Old Terra history

Old Terran history refers to the time period of history prior to the Great Reset, ending with the War of Annihilation. It is largely made up of archive data that survived the Annihilation; many fragments of information were analyzed by historians and pieced together to form a rough detailing of Earth's history. The historians and others who worked to piece together Earth's past formed the Terra Archive, which manages both Old Terran history as well as modern history.

List of notable events
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1973

 * First moon base fully installed by NASA.
 * USSR establishes first moon base.

1989

 * Tienanmen Square protests result in troops firing on unarmed protesters in Beijing; Protesters and PLA units supporting them clash with government-loyal troops, resulting in further bloodshed.

1990

 * NASA's base on the moon reorganized into residential settlement, making it the first human off-world settlement. The establishment of this settlement marks the beginning of the Sol Calendar.

1991

 * Belovezha Accords are signed, and the Soviet Union officially dissolves.

1999
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 * NASA moon settlement makes contact with Russia's first residential moon settlement.

2001
An earthquake strikes Gujarat, India, on Republic Day, resulting in more than 20,000 deaths.
 * September 11 attacks: Al-Qaeda terrorists crash planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and the Pentagon in Washington, DC. A fourth plane is downed on the outskirts of Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania; 2,996 people die in the attacks.
 * The United States invades Afghanistan and topples the Taliban regime, resulting in a long-term war.
 * Steve Jobs introduces the first iPod.
 * China becomes a member of the World Trade Organization.
 * Wikipedia is launched.
 * Eleven members of the royal family of Nepal, including the king and queen, are killed by Crown Prince Dipendra, who wounds himself and dies three days later.

2002

 * The African Union is founded.
 * The 2002 Bali bombings killed 202 people and injured 209 more.
 * The Euro currency enters circulation.
 * 2002 Gujarat riots
 * Israel starts Operation Defensive Shield in the West Bank in response to a wave of Palestinian suicide attacks.
 * Construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier begins.
 * Chechen rebels Moscow theater hostage crisis|seize a theater in Moscow.
 * The International Criminal Court is established.
 * America demands Iraq disarmament crisis|Iraq allow unfettered access to weapons inspectors.
 * The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is established.
 * The Algerian Civil War ends.
 * East Timor gains independence.
 * The First Ivorian Civil War begins.
 * Brazil wins the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
 * Hu Jintao is elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.

2003

 * The United States invades Iraq and ousts Saddam Hussein, triggering worldwide protests and an 8 year war.
 * The War in Darfur begins.
 * The Human Genome Project is completed.
 * The Second Congo War ends with more than 5 million dead.
 * The Second Liberian Civil War ends.
 * The Rose Revolution occurs in Georgia (country)|Georgia.
 * The last Volkswagen Beetle is made in Mexico, after 65 years in production.
 * The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia.
 * Final flight of the SST (Supersonic Transport) Concorde.

2004

 * Enlargement of NATO|NATO and 2004 enlargement of the European Union|the European Union incorporates 2004 enlargement of the European Union|most of the former Eastern Bloc.
 * Facebook is formed by Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew McCollum, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.
 * Union of South American Nations formed.
 * Madrid train bombings killed 193 people and injured around 2,000, Europe's deadliest attack since Pan Am Flight 103.
 * The Second Battle of Fallujah occurs. It is the deadliest American battle since Vietnam War|Vietnam, killing 95 troops.
 * Orange Revolution in Ukraine.
 * Beslan school hostage crisis.
 * 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|Boxing Day Tsunami occurs in Indian Ocean, leading to the deaths of 230,000.
 * First surface images of Saturn's moon Titan (moon)|Titan.
 * The 2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing kills 116 people.

