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July 17: Georgia Rep. John Lewis, civil rights icon, dies of pancreatic cancer.
July 7: Confirmed coronavirus cases in U. S. hit 3 million; U. S. begins withdrawal from WHO.
July 9: Supreme Court rules Trump must release financial records to New York prosecutors.
July 10: Trump commutes prison sentence of adviser Roger Stone.
July 25: Hurricane Hanna makes U. S. mainland landfall near Padre Island, Texas, the first hurricane in what would become a record- setting year of storms.
Oct. 7: Vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City.
Oct. 8: Second presidential debate canceled after Trump refuses to participate in virtual format.
FBI charges 13 suspects in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Oct. 22: Final presidential debate in Nashville.
Oct. 23: Trump announces Israel and Sudan will establish full diplomatic relations. Oct. 26: Senate confirms Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
NASA confirms existence of molecular water on the moon.
Oct. 30: Actress Lori Loughlin of TV’s “Full House” reports to federal prison for her role in college admission bribery scheme.
Aug. 6: New York state attorney general files civil lawsuit against the National Rifle Association, accusing it of fraud and financial misconduct.
Aug. 10- 11: Powerful derecho storm system sweeps through Midwest, spawning 25 tornadoes, killing four and causing an estimated $ 7.5 billion in damage.
Aug. 11: Biden announces Kamala Harris as his running mate, the first woman of color on a national ticket.
Aug. 13: Trump announces Israel and the United Arab Emirates will establish full diplomatic relations.
Aug. 16: August Complex Wildfire starts in California; it will become the largest wildfire in the state’s history.
Aug. 17- 20: Delayed Democratic National Convention held virtually; Biden and Harris are formally nominated.
Aug. 23: Jacob Blake shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Aug. 25: Counterprotester Kyle Rittenhouse shoots three at Kenosha march, killing two.
Aug. 28: Senate Intelligence Committee releases final volume of bipartisan report reaffirming intelligence findings that Russia meddled in the 2016 election.
Aug. 24- 27: Republican National Convention held in North Carolina and virtually from the White House; Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are renominated.
Nov. 3: Election Day.
Nov. 7: Biden clinches Electoral College victory with win in Pennsylvania.
Nov. 9: Trump team files lawsuit challenging Michigan vote count, followed in short order by lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Wisconsin. None will gain legal traction.
Trump fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
Nov. 17: Trump fires Christopher Krebs, elections security chief at Homeland Security Department, after Krebs says the election wasn’t rigged.
Nov. 23: Biden names foreign policy team, including Antony Blinken as secretary of state.
Nov. 24: General Services Administration designates Biden apparent winner of the presidential election, launching formal transition process.
Nov. 25: Trump grants pardon to Michael Flynn.