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January 1, 2020

January 1, 2020 — a day on which Lexii Alijai and Alexander Frater share the historical record. The year's #1 song was "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd.

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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.

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Lexii Alijai American rapper (1998–2020)
Alexander Frater British-Australian journalist and travel writer (1937–2020)
Don Larsen American baseball player (1929–2020)
Barry McDonald Australian rugby union player (1940–2020)
David Stern American businessman, lawyer, and NBA commissioner (1942–2020)

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