2005

 * The Irish Republican Army end its The Troubles|military campaign in Northern Ireland.
 * 7/7 attacks on London Underground.
 * Angela Merkel becomes Germany's first female Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor.
 * Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan.
 * Israeli disengagement from Gaza|Israel withdraws from Gaza.
 * Cedar Revolution in Lebanon triggered by the assassination of Rafic Hariri.
 * Second Sudanese Civil War ends.
 * Hurricane Katrina kills 1,836 people in the Gulf of Mexico.
 * 80,000 are killed in 2005 Kashmir earthquake|an earthquake in Kashmir.
 * The Kyoto Protocol comes into effect.
 * Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI becomes Pope.
 * Michael E. Brown discovers Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris.
 * YouTube is founded by Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen.
 * Reddit is founded by Steve Huffman, Aaron Swartz and Alexis Ohanian.
 * 2005 Valentine's Day bombings.
 * 2005 World Summit.

2006

 * 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum|Independence of Montenegro.
 * 2006 Lebanon War.
 * 2006 Mumbai train bombings|Mumbai bombings.
 * Comprehensive Peace Accord ends the Nepalese Civil War.
 * Ellen Johnson Sirleaf becomes President of Liberia, and thus Africa's first elected female head of state.
 * The International Astronomical Union creates IAU definition of planet|the first formal definition of a planet, and excludes Pluto from the list.
 * Execution of Saddam Hussein.
 * Twitter is launched.
 * Nintendo launches the Wii.
 * Italy national football team|Italy wins 2006 FIFA World Cup.
 * A 2006 Thai coup d'état|coup d'état in Thailand overthrows the government of Prime Minister of Thailand|Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

2007

 * Saffron Revolution|Anti-government protests in Myanmar suppressed by ruling Military junta|junta.
 * 2007–2008 world food price crisis|Spike in food prices and subprime crisis help trigger Late-2000s recession|global recession.
 * Assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
 * Disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
 * Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
 * First Ivorian Civil War ends.
 * Introduction of the iPhone.
 * Virginia Tech shooting.
 * Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide.

2008
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 * Stock markets Financial crisis of 2007–2008|plunge around the world, signaling the start of the Great Recession.
 * End of Monarchy in Nepal.
 * Google Chrome is released.
 * Barack Obama is elected as President of the United States.
 * Dmitry Medvedev becomes President of Russia.
 * Cyclone Nargis kills 133,000 in Myanmar.
 * The Gaza War (2008–09)|Gaza War begins.
 * 2008 South Ossetia war.
 * The 2008 Summer Olympic was hosted in Beijing, China.
 * Kosovo 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|declares independence, though it is not recognised by the United Nations.
 * Iraqi forces Battle of Basra (2008)|crack down on Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi forces in Basra and Sadr City.
 * 2008 Mumbai attacks.
 * The Large Hadron Collider is completed as the world's largest and most powerful particle collider.
 * Tesla Roadster (first generation)|Tesla Roadster launched, the first mass production lithium-ion battery electric car.

2009

 * The cryptocurrency Bitcoin is launched.
 * The Gaza War (2008–09)|Gaza War ends while Gaza blockade continues.
 * The Sri Lankan Civil War ends.
 * 2009–2010 Iranian election protests|Election protests begin in Iran.
 * The Second Chechen War ends.
 * Boko Haram rebellion begins in Nigeria.
 * Formation of BRICS economic bloc.
 * Treaty of Lisbon ratified.
 * 2009 swine flu pandemic began in North America.
 * Typhoon Ketsana kills 789 people in the Philippines.

2010

 * After the 2010 United Kingdom general election, David Cameron becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
 * 2010 Thai military crackdown|A military crackdown occurs in Thailand.
 * A 2010 Haiti earthquake|7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti kills 230,000.
 * The threat of Greece Greek government-debt crisis|defaulting on its debts triggers the 2010 European sovereign debt crisis|European sovereign debt crisis and Republic of Ireland's Post-2008 Irish economic downturn|financial crisis.
 * The Deepwater Horizon oil spill|largest oil spill in US history occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.
 * North Korea Bombardment of Yeonpyeong|shells the island of Yeonpyeong.
 * Gaza flotilla raid.
 * Burmese political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest.
 * 2010 FIFA World Cup|The FIFA World Cup is held in Africa for the first time.
 * 2010 Moscow Metro bombings.
 * Arab Spring starts.
 * Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010.
 * 2010 Nigerien coup d'état.
 * The President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, is among 96 killed when their airplane 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash|crashes in Smolensk on April 10.
 * The Burj Khalifa in Dubai becomes the tallest structure in the world, standing at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).
 * Dilma Rousseff is elected as the first female president of Brazil.
 * The iPad is introduced.
 * Instagram is launched.
 * 2010 Colombia–Venezuela diplomatic crisis.

