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2020

February 25, 2023

For other uses, see 2020 (disambiguation).
"MMXX" redirects here. For the album, see MMXX (album).

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.

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 7522020 Malian coup d'étatSecond Nagorno-Karabakh WarCOVID-19 pandemicGeorge Floyd protestsAssassination of Qasem Soleimani2020 Beirut explosionTigray War
Clockwise, from top left: Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 is shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps during heightened tensions between Iran and the United States; Malian Armed Forces overthrow the Government of Mali during the 2020 Malian coup d'état; A missile attack causes destruction in Ganja during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War; A man stands atop a burned-out car during protests following the Murder of George Floyd; The aftermath of an airstrike on Mekelle during the ongoing Tigray War in Ethiopia; Destruction in the Port of Beirut following an enormous explosion of ammonium nitrate; Mourners gather for the Funeral of Qasem Soleimani after his assassination three days into the year; A colorized transmission electron micrograph of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that was responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, which became a defining world event in 2020 and the 2020s decade thus far.

Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
2020 by topic:
Arts
Animation (Anime) – Architecture – Comics – Film (Horror, Science fiction) – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea) – Radio – Photo – Television – Video games
Politics and government
Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states
Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors
Science and technology
Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Senescence research – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight – Sustainable energy research
Environment and environmental sciences
Birding/Ornithology – Climate change – Weather
Transportation
Aviation – Rail transport – Transportation technology
Sports
American football – Association football – Athletics (sport) – Badminton – Baseball – Basketball – Chess – Combat sports – Cricket – Cycling – Golf – Ice hockey – Rugby union – Swimming – Tennis – Volleyball
By place
Afghanistan – Albania – Algeria – Andorra – Angola – Antarctica – Antigua and Barbuda – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – The Bahamas – Bahrain – Barbados – Belarus – Belgium – Belize – Benin – Bhutan – Bolivia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Botswana – Brazil – Brunei – Bulgaria – Burkina Faso – Burundi – Cambodia – Cameroon – Canada – Cape Verde – Central African Republic – Chad – Chile – China – Colombia – Costa Rica – Comoros – Congo – D.R. Congo – Croatia – Cuba – Cyprus – Czech Republic – Denmark – Djibouti – Dominica – Dominican Republic – East Timor – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Eritrea – Estonia – Ethiopia – Eswatini – Equatorial Guinea – Fiji – Finland – France – Gabon – The Gambia – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Grenada – Guatemala – Guinea – Guinea-Bissau – Guyana – Haiti – Honduras – Hong Kong – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iran – Iraq – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Ivory Coast – Jamaica – Japan – Jordan – Kazakhstan – Kenya – Kiribati – Kosovo – Kuwait – Kyrgyzstan – Laos – Latvia – Lebanon – Lesotho – Liberia – Liechtenstein – Libya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Macau – Madagascar – Marshall Islands – Malawi – Malaysia – Maldives – Mali – Malta – Mauritania – Mauritius – Mexico – Micronesia – Moldova – Monaco – Mongolia – Montenegro – Morocco – Mozambique – Myanmar – Nauru – Namibia – Nepal – Netherlands – New Zealand – Nicaragua – Niger – Nigeria – North Korea – North Macedonia – Norway – Oman – Pakistan – Palau – Palestine – Panama – Papua New Guinea – Paraguay – Peru – Philippines – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Saint Kitts and Nevis – Saint Lucia – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Samoa – San Marino – São Tomé and Príncipe – Saudi Arabia – Senegal – Serbia – Seychelles – Sierra Leone – Singapore – Slovakia – Slovenia – Somalia – Somaliland – South Africa – Solomon Islands – South Korea – South Sudan – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sudan – Suriname – Sweden – Switzerland – Syria – Taiwan – Tajikistan – Tanzania – Thailand – Togo – Tonga – Trinidad and Tobago – Tunisia – Turkey – Turkmenistan – Tuvalu – Uganda – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Uruguay – Uzbekistan – Vanuatu – Vatican City – Venezuela – Vietnam – Yemen – Zambia – Zimbabwe
Other topics
Religious leaders
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works and introductions categories
Works – Introductions
Works entering the public domain
2020 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar2020
MMXX
Ab urbe condita2773
Armenian calendar1469
ԹՎ ՌՆԿԹ
Assyrian calendar6770
Baháʼí calendar176–177
Balinese saka calendar1941–1942
Bengali calendar1427
Berber calendar2970
British Regnal year68 Eliz. 2 – 69 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2564
Burmese calendar1382
Byzantine calendar7528–7529
Chinese calendar己亥年 (Earth Pig)
4716 or 4656
    — to —
庚子年 (Metal Rat)
4717 or 4657
Coptic calendar1736–1737
Discordian calendar3186
Ethiopian calendar2012–2013
Hebrew calendar5780–5781
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2076–2077
 - Shaka Samvat1941–1942
 - Kali Yuga5120–5121
Holocene calendar12020
Igbo calendar1020–1021
Iranian calendar1398–1399
Islamic calendar1441–1442
Japanese calendarReiwa 2
(令和２年)
Javanese calendar1953–1954
Juche calendar109
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4353
Minguo calendarROC 109
民國109年
Nanakshahi calendar552
Thai solar calendar2563
Tibetan calendar阴土猪年
(female Earth-Pig)
2146 or 1765 or 993
    — to —
阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
2147 or 1766 or 994
Unix time1577836800 – 1609459199
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2020.

2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s.[1] Geospatial World also called 2020 "the worst year in terms of climate change" in part due to major climate disasters worldwide, including major bushfires in Australia and the western United States, as well as extreme tropical cyclone activity affecting large parts of North America.[2] A United Nations progress report published in December 2020 indicated that none of the international Sustainable Development Goals for 2020 were achieved.[3] Time magazine used its fifth ever Red X cover to declare 2020 "the worst year ever", although the cover article itself did not go as far, instead saying "There have been worse years in U.S. history, and certainly worse years in world history, but most of us alive today have seen nothing like this one."[4]

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Date unknown

During the summer of 2020, the worst drought in almost a decade hits the Western, Midwestern and Northeastern United States.[383]

Births

Deaths

Further information: Category:2020 deaths
Deaths
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

Main article: Deaths in January 2020

February

Main article: Deaths in February 2020

March

Main article: Deaths in March 2020

April

Main article: Deaths in April 2020

May

Main article: Deaths in May 2020

June

Main article: Deaths in June 2020
 
Dame Vera Lynn

July

Main article: Deaths in July 2020

August

Main article: Deaths in August 2020

September

Main article: Deaths in September 2020

October

Main article: Deaths in October 2020

November

Main article: Deaths in November 2020

December

Main article: Deaths in December 2020

Nobel Prizes

 

