Editing 2020 (section)

===January===
* [[January 1]]
** [[Croatia]] begins its term in the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union|presidency of the European Union]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The EESC's Activities During the Croatian Presidency: January–July 2020|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QMXPzQEACAAJ|year=2019|publisher=EESC|isbn=978-92-830-4581-6|access-date=April 16, 2021|archive-date=August 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805185809/https://books.google.com/books?id=QMXPzQEACAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2020 Jakarta floods|Flash floods]] struck [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], killing 66 people in the worst flooding in over a decade.<ref name="66dead">{{Cite news |last1=Berlinger |first1=Joshua |last2=Yee |first2=Isaac |date=January 6, 2020 |title=66 people now killed by flooding in Jakarta, and more rain appears to be on the way |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/06/asia/jakarta-floods-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612232957/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/06/asia/jakarta-floods-intl-hnk/index.html |archive-date=June 12, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |work=CNN.com}}</ref> 
* [[January 2]] – The [[Royal Australian Air Force]] and [[Royal Australian Navy|Navy]] are deployed to [[New South Wales]] and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] to assist mass evacuation efforts amidst the [[2019–20 Australian bushfire season]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Military moves in to help mass evacuation from Australian bushfires|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/australia-wildfires-jan1-1.5412274|access-date=November 15, 2020|archive-date=December 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223165119/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/australia-wildfires-jan1-1.5412274|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Marnie |first1=O'Neill |title=Half a billion animals perish in bushfires |url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/half-a-billion-animals-perish-in-bushfires/news-story/b316adb4f3af7b1c8464cf186ab9f52c |access-date=January 3, 2020 |work=News.com.au |date=January 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103031916/https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/half-a-billion-animals-perish-in-bushfires/news-story/b316adb4f3af7b1c8464cf186ab9f52c |archive-date=January 3, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 3]] –  A United States [[Assassination of Qasem Soleimani|drone strike]] at [[Baghdad International Airport]] kills ten people, including the intended target, an Iranian general. [[Qasem Soleimani]] and Iraqi paramilitary leader [[Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/iraq-militia-official-killed-us-iran-tensions-1480181|title=Iraq Militia Officials, Iran's QUDS Force Head Killed in U.S. Drone Strike|last1=O'Connor|first1=Tom|last2=Laporta|first2=James|date=January 2, 2020|work=[[Newsweek]]|access-date=January 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103030530/https://www.newsweek.com/iraq-militia-official-killed-us-iran-tensions-1480181|archive-date=January 3, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] 
** [[Second Libyan Civil War]]: President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] announces the [[Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War|deployment]] of Turkish troops to Libya on behalf of the [[United Nations]]-backed [[Government of National Accord]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/05/turkish-troops-deploy-to-libya-to-prop-up-embattled-government|title=Turkish troops deploy to Libya to prop up embattled government|date=January 5, 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=January 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106000833/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/05/turkish-troops-deploy-to-libya-to-prop-up-embattled-government|archive-date=January 6, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2019–20 Croatian presidential election]]: The second round of voting is held, and [[Zoran Milanović]] of the [[Social Democratic Party of Croatia]] defeats [[incumbent]] [[President of Croatia|president]] [[Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 6, 2020 |title=Croatia elects centre-left challenger Zoran Milanovic as president |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51006754 |access-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408145737/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51006754 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 8]]
**[[Iran]] [[Operation Martyr Soleimani|launches ballistic missiles]] at two [[Iraq]]i military bases hosting [[American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present)|U.S. soldiers]], injuring over 100 personnel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.trust.org/item/20200117170342-xr08c|title=Pentagon denies trying to underplay injuries from Iran attack|agency=Reuters|date=January 17, 2020|access-date=January 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118042701/http://news.trust.org/item/20200117170342-xr08c|archive-date=January 18, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752]] was shot down by Iranian forces shortly after takeoff from [[Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport]], killing all 176 people on board.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 8, 2020 |title=Boeing 737 plane crashes in Iran |url=https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/iran-plane-crash-live-intl-hnk/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=January 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108104442/https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/iran-plane-crash-live-intl-hnk/index.html |archive-date=January 8, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 9]]
** A rare, [[circumbinary planet]] called [[TOI 1338|TOI 1338-b]] is discovered.