2011

 * Independence of South Sudan.
 * Snapchat launched.
 * February 2011 Christchurch earthquake|Christchurch earthquake kills 185 and injures 2,000.
 * Arab Spring: Tunisian revolution|revolutions in Tunisia, 2011 Egyptian revolution|Egypt 2011 Libyan civil war|and Libya follow, as well as 2011 Yemeni uprising|uprisings in Yemen 2011 Bahraini uprising|and Bahrain, and protests in several other Arab countries.
 * Syrian civil war begins.
 * Second Ivorian Civil War.
 * Occupy movement inspires worldwide protests.
 * News International phone hacking scandal.
 * A 9.0 earthquake in Japan triggers a tsunami and the meltdown of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
 * The Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, the world's longest, opens in China.
 * Second Ivorian Civil War ends with the arrest of former president Laurent Gbagbo.
 * Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (2007–2011)|Iraq War ends.
 * Riots flare across England.
 * Bombings occur in Russia 2011 and Somalia.
 * World population reaches Day of 7 Billion|7 Billion.
 * Floods in Pakistan, Thailand and the Philippines kill roughly 2,500 people.
 * Osama bin Laden is shot dead by United States Navy SEALs in Pakistan.
 * 2011 Norway attacks.
 * Muammar Gaddafi is captured and killed during the Battle of Sirte.
 * Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
 * Space Shuttle program is officially ended.
 * Amazon Rainforest and River, Hạ Long Bay, Jeju Island, Iguazú Falls, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River, Komodo Island and Table Mountain were named as the world's Wonders of Nature.

2012

 * The Higgs boson is discovered.
 * Vladimir Putin is elected president of Russia for the third time.
 * Skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first person to Sound barrier#Breaking the sound barrier as a human projectile|break the sound barrier without a vehicle.
 * Central African Republic conflict (2012–13)|Conflict begins in the Central African Republic.
 * 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference|UN Climate Change Conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol until 2020.
 * Israel launches Operation Pillar of Defense against the Palestinian people|Palestinian-governed Gaza Strip.
 * The US rover, Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity, takes a selfie on Mars.
 * Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
 * 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting.
 * Costa Concordia disaster.
 * Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
 * Barack Obama wins second term as President of the United States, 2012 United States presidential election|defeating former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
 * Shooting of Trayvon Martin: The 17-year-old African-American high school student was killed in Sanford, Florida.
 * The 2012 Summer Olympics was hosted in London, United Kingdom.
 * Xi Jinping is elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.

2013

 * The French military intervenes in the Northern Mali conflict.
 * Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI|Pope Benedict XVI resigns and Pope Francis is elected, becoming the first Pope from Latin America.
 * Terrorist attacks occur in Boston and Nairobi.
 * The Rana Plaza collapses in Bangladesh.
 * Edward Snowden releases classified documents concerning Global surveillance disclosure|mass surveillance by the NSA.
 * President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi 2013 Egyptian coup d'état|is deposed by the military in a coup d'état.
 * Croatia becomes a member of the European Union.
 * The Euromaidan protest begins in Ukraine.
 * Ghouta chemical attack|A chemical attack in Ghouta, Syria is blamed on President Bashar al-Assad.
 * A 2013 Bohol earthquake|7.2 magnitude earthquake in Bohol, kills 222.
 * Typhoon Haiyan kills nearly 6,150 people in Vietnam and the Philippines.
 * South Sudanese conflict (2013–present)|Conflict begins in South Sudan.
 * Uruguay becomes Legality of cannabis by country|the first country to fully legalize cannabis.
 * End of 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis.

