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March 4, 2020
On March 4, 2020, nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua. The year's #1 song was "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd.
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Featured · March 4, 2020
Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua.
Nikolas Wallenda is an American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist, and author. He is known for his high-wire performances without a safety net. He holds 11 Guinness World Records for various acrobatic feats, and is best known as the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls.
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The year in brief
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 March 4, 2020
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2020 Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua. American acrobat (born 1979)
Nikolas Wallenda is an American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist, and author. He is known for his high-wire performances without a safety net. He holds 11 Guinness World Records for various acrobatic feats, and is best known as the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls.
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Died on March 4, 2020
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Other moments from 2020
- April 19 A killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in the country's history.
- April 2 COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of confirmed cases reach one million.
- April 20 For the first time in history, oil prices drop below zero, an effect of the 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war.
- April 22 Four police officers are killed after being struck by a truck on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne while speaking to a speeding driver, marking the largest loss of police lives in Victoria Police history.
- April 4 China holds a national day of mourning for martyrs who died in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease outbreak.
- April 7 COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its lockdown in Wuhan.
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