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SARS-CoV-2 (center, yellow), the virus that causes COVID-19, became a large pandemic in the year 2020.
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
| Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1990s 2000s 2010s – 2020s – 2030s 2040s 2050s |
| Years: | 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 |
The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" or "two thousand twenties") is the current decade that began on January 1, 2020 and will end on December 31, 2029. When the decade began, the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world, causing many disruptions.
Events[change | change source]
2020[change | change source]
- In 2020, the United Kingdom left the European Union (Brexit)[1]
- Starting in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading around the world. Over 200 million people have been infected,[2] and more than 4 million have died.[3] The economic caused many dispute, which led to a recession.[4]
- November 3 – Joe Biden is elected as 46th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Donald Trump.
2021[change | change source]
- January 21 – Joe Biden is sworn in as 46th President of the United States.
- The 2020 Summer Olympics happened in 2021 instead. They were moved a year later because of the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
Future predictions[change | change source]
- In 2004, then President of the United States George W. Bush said that people would try to fly to Mars some time in this decade.[6]
- In 2027, the autopsy (study of a dead body to find out how that person died) of Elvis Presley will be published.[7]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "European Parliament approves Brexit agreement". BBC News. January 29, 2020. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ↑ "Global COVID-19 cases surpass 200 mln as Delta variant spreads". Reuters. 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ↑ "4 million dead: Covid has killed as many people as live in L.A." NBC News. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ↑ Press, Associated (2021-07-15). "Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic". New York Post. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ↑ "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. March 24, 2020. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ↑ McKee, Maggie (9 January 2004). "Bush to announce manned mission to Mars". New Scientist. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ↑ Mejia, Paula (January 8, 2015). "On His 80th Birthday, Revisiting the Conspiracies That Have Kept Elvis Presley Alive". Newsweek. Retrieved May 11, 2020.