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For other uses see 2020 disambiguation MMXX redirects here For the album see MMXX album 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 Clockwise from top left Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 is shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps during heightened tensions between Iran and the United States Malian Armed Forces overthrow the Government of Mali during the 2020 Malian coup d etat A missile attack causes destruction in Ganja during the Second Nagorno Karabakh War A man stands atop a burned out car during protests following the Murder of George Floyd The aftermath of an airstrike on Mekelle during the ongoing Tigray War in Ethiopia Destruction in the Port of Beirut following an enormous explosion of ammonium nitrate Mourners gather for the Funeral of Qasem Soleimani after his 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international Sustainable Development Goals for 2020 were achieved 3 Time magazine used its fifth ever Red X cover to declare 2020 the worst year ever although the cover article itself did not go as far instead saying There have been worse years in U S history and certainly worse years in world history but most of us alive today have seen nothing like this one 4 Contents 1 Events 1 1 January 1 2 February 1 3 March 1 4 April 1 5 May 1 6 June 1 7 July 1 8 August 1 9 September 1 10 October 1 11 November 1 12 December 1 13 Date unknown 2 Births 3 Deaths 3 1 January 3 2 February 3 3 March 3 4 April 3 5 May 3 6 June 3 7 July 3 8 August 3 9 September 3 10 October 3 11 November 3 12 December 4 Nobel Prizes 5 References 6 External linksEvents EditJanuary Edit January 1 Croatia begins its term in the presidency of the European Union 5 January 2 The Royal Australian Air Force and Navy are deployed to New South Wales and Victoria to assist mass evacuation efforts amidst the 2019 20 Australian bushfire season 6 7 January 3 A United States drone strike at Baghdad International Airport kills ten people including the intended target Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary leader Abu Mahdi al Muhandis 8 January 5 Second Libyan Civil War President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces the deployment of Turkish troops to Libya on behalf of the United Nations backed Government of National Accord 9 2019 20 Croatian presidential election The second round of voting is held and Zoran Milanovic of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia defeats incumbent president Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic 10 January 8 Iran launches ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases hosting U S soldiers injuring multiple personnel 11 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 is shot down by Iranian forces shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport killing all 176 people on board 12 January 9 A rare circumbinary planet called TOI 1338 b is discovered 13 Islamic State in the Greater Sahara militants assault a Nigerien military base in Chinagodrar killing at least 89 Nigerien soldiers 14 January 10 Haitham bin Tariq succeeds Qaboos bin Said as the Sultan of Oman 15 16 January 11 Presidential and legislative elections are held in Taiwan Incumbent president Tsai Ing wen is reelected and the Democratic Progressive Party wins a majority of 67 out of 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan 17 18 19 January 12 The Taal Volcano in the Philippines has its first major eruption since 1977 20 January 16 The first impeachment trial of the President of the United States Donald Trump begins in the U S Senate He is acquitted on February 5 21 January 18 Yemeni Civil War 111 Yemeni soldiers and 5 civilians are killed in a drone and missile attack on a military camp near Maʼrib 22 January 20 COVID 19 pandemic Chinese authorities publicly confirm human to human transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 23 January 22 The Hellenic Parliament elects Katerina Sakellaropoulou as president of Greece 24 25 January 23 COVID 19 pandemic The Chinese city of Wuhan the epicentre of the initial COVID 19 outbreak is quarantined with all scheduled public transport services and intercity flights halted 26 27 January 26 The 2020 Peruvian parliamentary election is held to elect all 130 members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru 28 January 28 A magnitude 7 7 earthquake strikes between the islands of Cuba and Jamaica resulting in some damage It was the largest earthquake in the Caribbean since 1946 29 January 29 U S president Donald Trump signs the United States Mexico Canada Agreement a North American trade agreement set to replace NAFTA 30 January 30 COVID 19 pandemic The World Health Organization WHO declares the outbreak of the disease as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern the sixth time that this measure has been invoked since 2009 31 January 31 The United Kingdom and Gibraltar formally withdraw from the European Union beginning an 11 month transition period 32 February Edit February 8 The 2020 Irish general election is held to elect all 160 members of the 33rd Dail Eireann the lower house of the Oireachtas 33 34 February 11 COVID 19 pandemic The World Health Organization WHO names the disease COVID 19 35 February 13 NASA publishes a detailed study of Arrokoth the most distant body ever explored by a spacecraft 36 February 19 Hanau shootings Eleven people are killed and five injured in a terrorist shooting spree by a far right extremist targeting shisha bars in Hanau near Frankfurt Germany 37 February 24 The Pakatan Harapan coalition government of Malaysia collapses and is replaced by the Perikatan Nasional coalition Muhyiddin Yassin becomes the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia on 1 March 38 February 27 2020 stock market crash Triggered by fears of the spreading of COVID 19 the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA plunges by 1 190 95 points or 4 4 to close at 25 766 64 its largest one day point decline at the time This follows several days of large falls marking the worst week for the index since 2008 39 February 28 Syrian Civil War NATO expresses solidarity with Turkey after 34 Turkish soldiers were killed in an airstrike by pro Syrian government forces 40 February 29 A conditional peace agreement is signed between the United States and the Taliban The U S begins gradually withdrawing combat troops from Afghanistan on March 10 41 42 Barquisimeto shooting During a demonstration pro government colectivos shoot at disputed President and Speaker of the National Assembly Juan Guaido and his supporters in Barquisimeto Venezuela leaving five injured 43 44 March Edit March 5 The International Criminal Court authorizes the Afghanistan War Crimes inquiry to proceed reportedly allowing for the first time for U S citizens to be investigated 45 March 9 COVID 19 pandemic Italy becomes the first country to implement a nationwide quarantine in response to the COVID 19 outbreak 46 47 International share prices fall sharply in response to a Russo Saudi oil price war and the impact of COVID 19 The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA plunges more than 2 000 points the largest fall in its history up to that point 48 Oil prices also plunge by as much as 30 in early trading the biggest fall since 1991 49 50 March 11 COVID 19 pandemic The World Health Organization declares the COVID 19 outbreak a pandemic 51 March 12 Global stock markets crash due to the COVID 19 pandemic and the United States travel ban on the Schengen Area The DJIA goes into free fall closing at over 2 300 points the worst losses for the index since 1987 52 March 13 COVID 19 pandemic The government of Nepal announces that Mount Everest will be closed to climbers and the public for the rest of the season due to concerns from the COVID 19 pandemic in Asia 53 March 16 The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2 997 10 the single largest point drop in history and the second largest percentage drop ever at 12 93 an even greater crash than Black Monday 1929 This follows the U S Federal Reserve announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0 0 25 54 March 17 COVID 19 pandemic The European Union s external and Schengen borders are closed for at least 30 days in an effort to curb the COVID 19 pandemic 55 The Euro 2020 and 2020 Copa America association football tournaments are postponed until the summer of 2021 by UEFA and CONMEBOL respectively 56 57 March 18 COVID 19 pandemic The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 is cancelled due to the spread of COVID 19 in Europe the first cancellation in the contest s 64 year history 58 Solidarity trial a WHO sponsored clinical trial dedicated to finding a cure against COVID 19 is announced 59 March 20 COVID 19 pandemic The worldwide death toll from COVID 19 surpasses 10 000 as the total number of cases reaches a quarter of a million 60 The Bhadla Solar Park is commissioned and becomes the world s largest solar park 61 March 24 COVID 19 pandemic India and the United Kingdom go into lockdown to contain COVID 19 The total number of people in the world facing some form of pandemic related movement restriction now exceeds 2 6 billion a third of the global population 62 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reports that the domestically transmitted epidemic is now under control 63 Two days later China temporarily suspends entry for foreign nationals with visas or residence permits effective midnight March 28 64 The International Olympic Committee and Japan postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021 On March 30 the Summer Olympics are rescheduled from July 23 to August 8 2021 65 66 March 26 COVID 19 pandemic Global COVID 19 cases reach 500 000 with nearly 23 000 deaths confirmed 67 The U S surpasses China and Italy in total number of known COVID 19 cases with at least 81 321 cases and more than 1 000 deaths 68 Militants in the Philippines Syria Yemen and Libya agree to U N Secretary General Antonio Guterres call for a ceasefire some accept medical aid for themselves and civilians in their communities Colombia and Venezuela discuss a common response to the global pandemic and the UAE airlifts aid to Iran 69 March 27 North Macedonia becomes the 30th country to join NATO 70 March 30 2020 Russia Saudi Arabia oil price war The price of Brent Crude falls 9 to 23 per barrel the lowest level since November 2002 71 April Edit April 1 COVID 19 pandemic China reports 130 asymptomatic cases of COVID 19 its first reported asymptomatic cases 72 Yemen s internationally recognised government releases more than 470 of its prisoners amid concerns of the spread of the virus in Yemen s overcrowded jails The United Nations Human Rights Council has called for the release of all political prisoners 73 April 2 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 1 million worldwide 74 April 5 COVID 19 pandemic The first case of COVID 19 in a zoo animal is reported a four year old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City 75 April 6 The United States designates the Russian Imperial Movement as a terrorist organization and imposes sanctions on its leaders it is the first white supremacist