The second decade of the 21st century begins on Wednesday. According to the Gregorian calendar, this is a leap year. It has 366 days with an additional sunny day on February 29.
According to the Chinese horoscope a symbol of 2020 is a White Metal Rat. Her patronage begins on January 25, 2020 and ends on February 11, 2021. The rat opens the next new cycle of the 12-year astrological calendar.
The rat is deservedly considered one of the respected signs of the eastern zodiac. It positively affects not the implementation of various ideas: from repair in an apartment to opening your own business. The year contributes to the improvement of financial standing, it is favorable for the implementation of deposits and investments.
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2020 events
In 2020, many interesting events are planned around the world that affect various spheres of life. One of the most significant sporting events is the European Football Championship and the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. In Russia, it will become the Year of Cultural Exchanges between Russia and South Korea, and it is also planned to declare it the Year of Intellectual Property and Invention. In the CIS, this is the Year of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in World War II. Among other events:
January
- January 1 - the end of the grace period for the wineries of the Crimea and the city of Sevastopol;
- January 1 - indexation of maternity capital;
- January 5 - the end of the world hockey championship among youth teams in the Czech Republic;
- January 5 - Golden Globe ceremony (Los Angeles, USA);
- January 10 - the beginning of the III Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne (Switzerland);
- January 10 - the beginning of the European Handball Championship for men;
- January 14 - support for Windows 7 OS updates ends;
- January 20 - start of the European Figure Skating Championships in Austria;
- January 28 is the 200th anniversary of the discovery of the last mainland, Antarctica, under the leadership of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev.
February
- February 3 - championship of the four continents in figure skating (South Korea);
- February 8 - grand opening of the Venice Carnival;
- February 9 - Oscar film award ceremony (Los Angeles, USA);
- February 12 - Biathlon World Championship (Italy);
- February 20 - opening of the International Berlin Film Festival;
- February 22 - the beginning of the carnival in Rio de Janeiro;
- February 26 - start of the World Track Cycling Championship (Berlin, Germany).
March
- March 2 - Junior World Figure Skating Championships (Estonia);
- March 5 - opening of the Geneva Motor Show (Switzerland);
- March 13 - indoor indoor athletics world championship (China);
- March 18 - 55 years since the first manned spacewalk (A. A. Leonov);
- March 23 - World Figure Skating Championships (Canada).
April
- April 2 - the start of the 99th European Weightlifting Championship (Moscow);
- April 24 - the beginning of the first division of the World Ice Hockey Championship (Ljubljana, Slovenia).
- April 30 - the premiere in Russia of the 24th film of the cinema universe Marvel "The Black Widow" with Scarlett Johansson.
May
- May 1 - World Ice Hockey Championship in Lausanne and Zurich (Switzerland);
- May 1 - the start of the Expo-2020 exhibition in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), which will last until the end of October;
- May 9 - in Kursk, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, a ceremonial opening of the capsule with a message from the Kursk Bulge to the descendants will take place;
- May 16 - the 100th anniversary of the reign of Joan of Arc by the Catholic Church as a saint;
- May 17 - presidential election in the Dominican Republic;
- May 18 - 100 years since the birth of John Paul II (was the Pope in the period 1978-2005)
- May 21st - the premiere of the movie "Fast and the Furious 9" in Russia;
- May 22 - world premiere of the film "Godzilla vs. King Kong";
- May 27 - UEFA Europa League Final at the Energa-Gdansk Stadium in Poland;
- May 30 - UEFA Champions League final at the Olympic Stadium. Ataturk (Istanbul, Turkey).
June
- June 13 - the end of the 2019-2020 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship in France;
- June 12 - beginning 2020 European Football Championship (Europe);
- June 21 is a ring-shaped solar eclipse that residents of 111 countries and dependent territories will be able to see (better visibility is expected in East Africa, East and South Asia).
July
- July 1 - in Uzbekistan, banknotes of 200 and 500 soums of the old type are withdrawn from circulation;
- July 1 - A ban on the retail sale of unlabelled cigarettes and cigarettes is introduced in Russia;
- July 6 - the beginning of the 37th World Orienteering Championship, which will be held in three cities of Denmark: Colling, Fredericia and Vejle;
- July 24 - beginning XXXII Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo (Japan);
August
- August 11 - start of the World Taekwon-Do Championship (Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan);
- August 18 - 270 years of Antonio Salieri;
- August 20 - the start of the first Games of the CIS countries in Kazan;
- August 25 - the beginning of the XVI Summer Paralympic Games in Japan.