2014

 * Western African Ebola virus epidemic|The worst Ebola epidemic in recorded history occurs in West Africa, infecting nearly 30,000 people and resulting in the deaths of 11,000+.
 * Euromaidan protest in Ukraine sparks a 2014 Ukrainian Revolution|revolution and the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych, leading to Russia's Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexation of Crimea and the War in Donbass.
 * Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears from radar while en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on March 8. There were 239 people on board.
 * A coup d'état in Thailand overthrows the caretaker government.
 * King Juan Carlos I of Spain abdicates; his son becomes King Felipe VI.
 * Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Java Sea, while Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Ukraine and Air Algérie Flight 5017 is downed in Mali.
 * Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan 2014 Peshawar school massacre|kill over 130 students in Pakistan.
 * Israel launches Operation Protective Edge|an assault on the Gaza Strip in response to 2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers|tit-for-tat Kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir|murder-kidnappings, leading to the deaths of 71 Israelis and 2,100 Palestinians.
 * Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant|ISIS begins Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)|its offensive in northern Iraq, leading to 2014 American-led intervention in Iraq|intervention in Iraq American-led intervention in Syria|and Syria by a US-led coalition.
 * Second Libyan Civil War begins.
 * The Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta spacecraft's Philae (spacecraft)|Philae probe becomes the first to successfully land on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko|a comet.
 * The shooting of Michael Brown|shooting of African-American teenager Michael Brown by police leads to Ferguson unrest|violent unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.

2015

 * Five former Soviet Union countries form the Eurasian Economic Union.
 * A November 2015 Paris attacks|series of terrorist attacks Charlie Hebdo shooting|occur in Paris.
 * Boko Haram perpetrates 2015 Baga massacre|a massacre of over 2,000 people in Baga, Nigeria, and allies itself with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant|ISIL.
 * Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab perpetrates a Garissa University College attack|mass shooting in Kenya, killing 148.
 * April 2015 Nepal earthquake|A series May 2015 Nepal earthquake|of earthquakes October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake|in the Himalayas kills over 10,000 people.
 * The heads of China and Taiwan 2015 Ma–Xi meeting|meet for the first time, while the United States and Cuba resume diplomatic relations.
 * 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference|195 nations agree to lower carbon emissions.
 * Water on Mars|Liquid water is found on Mars.
 * First close-up images of Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres and Pluto.
 * China announces the end of One-child policy after 35 years.
 * European migrant crisis.
 * The Supreme Court of the United States determines that same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
 * The Death of Freddie Gray|death of African-American teenager Freddie Gray by police leads to 2015 Baltimore protests|violent unrest in Baltimore, Maryland.

2016

 * The United Nations lifts sanctions on Iran in recognition of its dismantling of its Iran and weapons of mass destruction|nuclear program.
 * Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL claims responsibility for 2016 Brussels bombings|a series of bombings in Brussels, 2016 Atatürk Airport attack|a massacre at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport and car ramming attacks in 2016 Nice truck attack|Nice and 2016 Berlin truck attack|Berlin.
 * The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest railway tunnel, is completed.
 * The people of the United Kingdom vote to 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|leave the European Union; Theresa May becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister.
 * The Colombian government signs a Colombian peace process|peace deal with FARC despite losing 2016 Colombian peace agreement referendum|a referendum.
 * The government of Turkey begins a 2016 Turkish purges|series of purges in reaction to a 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt|failed coup d'état attempt.
 * Detection of gravitational waves by LIGO confirmed.
 * A shooter Orlando nightclub shooting|kills 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