group the U S has designated as a terrorist organization 76 April 7 COVID 19 pandemic Japan declares a state of emergency in response to COVID 19 and finalises a stimulus package worth 108 trillion yen US 990 billion equal to 20 of the country s GDP 77 April 8 COVID 19 pandemic The Saudi led coalition declares a unilateral ceasefire in its operations against Houthi forces in Yemen in accordance with United Nations led efforts 78 April 10 Kivu Ebola epidemic The Democratic Republic of the Congo reports the first case of Ebola since February 2020 The outbreak has killed more than 2 200 people since August 2018 79 The ESA JAXA space probe BepiColombo makes its final gravity assist around Earth and begins to depart for Venus where it will make several gravity assist maneuvers before finally arriving at Mercury in 2025 80 COVID 19 pandemic The death toll from COVID 19 exceeds 100 000 globally a ten fold increase from March 20 81 EU finance ministers agree on a 540 billion loan package to alleviate the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic 82 April 12 COVID 19 pandemic Pope Francis livestreams the Urbi et Orbi blessing for Easter it is the second blessing in a month with the first taking place on March 27 during a special prayer service for the end of the pandemic 83 OPEC and allies strike a deal to cut oil production by 9 7 million barrels per day the largest such cut agreed upon starting May 1 84 April 14 COVID 19 pandemic The International Monetary Fund IMF says it expects the world economy to shrink 3 the worst contraction since the Great Depression of the 1930s 85 U S president Donald Trump announces that the U S will suspend funding towards the World Health Organization WHO pending an investigation of its handling of the COVID 19 pandemic and its relationship with China 86 April 15 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 2 million worldwide 87 The 2020 Tour de France is delayed until August 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic 88 The 2020 South Korean legislative election is held to elect all 300 members of the National Assembly of South Korea and the Democratic Party of Korea Platform Party alliance wins 180 out of 300 seats 89 April 17 The China Securities Regulatory Commission approves a transaction in which Switzerland s Credit Suisse will take a majority interest in a China securities firm making Credit Suisse the first foreign bank to own a majority of such a company since the easing of foreign ownership rules in 2018 90 COVID 19 pandemic China revises the COVID 19 death toll in Wuhan upward adding 1 290 more fatalities to bring the country s reported COVID 19 deaths to 4 632 91 Europe surpasses 100 000 COVID 19 related deaths 92 The U N Human Rights Office accuses Myanmar of carrying out daily airstrikes in the Rakhine and Chin states and that at least 32 civilians have been killed since March 23 The separatist Arakan Army unilaterally declared a month long ceasefire to fight the pandemic but the military rejected the ceasefire claiming a previous ceasefire had been reneged by the insurgents 93 April 18 44 suspected Boko Haram members are found dead apparently due to poisoning inside a prison in N Djamena Chad 94 April 19 COVID 19 pandemic Unrest breaks out in Paris Berlin and Vladikavkaz as opposition to COVID 19 lockdowns continue 95 April 20 Oil prices reach a record low with West Texas Intermediate falling into negative values 96 The Industrial Bank of Korea agrees to pay US 86 million and will enter a two year deferred prosecution agreement to settle lawsuits with the U S Department of Justice and the state of New York over a 2011 scheme to help transfer US 1 billion to Iran 97 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White Alliance leader Benny Gantz agree on a deal to form a unity government thus ending more than a year of political deadlock As part of the deal Netanyahu will hold onto his position for 18 more months with Gantz replacing him afterwards 98 April 21 Mozambique police say 52 male villagers were killed by Islamist militants earlier this month in Muidumbe District Cabo Delgado Province after they refused to join their ranks 99 April 22 Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deploys the country s first military satellite using a new satellite carrier called Ghased Messenger 100 April 23 Syrian Civil War Two former high ranking members of the Syrian Army go on trial in Koblenz Germany for alleged war crimes committed during the civil war It is the first time that Syrian military officials are prosecuted for their roles in the conflict 101 COVID 19 pandemic Facebook removes pseudoscience and conspiracy theory as options for targeted ads as criticism mounts against social media for its role in spreading misinformation about COVID 19 102 April 25 Yemeni Civil War The Southern Transitional Council STC announces the establishment of a self rule administration in southern Yemen and deploys forces in Aden 103 Governors of multiple southern Yemeni Governorates and Socotra island reject the STC s claim to self rule and declare their loyalty to President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi 104 Months later on July 19 the STC accepts a Saudi brokered peace deal and abandons its self rule aspirations 105 COVID 19 pandemic The global death toll from COVID 19 exceeds 200 000 106 The UK becomes the fifth country to report 20 000 deaths 107 April 26 King Salman issues a royal decree declaring that people will no longer be executed in Saudi Arabia for crimes they were convicted of when they were minors 108 April 27 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases passes 3 million worldwide while the number of confirmed cases in the U S passes 1 million 109 110 April 28 A fast radio burst is detected from the Magnetar SGR 1935 2154 the first ever detected inside the Milky Way and the first to be linked to a known source 111 Colombia formalizes its membership with the Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development OECD becoming the 37th nation of the organization 112 The Indian Ministry of External Affairs condemns the U S Commission on International Religious Freedom after its annual report recommends placing India on the countries of particular concern blacklist over the Citizenship Amendment Act the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir s special status and controversial comments made by Home Minister Amit Shah among others 113 April 29 52768 1998 OR2 a near Earth asteroid that is 2 kilometers 1 2 mi wide makes a close approach of 0 042 AU 6 3 million km 16 LD to Earth It will not approach closer than this until 2079 114 April 30 NASA officially selects SpaceX Blue Origin and Dynetics to build its next generation lunar lander to carry American astronauts to the Moon by 2024 115 Bulgaria applies for ERM II the waiting room for the Eurozone due to join along with Croatia in July 2020 116 May Edit May 1 COVID 19 pandemic The total number of recovered COVID 19 patients reaches 1 million worldwide according to data from The Johns Hopkins University 117 Guanare prison riot A riot and attempted escape attempt leaves 47 dead and 75 injured in the Centro Penitenciario de los Llanos in Guanare Venezuela 118 May 2 The United Nations publishes a report stating that Russia s indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Syria constitutes a war crime 119 120 121 May 3 4 Venezuelan dissidents and a North American based private military company Silvercorp USA unsuccessfully attempt to infiltrate Venezuela and forcibly remove President Nicolas Maduro from office 122 May 4 A team of British and Kenyan scientists announce the discovery of Microsporidia MB a parasitic microbe in the Microsporidia fungi group that blocks mosquitos from carrying malaria potentially paving the way for the control of malaria 123 May 5 COVID 19 pandemic The U K death toll from COVID 19 becomes the highest in Europe at 32 313 after exceeding the death toll of 29 029 in Italy 124 May 6 Astronomers announce the discovery of the first black hole located in a star system visible to the naked eye 125 COVID 19 pandemic New evidence indicates that an Algerian born French fishmonger who had not traveled to China and did not have contact with any Chinese nationals was treated for pneumonia from an unknown source on December 27 2019 now identified as COVID 19 126 May 9 Several Chinese and Indian soldiers are injured in a cross border clash at the Nathu La crossing About 150 troops participated in the face off which involved fistfights and stone throwing 127 May 10 The Iranian Navy frigate Jamaran accidentally strikes the Iranian support vessel Konarak with a missile killing nineteen sailors This is the first friendly fire incident since February 2019 when an Indian Mil Mi 17 helicopter was mistakenly shot down by Indian air defense forces 128 129 COVID 19 pandemic Wuhan reports its first coronavirus cases in more than a month An 89 year old man is confirmed positive but his wife and several members of the community are recorded as asymptomatic cases 130 May 11 The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology publishes the result of radiocarbon and DNA analysis from the fossils that has been found in the Bacho Kiro cave Bulgaria The result showing that the fossils belong to Homo sapiens instead of Neanderthal indicates that modern humans may have arrived in Europe thousands of years earlier than previously thought 131 May 12 Gunmen storm a maternity hospital and kill 24 people including two newborn babies in Dashte Barchi a majority Shia neighborhood of Kabul Afghanistan In a separate incident in Kuz Kunar 32 people are killed at a funeral by a suicide bomber 132 May 14 COVID 19 pandemic The global death toll from COVID 19 exceeds 300 000 133 The UN warns of a global mental health crisis caused by isolation fear uncertainty and economic turmoil 134 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance is ready to support the UN recognized Government of National Accord while Greece a member state of NATO strongly criticizes Stoltenberg s remarks saying his recognition of the Muslim Brotherhood government does not reflect the positions of the military alliance 135 136 May 15 Researchers announce a 2 5 cm millipede fossil belonging to the Kampecaris genus discovered on the island of Kerrera in the Scottish Inner Hebrides is the world s oldest known land animal which lived 425 million years ago in the Silurian period 137 May 16 Felicien Kabuga a Rwandan businessman responsible for supporting the Rwandan genocide is arrested in Asnieres sur Seine France after 26 years as a fugitive 138 May 18 The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announces that nearly 1 million people are affected and at least 24 people have died in flash floods that have hit Beledweyne and Jowhar Somalia 139 In a historic move the World Health Organization holds its annual World Health Assembly using video conferencing instead of in person meetings 140 May 19 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announces the termination of all agreements including security ones with Israel and the United States in response to Israel s plans to annex the Jordan Valley 141 May 21 Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in