Phoebe Yates – staff writer

January – February
Attack on U.S. Capitol. (January 6)
Second impeachment of Donald Trump. (Jan 13 – Feb 13)
Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.(January 20)
March – April
Derek Chauvin convicted on all counts for the killing of George Floyd. (April 20)
May – June
Remains of 215 Indigenous children found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in Canada. (May 29)
Juneteenth becomes a national holiday. (June 17)
Champlain Towers South, a 12-story beachfront condominium in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, partially collapses; 98 people dead. (June 24)
July – August
Tokyo Olympics 2020 Summer Games. (July 23 – August 8)
U.S. troops leave Afghanistan after nearly 20 years. (August 30)
September
Texas’ anti-abortion law bans all abortions past six weeks. (September 1)
Gabby Petito’s remains found at Bridger–Teton National Forest.(September 19)
October
Colin Powell dies (October 18)
Halyna Hutchins dies after prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin. (October 21)
Orange County oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach. (October 2)
November
A crowd crush occurs during the first night of the Astroworld Festival, killing 10. (November 5)
Britney Spears’ 13-year conservatorship comes to an end. (November 12)
Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all charges. (November 19)
Ahmaud Arbery’s killers convicted on all charges. ( November 24)
December
First U.S. case of Omicron variant found in San Francisco.
Michigan school shooting; 15-year-old boy charged with murder, terrorism