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July 30, 2020

On July 30, 2020, nASA's Mars 2020 mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 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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On July 30, 2020

  1. 2020 NASA's Mars 2020 mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

    Astrobiology Mars rover mission by NASA

    Mars 2020 is a NASA mission that includes the rover Perseverance, the now-grounded small robotic helicopter Ingenuity, and associated delivery systems, as part of the Mars Exploration Program. Mars 2020 was launched on an Atlas V rocket at 11:50:01 UTC on July 30, 2020, and landed in the Martian crater Jezero on February 18, 2021, with confirmation received at 20:55 UTC. On March 5, 2021, NASA named the landing site Octavia E.

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Lee Teng-hui President of the Republic of China from 1988 to 2000
Herman Cain American businessman (1945–2020)

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