eastern India and Bangladesh killing over 100 people and forcing the evacuation of more than 4 million others It causes over US 13 billion in damage making it the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean shattering the record previously held by Nargis 142 The U S announces it will withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty within six months alleging continuous violations by Russia 143 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 5 million worldwide with 106 000 new cases recorded over the past 24 hours the highest single day figure so far 144 May 22 Flight PK8303 a Pakistan International Airlines passenger aircraft crashes in a residential area near Karachi in Pakistan killing 97 of the 99 total people on board and injuring dozens on the ground 145 COVID 19 pandemic Brazil overtakes Russia to become the country with the second highest number of COVID 19 cases with over 330 000 reported President Jair Bolsonaro continues to dismiss the threat of the virus 146 May 23 COVID 19 pandemic China reports no new cases for the first time since the pandemic began according to the National Health Commission 147 May 24 Mining corporation Rio Tinto admits to blowing up the 46 000 year old Juukan Gorge caves in the Pilbara area of Western Australia The firm later issues an apology to the two Aboriginal peoples who are the traditional owners of the site 148 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi pardons 3 157 prisoners to celebrate Eid al Fitr and two days later President of Zambia Edgar Lungu pardons nearly 3 000 inmates to commemorate Africa Freedom Day 149 150 May 25 The 2020 Surinamese general election is held to elect all 51 members of the National Assembly of Suriname 151 May 26 Protests caused by the murder of George Floyd break out across hundreds of cities in the U S 152 and around the world 153 These are followed by further protests and rallies on June 6 against racism and police brutality around the world 154 Costa Rica becomes the first Central American country to legalise same sex marriage 155 LATAM Airlines the largest air carrier in Latin America files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 156 May 27 The Chinese National People s Congress votes in favour of national security legislation that criminalizes secession subversion terrorism and foreign interference in Hong Kong 157 the legislation grants sweeping powers to the Chinese central government to suppress the Hong Kong democracy movement including banning activist groups and curtailing civil liberties 158 The U S government responds by declaring Hong Kong is no longer autonomous under the United States Hong Kong Policy Act 159 COVID 19 pandemic The U S death toll passes 100 000 more Americans than were killed in the Vietnam War and Korean War combined and approaching that of the First World War where 116 000 Americans died in combat 160 The total number of cases continues to rise although the rate is slowing 161 May 30 The first crewed flight of the SpaceX Dragon 2 initially scheduled for May 27 but delayed due to weather is launched from Cape Canaveral Florida the first crewed spacecraft to take off from U S soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011 162 June Edit June 1 Kivu Ebola epidemic The World Health Organization reports six new cases of Ebola and UNICEF reports five deaths in a renewed outbreak of the disease in Mbandaka Equateur Province Democratic Republic of the Congo 163 June 2 A US 5 billion class action lawsuit is filed against Alphabet Inc and Google alleging the company violates users right to privacy by tracking them in Chrome s incognito mode 164 June 3 Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the UK will change immigration laws to offer a pathway to UK citizenship for all Hong Kong citizens who are eligible for BN O status if the government of China imposes new security laws on the territory 165 SpaceX successfully launches and deploys 60 Starlink satellites into a low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station bringing the total number of Starlink satellites in orbit to 482 166 Russian President Vladimir Putin declares a state of emergency after 20 000 tons of oil leaked into the Ambarnaya River near the Siberian city of Norilsk within the Arctic Circle on May 26 2020 The World Wildlife Fund said the accident is believed to be the second largest in modern Russian history 167 June 4 Libya s Government of National Accord GNA says they are in full control of the capital Tripoli after forces of the Libyan National Army LNA retreat from the territory following months of intense fighting in the city 168 Hong Kong legislative council passed the controversial National Anthem Ordinance 169 June 5 The 2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election is held to elect all 15 members of the National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis 170 June 7 COVID 19 pandemic The global death toll from COVID 19 exceeds 400 000 171 June 8 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 7 million worldwide 172 June 9 COVID 19 pandemic A Harvard University study suggests that COVID 19 may have been spreading in China as early as August 2019 based on hospital car park usage and web search trends 173 June 15 At least 20 Indian soldiers and over 40 Chinese forces are killed or injured in skirmishes in the disputed Galwan Valley the largest escalation along the Sino Indian border in five decades 174 Turkish and Iranian forces commence air and artillery strikes against Kurdistan Workers Party forces in Iraqi Kurdistan Turkey launches a land operation in the region on June 17 175 June 16 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 8 million worldwide 176 North Korea demolishes the Inter Korean Liaison Office in Kaesong established in 2018 to improve relations 177 June 21 An annular solar eclipse occurs 178 The 2020 Serbian parliamentary election is held to elect all 250 members of the National Assembly of Serbia and the ruling For Our Children coalition won 188 out of 250 seats 179 180 June 22 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 9 million worldwide 181 The 2020 Kiribati presidential election is held and incumbent president Taneti Maamau is reelected 182 183 June 23 A 7 5 magnitude earthquake strikes the coast of Oaxaca Mexico and kills at least four people It is felt more than 640 kilometres 400 mi away in Mexico City 184 The 2020 Malawian presidential election is held and Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party is elected president 185 186 187 188 June 24 The 2020 Mongolian legislative election is held to elect the State Great Khural and the ruling Mongolian People s Party wins 62 out of 76 seats 189 190 191 192 June 27 Micheal Martin succeeds Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach of Ireland with Varadkar becoming Tanaiste in a historic three party coalition government 193 The 2020 Icelandic presidential election is held and incumbent president Gudni Th Johannesson is reelected 194 195 June 28 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 10 million worldwide 196 The U S continues to report the highest number of any country as it reaches 2 5 million a quarter of all cases globally 197 The global death toll from COVID 19 exceeds 500 000 198 The first round of voting of the 2020 Polish presidential election is held 199 200 201 202 June 30 China passes the controversial Hong Kong national security law allowing China to crack down on opposition to Beijing at home or abroad 203 July Edit July 1 Russian voters back a constitutional amendment that among other things enables Vladimir Putin to seek two further six year terms when his current term ends in 2024 potentially allowing him to remain in power until 2036 204 July 5 The 2020 Croatian parliamentary election is held to elect all 151 members of the Croatian Parliament 205 206 207 208 2020 Dominican Republic general election Modern Revolutionary Party candidate Luis Abinader is elected president of the Dominican Republic the Modern Revolutionary Party wins 17 out of 32 seats in the Senate and 86 out of 190 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 209 210 211 212 July 7 Protests begin throughout Bulgaria with the goal of removing Borisov s cabinet and Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev from office 213 COVID 19 pandemic Thousands of people rally outside the House of the National Assembly of Serbia in Belgrade in response to stricter lockdown measures proposed by President Aleksandar Vucic following an increase of cases in the city 214 July 8 At least 180 bodies are found in mass graves in Djibo Burkina Faso where soldiers are fighting jihadists It is suspected that government forces were involved in mass extrajudicial executions 215 July 10 The ECB accepts Bulgaria and Croatia into ERM II a mandatory stage for countries wishing to adopt the euro This is the currency union s first major expansion in half a decade 216 Turkey s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan orders the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to be reverted to a mosque following a supreme court annulment of a 1934 presidential decree that made it into a museum 217 The 2020 Singaporean general election is held to elect all 93 members of the Parliament of Singapore and the People s Action Party led by prime minister Lee Hsien Loong wins 83 out of 93 seats 218 219 220 July 12 The second round of voting for the 2020 Polish presidential election is held and incumbent president Andrzej Duda is reelected 221 222 223 July 15 The Twitter accounts of prominent political figures CEOs and celebrities are hacked to promote a bitcoin scam 224 July 19 Flooding of the Brahmaputra River kills 189 and leaves 4 million homeless in India and Nepal 225 July 21 COVID 19 pandemic European leaders agree to create a 750 billion US 858 billion recovery fund to rebuild EU economies impacted by the pandemic 226 July 22 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 15 million worldwide 227 July 25 COVID 19 pandemic North Korean leader Kim Jong un convenes an emergency meeting declares a state of emergency and orders the lockdown of Kaesong after a person suspected of having COVID 19 returned from South Korea If confirmed it would be the first case to be officially acknowledged by North Korea 228 28 July Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak is found guilty of all seven charges in the first of five trials on the 1MDB scandal being jailed 12 years and fined RM210 million as a result 229 July 30 NASA successfully launches its Mars 2020 rover mission to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples for return to Earth The mission includes technology demonstrations to prepare for future human missions 230 August Edit August 1 The Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE becomes operational following delays since 2017 It is the first commercial nuclear power station in the Arab world 231 August 2 COVID 19 pandemic In rare talks Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hold a video call to discuss various regional issues including combating COVID 19 in their respective countries 232 August 4 An explosion caused by unsafely stored