September
- September 12 - start of the Futsal World Cup in Lithuania;
- September 13 - A single voting day in Russia, during which governors in 16 constituent entities of the Russian Federation and deputies of municipal government bodies in a number of regions will be elected.
- September 19 - the beginning of the Oktoberfest beer festival (Munich, Bavaria);
- September 25 - Ryder Cup Golf Championship in Wisconsin, USA;
- September 30 - the deadline for checking the status of the participant of the Green Card DV-2020 Lottery.
October
- October 1 - start of the All-Russian population census;
- October 13 - the 200th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Mikhailovich Dostoevsky;
- October 18 - ICC T20 Cricket World Cup in Australia;
- October 20 - opening of the EXPO 2020 exhibition in Dubai;
- October 22 - 150 years to Ivan Bunin.
November
- the 3rd of November - US Presidential Election;
- November 4 - the 100th anniversary of Udmurtia;
- November 19 - world premiere of the film "Fantastic creatures and where they live 3";
- November 21 - the start of the G20 summit in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia).
December
- December 5 - the 200th anniversary of the birth of Afanasy Afanasevich Fet;
- December 7 - 100 years since the renaming of Yekaterinodar in Krasnodar;
- December 10 - Grand Prix final in figure skating (Beijing, China);
- December 13 - European Cross-Country Championship in Ireland;
- December 14 - the 200th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Nikolaevna Akhmatova;
- December 14 - a total solar eclipse, which will be clearly visible in, Chile, Argentina, in the southeast of the Pacific Ocean and in the south of the Atlantic Ocean;
- December 17 - 250th anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven;
- December 17 - world premiere of the film "Avatar 2»;
- December 25 - world premiere of the movie "Sherlock Holmes 3";
- December 31 - the “summer amnesty” expires.
No exact dates
- The beginning of a hypothetical concept of technological singularity.
- Commissioning of the electronic workbook system.
- Commissioning of the 2nd power unit at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant-2 with a VVER-1200 reactor.
- It is planned to complete the reconstruction of Volgograd Airport.
- The completion of the Murmansk transport hub.
- The construction of a new stadium in Ufa.
- Ending reconstruction of the Gorky highway.
- The opening of 8 Moscow metro stations, including “Narodnaya Militia Street”, “Lower Mnevniki”, “Aminevskoe highway”, “Michurinsky Prospekt”, etc.
- The opening of a multifunctional swimming center in Luzhniki is expected.
- Launch of NASA's Manned MissionMars 2020»To study the habitability of the planet, search and preparation of the most convenient platform for future colonizers.
- Launch of the rover from the Earth under the ExoMars project, developed by ROSKOSMOS and ESA experts.
- The planned launch of the Euclidean unmanned spacecraft to study dark energy.
- The launch of the new generation James Webb space telescope is planned.
- Launch of a tourist ship to the moon.
- Creation of the US Department of Space Forces.
- The opening of the new World Trade Center in New York, USA.
- End of construction of the One Vanderbilt skyscraper in Midtown, New York, USA;
- Parliamentary and presidential elections in Belarus.
- The introduction of the fifth generation of mobile communications.
- Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk.
- Games of the CIS countries in Belarus.
- South Korea World Table Tennis Championships.
- The capital of Vietnam, Hanoi will host the country's first Formula 1 Grand Prix.
- World Folkloriada in Ufa.
- Start of supply of S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems to India Almaz-Antey Concern.
- Gazprom begins supplying gas to China through the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok gas pipeline.
- Mercedes-Benz launches S-Class cars with Level 3 autonomous control system.
- Audi launches electric car Audi Sport EV.
- The appearance on the market of a new crossover from Genesis.
- The start of sales of a small pickup Hyundai Santa Cruz Pickup, created on the basis of the Santa Fe crossover.
- Creation of the National Center for the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Belarus.
- All-Ukrainian population census.
- The introduction of the required exam in English in the exam.
- End of transition Brexit.
- The end of the economic development program "Europe 2020".
- Completion of the Eighth Horizon 2020 European Union Research and Technology Development Program.
- Women's Labor Exhibition in Switzerland SAFFA as part of the Horizon 2020 program.
- Planned serial production of Tesla Roadster - 4-seater sports electric company Tesla.
- The completion of the construction of the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, which will be the highest on the planet - 1,007 m with a spire.