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Rain falls on the summit of Greenland for the first time in recorded history. The rain shower dumped more than 7 billion tonnes of water on the ice sheet.
2021-08-19

Greenland reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19, in Nuuk.
2020-03-16

Press sources report that U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly expressed interest in buying Greenland.
2019-08-15

An earthquake and tsunami strike Greenland leaving at least 4 dead.
2017-06-18

The oldest fossil (stromatolite) that had life is discovered in the melting snow at the Isua Greenstone Belt of Greenland.
2016-08-31

Voters in Greenland go to the polls for a parliamentary election.
2013-03-12

3 Greenpeace activists successfully evade a Danish warship to scale an oil rig off the coast of Greenland, attempting to begin deepwater drilling in the arctic.
2011-05-29

An emerging outbreak of avian cholera kills thousands of eider ducks in Arctic regions of Canada. Scientists are studying the outbreak and its potential to spread to Greenland.
2011-01-24

Cairn Energy discovers gas off the coast of Greenland, amid protests from Greenpeace demanding it halt its oil operations.
2010-08-24

The European Commission proposes rules for imports of fishery products from Greenland into the EU.
2010-05-3