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2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries
The 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries, decided by online ballot at the May 2020 national convention, nominated Jo Jorgensen for president on the fourth ballot and Spike Cohen for vice president, from a field of over 66 FEC filings.
2020 Major League Baseball draft
2020 Major League Baseball draft: the First-Year Player Draft held June 10-11, 2020, cut from 40 rounds to five (160 picks) due to COVID-19; Tigers took Spencer Torkelson first overall for a record $8,416,300 bonus.
2020 Major League Baseball season
2020 Major League Baseball season: COVID-19-shortened 60-game regular season, July 23 to September 27, no fans, universal DH, 16-team playoffs, Dodgers won the World Series, Shane Bieber unanimous AL Cy Young.
2020 Malawian presidential election
2020 Malawian presidential election (Fresh Presidential Election), court-ordered rerun of 23 June 2020 after annulment of the 2019 vote; Lazarus Chakwera beat incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58.57% under a new 50%+1 system.
2020 Masters (snooker)
The 2020 Masters (2020 Dafabet Masters) was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament at Alexandra Palace, London, 12–19 January 2020, where Stuart Bingham beat Ali Carter 10–8 to become the oldest champion at 43.
2020 Masters Tournament
2020 Masters Tournament, 84th Masters at Augusta National, played November 12-15, 2020 after COVID-19 postponement from April; first fan-less Masters; Dustin Johnson won at record 20-under 268.
2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards
2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards (2020 MAMA): CJ ENM's K-pop awards, held virtually in Paju, South Korea on December 6, 2020, hosted by Song Joong-ki, theme "New-topia." BTS swept all four daesang grand prizes for the second straight year, taking eight awards.
2020 MotoGP World Championship
2020 MotoGP World Championship: COVID-shortened 14-race season from 19 July at Jerez, won by Joan Mir (Suzuki, 171 points), Suzuki's first title since 2000; Ducati took the constructors' crown.
2020 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, held August 30, 2020 and hosted by Keke Palmer, were a pandemic-era hybrid of outdoor New York performances and pre-taped xR segments after Barclays Center plans were dropped; The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" won Video of the Year and Lady Gaga took five awards including the inaugural Tricon Award.
2020 Myanmar general election
The 2020 Myanmar general election (8 November 2020) gave Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD a landslide, 396 of 476 elected seats, but the military annulled it, couped in February 2021, and later dissolved the NLD.
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement
The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, also called the 9 or 10 November 2020 trilateral statement, ended the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War; signed by Aliyev, Pashinyan, and Putin, it deployed Russian peacekeepers, returned territories to Azerbaijan, and left Nagorno-Karabakh's status unresolved.
2020 NASCAR Cup Series
2020 NASCAR Cup Series season: 36 races, suspended March 13 for COVID-19, restarted May 17 at Darlington as the first major US sport to return; Chase Elliott won the title at Phoenix, Harvick took nine wins.
2020 Nashville bombing
The 2020 Nashville bombing, also called the Nashville Christmas Day bombing, was a suicide RV bombing by Anthony Quinn Warner outside an AT&T facility on December 25, 2020, causing regional telecom and 911 outages.
2020 Nashville tornado
The 2020 Nashville tornado was a strong EF-3 tornado that struck northern Nashville, Tennessee, before dawn on March 3, 2020, cutting a 60-mile path that killed 5 people and injured 220.
2020 national electoral calendar
The 2020 national electoral calendar covers worldwide presidential, parliamentary, and referendum votes planned for 2020, reshaped by COVID-19: at least 42 national contests postponed, an unusually crowded October with 12 national elections, and the U.S. election of November 3.
2020 NBA All-Star Game
The 2020 NBA All-Star Game (69th edition) at Chicago's United Center: Team LeBron beat Team Giannis 157-155 using the Elam Ending target score of 157, with Kawhi Leonard winning the first Kobe Bryant MVP Award.
2020 NBA Bubble
2020 NBA Bubble: closed Disney World campus near Orlando where 22 NBA teams finished the 2019-20 season, July 30 to October 11, 2020, with no fans, daily testing, zero player infections, a Bucks walkout, and the Lakers' 17th title.
2020 NBA draft
2020 NBA draft, held Nov. 18, 2020 after a COVID-19 delay from June 25; first virtual draft. Minnesota took Anthony Edwards No. 1; LaMelo Ball went third; five All-Stars and major draft-night trades.
2020 NBA Finals
2020 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers beat Miami Heat 4-2 in the Orlando COVID-19 bubble at Walt Disney World, winning a 17th title; LeBron James won his fourth Finals MVP after a Game 6 triple-double.
2020 NBA playoffs
2020 NBA playoffs: postseason of the 2019-20 season played in the Disney World COVID bubble; Bucks-led boycott on August 26; Lakers beat Heat 4-2 for a 17th title with LeBron James as Finals MVP.
2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 151st college football season, was played under COVID-19 restrictions with 139 games canceled or postponed; Alabama won the AP and CFP national titles and DeVonta Smith won the Heisman Trophy.
2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season
The 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season, disrupted by COVID-19, split play across fall 2020 and spring 2021; Santa Clara beat Florida State 1-1 (4-1 penalty kicks) for the title.
2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2020 Nevada Democratic caucuses, the First in the West contest held February 15–22, 2020, were the first Nevada caucus with early voting; Bernie Sanders won with 104,833 total participants, and Nevada replaced the caucus with a primary in 2021.
2020 New England Patriots season
The 2020 New England Patriots season was the team's 61st NFL season, a 7-9 finish without Tom Brady that missed the playoffs for the first time since 2008.
2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum
The 2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum, also called the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill referendum, was a non-binding vote held 17 October 2020 alongside the general election; it failed 48.4% Yes to 50.7% No, leaving recreational cannabis illegal.
2020 New Zealand general election
The 2020 New Zealand general election, also called the Covid election, was held 17 October 2020 after a four-week delay from 19 September due to an Auckland outbreak; Labour under Jacinda Ardern won 65 of 120 seats, the first MMP-era single-party majority, alongside two referendums.
2020 NFL Draft
The 2020 NFL Draft (85th annual NFL draft), held virtually April 23-25, 2020 due to COVID-19; Joe Burrow first overall; 255 picks, record 8.4M average viewers, Draft-A-Thon raised $6.6 million for relief.
2020 NFL season
The 2020 NFL season, the league's 101st, was played during COVID-19 with limited fans, record scoring (12,692 points), expanded playoffs, and Tampa Bay beating Kansas City 31-9 in Super Bowl LV.
2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election, held November 3, 2020: incumbent Democrat Roy Cooper reelected over Republican Dan Forest by about 250,000 votes amid pandemic-era voting expansion, while Trump carried the state.
2020 North Carolina judicial elections
The 2020 North Carolina judicial elections were highly expensive partisan races that restored party labels, drawing over $10 million and resulting in Republican victories across the board.