Date in year · 2020 · The 2020s

January 16, 2020

On January 16, 2020, the first impeachment of Donald Trump formally moves into its trial phase in the United States Senate. The year's #1 song was "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd.

Events

2

Births

0

Deaths

1

Year

2020

2020s

Around 2020

The year in brief

2020 (MMXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2020th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 20th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2020s decade.

Read the full year of 2020 →

What happened

On January 16, 2020

  1. 2020 The first impeachment of Donald Trump formally moves into its trial phase in the United States Senate.

    2019 US presidential impeachment

    Donald Trump, serving as the 45th president of the United States, was impeached for the first time on December 18, 2019; however, he was not removed from office. On that date, the House of Representatives adopted two articles of impeachment against Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. On February 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit Trump on both articles of impeachment.

  2. 2020 The United States Senate ratifies the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement as a replacement for NAFTA.

    Free trade agreement

    The Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) is a free trade agreement among the United States, Mexico, and Canada, in effect from July 1, 2020. It replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) implemented in 1994. 0", or "New NAFTA", since it largely maintains or updates the provisions of its predecessor.

Farewells

Died on January 16, 2020

Christopher Tolkien British book editor (1924–2020)

Elsewhere that year

Other moments from 2020

Step through

Nearby

Keep going

More to explore