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2017

 * Tensions between North Korea and the UN escalate as the country 2017 North Korean nuclear test|tests a hydrogen bomb and conducts 2017 North Korean missile tests|a series of ballistic missile tests. The UN responds with a wave of export sanctions.
 * A Manchester Arena bombing|terrorist bombing attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England kills 22 people and injures over 500.
 * Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) launch 2017 Tehran attacks|simultaneous attacks in Tehran, destroy the Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Mosul)|Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul Iraq, and 2017 Sinai mosque attack|kill 311 in Egypt, but are declared defeated in Iraq by the end of the year.
 * A military operation targeting Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar is declared ethnic cleansing by the UNHCR.
 * Xinjiang War between China and militant groups.
 * A 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings|bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia on October 14, kills 587 people and injures 316. It is one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in modern history.
 * 2017 Atlantic hurricane season|This year's Atlantic Hurricane season features Hurricane Harvey, which kills 107 and becomes the costliest hurricane in US history, as well as Hurricane Irma, killing 134, and Hurricane Maria, killing 3,059.
 * Robert Mugabe is ousted in a 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état|coup d'état, while Ratko Mladić is declared guilty of genocide.
 * The city of Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville is Unite the Right rally|the site of a far-right rally protesting the removal of Confederate States of America|Confederate statues throughout the US. During the event, a white supremacist rams his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, injuring 19 and Heather Heyer|killing one.
 * 2017 Las Vegas shooting|58 people are killed in a mass shooting in Las Vegas.
 * Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases|Allegations of sexual abuse against film producer Harvey Weinstein lead to a Weinstein effect|wave of similar accusations from within Hollywood and other areas of primarily the English-speaking world.
 * 'Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object, is identified.

2018

 * Turkey Operation Olive Branch|invades northern Syria, while 70 die in Douma chemical attack|a chemical attack, triggering a 2018 missile strikes against Syria|missile strike against Bashar al-Assad.
 * The first monkeys are cloned, and first genetically modified humans reported, in China.
 * March for Our Lives occurs in 900 locations worldwide in response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting|Parkland shooting.
 * Pakatan Harapan becomes the first opposition party to assume power in Malaysia since independence.
 * The first summit between 2018 North Korea–United States summit|the US and North Korea and the first ever crossing of the Korean Demilitarized Zone by a North Korean leader occur.
 * Twenty-year Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict formally ends.
 * Yellow vests movement becomes France's largest sustained period of civil unrest since 1968.
 * The 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami|Sunda strait tsunami kills 426 and injures 14,000 and the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami kills 4,340 and injures 10,700.
 * Exiled Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi|assassinated inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, triggering a Reactions to the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi|diplomatic crisis for Saudi Arabia.
 * Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia and Greece reach a historic agreement in the Macedonia naming dispute, in which the former is renamed in 2019 to the 'Republic of North Macedonia'.
 * China's National People's Congress votes to abolish presidential term limits, allowing Xi Jinping to rule for life. Xi is also the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, the highest position without term limits.
 * 2018 Armenian revolution occurs.
 * 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election|First post-ISIS election in Iraq.

2019

 * New Horizons takes the first close up image of a 486958 Arrokoth|classical kuiper belt object.
 * Chang'e 4 becomes the first object to land on the far side of the Moon.
 * Christchurch mosque shootings kill 51 people, while a 2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing|suicide bombing in Iran kills 41, and a 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings|series of bomb attacks in Sri Lanka kills 250.
 * The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant loses the last of its territory.
 * Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns as President of Algeria, while Omar al-Bashir 2019 Sudanese coup d'état|is deposed as President of Sudan in 2019 Sudanese coup d'état|a coup d'état amid 2019 Algerian protests|widespread protests 2018–19 Sudanese protests|in both countries.
 * The Event Horizon Telescope takes the first ever image of a black hole, at the core of galaxy Messier 87.
 * Victor Vescovo breaks the human depth record, reaching 10,928m in the Challenger Deep.
 * Protests begin in Hong Kong over an extradition bill.
 * India Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir|revokes the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
 * 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires|Wildfires spike in Brazil, while Australia endures the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season|most widespread brush fires in its history.
 * A major Notre-Dame de Paris fire|fire engulfs Notre-Dame de Paris|Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, resulting in the roof and main spire collapsing.
 * Avengers: Endgame was released in theaters, breaking many box-office records, including becoming the List of highest-grossing films|highest-grossing movies of all time.
 * Isabelle Holdaway is the first patient to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a Antimicrobial resistance|drug-resistant infection.
 * NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch conducts the first all-female spacewalk outside of the ISS.
 * Pope Francis abolishes pontifical secrecy in Catholic Church sex abuse cases.
 * President of the United States|US President Donald Trump is First impeachment of Donald Trump|impeached by the House of Representatives for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
 * The COVID-19 pandemic begins in Wuhan, China; the start of an ongoing global pandemic.
 * The insurgency in Xinjiang, China is put to an end, with millions of Uyghurs dead and displaced as a result of the subsequent Uyghur genocide.
 * The United States Space Force is announced by Vice President of the United States|Vice President Mike Pence and created in December.