ammonium nitrate kills at least 218 people injures thousands and severely damages the port in Beirut Lebanon Damage is estimated at 10 15 billion and an estimated 300 000 people are left homeless The following day the Lebanese government declares a two week state of emergency 233 234 235 August 5 U S Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar travels to Taiwan the highest U S official visit to the country in 40 years The PRC condemns the visit 236 August 7 Air India Express Flight 1344 crashes after overrunning the runway at Calicut International Airport in Kerala India killing 19 of the 191 people on board August 9 A presidential election in Belarus which led to incumbent Alexander Lukashenko s reelection sparks protests throughout the country after major opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya rejected the results Seven days later the largest political march in Belarusian history takes place with an estimated 300 000 people in Minsk and 200 000 in other Belarusian cities and towns 237 August 10 Midwest Derecho Costliest and one of the strongest thunderstorms in U S history 238 239 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 20 million worldwide 240 The 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election is held to elect all 41 members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago and the People s National Movement party led by prime minister Keith Rowley won 22 out of 41 seats 241 242 243 August 11 COVID 19 pandemic Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia has approved the world s first COVID 19 vaccine 244 August 13 Israel and the UAE agree to normalise relations marking the third Israel Arab peace deal 245 August 15 The Japanese bulk carrier Wakashio which stranded on a reef in Mauritius last month breaks in half Approximately 1 000 tonnes of oil are spilled into the ocean becoming the largest environmental disaster in the history of Mauritius 246 August 18 A mutiny in a military base by soldiers of the Malian Armed Forces develops into a coup d etat President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse among other senior governmental and military officers are arrested The next day Keita announces his resignation on state television 247 248 249 August 19 The Special Tribunal for Lebanon convicts in absentia Salim Ayyash a senior member of Hezbollah for the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri 250 August 22 COVID 19 pandemic The worldwide death toll from COVID 19 exceeds 800 000 251 August 23 Bayern Munich wins the 2019 20 UEFA Champions League by beating Paris Saint Germain in the final 1 0 252 August 25 Africa is declared free of wild polio the second virus to be eradicated from the continent since smallpox 40 years previously 253 254 August 26 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos becomes the first person in history to have a net worth exceeding US 200 billion according to Forbes 255 August 27 Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Lake Charles Louisiana with winds of 150 mph making it the strongest hurricane to ever strike the state in terms of windspeed tied with the 1856 Last Island Hurricane 256 257 August 28 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the longest serving prime minister in the history of Japan announces his resignation from office citing ill health 258 August 30 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 25 million worldwide India continues to record the highest daily increase of cases 259 September Edit September 3 Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Abdelaziz al Hilu the leader of the Sudan People s Liberation Movement North SPLM N sign an agreement to transition the country into a secular state The agreement comes three days after the signing of a peace deal between Sudan s transitional government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front which the SPLM N opted out of Weeks later on October 3 the transitional government signed a peace deal with the main rebel groups including the Sudan People s Liberation Movement North which had refused to engage in previous talks 260 261 The skeletons of 200 mammoths and 30 other animals are unearthed at a construction site for the Mexico City Santa Lucia Airport It is the largest find of mammoth bones to date surpassing The Mammoth Site in the U S which had 61 skeletons 262 September 4 Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest lived pope at 93 years four months and 16 days surpassing Pope Leo XIII who died in 1903 263 The La Linea highway tunnel the longest road tunnel in South America at a length of 8 65 kilometres 5 37 mi is opened in Colombia after 14 years of construction and several delays 264 Kosovo and Serbia announce that they will normalize economic relations The two countries will also move their Israeli embassies to Jerusalem becoming the third and fourth countries to recognize Jerusalem as Israel s capital 265 266 Bahrain and Israel agree to normalise relations marking the fourth Israel Arab peace deal 267 September 6 Typhoon Haishen makes landfall on Japan and then South Korea as a strong category 2 equivalent typhoon 268 It later makes landfall on North Korea where widespread flooding occurs 269 September 14 Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak is listed on the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission MACC online database of corruption offenders convicted locally His name at the top of the first page of the MACC Corruption Offenders Database 270 The Royal Astronomical Society announces the detection of phosphine in Venus atmosphere which is known to be a strong predictor for the presence of microbial life 271 The first discovery of the perfectly preserved remains of a cave bear believed to be 22 000 to 39 500 years old Late Pleistocene is made in Lyakhovsky Islands Siberia in the thawing permafrost 272 September 16 A United Nations Human Rights Council fact finding mission formally accuses the Venezuelan government of crimes against humanity including cases of killings torture violence against political opposition and disappearances since 2014 President Nicolas Maduro and other senior Venezuelan officials are among those implicated in the charges 273 Yoshihide Suga becomes the new Prime Minister of Japan replacing Shinzo Abe 274 Hurricane Sally makes landfall on the Alabama coast as a high end Category 2 hurricane causing over 8 billion in damages and killing 8 people September 17 France Germany and the United Kingdom issue a joint note verbale to the United Nations rejecting China s claims to the South China Sea and supporting the ruling in Philippines v China that said the historic rights per the nine dash line ran counter to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea However the statement says that on territorial sovereignty they take no position 275 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 30 million worldwide 276 September 19 A 1634 edition of The Two Noble Kinsmen the last play by English playwright William Shakespeare is discovered at the Royal Scots College s library in Salamanca Spain It is believed to be the oldest copy of any of his works in the country 277 September 20 BuzzFeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ release the FinCEN Files a collection of 2 657 documents relating to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network describing over 200 000 suspicious transactions valued at over US 2 trillion that occurred from 1999 to 2017 across multiple global financial institutions 278 September 21 Microsoft agrees to buy video game holding company ZeniMax Media including Bethesda Softworks and their following subsidiaries for US 7 5 billion in what was the biggest and most expensive takeover in the history of the video game industry 279 September 27 Deadly clashes erupt in Nagorno Karabakh between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces Armenia Azerbaijan and the Republic of Artsakh introduce martial law and mobilize forces 280 September 29 COVID 19 pandemic The worldwide death toll from COVID 19 exceeds one million 281 The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Sabah dies at the age of 91 Crown Prince Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah is named his successor 282 283 October Edit October 1 The EU began legal proceedings against the UK after it ignored their deadline to drop controversial sections from its internal market Bill 284 October 5 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 35 million worldwide The news coincides with the World Health Organization estimating that total worldwide cases may be around 760 million roughly a tenth of the global population 285 286 October 10 Armenia and Azerbaijan agree on a ceasefire in the ongoing Nagorno Karabakh conflict 287 October 15 2020 Thai protests The Government of Thailand declares a severe state of emergency banning gatherings of five or more people initiating a crackdown on demonstrations and imposing media censorship 288 President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov resigns from office after weeks of massive protests in the wake of the October 2020 parliamentary election opposition leader Sadyr Japarov assumes office as both the acting president and Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan 289 October 17 2020 New Zealand general election Jacinda Ardern s Labour Party wins a landslide second term in office defeating the National Party led by Judith Collins and gaining the country s first parliamentary majority since the introduction of the MMP voting system 290 October 19 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 40 million worldwide 291 October 20 NASA s OSIRIS REx spacecraft briefly touches down on Bennu becoming the agency s first probe to retrieve samples from an asteroid with its cargo due for return to Earth in 2023 292 October 21 Heavy rains brought by tropical storm Linfa caused landslides at the Rao Trang 3 hydroelectric plant in Thua Thien Hue Vietnam killing 17 construction workers and 13 soldiers who were on a rescue mission 293 294 October 22 The Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women s Health and Strengthening the Family is signed by government representatives from 34 countries 295 October 23 At the end of an 11 year demining process the Falkland Islands are declared free of land mines 38 years after the end of the 1982 war 296 Israel and Sudan agree to normalise relations marking the fifth Israel Arab peace deal 267 297 298 October 26 NASA confirms the existence of molecular water on the sunlit side of the Moon near Clavius crater at concentrations of up to 412 parts per million 299 October 29 The International Organization for Migration IOM confirms the death of least 140 migrants who drowned off the coast of Senegal on a vessel bound for the Spanish Canary Islands It is the deadliest shipwreck of 2020 so far 300 October 30 2020 Aegean Sea earthquake A magnitude 7 0 earthquake hits Turkey and Greece killing 119 people and injuring over 1 000 301 302 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 45 million worldwide 303 October 31 Typhoon Goni makes landfall in the Philippines becoming the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone