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2020 will delight the Russians with many anniversaries and significant events. In order not to miss any important dates, it is worth knowing in advance what the coming year is preparing for us, and what events are planned in this regard.
Anniversaries of 2020
During this period, many anniversaries are expected: scientists and artists, pop idols and politicians will receive congratulations. Unfortunately, many of the well-known personalities are no longer alive, and society will honor their memory by recalling the main achievements. This calendar is not exhaustive, although a considerable number of anniversary dates are collected here, important for Russia and the world.
January
- January 3 - 170 years since the birth of the great mathematician Sophia Kovalevskaya;
- January 8 - 110 years old would be the star of the Russian ballet Galina Ulanova;
- January 8 - King of Pop Elvis Presley would mark 85;
- January 17 - to the composer and singer, famous throughout the country Igor Nikolaev will be 60;
- January 19 - the 120th anniversary of the birth of the poet Mikhail Isakovsky;
- January 20 - a great event for the whole cinema - the 100th anniversary of the birth of Federico Fellini, who turned the world of directing (films "Sweet Life", "Amarcord");
- January 26 - 60 public figure, journalist and actor Leonid Parfyonov;
- January 27 - the famous athlete, tennis player Marat Safin will celebrate the 40th anniversary;
- January 29 - the 160th anniversary of the birth of the great writer of the small genre, Anton Chekhov;
- January 29 - singer Dmitry Malikov will celebrate the 50th birthday.
February
- February 2 - pop singer Yulia Mikhalchik will celebrate her 35th birthday;
- February 10 - 130 years old would be the author of Doctor Zhivago Boris Pasternak;
- February 12 - 120 years old would be Marshal Chuikov, famous for defending Stalingrad;
- February 14 - the 180th anniversary of the birth of Claude Monet, the painter, founder of impressionism;
- February 18 - 240 years would have been fulfilled by another artist, Alexei Venetsianov;
- February 22 - 45 movie star Drew Barrymore.
March
- March 1 - Anna Semenovich, famous singer and actress, celebrates her 40th birthday;
- March 1 - 210 years from the day the great composer Frederic Chopin was born;
- March 2 - 220 years since the birth of Eugene Boratynsky, one of the representatives of the "golden age" of Russian poetry;
- March 6 - 545 years since the birth of Michelangelo Buonarotti, Italian sculptor and artist, sculpting David and painting the Sistine Chapel;
- March 10 - 80th anniversary of actor Chuck Norris;
- March 19 - the 70th anniversary will be celebrated by Nadezhda Babkina, performer of folk and pop songs;
- March 19 - Bruce Willis is 65 years old;
- March 21 - the 335th anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach;
- March 22 - Hollywood actress Keira Knightley celebrates her 35th birthday;
- March 27 is the 105th anniversary of the birth of the poetess Veronika Tushnova.
April
- April 2 - 180 years have passed since the birth of the French prose writer Emile Zola;
- April 5 - the round birthday of the famous English writer Arthur Haley - 100 years;
- April 13 - the 65th anniversary will be celebrated by the most popular female politician in Russia - Irina Khakamada;
- April 14 - 40 is performed by Nelly Uvarova, a Russian actress who has gained popularity by her role in the TV series “Don't Be Born Beautiful”;
- April 22 - 150 years since the birth of the “leader of the peoples” - Vladimir Lenin;
- April 25 - The 80th anniversary will be celebrated by Al Pacino, actor and director of Hollywood;
- April 27 - the world will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Herbert Spencer, an English philosopher;
- April 29 - 50th anniversary will be celebrated by Uma Thurman, actress ("Pulp Fiction", "Kill Bill").
May
- May 2 - David Beckham, a football player, will turn 45;
- May 3 - the poetess Olga Bergolts would have celebrated the 110th anniversary;
- May 7 - 180 years since the birth of the famous Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky;
- May 8 - singer Enrique Iglesias will meet the 45th anniversary;
- May 10 - the 55th anniversary will be celebrated by the top model Linda Evangelista;
- May 15 - 80, Svetlana Svelichnaya will turn out to play the very fatal beauty in The Diamond Arm, who pronounced the catchphrase “It's not my fault!” He himself has come! ”;
- May 19 - in honor of the 45th anniversary, singer Eva Polna will receive congratulations;
- May 22 - 50 years of model Naomi Campbell, known to the world as the "black panther;
- May 24 - the 80th birthday would be celebrated by writer Joseph Brodsky, Nobel laureate in literature;
- May 31 - 90th anniversary will be celebrated by actor Clint Eastwood.
June
In the summer of 2020, the world will celebrate many anniversary dates of celebrities:
- June 4 - 45 the beautiful Angelina Jolie will celebrate;
- June 8 - 210 years since the birth of composer Robert Schumann;
- June 10 - the famous artist Ilya Glazunov would have celebrated 80 years;
- June 11 - the scientist, star of screens, the author of The Underwater Odyssey, Jacques Yves Cousteau, would have celebrated the 110th anniversary;
- June 16 - the politician Anatoly Chubais will celebrate the 65th anniversary;
- June 21 - 110 years since the birth of the poet Alexander Twardowski will celebrate the literary community;
- June 25 - Vladimir Kramnik, multiple winner of the Olympic Games and the World Chess Championship, will turn 45;
- June 29 - 120th anniversary of the author of The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
July
- July 4 - the 120th anniversary of the birth of the singer with the unusual voice of Louis Armstrong;
- July 7 - Ringo Starr, singer and drummer of the Beatles, will celebrate the 80th anniversary;
- July 8 - the satirist Konstantin Raikin will turn 70;
- July 19 - 85 is performed by Vasily Livanov, actor and director;
- July 24 - singer and actress Jennifer Lopez will celebrate the 50th anniversary;
- July 26 - Andre Maurois would have turned 135 years old.
