Events 201 - 212 of 212
- 2020 US National Guard pulled out of Washington D.C. and curfew ends in New York as anti-racism protests stay largely peaceful
- 2021 Auckland named world's most livable city (due to success with COVID) and Damascus named the worst by The Economist Intelligence Unit
- 2021 Multicellular organisms (bdelloid rotifer) frozen for 24,000 years in Siberia to return to life after Russian scientists have them thawed [1]
- 2021 Two passenger trains collide in Pakistan, killing at least 40 people in Sindh province
- 2021 UN International Labor Director says global impact of the pandemic four times worse than 2008 Economic Crisis, pushed 100 million workers into poverty [1]
Event of Interest
2021 US Vice President Kamala Harris visiting Guatemala on her first foreign trip announces task forces on corruption and human trafficking
- 2022 New study reveals Shark Bay sea grass, off Western Australia, may be world's largest plant, covering 77 square miles of sea floor, having cloned itself for 4,500 years [1]
- 2022 “For many countries, recession will be hard to avoid.” says World Bank President David Malpass, with prediction world growth in 2022 will slow to 2.9% (down from 5.7%) [1]
- 2023 Britain's Boxford Timber identified as UK's oldest decoratively carved wood at 6,000 years old by radio carbon dating after being found in West Berkshire during house renovations [1]
2023 Canadian Wildfires
2023 New York's air quality sinks to the lowest in the world (air quality index 218) as smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets the American north east [1]
Film & TV History
2024 At 98, actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke becomes the oldest winner of a Daytime Emmy, for a guest performance in "Days of Our Lives" [1]
- 2024 Pat Sajak’s final appearance on "Wheel of Fortune" after 43 years - the longest continuous stint by a game show host [1]
