Timeline (Spleehae's World)

2020

 * May 6: Former South African president Jacob Zuma is arrested under charges of corruption.
 * May 26: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Costa Rica.
 * May 27: The first crewed flight of Dragon 2 spacecraft happens.
 * June 12: The 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia is canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
 * June 13: The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System is completed.
 * June 21: The Aegis Ashore missile defense system in Poland is completed.
 * July 1: Germany takes the presidency of the Council of the European Union.
 * July 3: The African Central Bank (ACB) is completed.
 * July 5: A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs. It is fully visible in virtually all of America (except Alaska and the far north of Canada), southwestern Europe, and west Africa.
 * July 15: The Ariane 6 rocket is launched.
 * July 17: NASA's Mars 2020 mission to study the habitability of Mars in preparation for future human missions is launched.
 * July 21: The Asia–Europe Meeting happens in Phnom Pehn.
 * July 23: Liberia has become the first nation of the world to completely stop cutting down its trees in return for development aid – Norway pays the impoverished country $150 million to stop deforestation.
 * July 26: The 2020 Dominican Republic general elections happen. Luis Abinader wins.
 * August 16: Luis Abinader starts its mandate as the 54th president of the Dominican Republic.
 * September 1: Hepatitis C is eradicated in Egypt. This was after an ambitious nationwide campaign against the disease, which was helped by the quarantine against the coronavirus.
 * September 4: The Ceneri Base Tunnel is opened.
 * September 6: A new referendum for the independence of New Caledonia happens. Most of the population chooses to maintain the status quo.
 * September 27: The 2020 Bolivia general elections happen. Luis Arce wins.
 * September 30: The 2G standard is deactivated in all of Switzerland.
 * October 18: Egypt changes its capital to Wedian, a recently built city located 45 kilometers from Cairo.
 * October 20: Expo 2020 is held in a VR simulation that mimics the one which was expected to happen in Dubai, before the COVID-19 pandemic happened.
 * October 25: Chile holds a referendum to change its Constitution. Most votes are favorable to the idea. It is expected to be put in practice exactly one year in the future (October 25, 2021).
 * November 3: The 2020 United States presidential elections happen. Joe Biden wins, becoming, the 46th American president. 2020electionsdso.png
 * December 14: A total solar eclipse, which will be visible in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, most of Brazil, and in the adjacent oceans, occurs.
 * December 21: A great conjunction happens.
 * December 31: The transitional period for negotiations on the post-Brexit relationship between the UK and the EU ends.

2021

 * January 1: Portugual takes the presidency of the Council of the European Union.