User:SrGarga/February 2020

February 2020 was the second month of the leap year 2020. The month was characterized by the rapid international spread of COVID-19, the conclusion of the first impeachment of Donald Trump, and a historic peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban.

Events

February 1–10

February 2 – The Philippines reports the first confirmed death from COVID-19 outside of China.
February 3 – The Iowa caucuses are held, but results are delayed for days due to technical "inconsistencies" with a new reporting app, causing significant political controversy.
February 4 – The World Health Organization (WHO) requests $675 million to fund a strategic preparedness and response plan against the coronavirus.
February 5 – Impeachment of Donald Trump: The United States Senate votes to acquit President Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment (abuse of power and obstruction of Congress).
February 8 – A mass shooting at a shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, results in 30 deaths and 58 injuries.
February 9 – The Solar Orbiter mission, a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency, launches from Cape Canaveral to study the Sun.

February 11–20

February 11 – The WHO officially names the disease caused by the new coronavirus as COVID-19.
February 11 – A U.S. federal judge approves the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, creating one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world.
February 13 – The Diamond Princess cruise ship, docked in Yokohama, Japan, reports 44 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total on board to 218; it becomes the largest cluster of cases outside mainland China at the time.

February 19 – Hanau shootings: A far-right extremist kills nine people in a racially motivated shooting at two shisha bars in Hanau, Germany.
February 20 – South Korea reports its first death from COVID-19 as the "Shincheonji Church of Jesus" cluster in Daegu leads to a massive spike in infections.

February 21–29

February 23 – COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: The Italian government imposes a lockdown on several towns in Lombardy and Veneto following a surge in cases, marking the first major quarantine in Europe.
February 24 – Former film producer Harvey Weinstein is found guilty of third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act, a landmark moment for the Me Too movement.
February 24 – Katherine Johnson, the pioneering NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical to the success of the first U.S. crewed spaceflights, dies at the age of 101.
February 25 – 2020 Delhi riots: Violent clashes between supporters and critics of the Citizenship Amendment Act in Delhi, India, result in at least 53 deaths.
February 29 – Doha Agreement: The United States and the Taliban sign a "conditional" peace agreement in Doha, Qatar, intended to bring an end to the War in Afghanistan.

Deaths

February 4 – Daniel arap Moi, 2nd President of Kenya (b. 1924).
February 5 – Kirk Douglas, American actor, director, and philanthropist (b. 1916).
February 7 – Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist who warned about the early COVID-19 outbreak (b. 1986).
February 11 – Joseph Shabalala, South African musician and founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo (b. 1940).
February 19 – Pop Smoke, American rapper (b. 1999)
February 24
- Katherine Johnson, American mathematician at NASA (b. 1918).
- Clive Cussler, American adventure novelist and underwater explorer (b. 1931).
February 25
- Hosni Mubarak, 4th President of Egypt (b. 1928).
- Dmitry Yazov, last Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1924).