2020

 * The COVID-19 pandemic claims 1.8 million lives and infects at least 83 million people worldwide.
 * Donald Trump is acquitted by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial.
 * The United Kingdom formally withdraws from the European Union.
 * New Horizons provides the first close up images of a classical Kuiper belt object.
 * Fears of COVID-19 cause the Dow Jones Industrial Average to fall ten percent in one week, its largest drop in history, triggering the Coronavirus recession.
 * The United States signs a tentative peace agreement with the Taliban.
 * Silurian millipede Kampecaris obanensis, the oldest known land animal, is discovered in Scotland.
 * Cyclone Amphan becomes the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the Northern Indian Ocean.
 * The killing of George Floyd sparks riots across the United States and the world.
 * China's National People's Congress National People's Congress decision on Hong Kong national security legislation|grants itself sweeping powers to Hong Kong national security law|curtail civil liberties in Hong Kong.
 * Protests begin in Bulgaria against the government of Boyko Borisov.
 * China and India engage in border skirmishes, the largest escalation between the two powers in 50 years.
 * 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
 * Militants in Lhasa, Tibet attack Potala Palace, amidst uprisings in the city.
 * The United States formally exits the Paris Agreement on climate change.
 * China launches Chang'e 5 and becomes the third country after the United States and the Soviet Union to carry out a manned mission to the moon, as well as the third to return samples of the moon.
 * Joe Biden wins the 2020 United States presidential election and becomes the 46th President of the United States, but incumbent President Donald Trump refuses to officially concede.

2021

 * A mob including armed militants supporting United States President Donald Trump storm the Capitol Building in Washington D.C in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
 * A short squeeze on Gamestop initiated by the internet forum WallStreetBets causes the company's share price to spike.
 * Win Myint and Aung San Suu Kyi are deposed by the Myanmar military in a coup d'état.
 * 2021 Anti-Asian race riots across the United States.
 * Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin is convicted of murder over George Floyd's death, sparking a wave of celebratory riots.
 * NASA moon base constructs first mass driver on the moon.
 * China becomes the second country to land a rover on Mars.

2024

 * China and Russia establish a joint base on the moon, separate from Russia's other moon settlement.

2025

 * Starship Roaring Kitty successfully lands on Mars to deliver supplies for the first human base on Mars. Starship Hand of Diamond, the first operational interplanetary passenger craft, also lands on the planet carrying personnel, marking the first time humans have set foot on the planet.

2027

 * Sino-Russian moon base constructs its first mass driver.

2028

 * Construction of the first rotating habitat (small-scale), a combined effort by NASA and other space agencies.

2029

 * Sino-Russian moon base reorganized into colony.

2031

 * First manned Venus expedition using NASA's HAVOC procedure.

2032

 * Chinese government declares national water crisis.

2040

 * China and Russia put the first full-scale O'Neill Habitat to operational use, as part of a plan to curb China's overpopulation by stimulating its population to migrate to space. Second Habitat planned for Russia.

2043

 * First Venus floating colony.
 * Tensions rise between US and Russia/China over the Moon Orbital Ring project; Kinetic bombardment satellites armed with 'Rods from God' deployed and used in shows of force.

2048

 * Moon Orbital Ring, constructed by combined efforts of NASA and SpaceX, becomes operational.

2058

 * Earth Orbital Ring, the largest international megaproject of its time, finishes construction, marking historical record of multinational collaboration in space.

2067

 * Millions embark on a voyage to Neptune, led by xxx Corporation.

2079

 * War of Annihilation