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Wireless earbuds were suddenly in everyone's ears, and Old Town Road sat at number one for a record 19 weeks. Half the internet argued about the Game of Thrones finale in May. New streaming services arrived so fast that people joked about needing a second job just to pay for them all, and in November a small green puppet called Baby Yoda took over the internet.

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The black hole photo came from telescopes on four continents working as one dish the size of Earth. Scientists said it was sharp enough to read a newspaper in New York from a sidewalk cafe in Paris.

• 🕯️Mar 15 A gunman attacks two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand during Friday prayers. 51 people die.
• 🔭Apr 10 Scientists reveal the first real photo of a black hole, a fuzzy orange ring in a distant galaxy.
• 🔥Apr 15 Fire tears through Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. The spire falls, but the two towers survive.
• ✊Jun 9 Huge crowds march in Hong Kong against a new extradition law. Protests continue for months.
• ⚽Jul 7 The US women's soccer team beats the Netherlands 2-0 to win its second World Cup in a row.
• 🌕Jul 20 America marks 50 years since Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. A Saturn V rocket is lit up on the side of the Washington Monument.
• 🌍Sep 20 Around 4 million people join climate strikes worldwide, many of them students inspired by Greta Thunberg.
• 🦠Dec 31 Health officials in Wuhan, China report a cluster of mystery pneumonia cases. The illness later gets a name: COVID-19.

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