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/york-teen-discovers-planet-interning-nasa/story?id=68169897 |title=New York teen discovers new planet while interning with NASA |first=Ivan |last=Pereira |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110164740/https://abcnews.go.com/US/york-teen-discovers-planet-interning-nasa/story?id=68169897 |archive-date=January 10, 2020 |work=ABC News |date=January 9, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Islamic State in the Greater Sahara|Islamic State militants in the Greater Sahara]] [[assault]]ed a [[Niger]]ien military base in the [[battle of Chinagodrar]], killing at least 89 [[Niger Armed Forces|Nigerien soldiers]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-niger-security/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-niger-army-base-attack-idUSKBN1ZD1ZZ|work=Reuters|title=Islamic State claims responsibility for Niger army base attack|date=January 14, 2020|access-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115034731/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-niger-security/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-niger-army-base-attack-idUSKBN1ZD1ZZ|archive-date=January 15, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – [[Haitham bin Tariq]] succeeds [[Qaboos bin Said]] as the [[Sultan of Oman]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50902476|title = Sultan Qaboos of Oman dies aged 79|date = January 11, 2020|access-date = January 11, 2020|work = [[BBC News]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200115183138/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50902476|archive-date = January 15, 2020|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Oman's new ruler Haitham bin Tariq takes oath: newspapers |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oman-sultan-successor-media/omans-new-ruler-haitham-bin-tariq-takes-oath-newspapers-idUSKCN1ZA078 |access-date=January 11, 2020 |work=Reuters |date=January 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111063255/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oman-sultan-successor-media/omans-new-ruler-haitham-bin-tariq-takes-oath-newspapers-idUSKCN1ZA078 |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 11]] – [[2020 Taiwanese presidential election|Presidential]] and [[2020 Taiwanese legislative election|legislative elections]] are held in [[Taiwan]]. [[Incumbent]] [[President of the Republic of China|president]] [[Tsai Ing-wen]] is reelected, and the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] wins a majority of 67 out of 113 seats in the [[Legislative Yuan]].<ref>{{cite web |date=January 11, 2020 |title=Taiwan election: Tsai Ing-Wen wins landslide in rebuke to China |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/11/taiwan-re-elects-tsai-ing-wen-as-president-in-clear-message-to-china |access-date=February 28, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203042957/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/11/taiwan-re-elects-tsai-ing-wen-as-president-in-clear-message-to-china |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 11, 2020 |title=Taiwan opposition candidate admits defeat in presidential election |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-opposition-idUSKBN1ZA0HJ |access-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-date=January 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122200159/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-opposition-idUSKBN1ZA0HJ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://vote.nccu.edu.tw/engcec/B202000E.PDF |title=Election Result By Parties Votes For The 10th Regional Legislators Elections (National Level Public Officials Election-Taiwan, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128114956/https://vote.nccu.edu.tw/engcec/B202000E.PDF |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |access-date=January 6, 2023}}</ref>
* [[January 12]] – The [[Taal Volcano]] in the [[Philippines]] has had its first [[2020 Taal Volcano eruption|major eruption]] since 1977.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 12, 2020|title=PHIVOLCS warns of 'hazardous explosive eruption' of Taal Volcano soon|url=https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/1/12/PHIVOLCS-Taal-Volcano-explosion.html|access-date=March 26, 2021|website=CNN Philippines|archive-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182537/https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/1/12/PHIVOLCS-Taal-Volcano-explosion.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – The [[First impeachment trial of Donald Trump|first impeachment trial]] of the [[President of the United States]], [[Donald Trump]], begins in the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]. He was acquitted on [[February 5]].<ref name="NPR impeachment">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/05/801429948/not-guilty-trump-acquitted-on-2-articles-of-impeachment-as-historic-trial-closes |title='Not Guilty': Trump Acquitted On 2 Articles Of Impeachment As Historic Trial Closes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206152432/https://www.npr.org/2020/02/05/801429948/not-guilty-trump-acquitted-on-2-articles-of-impeachment-as-historic-trial-closes |archive-date=February 6, 2020 |first=Philip |last=Ewing |website=[[NPR]] |date=February 5, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – [[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)|Yemeni Civil War]]: 111 [[Republic of Yemen Armed Forces|Yemeni soldiers]] and five civilians are killed in a [[January 2020 Ma'rib attack|drone and missile attack]] on a [[military camp]] near [[Maʼrib]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51166943|title=Yemen war: Death toll in attack on military base rises to 111|date=January 20, 2020|access-date=January 20, 2020|work=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121084708/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51166943|archive-date=January 21, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 20]] – [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: [[China|Chinese]] authorities publicly confirm [[human-to-human transmission]] of [[severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Covid-19: Five days that shaped the outbreak|first=Jane|last=McMullen|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55756452|date=January 25, 2021|access-date=January 25, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126021655/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55756452|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 22]] – The [[Hellenic Parliament]] [[2020 Greek presidential election|elects]] [[Katerina Sakellaropoulou]] as [[president of Greece]].