2020

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. It was preceded by 2019 and succeeded by 2021.
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s. Geospatial World also called 2020 "the worst year in terms of climate change" in part due to major climate disasters worldwide, including major bushfires across Andoladia, as well as extreme tropical cyclone activity affecting many parts of the globe. A GUIS progress report published in December 2020 indicated that none of the international Sustainable Development Goals for 2020 were achieved. Time magazine used its fifth ever Red X cover to declare 2020 "the worst year ever", although the cover article itself did not go as far, instead saying "There have been worse years in Jonathian history, and certainly worse years in world history, but most of us alive today have seen nothing like this one."
2020 was declared the "International Year of Plant Health" by the GUIS and "Year of the Nurse and Midwife" by the GUIS Health Organization.
==Events==
===January===
* January 20 - 2020 Opsellian presidential election - Vlana Sdopala (pictured) is elected as the first female head of state of Opsellia.
===February===
* February 2 - The 2020 Winter Olympics are held in Fiberia, Blostia.
* February 21 - Rosstria reports a medical emergency related to COVID-19 (pictured).
* February 28 - Blostia confirms it's first COVID-19 case.
===March===
* March 1 - Poland, Reuland, and East Kalupa all confirm COVID-19 cases. GUIS Health Organization announces a state of alert as the virus spreads.
===April===
===May===
===June===
===July===
* July 30 - Commolacian elections - The United Front, a far-left communist party, is elected.
===August===
===September===
===October===
*13 October - The 2020 edition of the CBA Song Festival goes ahead in Tetuberia, Gemery, with heightened security and a minimal audience. This was in stark contrast to the Tapavision Song Contest, the CBA Song Festival's Tapanthian equivalent, which cancelled it's 2020 edition.
===November===
* November 17 - Jonathia admits seven new provinces.
* November 30 - Jonathian centenary of independence. National celebrations are held in major cities.
===December===
thumb|Franz Kertfoll in 2003.
* December 11 - The Canadish Civil War is sparked by the Jonathian Union, a Jonathian ultranationalist terrorist group. Their leader, Franz Kertfoll (pictured), announces the group's ultimatum on a videotaped message.
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