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November 27, 2020
On November 27, 2020, iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran. The year's #1 song was "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd.
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Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Mahabadi was an Iranian nuclear physicist and scientist. He was regarded as the chief of Iran's nuclear program.
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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 November 27, 2020
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2020 Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran. Iranian nuclear physicist (1961–2020)
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Mahabadi was an Iranian nuclear physicist and scientist. He was regarded as the chief of Iran's nuclear program.
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2020 Days after the announcement of its discovery, the Utah monolith is removed by recreationists. Metal pillar in Utah, US
The Utah monolith was a metal pillar that stood in a sandstone slot canyon in northern San Juan County, Utah, United States. 9 m) tall and made of metal sheets riveted into a triangular prism. It was unlawfully placed on public land between July and October 2016, where it stood unnoticed for over four years until its discovery and removal in late 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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