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2021 in U.S. states and territories. This article outlines United States-related events which occurred in the year 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to heavily impact the US, with the emergence of numerous COVID-19 variants leading to a substantial rise in both infections and deaths across the country.
Over 14,000 (as of June 27, 2020) [6] Property damage. $1–2 billion (May 26 – June 8, 2020) [7] A wave of civil unrest in the United States, initially triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, led to protests and riots against systemic racism in the United States, [8] [9] such ...
Top: Protesters march past police in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020. Middle: Minnesota National Guard guard the state capitol building on May 29. Bottom: George Floyd street art near the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest in Seattle on June 10. The major catalyst of the unrest was the murder of George Floyd on May 25.
September 20. By September 20, COVID-19 had killed over 675,000 Americans, the estimated number of American deaths from the Spanish flu in 1918. As a result, COVID-19 became the deadliest respiratory pandemic in American history.
2021 Ugandan general election. The Electoral Commission of Uganda declares incumbent President Yoweri Museveni the winner of the presidential election, winning about 59% of the vote, while opposition leader Bobi Wine received only 35% of the vote, according to the commission. (BBC News) January 17, 2021 (Sunday) edit.
2020 in U.S. states and territories. The following is a list of notable events, births and deaths from 2020 in the United States . The US was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which by the end of the year killed over 300,000 people within American borders.
January. January 1. Congress overrides President Donald Trump 's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA). [1] Trump vetoes a bipartisan drift net fishing bill. [2] January 3. Nancy Pelosi is reelected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. [3]
Dr. Nancy Messonnier of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on February 25 that the COVID-19 pandemic may become a pandemic. Moody's Analytics says there is a 40% chance of a U.S. recession in the first half of 2020 and the virus may set off a worldwide economic recession.