in history displacing hundreds of thousands of people and killing dozens of people in the region 304 November Edit November 1 2020 Moldovan presidential election Former Prime Minister and Minister of Education Maia Sandu is elected as the 6th President of Moldova becoming the first woman to ever hold the post 305 November 3 November 7 2020 United States presidential election The election of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States is called by many news media organizations after remaining vote counts November 7 come in from key states delayed by an influx of mail in ballots caused by the pandemic defeating incumbent President Donald Trump 306 307 2020 United States Senate elections take place ending in an overall success for the Democratic party 308 Hurricane Eta makes landfall in Nicaragua killing over 100 people in Central America as a category 4 309 November 4 The United States formally exits the Paris Agreement on climate change 310 Ethiopia launches offensive on Tigray following heavy clashes in the region 311 November 8 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 50 million worldwide 312 November 9 COVID 19 pandemic The first successful phase III trial of a COVID 19 vaccine is announced by drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech which is 90 effective according to interim results 313 November 10 Apple releases the first Mac computers a new MacBook Air Mac mini and MacBook Pro powered by Apple silicon chips 314 November 11 COVID 19 pandemic The Sputnik V vaccine is proven to be 92 effective against COVID 19 according to interim results 315 November 12 Hong Kong pro democracy lawmakers resign en masse in response to four lawmakers disqualification made by the government 316 November 15 The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership RCEP is signed by 15 Asia Pacific countries to form the world s largest free trade bloc covering a third of the world s population 317 NASA and SpaceX launch the SpaceX Crew 1 mission from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A to the ISS the first operational flight of the Crew Dragon capsule 318 November 16 COVID 19 pandemic The Moderna COVID 19 vaccine is proven to be 94 5 effective against COVID 19 based on interim results including severe illnesses The vaccine has been cited as being among those that are easier to distribute as no ultra cold storage is required 319 Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane just two weeks after Hurricane Eta made landfall devastating the same areas 320 November 17 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 55 million worldwide with around a million cases recorded every two days on average 321 November 18 COVID 19 pandemic Pfizer and BioNTech complete trials on their COVID 19 vaccine with an overall effectiveness rate of 95 without adverse events 322 November 19 The Brereton Report into Australian war crimes during the War in Afghanistan is released 323 Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart wins the 2020 Booker Prize 324 November 22 The United States withdraws from the Treaty on Open Skies 325 November 23 COVID 19 pandemic AstraZeneca s AZD1222 vaccine developed in collaboration with Oxford University is shown to be 70 effective in protecting against COVID 19 The efficacy can be raised to 90 if an initial half dose is followed by a full dose a month later based on interim data 326 327 November 25 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 60 million worldwide 328 November 27 Iran s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is assassinated near Tehran 329 330 November 28 Koshobe massacre Boko Haram jihadists attack a farm in Jere Nigeria killing at least 43 people 331 November 30 A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs the last of four lunar eclipses in 2020 332 Protein folding one of the biggest mysteries in biology 333 is solved by AlphaFold an artificial intelligence algorithm developed by DeepMind 334 335 COVID 19 pandemic Moderna files an application for Emergency Use Authorization in the United States after its vaccine achieved an efficacy of 94 1 from full trials without safety concerns It also plans to do the same in EU soon 336 December Edit December 1 COVID 19 pandemic Pfizer and BioNTech announced an Emergency Use Authorization application to the European Medicines Agency 337 The Arecibo Telescope of the Arecibo Observatory collapses just weeks after the announcement of its planned demolition 338 December 2 COVID 19 pandemic The United Kingdom approves Pfizer BioNTech s BNT162b2 vaccine being the first country in the world to do so 339 Three activists in Hong Kong were jailed for their roles in the 2019 20 Hong Kong protests with Joshua Wong getting the heaviest at 13 5 months 340 The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs votes to remove cannabis from the treaty list of dangerous drugs in recognition of its medical value although some controls will remain 341 342 343 344 345 December 4 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 65 million worldwide with the global death toll exceeding 1 5 million Figures reflect that in the last week over 10 000 people worldwide have died on average every day with one death every nine seconds According to the World Health Organization COVID 19 had caused more deaths in 2020 than tuberculosis in 2019 as well as four times the number of deaths than malaria 346 347 Somali Civil War The United States announces its withdrawal from the conflict over the next month 348 December 5 COVID 19 pandemic Russia begins mass vaccination against COVID 19 with the Sputnik V candidate 349 December 6 The 2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election takes place 350 December 8 COVID 19 pandemic The United Kingdom becomes the first nation to begin a mass inoculation campaign using a clinically authorised fully tested vaccine Pfizer BioNTech COVID 19 vaccine 351 352 353 Margaret Keenan 90 becomes the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer vaccine after trials Nepal and China officially agree on Mount Everest s actual height which is 8 848 86m 354 December 10 COVID 19 pandemic The United States and Saudi Arabia approve the Pfizer BioNTech COVID 19 vaccine for emergency use while Argentina approves Sputnik V 355 356 357 Western Sahara conflict Arab Israeli conflict Israel and Morocco normalise diplomatic relations Simultaneously the United States reaffirms its previous recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara and announces plans to build a consulate there 358 The Nicolas Sarkozy corruption trial concludes in France 359 December 11 The European Union agrees to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55 over the next decade 360 December 12 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 70 million worldwide 361 Bhutan and Israel normalise diplomatic relations 362 December 14 COVID 19 pandemic The United States and Canada begin mass vaccination with the Pfizer BioNTech COVID 19 vaccine 363 364 In addition Singapore approves the Pfizer BioNTech COVID 19 vaccine with other companies to provide vaccines progressively 365 Sudan United States relations The United States removes Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism 366 Turkey United States relations The United States places sanctions on Turkey in retaliation for their purchase of a S 400 missile system from Russia marking the first time they have sanctioned a NATO ally 367 A total solar eclipse is visible from parts of the South Pacific Ocean southern South America and the South Atlantic Ocean 368 December 18 Media outlets report that astronomers have detected a radio signal BLC1 apparently from the direction of Proxima Centauri the closest star to the Sun Astronomers have stated that this and other yet unpublished signals are thought to likely be interference that we cannot fully explain and that it appears to be among the two strongest candidates for a radio signal humanity received from extraterrestrial intelligence so far 369 370 371 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 75 million worldwide 372 COVID 19 pandemic The United States approves Moderna s vaccine for emergency use the second brand available there 373 December 20 COVID 19 pandemic A highly infectious new strain of SARS CoV 2 spreading in Europe and Australia provokes international border closures 374 December 21 COVID 19 pandemic 36 cases are reported on the Base General Bernardo O Higgins Riquelme in the Chilean Antarctic Territory marking the first infections in Antarctica the last continent to report infections 375 A great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurs with the two planets separated in the sky by 0 1 degrees This is the closest conjunction between the two planets since 1623 376 December 24 The United Kingdom and the European Union agree to a comprehensive free trade agreement prior to the end of the transition period 377 COVID 19 pandemic Sinovac s vaccine reached a rate of 91 25 efficacy in trials in Turkey 378 December 27 COVID 19 pandemic The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 passes 80 million worldwide 379 December 29 The 2020 Petrinja earthquake with a magnitude of 6 4 strikes Croatia killing seven and injuring more than 20 380 December 30 COVID 19 pandemic The United Kingdom approves AstraZeneca Oxford s vaccine the second one available The vaccine is easier to store as it only requires normal fridge temperatures making distribution easier 381 December 31 The transition period following the United Kingdom s exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020 expires 382 Date unknown Edit During the summer of 2020 the worst drought in almost a decade hits the Western Midwestern and Northeastern United States 383 Births EditMay 10 Prince Charles of Luxembourg 384 Deaths EditFurther information Category 2020 deaths DeathsJanuary February March April May June July August September October November December January Edit Main article Deaths in January 2020 Qasem Soleimani Qaboos bin Said Terry Jones Kobe Bryant Mary Higgins Clark January 1 David Stern American businessman and NBA commissioner b 1942 385 January 2 John Baldessari American conceptual artist b 1931 386 January 3 Abu Mahdi al Muhandis Iraqi Iranian military commander b 1954 387 Qasem Soleimani Iranian general b 1957 387 January 5 Tafazzul Haque Habiganji Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician b 1938 388 Anri Jergenia 4th Prime Minister of Abkhazia b 1941 389 Hans Tilkowski German football goalkeeper and manager b 1935 390 January 6 Luis Morais Brazilian football player b 1930 391 January 7 Silvio Horta American screenwriter and television producer b 1974 392 Neil Peart Canadian drummer and lyricist b 1952 393 Elizabeth Wurtzel American writer and journalist b 1967 394 January 8 Edd Byrnes American actor b 1932 395 Buck Henry American actor screenwriter and television producer b 1930 396 Infanta Pilar de Borbon Spanish royal b 1936 397 January 9 Mike Resnick American science fiction author b 1942 398 January 10 Neda Arneric Serbian film actress b 1953 399 Marino Bollini former Captain Regent of San Marino b 1933 400 Guido Messina Italian racing cyclist b 1931 401 Qaboos bin Said Sultan of