Natural Disasters & Epidemics

2021  cOVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 3 million.   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: With global case numbers approaching a second peak, India reports 315,000 infections within 24 hours, the highest one-day tally recorded anywhere in the world to date   

2021  uEFA announces that due to a lack of guarantees regarding spectators caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland would be removed as a tournament host for the UEFA Euro 2020.   

2021  cOVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 1 billion. Half of these doses have been administered in just three countries (the United States, China and India).   

2021  cOVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeds 150 million worldwide.   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization gives emergency use listing to the Sinopharm BIBP COVID-19 vaccine, the first non–Western vaccine to be authorized   

2021  The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, after the cancellation of the 2020 contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 contest is won by Italian entrants MÃ¥neskin with the song "Zitti e buoni".[100]   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization gives emergency use listing to the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, the second non–Western vaccine to be authorized.[108]   

2021  June 13 - World leaders meet at the 47th G7 summit, hosted by the United Kingdom, with topics of discussion including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the corporate taxation of multinationals   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: Novavax announces 90.4% overall efficacy in its Phase 3 U.S. and Mexico trial   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: Brazil becomes the second country to surpass half a million deaths from the virus   

2021  cOVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 3 billion.   

2021  cOVID-19 pandemic: The number of deaths from COVID-19 surpasses 4 million.   

2021  Thousands of Cubans, most of them young, attend a rare anti-government protest in San Antonio de los Baños to protest the increased food and medicine shortages brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic   

2021  The 2020 Summer Olympics were held in Tokyo, Japan. They were originally scheduled for 24 July–9 August 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[160]   

2021  cOVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases surpasses 200 million worldwide.   

2021  a 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti, killing more than 2,100 people.   

2021  The 2020 Summer Paralympics were held in Tokyo, Japan. They were originally scheduled for 25 August–6 September 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[180]   

2021  the 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[206]   

2021  The World Health Organization endorses the first malaria vaccine   

2021  cOVID-19 pandemic: The number of recorded deaths from COVID-19 surpasses 5 million.   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization gives emergency use listing to the Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine, the third non–Western vaccine to be authorized   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The United Kingdom becomes the fourth country to surpass 10 million COVID-19 cases after the United States, India and Brazil   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization convenes an emergency meeting in Geneva amid concerns over Omicron, a highly mutated variant of COVID-19 first identified in South Africa that appears more infectious than Delta   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The United States becomes the first country to surpass 50 million COVID-19 cases   

2021  cOVID-19 pandemic: Russia becomes the fifth country to surpass 10 million COVID-19 cases after the United States, India, Brazil and the United Kingdom.   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization gives emergency use listing to the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine   

2021  The 2021 Hong Kong legislative election, originally scheduled for 6 September 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is held   

2023  fBI Director Christopher Wray confirms the bureau believes COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a lab accident in Wuhan, China [1]   

2023  hamas launches a major air and ground attack on Israel from Gaza, killing over a thousand people and taking hundreds of hostages, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare "We are at war." [1]   

2023  Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes during final approach into Pokhara, Nepal, killing all 72 people on board   

2023  the World Health Organization ends its declaration of COVID-19 being a global health emergency, but continues to refer to it as a pandemic.   

2023  Cyclone Mocha forms in the Indian Ocean, killing over 400 people and injuring over 700 as it strikes Myanmar and Bangladesh   

2023  Marrakesh–Safi earthquake: A 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Marrakesh–Safi province in western Morocco, killing at least 2,960 people and damaging historic buildings   

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