January 2020 in Canada

flight shot down by Iranian armed forces

thumb|Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on Christmas Day, 2017 On 8 January 2020, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, announced on Instagram their decision to "step back as 'senior' members" of the British royal family, split their time between the United Kingdom and North America, become financially independent, and only represent the monarchy on a reduced basis. The decision was dubbed Megxit, a portmanteau of the words "Meghan" and "exit" and a play on the term Brexit. The term was adopted globally on mainstream and social media, spawning various Internet memes and "Me

extratropical cyclone which caused severe flooding in eastern Spain in early 2020