Oman b 1940 402 January 12 Roger Scruton British philosopher and writer b 1944 403 January 15 Rocky Johnson Canadian professional wrestler b 1944 404 Christopher Tolkien British academic and editor b 1924 405 January 16 Efrain Sanchez Colombian footballer and manager b 1926 406 January 19 Jimmy Heath American jazz saxophonist b 1926 407 Shin Kyuk ho South Korean businessman b 1921 408 January 21 Hedi Baccouche 6th Prime Minister of Tunisia b 1930 409 Terry Jones Welsh actor and comedian b 1942 410 Tengiz Sigua 2nd Prime Minister of Georgia b 1934 411 January 23 Frederick Ballantyne 7th Governor General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines b 1936 412 Gudrun Pausewang German writer b 1928 413 January 24 Rob Rensenbrink Dutch footballer b 1947 414 January 26 Kobe Bryant American professional basketball player b 1978 415 Louis Nirenberg Canadian American mathematician b 1925 416 January 30 John Andretti American race car driver b 1963 417 January 31 Mary Higgins Clark American novelist b 1927 418 Janez Stanovnik 12th President of SR of Slovenia b 1922 419 February Edit Main article Deaths in February 2020 Daniel arap Moi Kirk Douglas Katherine Johnson Hosni Mubarak Freeman Dyson February 1 Andy Gill English musician b 1956 420 February 2 Mike Moore 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand b 1949 421 February 3 George Steiner French American literary critic and essayist b 1929 422 February 4 Jose Luis Cuerda Spanish filmmaker screenwriter and producer b 1947 423 Daniel arap Moi 2nd President of Kenya b 1924 424 February 5 Stanley Cohen American Nobel biochemist b 1922 425 Kirk Douglas American actor director and producer b 1916 426 February 6 Jhon Jairo Velasquez Colombian hitman and drug dealer b 1962 427 February 7 Orson Bean American actor comedian and producer b 1928 428 Li Wenliang Chinese ophthalmologist b 1986 429 Nexhmije Pagarusha Albanian singer and actress b 1933 430 February 8 Robert Conrad American actor b 1935 431 February 9 Mirella Freni Italian soprano b 1935 432 February 11 Joseph Shabalala South African musician b 1940 433 February 12 Geert Hofstede Dutch social psychologist b 1928 434 February 13 Rajendra K Pachauri Indian scientist b 1940 435 February 14 Lynn Cohen American actress b 1933 436 February 15 Caroline Flack English television and radio presenter b 1979 437 February 16 Zoe Caldwell Australian actress b 1933 438 Larry Tesler American computer scientist b 1945 439 February 17 Mario da Graca Machungo 1st Prime Minister of Mozambique b 1940 440 Kizito Mihigo Rwandan gospel singer organist and peace activist b 1981 441 Andrew Weatherall English music DJ and producer b 1963 442 Sonja Ziemann German actress b 1926 443 February 18 Jose Bonaparte Argentine paleontologist b 1928 444 February 19 Pop Smoke American rapper b 1999 445 February 22 Kiki Dimoula Greek poet b 1931 446 February 24 Clive Cussler American author b 1931 447 Katherine Johnson American mathematician b 1918 448 Diana Serra Cary American child actress b 1918 449 February 25 Mario Bunge Argentine philosopher b 1919 450 Hosni Mubarak 41st Prime Minister and 4th President of Egypt b 1928 451 Dmitry Yazov Soviet and Russian marshal b 1924 452 February 26 Nexhmije Hoxha Albanian politician b 1921 453 February 28 Freeman Dyson British born American physicist and mathematician b 1923 454 February 29 Eva Szekely Hungarian swimmer Olympic champion b 1927 455 Luis Alfonso Mendoza Mexican voice actor voice director and announcer b 1964 March Edit Main article Deaths in March 2020 Javier Perez de Cuellar Max von Sydow Betty Williams Kenny Rogers Manolis Glezos March 1 Ernesto Cardenal Nicaraguan poet and priest b 1925 456 Jack Welch American business executive and writer b 1935 457 March 2 James Lipton American writer lyricist and actor b 1926 458 March 3 Stanislaw Kania Polish head of state First Secretary of the Polish United Workers Party b 1927 459 March 4 Javier Perez de Cuellar 137th Prime Minister of Peru and 5th United Nations Secretary General b 1920 460 Robert Shavlakadze Georgian high jumper b 1933 461 March 6 Henri Richard Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player b 1936 462 McCoy Tyner American jazz pianist b 1938 463 March 8 Max von Sydow Swedish French actor b 1929 464 March 11 Charles Wuorinen American composer b 1938 465 Michel Roux French chef and restaurateur b 1941 466 March 12 Tonie Marshall French American actress screenwriter and film director b 1951 467 March 13 Dana Zatopkova Czech javelin thrower b 1922 468 March 14 Genesis P Orridge English singer songwriter musician poet and occultist b 1950 469 March 16 Stuart Whitman American actor b 1928 470 March 17 Eduard Limonov Russian writer poet publicist and political dissident b 1943 471 Roger Mayweather American professional boxer and trainer b 1961 472 Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo Acting President of Guinea Bissau b 1958 473 Betty Williams Northern Ireland Nobel peace activist b 1943 474 March 18 Catherine Hamlin Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist b 1924 475 Alfred Worden American astronaut b 1932 476 March 20 Amadeo Carrizo Argentine footballer b 1926 477 Kenny Rogers American country singer and songwriter b 1938 478 March 21 Lorenzo Sanz Spanish sports executive b 1943 479 March 23 Lucia Bose Italian actress and beauty pageant winner b 1931 480 March 24 Manu Dibango Cameroonian saxophonist b 1933 481 Stuart Gordon American film director b 1947 482 Terrence McNally American playwright b 1938 483 Albert Uderzo French comic book artist b 1927 484 March 26 Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon Parma Spanish French royal b 1933 485 Michel Hidalgo French footballer and manager b 1933 486 March 27 Hamed Karoui 7th Prime Minister of Tunisia b 1927 487 March 29 Philip W Anderson American Nobel physicist b 1923 488 Yuri Bondarev Soviet and Russian writer and screenwriter b 1924 489 Krzysztof Penderecki Polish composer and conductor b 1933 490 March 30 Manolis Glezos Greek politician and resistance fighter b 1922 491 Hau Pei tsun 13th Premier of the Republic of China b 1919 492 Bill Withers American singer songwriter b 1938 493 Joachim Yhombi Opango 4th President and 12th Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo b 1939 494 March 31 Abdul Halim Khaddam Acting President of Syria b 1932 495 April Edit Main article Deaths in April 2020 Honor Blackman Mahmoud Jibril Luis Sepulveda Florian Schneider Irrfan Khan Giacomo dalla Torre April 1 Nur Hassan Hussein 12th Prime Minister of Somalia b 1937 496 Ellis Marsalis Jr American jazz pianist b 1934 497 Adam Schlesinger American singer songwriter and guitarist b 1967 498 April 2 William Frankland British immunologist b 1912 April 4 Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero 31st President of Honduras b 1943 499 April 5 Honor Blackman English actress b 1925 500 Margaret Burbidge English born American astrophysicist b 1919 501 Shirley Douglas Canadian actress and civil rights activist b 1934 502 Mahmoud Jibril former Prime Minister of Libya b 1952 503 Pentti Linkola Finnish deep ecologist and writer b 1932 504 April 6 James Drury American actor b 1934 505 April 7 John Prine American singer songwriter b 1946 506 April 8 Abdul Momin Imambari Bangladeshi Islamic scholar b 1930 507 Valeriu Muravschi 1st Prime Minister of Moldova b 1949 508 April 10 Enrique Mugica Spanish politician b 1932 509 Nobuhiko Obayashi Japanese filmmaker b 1938 510 April 11 John Horton Conway English mathematician b 1937 511 Edem Kodjo 3rd Prime Minister of Togo b 1938 512 April 12 Stirling Moss English F1 driver b 1929 513 Chung Won shik 21st Prime Minister of South Korea b 1928 514 Tim Brooke Taylor English comic performer b 1940 515 April 13 Ryo Kawasaki Japanese jazz fusion guitarist and composer b 1947 516 Landelino Lavilla Spanish politician b 1934 517 April 15 Brian Dennehy American actor b 1938 518 Lee Konitz American jazz composer and alto saxophonist b 1927 519 April 16 Gene Deitch American Czech animator and film director b 1924 520 Luis Sepulveda Chilean writer b 1949 521 April 17 Filipe Duarte Portuguese actor b 1973 522 Norman Hunter English international footballer b 1943 523 April 21 Abdurrahim El Keib Acting Prime Minister of Libya b 1950 524 Laisenia Qarase 6th Prime Minister of Fiji b 1941 525 Florian Schneider German electronic musician b 1947 526 April 22 Hartwig Gauder German Olympic champion b 1954 527 Shirley Knight American actress b 1936 528 April 25 Per Olov Enquist Swedish author b 1934 529 April 27 Dragutin Zelenovic 1st Prime Minister of Serbia b 1928 530 April 28 Robert May Baron May of Oxford Australian scientist b 1936 531 April 29 Trevor Cherry English footballer b 1948 532 Denis Goldberg South African social campaigner b 1933 533 Yahya Hassan Danish poet and political activist b 1995 534 Irrfan Khan Indian actor b 1967 535 Janis Lusis Latvian Olympic champion b 1939 536 Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto 80th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta b 1944 537 Maj Sjowall Swedish writer b 1935 538 April 30 Tony Allen Nigerian drummer composer and songwriter b 1940 539 Rishi Kapoor Indian actor b 1952 540 May Edit Main article Deaths in May 2020 Millie Small Little Richard Adolfo Nicolas Oliver E Williamson Stanley Ho May 1 Tun Tin 6th Prime Minister of Burma b 1920 541 May 2 Idir Algerian singer b 1949 542 May 3 Victoria Barbă Moldovan animated film director b 1926 543 May 5 Didi Kempot Indonesian prominent singer songwriter of campursari genre b 1966 544 Millie Small Jamaican singer songwriter b 1946 545 May 8 Roy Horn German American magician b 1944 546 May 9 Little Richard American musician b 1932 547 May 10 Betty Wright American soul singer b 1953 548 May 11 Jerry Stiller American comedian b 1927 549 May 12 Sisavath Keobounphanh 13th Prime Minister of Laos b 1928 550 Astrid Kirchherr German photographer and artist b 1938 551 Michel Piccoli French actor producer and film director b 1925 552 May 13 Rolf Hochhuth German author and playwright b 1931 553 Chedli Klibi 4th Secretary General of the Arab League b 1925 554 May 15 Lynn Shelton American filmmaker b 1965 555 Fred Willard American actor and comedian b 1933 556 May 17 Jose Cutileiro 8th Secretary General of the Western Europe Union b 1934 557 May 19 Ravi Zacharias Indian born Canadian American Christian apologist b 1946 558 May 20 Adolfo Nicolas Spanish priest b 1936 559 Gianfranco Terenzi former Captain Regent of San Marino b 1941 560 May 21 Oliver E Williamson American Nobel economist b 1932 561 May 22 Ashley Cooper Australian tennis player b 1936 562 Mory Kante Guinean singer and musician b 1950 563 Luigi Simoni Italian football player and manager b 1939 564 Jerry Sloan American basketball player and head coach b 1942 565 May 23 Hana Kimura Japanese professional wrestler b 1997 566 May 24 Jimmy Cobb American jazz drummer b 1929 567 May 25 Hyun Soong jong 22nd Prime Minister of South Korea b 1919 568 Balbir Singh Sr Indian field hockey player and manager b 1923 569 Vadao Brazilian football manager b 1956 570 May 26 Stanley Ho Hong Kong Macau business magnate investor and philanthropist b 1921 571 May 27 Larry Kramer American author and LGBT rights activist b 1935 572 May 29 Abderrahmane Youssoufi 