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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.
2020 has been designated as International Year of the Nurse and Midwife by the World Health Organization.[citation needed]
Events
January
- January 1
- All works published in 1924, except for some sound recordings, are now in the public domain in the United States. This is the first release of material to the public domain since 1978.[1]
- Persian Gulf crisis: Iraqi militia supporters withdraw from the site of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq a day after attempting to storm it.[2][importance?]
- January 2
- The government of New South Wales, Australia, declares a state of emergency whilst the government of Victoria, Australia declares a state of disaster amid large bushfires that have killed as many as 500 million animals.[3][4][5]
- January 3
- Persian Gulf crisis: A U.S. drone strike at Baghdad International Airport kills Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.[6][7]
- Persian Gulf crisis: Brent Crude oil prices increase by 1.3% and oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange increase by 4% in response to increased tensions between the United States and Iran.[8][importance?]
- January 5
- Persian Gulf crisis: Iran removes all limits on uranium enrichment, in effect ending its remaining commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal.[9][importance?]
- The Iraqi Parliament passes a resolution to expel all foreign troops from its soil, amid tensions between Iran and the U.S. The resolution is non-binding until a law is passed by a coalition government.[10][importance?]
- Second Libyan Civil War: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces that Turkish troops will be deployed to Libya on behalf of the United Nations-backed Government of National Accord.[11]
- Former Prime Minister Zoran Milanović wins the 2019–20 Croatian presidential election.[12]
- January 7
- 56 people are reported killed and over 200 injured in a crush at the funeral of general Qasem Soleimani in the city of Kerman, Iran.[13][importance?]
- A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern coast of Puerto Rico.[14]
- The World Health Organization announces that the death toll from the measles outbreak in the Congo has reached 6,000, triple that of Ebola.[15][importance?]
- January 8
- Persian Gulf crisis: Ballistic missiles from Iran strike two United States military bases in Iraq.[16]
- Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 is shot down by Iran shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini Airport, killing all 176 people on board.[17]
- The world's first driverless bullet-train, a Chinese Fuxing, goes into operation.[18]
- January 9 – A rare, circumbinary, new planet, called TOI 1338-b, is discovered.[19]
- January 10
- The Trump administration announces new economic sanctions against Iran.[20]
- The Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said al Said dies aged 79. Haitham bin Tariq Al Said is sworn in as his successor.[21][22][23]
- Russia announces new ceasefire between Russia, Syria, Syrian rebels and Turkey.[24][25][26] However, some regional news outlets reported that Syria launched further attacks near Idlib, even after the ceasefire had officially begun.[27]
- January 11 – 2020 Taiwanese presidential election and legislative election. Incumbent Tsai Ing-wen is re-elected.[28]
Predicted and scheduled events
Scheduled
- January 26 – 2020 Peruvian parliamentary election.
- January 31 – After the Brexit withdrawal agreement passed its second reading in the House of Commons on December 20, 2019, the United Kingdom and Gibraltar are scheduled to leave the European Union.[29]
- February 29 – 2020 Slovak parliamentary election.
- March 2 – Israel will hold its third Knesset election in less than a year.
- April 12 – 2020 North Macedonian parliamentary election.
- April 26
- May 3 – Bolivian general election
- May 12–16 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 will be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[30]
- May 17 – Dominican Republic presidential election.
- June 12 – July 12 – UEFA Euro 2020 will be held in 12 European countries, and the 2020 Copa América will be held in Argentina and Colombia.
- July 17 – Planned launch of NASA's Mars 2020 mission to study the habitability of Mars in preparation for future human missions.[31]
- July 24 – August 9 – The 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan.[32]
- September 6 – 2020 New Caledonian independence referendum.
- October 18 – The 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup will be held in Australia in eight cities.[33]
- October 20 – The 2020 World Expo will open in Dubai.[34]
- November 3 – United States presidential election.
- December 31 – Following the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union, expected on January 31, 2020, this is when the current transition period for negotiations on a future relationship is set to expire.[35]
Date unknown
- 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election
- 2020 New Zealand general election.
- Earliest year that power aboard the space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 is expected to terminate (though either probe may function past this date).
- Egypt, which has the highest rate of hepatitis C in the world, is expected to eradicate the disease by 2020 after an ambitious nationwide campaign against the disease.[36]
- ESA's ExoMars Rover launches from Earth.[37]
- Estimated completion date for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System.[38]
- Estimated completion of the Aegis Ashore missile defense system in Poland.[39]
- Liberia will become the first nation of the world to completely stop cutting down its trees in return for development aid – Norway will pay the impoverished country $150 million to stop deforestation by 2020.[40]
- The Grand Egyptian Museum, described as the largest archaeological museum in the world, is expected to be completed.[41]
- The New Administrative Capital of Egypt is expected to be completed.[42]
- Planned launch of NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the Moon to test the Space Launch System rocket.[43][importance?]
Deaths
January
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- January 1
- Don Larsen, American baseball player (b. 1929)[44]
- David Stern, American businessman and NBA commissioner (b. 1942)[45]
- January 2 – John Baldessari, American conceptual artist (b. 1931)[46]
- January 3
- Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iraqi-Iranian military commander (b. 1954)[47]
- Qasem Soleimani, Iranian general (b. 1957)[48]
- January 5
- Anri Jergenia, 4th Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1941)[49]
- Hans Tilkowski, German football goalkeeper and manager (b. 1935)[50]
- January 6 – Luís Morais, Brazilian football player (b. 1930)[51]
- January 7
- Neil Peart, Canadian drummer (b. 1952)
- Elizabeth Wurtzel, American writer and journalist (b. 1967)[52]
- Silvio Horta, American screenwriter and television producer (b. 1974)[53]
- January 8
- Edd Byrnes, American actor (b. 1932)[54]
- Buck Henry, American actor, screenwriter and television producer (b. 1930)[55]
- Infanta Pilar de Borbón, Spanish royal (b. 1936)[56]
- January 9 – Mike Resnick, American science fiction author (b. 1942)[57]
- January 10
- Neda Arnerić, Serbian film actress (b. 1953)[58]
- Qaboos bin Said al Said, Sultan of Oman (b. 1940)[59]
- January 12 – Roger Scruton, British philosopher and writer (b. 1944)[60]
In fiction
See also
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