August
- August 5 - from the day Guy de Maupassant, the author of “Dear Friend” and other novels, was born, the 170th anniversary will come;
- August 7 - 45 will be performed by actress Charlize Theron, winner of the Oscars;
- August 10 - the 80th anniversary will be celebrated by the beloved actor Veniamin Smekhov;
- August 10 - the 60th anniversary of actor Antonio Banderas;
- August 17 - People’s artist Oleg Tabakov would have turned 85 years old;
- August 22 - the famous science fiction Ray Bradbury would celebrate the 100th anniversary - an event to which the literary world will devote many events in 2020;
- August 23 - another writer, Alexander Green, would have celebrated the 140th anniversary;
- August 26, the 95th anniversary of the birth of director Pyotr Todorovsky;
- August 27 - a peacemaker and humanist, known throughout the world as Mother Teresa, would have celebrated 110 years;
- August 28 - the 95th anniversary of the birth of two writers - prose writer Yuri Trifonov and science fiction writer Arkady Strugatsky.
September
Many famous people were born in the fall, 2020 also promises to be rich in anniversary dates.
- September 2 - the 85th birthday of the wonderful Soviet actor Valentin Gaft;
- September 7 - the round date is celebrated in Russia - the 150th anniversary of the birth of the writer Alexander Kuprin;
- September 14 - 55 will be marked by the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev;
- September 15 - the 130th anniversary of the birth of the author of a series of detective stories about Hercule Poirot Agatha Christie;
- September 22 - 120 years old would be noted by the creator of the current dictionary, the famous philologist S.I.Ozhegov;
- September 25 - the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous Soviet director Sergei Bondarchuk.
October
- October 3 - the 85th anniversary of the birth of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, People's Artist of the USSR;
- October 5 - 45 will be performed by the talented film actress Kate Winslet;
- October 9 - Beatles lead singer John Lennon would have turned 80;
- October 12 - opera singer Luciano Pavarotti would have celebrated the 85th anniversary;
- October 18 - movie star Jean Claude Van Damme will celebrate 60 years;
- October 21 - 75 director and actor Nikita Mikhalkov will celebrate.
- October 22 - a significant date - the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Bunin, Nobel laureate, many literary events are planned in honor of this date;
- October 23 - Children's writer Gianni Rodari would mark the 100th anniversary;
- October 26 - the 140th anniversary of the birth of the poet Andrei Bely is celebrated;
- October 28 - 65th anniversary will be celebrated by the richest man in the world Bill Gates.
November
- November 8 - the Russian actor Oleg Menshikov will turn 60, and the French actor Alain Delon - 85 years old;
- November 12 - 85 the star of the Soviet cinema Lyudmila Gurchenko would have noted;
- November 13 - 65th Hollywood star Whoopi Goldberg;
- November 19 - the 250th anniversary of the birth of navigator Ivan Kruzenshtern;
- November 20 - 95 years since the birth of the ballerina Maya Plisetskaya;
- November 25 - the famous surgeon and scientist Nikolai Pirogov would celebrate 210 years;
- November 27 - 80 would be a film actor Bruce Lee, a martial artist;
- November 28 - the 140th anniversary will be celebrated with the birth of the great poet Alexander Blok;
- November 30 - 185 would mark Mark Twain, author of Tom Sawyer.
December
- December 1 - 75 popularly beloved Gennady Khazanov
- December 5 - the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian poet Athanasius Fet,
- December 12 - 95th birth of composer Vladimir Shainsky;
- December 16 - the 105th anniversary would be celebrated by another composer, George Sviridov;
- December 17 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of the world famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven, composer;
- December 19 - 105 years will pass from the day the little Frenchwoman with an incredibly strong voice was born - Edith Piaf;
- December 20 - 35 years old, the popular film actress Elizaveta Boyarska will turn 35;
- December 30 - Julianne Moore, Hollywood movie star, will celebrate her 60th birthday;
2020 events
Significant events of this period are dedicated to anniversary dates or are dedicated to certain topics. The following major events are planned in the world:
- in the CIS 2020 it is planned to devote to celebrating the round date with the victory over fascism;
- in Russia, according to the decree of the President, the 150th anniversary of Ivan Bunin will be celebrated;
- The Republic of Tatarstan, which is part of the Russian Federation, will celebrate its 100th anniversary;
- a census will be held in Russia, Kazakhstan and Estonia;
- presidential elections will be held in Kazakhstan and Belarus;
- in Ufa (the Republic of Bashkortostan) it is planned to hold the World Folkloriad;
- the first group of tourists will fly into space.
Sport
The main events of 2020 in the sports world:
- Ice Hockey World Championship (May, Switzerland);
- 32nd Summer Olympic Games (July-August, Japan);
- 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games (January, Switzerland);
- European Figure Skating Championship (January, Austria);
- European Football Championship (June-July);
- Biathlon World Championship (February, Italy);
- 16th Summer Paralympic Games (August-September, Tokyo);
- Figure Skating World Championship (March, Canada).
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