12th Prime Minister of Morocco b 1924 573 May 30 Yawovi Agboyibo 8th Prime Minister of Togo b 1943 574 Bobby Morrow American athlete b 1935 575 May 31 Christo Bulgarian American artist b 1935 576 June Edit Main article Deaths in June 2020 Pierre Nkurunziza Sushant Singh Rajput Dame Vera Lynn Carl Reiner June 2 Carlo Ubbiali Italian motorcycle road racer b 1929 577 Wes Unseld American basketball player and coach b 1946 578 June 4 Pete Rademacher American Olympic heavyweight boxing champion b 1928 579 June 5 Boris Gaganelov Bulgarian footballer and manager b 1941 580 June 8 Tony Dunne Irish footballer b 1941 581 Pierre Nkurunziza 8th President of Burundi b 1964 582 June 11 Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet 10th Prime Minister of Gabon b 1961 583 Dennis O Neil American comic book writer b 1939 584 Rosa Maria Sarda Spanish actress b 1941 585 June 13 Jean Raspail French author and explorer b 1925 586 June 14 Aaron Padilla Gutierrez Mexican footballer b 1942 587 Sushant Singh Rajput Indian actor b 1986 588 Keith Tippett British pianist and composer b 1947 589 June 16 Eden Pastora Nicaraguan politician and guerrilla b 1937 590 June 17 Marlene Ahrens Chilean athlete b 1933 591 Gyorgy Karpati Hungarian water polo player b 1935 592 June 18 Tibor Benedek Hungarian water polo player b 1972 593 Dame Vera Lynn English singer b 1917 594 Jules Sedney 5th Prime Minister of Suriname b 1922 595 June 19 Sir Ian Holm English actor b 1931 596 Carlos Ruiz Zafon Spanish novelist b 1964 597 June 20 Ema Derossi Bjelajac 6th President of the Presidency of the SR of Croatia b 1926 598 Pedro Lima Portuguese actor b 1971 599 June 21 Ahmed Radhi Iraqi footballer and manager b 1964 600 Zeev Sternhell Polish born Israeli historian and political scientist b 1935 601 June 22 Joel Schumacher American film director b 1939 602 June 26 Milton Glaser American graphic designer b 1929 603 June 27 Belaid Abdessalam 7th Prime Minister of Algeria b 1928 604 Linda Cristal Argentine actress b 1931 605 Ilija Petkovic Serbian footballer and manager b 1945 606 June 29 Carl Reiner American actor film director and comedian b 1922 607 June 30 Ida Haendel Polish born English violinist b 1928 608 July Edit Main article Deaths in July 2020 Ennio Morricone Zizi Jeanmaire Benjamin Mkapa Peter Green Dame Olivia de Havilland Owen Arthur Lee Teng hui July 1 Emmanuel Rakotovahiny 15th Prime Minister of Madagascar b 1938 609 Everton Weekes Barbadian cricketer b 1925 610 July 3 Saroj Khan Indian choreographer b 1948 611 July 5 Willi Holdorf German athlete and Olympic champion b 1940 612 Volodymyr Troshkin Soviet and Ukrainian footballer b 1947 613 July 6 Charlie Daniels American country singer songwriter and musician b 1936 614 Ennio Morricone Italian composer orchestrator and conductor b 1928 615 July 8 Amadou Gon Coulibaly 10th Prime Minister of Ivory Coast b 1959 616 Finn Christian Jagge Norwegian alpine skier and Olympic champion b 1966 617 Alex Pullin Australian Olympic snowboarder b 1987 618 Naya Rivera American actress model and singer b 1987 619 July 9 Milos Jakes 5th General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia b 1922 620 July 10 Jack Charlton English footballer and manager b 1935 621 Paik Sun yup South Korean military officer b 1920 622 Lara van Ruijven Dutch short track speed skater b 1992 623 July 12 Hassan Abshir Farah 9th Prime Minister of Somalia b 1945 624 Kelly Preston American actress and model b 1962 625 Wim Suurbier Dutch footballer b 1945 626 Lajos Szucs Hungarian footballer b 1943 627 July 13 Grant Imahara American electrical engineer roboticist and television host b 1970 628 Hasan al Lawzi Acting Prime Minister of Yemen b 1952 629 July 15 Toke Talagi 5th Premier of Niue b 1951 630 July 17 Zizi Jeanmaire French ballet dancer b 1924 631 John Lewis American civil rights leader and politician b 1940 632 Silvio Marzolini Argentine footballer b 1940 633 Ron Tauranac British Australian engineer and racing car designer b 1925 634 July 18 Juan Marse Spanish novelist journalist and screenwriter b 1933 635 Haruma Miura Japanese actor b 1990 636 July 19 Sapardi Djoko Damono Indonesian poet and literary figure b 1940 637 Seydou Diarra 4th Prime Minister of Ivory Coast b 1933 638 Nikolai Tanayev 8th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan b 1945 639 July 21 Francisco Rodriguez Adrados Spanish philologist b 1922 640 Annie Ross Scottish American singer and actress b 1930 641 July 23 Jean Brankart Belgian racing cyclist b 1930 642 July 24 Ben Jipcho Kenyan athlete Olympic silver medallist b 1943 643 Benjamin Mkapa 3rd President of Tanzania b 1938 644 July 25 Peter Green English blues rock singer songwriter b 1946 645 July 26 Dame Olivia de Havilland British American actress b 1916 646 July 27 Owen Arthur 5th Prime Minister of Barbados b 1949 647 July 28 Bent Fabric Danish pianist and composer b 1924 648 Gisele Halimi Tunisian French lawyer and feminist b 1927 649 July 30 Lee 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663 Franca Valeri Italian actress and playwright b 1920 664 August 10 Vladica Popovic Serbian footballer and manager b 1935 665 August 11 Trini Lopez American singer and actor b 1937 666 August 14 Julian Bream English classical guitarist and lutenist b 1933 667 Ewa Demarczyk Polish singer and poet b 1941 668 August 17 Mario de Araujo Cabral Portuguese Formula One driver b 1934 669 August 18 Ben Cross English actor b 1947 670 Cesare Romiti Italian manager and businessman b 1923 671 August 19 Borys Paton Soviet and Ukrainian scientist b 1918 672 August 20 Branko Kostic acting President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia b 1939 673 August 21 Ken Robinson English educationalist and author b 1950 674 August 24 Pascal Lissouba 6th President and 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo b 1931 675 August 26 Gerald Carr American astronaut and aeronautical engineer b 1932 676 August 28 Chadwick Boseman American actor and playwright b 1976 677 August 31 Nina Bocharova Soviet and Ukrainian Olympic 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screenwriter b 1934 690 Alfred Riedl Austrian football player and manager b 1949 691 September 9 Shere Hite American born German feminist and sex educator b 1942 692 September 10 Diana Rigg English actress b 1938 693 September 11 Toots Hibbert Jamaican singer and songwriter b 1942 694 September 15 Momcilo Krajisnik Bosnian Serb political leader and war criminal b 1945 695 Moussa Traore 2nd President of Mali b 1936 696 September 17 Terry Goodkind American novelist b 1948 697 September 18 Ruth Bader Ginsburg American jurist and gender equality pioneer b 1933 698 September 19 John Turner 17th Prime Minister of Canada b 1929 699 September 20 Michael Chapman American cinematographer and film director b 1935 700 September 21 Arthur Ashkin American Nobel physicist b 1922 701 Tommy DeVito American musician and singer b 1928 702 Michael Lonsdale French actor b 1931 703 September 22 Agne Simonsson Swedish footballer and manager b 1935 704 September 23 Juliette Greco French singer and actress b 1927 705 Gale Sayers American gridiron football player b 1943 706 September 24 Dean Jones Australian cricketer b 1961 707 Corine Rottschafer Dutch model and beauty contestant b 1938 708 September 25 S P Balasubrahmanyam Indian playback singer b 1946 709 Goran Paskaljevic Serbian film director b 1947 710 September 27 John D Barrow English cosmologist theoretical physicist and mathematician b 1952 711 Yuko Takeuchi Japanese actress b 1980 712 September 29 Mac Davis American singer songwriter and actor b 1942 713 Helen Reddy Australian singer and actress b 1941 714 Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah Emir of Kuwait b 1929 715 September 30 Ali Bozer Acting Prime Minister of Turkey b 1925 716 Quino Argentine cartoonist b 1932 717 October Edit Main article Deaths in October 2020 Eddie Van Halen Mario Molina Izzat Ibrahim al Douri Sir Sean Connery October 2 Bob Gibson American baseball player b 1935 718 October 4 Kenzō Takada Japanese born French fashion designer b 1939 719 October 6 Johnny Nash American singer songwriter b 1940 720 Eddie Van Halen Dutch American musician and songwriter b 1955 721 October 7 Mario Molina Mexican Nobel chemist b 1943 722 October 8 Whitey Ford American baseball player b 1928 723 Ali Khalif Galaydh 8th Prime Minister of Somalia b 1941 724 Charles Moore American athlete and Olympic champion b 1929 725 Mohammad Reza Shajarian Iranian classical singer b 1940 726 October 12 Litokwa Tomeing 4th President of the Marshall Islands b 1939 727 October 14 Rhonda Fleming American actress b 1923 728 Kuniwo Nakamura 6th President of Palau b 1943 729 October 18 Rene Felber 81st President of the Swiss Confederation b 1933 730 October 19 Spencer Davis Welsh musician b 1939 731 October 20 Bruno Martini French footballer b 1962 732 James Randi Canadian American magician and skeptic b 1928 733 Irina Skobtseva Soviet and Russian actress b 1927 734 October 21 Marge Champion American actress and dancer b 1919 735 October 25 Izzat Ibrahim al Douri 6th Vice President of 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Prime Minister of the Cook Islands b 1947 750 Fernando Solanas Argentine film director and politician b 1936 751 November 8 Alex Trebek Canadian American game show host b 1940 752 November 9 Tom Heinsohn American basketball player and coach b 1934 753 November 10 Saeb Erekat Palestinian diplomat b 1955 754 Amadou Toumani Toure 3rd President of Mali b 1948 755 November 11 Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa 1st Prime Minister of Bahrain b 1935 756 Jorge Llopart Spanish athlete b 1952 757 November 12 Masatoshi Koshiba Japanese Nobel physicist b 1926 758 Jerry Rawlings President of Ghana b 1947 759 November 13 Peter Sutcliffe English serial killer b 1946 760 November 14 Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Soviet Armenian and Russian actor b 1935 761 Peter Florjancic Slovene inventor and athlete b 1919 762 Hasan Muratovic 4th Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina b 1940 763 Des O Connor English television presenter comedian and singer b 1932 764 November 15 Soumitra Chatterjee Indian actor b 1935 765 Ray Clemence English football goalkeeper b 1948 766 Raul Eduardo Vela Chiriboga Ecuadorian cardinal b 1934 767 November 16 Henryk Gulbinowicz Polish cardinal b 1923 768 Walid Muallem Syrian diplomat b 1941 769 Bruce Swedien American audio engineer and record producer b 1934 770 November 18 Umar Ghalib 7th Prime Minister of Somalia b 1930 771 November 20 Irinej Serbian Patriarch b 1930 772 November 22 Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi 7th President of Mauritania b 1938 773 Mustafa Nadarevic Bosnian Croatian actor b 1943 774 November 23 Anele Ngcongca South African footballer b 1987 775 November 24 Mamadou Tandja 7th President of Niger b 1938 776 November 25 Diego Maradona Argentine football player and manager b 1960 777 James Wolfensohn 9th President of the World Bank Group b 1933 778 November 26 Sadiq al Mahdi 7th Prime Minister of Sudan b 1935 779 Tevita Momoedonu 5th Prime Minister of Fiji b 1946 780 Daria Nicolodi Italian actress and screenwriter b 1950 781 November 27 Mohsen Fakhrizadeh 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