<ref>{{cite web |date=January 16, 2020 |title=Progressive judge to become Greece's first female president |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/16/greece-first-female-president-katerina-sakellaropoulou-kyriakos-mitsotakis |access-date=March 22, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116185424/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/16/greece-first-female-president-katerina-sakellaropoulou-kyriakos-mitsotakis |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Greece elects its first female president |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/greece-elects-katerina-sakellaropoulou-first-female-president-n1120421 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322140552/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/greece-elects-katerina-sakellaropoulou-first-female-president-n1120421 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 23]] – [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: The [[China|Chinese]] city of [[Wuhan]], the epicenter of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China|initial COVID-19 outbreak]], [[COVID-19 lockdown in China|is quarantined]], with all scheduled public transport services and intercity flights halted.<ref name=":7">{{cite web|url=https://view.inews.qq.com/w/WXN2020012301001306?uid=&devid=A55D8C74-EEF2-420C-8182-21F1D43348CF&qimei=34ae00a5-9e85-4f82-9afa-3c7ccb6d36d5|title=直击武汉天河机场："封城"前有96架航班飞往全国|access-date=January 23, 2020|archive-date=March 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304160631/https://view.inews.qq.com/w/WXN2020012301001306?uid=&devid=A55D8C74-EEF2-420C-8182-21F1D43348CF&qimei=34ae00a5-9e85-4f82-9afa-3c7ccb6d36d5|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chinazzi|first1=Matteo|last2=Davis|first2=Jessica T.|last3=Ajelli|first3=Marco|last4=Gioannini|first4=Corrado|last5=Litvinova|first5=Maria|last6=Merler|first6=Stefano|last7=Piontti|first7=Ana Pastore y|last8=Mu|first8=Kunpeng|last9=Rossi|first9=Luca|last10=Sun|first10=Kaiyuan|last11=Viboud|first11=Cécile|date=6 March 2020|title=The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak|journal=Science|volume=368|issue=6489|pages=395–400|doi=10.1126/science.aba9757|issn=0036-8075|pmid=32144116|pmc=7164386|bibcode=2020Sci...368..395C|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* [[January 26]]
** The [[2020 Peruvian parliamentary election]] is held to elect all 130 members of the [[Congress of the Republic of Peru]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Peru election: Crushing blow for president's opponents Popular Force |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51208274 |access-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303115319/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51208274 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Kobe Bryant]] dies in a [[2020 Calabasas helicopter crash|helicopter crash]], alongside his daughter [[Gianna Bryant|Gianna]] and seven others, in [[Calabasas, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=Austin |date=2023-09-23 |title=Inside The Sudden Death Of Kobe Bryant — And The Helicopter Crash That Caused It |url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/kobe-bryant-death |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=All That's Interesting |language=en-US |archive-date=November 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105015548/https://allthatsinteresting.com/kobe-bryant-death |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 29]] – U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] signs the [[United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement]], a North American trade agreement set to replace [[North American Free Trade Agreement|NAFTA]].<ref>{{cite web|website=BBC News|title=Trump signs US Mexico Canada Agreement|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51300625|date=Jan 29, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130151434/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51300625|archive-date=January 30, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 30]] – [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) declares the outbreak of [[COVID-19|the disease]] a [[Public Health Emergency of International Concern|public health emergency of international concern]], the sixth time that this measure has been invoked since [[2009]].<ref name="WHODeclaration">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51318246 |title=Coronavirus declared global health emergency |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=January 30, 2020 |publisher=BBC |access-date=January 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130201004/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51318246 |archive-date=January 30, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 31]] – The [[United Kingdom]] and [[Gibraltar]] formally withdraw from the [[European Union]], beginning an 11-month [[Brexit withdrawal agreement|transition period]].<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51287430| title=European Parliament approves Brexit agreement| work=BBC News| date=January 29, 2020| access-date=January 29, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129175943/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51287430| archive-date=January 29, 2020| url-status=live}}</ref>