 · Philippines · Kidnapping & hostage
- 2020 Williamsburg massacre
Dec 8, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Attack on the United States embassy in Baghdad
until Jan 1, 2020 · Iraq · Attack (other)
- 2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed EC-130 crash
Jan 23, 2020 · Australia · Bombing & explosion
- Sasaguri Boy Starvation Death Case
Apr 18, 2020 · Japan · Incident
- 2020 Petrinja earthquake
Dec 29, 2020 · Croatia · Earthquake
- Visakhapatnam gas leak
May 7, 2020 · India · Scandal & controversy
- Armenian political crisis (2020–present)
from Sep 27, 2020 · Armenia · Crisis
- Caspian Airlines Flight 6936
Jan 27, 2020 · Iran · Aviation accident
- Stonehaven derailment
Aug 12, 2020 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- Chen Qiushi
Feb 6, 2020 · China · Disappearance
- Kagoshima Prefectural Police internal whistleblowing incident
2020s · Japan
- Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020
Mar 2, 2020–Mar 3, 2020 · United States · Natural disaster
- 2020 Streatham stabbing
Feb 2, 2020 · United Kingdom · Attack (other)
- 2020 Ashby–Dalton tornado
Jul 8, 2020 · United States · Natural disaster
- George Floyd protests in Washington, D.C.
Jun 23, 2020 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Santiam Fire
Aug 16, 2020–Dec 10, 2020 · United States · Fire
- Freddrick Jackson
Jan 1, 2020–Jan 1, 2022 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Lekki shooting
Oct 20, 2020 · Nigeria · Massacre
- 2020 Balyun airstrikes
Feb 27, 2020 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- Wanchalearm Satsaksit
Jun 4, 2020 · Cambodia · Kidnapping & hostage
- Miharu hit-and-run murder case
May 31, 2020 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Miguel case (2020)
Jun 2, 2020 · Brazil · Crime & justice
- 2020 New York City Subway fire
Mar 27, 2020 · United States · Fire
- Livraga derailment
Feb 6, 2020 · Italy · Rail accident
- Western Togoland Rebellion
Sep 1, 2020 · Ghana · War & armed conflict
- 2020 Pacific hurricane season
May 15, 2020–Nov 30, 2020 · Natural disaster
- Killing of Manuel Ellis
Mar 3, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Kaisei High School impersonation incident
2020 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Gulf Livestock 1
until 2020 · Maritime disaster
- Buffalo police shoving incident
Jun 4, 2020 · United States · Attack (other)
- Murder of Phoenix Netts
May 12, 2020 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Cannon Hinnant
Aug 9, 2020 · United States · Shooting
- Killing of Duncan Lemp
Mar 12, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Kamloops Snowbirds crash
May 17, 2020 · Canada · Aviation accident
- 2020 Palghar mob lynching
Apr 16, 2020 · India · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2020 Quebec City stabbing
Oct 31, 2020 · Canada · Attack (other)
- Murder of Andre Hill
Dec 22, 2020 · United States · Shooting
- Murder of David Dorn
Jun 2, 2020 · United States · Murder & homicide