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HomePage 9: Historical Events In 2020
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Jul 26 Body of civil rights activist John Lewis crosses the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma for the last time (beaten there 55 years ago) with a military honor guard as part of a remembrance ceremony 
Jul 27 WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus states that COVID-19 is "easily the most severe" global health emergency the WHO has faced
Jul 28 Ex-Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak is are discovered guilty of all seven charges in the inaugural of five trials on the 1MDB scandal, being jailed 12 years and fined RM210 million as a result.
Jul 28 Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak are discovered guilty of corruption, sentenced to 12 years and fined nearly $50 million
Jul 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
Aug 01 Egypt tells Elon Musk its pyramids were not built by aliens, after Musk tweets in support of a conspiracy theory that they did
Aug 01 The Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE is recorded as becoming operational following delays since 2017. It is the inaugural commercial nuclear power station in the Arab world.
Aug 02 [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.
Aug 04 An explosion caused by unsafely stored ammonium nitrate results in the deaths of over 220 people, injures thousands, and severely damages the port in Beirut, Lebanon. Damage is estimated at $10–15 billion, and an estimated 300000 people are left homeless. The following day, the Lebanese government declares a two-week state of emergency.
Aug 05 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the cornerstone for a new Hindu temple at Ayodhya Ram to replace a previous Muslim mosque
Aug 05 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
Aug 05 [COVID-19 pandemic] The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 700000.
Aug 07 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
Aug 07 In this year, Cardi B releases single "WAP", featuring Megan Thee Stallion, debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
Aug 08 Music mogul Simon Cowell breaks his back riding an electric bike.
Aug 09 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 300000 people in Minsk and 200000 in other Belarusian cities and towns
Aug 09 Disputed Belarusian presidential election sees long time dictator Alexander Lukashenko officially win 80% of the votes but unofficially lose 60-70% of the votes to main opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya . Sparks widespread protests in Belarus and international condemnation.
Aug 10 Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai is the most high-profile figure arrested in Hong Kong under its new security laws
Aug 10 [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 20 million worldwide.
Aug 11 Belarus's opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya flees the country amid large-scale protests over the country's disputed election results that returned Dictator Alexander Lukashenko to power.
Aug 11 President Vladimir Putin in a propaganda stunt announces Russia has become the 1st country to grant regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine, called “Sputnik V", despite no scientific data being published or phase 3 trials having even begun.
Aug 11 US Democratic candidate for President Joe Biden announces California Senator Kemala Harris is his running mate, the 1st woman of color selected by a major party
Aug 11 [COVID-19 pandemic] Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia has approved the world's inaugural COVID-19 vaccine
Aug 13 Israel and the UAE agree to normalise relations, marking the third Israel–Arab peace deal.
Aug 15 The Japanese bulk carrier Wakashio, which stranded on a reef in Mauritius last month, breaks in half. Approximately 1000 tonnes of oil are spilled into the ocean, becoming the largest environmental disaster in the history of Mauritius
Aug 16 In this year, World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan claims his 6th world title with an 18-8 win over countryman Kyren Wilson.
Aug 18 A mutiny in a military base by soldiers of the Malian Armed Forces develops into a coup d'état. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Prime Minister Boubou Cissé, among other senior governmental and military officers, are arrested. The next day, Keïta announces his resignation on state television
Aug 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.
Aug 20 Former adviser to Donald Trump , Steve Bannon arrested and charged with fraud over a fundraising campaign to build a wall on the Mexican border
Aug 20 Kamala Harris accepts her nomination for vice-president, becoming the 1st US woman of color on a major-party ticket saying "there is no vaccine for racism".
Aug 20 Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny falls into a coma after a suspected poisoning (later confirmed to be Novichok poisoning)
Aug 21 BTS 's release new single Dynamite, is recorded as becoming 1st video to be watched more than 100 million times in 24 hours on YouTube
Aug 22 [COVID-19 pandemic] The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 800000
Aug 23 In this year, Bayern Munich claims the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League by beating Paris Saint-Germain in the final
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