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2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season produced five named cyclones, led by Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan, the strongest over the Bay of Bengal since 1999.
2020 Northern Cypriot presidential election
Two-round presidential election in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on 11 and 18 October 2020, won by Ersin Tatar over incumbent Mustafa Akıncı amid overt Turkish government intervention, with a failed constitutional referendum held alongside.
2020 Nova Scotia attacks
The 2020 Nova Scotia attacks, also called the Portapique mass casualty, were the April 18–19, 2020 killing spree by Gabriel Wortman that left 22 dead, including RCMP Cst. Heidi Stevenson, and led to the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry.
2020 Pacific hurricane season
The 2020 Pacific hurricane season produced 17 named storms, 4 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes, beginning unusually early with Tropical Depression One-E on April 25, 2020.
2020 Pacific typhoon season
The 2020 Pacific typhoon season was the annual period of tropical cyclone formation in the western North Pacific, producing 23 named storms, with Super Typhoon Goni hitting the Philippines.
2020 Pakistan Super League
HBL PSL 2020, the fifth Pakistan Super League Twenty20 season and first played entirely in Pakistan; suspended by COVID-19 in March 2020, resumed behind closed doors in November, won by Karachi Kings.
2020 PDC World Darts Championship
2020 PDC World Darts Championship, held at Alexandra Palace 13 Dec 2019–1 Jan 2020; Peter Wright beat Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final for his first world title, £500,000 prize, oldest first-time PDC champion.
2020 Polish presidential election
2020 Polish presidential election (two rounds, 28 June and 12 July 2020): incumbent Andrzej Duda (PiS-backed) narrowly re-elected over Rafał Trzaskowski after pandemic-driven postponement, postal-vote controversy, expedited electoral-law changes, and 33 ODIHR recommendations.
2020 Premier League Darts
2020 Premier League Darts: PDC darts league suspended by COVID-19 in March, resumed behind closed doors in Milton Keynes, and won by debutant Glen Durrant, who beat Nathan Aspinall 11-8 in the Coventry play-off final on October 15.
2020 Pro Bowl
2020 Pro Bowl: NFL all-star game for the 2019 season, played January 26, 2020 at Camping World Stadium, Orlando; AFC beat NFC 38-33 before 54,024 fans; Lamar Jackson led 12 Ravens picks; last Orlando edition before the 2021 game was canceled for COVID-19.
2020 Puerto Rican status referendum
The 2020 Puerto Rican status referendum was a nonbinding plebiscite held on November 3, 2020. It asked if the island should be admitted into the Union as a State.
2020 Qatar Women's T20I Triangular Series
2020 Qatar Women's T20I Triangular Series, also called Qatar Tri-Nation Women's T20 Series: a women's Twenty20 International tournament in Doha, 17–21 January 2020, with Qatar, Oman, and Kuwait; Qatar's first WT20I matches.
2020 Queensland state election
2020 Queensland state election, held 31 October 2020 for 93 Legislative Assembly seats; first fixed-term Queensland election. Annastacia Palaszczuk's Labor won a third term with 52 seats to the LNP's 34, amid COVID-19 border-closure politics and record early voting.
2020 Rally Italia Sardegna
2020 Rally Italia Sardegna, sixth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, held 8-11 October in Sardinia; Dani Sordo won for Hyundai by 5.1 seconds over Thierry Neuville, with Sébastien Ogier third.
2020 Rally Mexico
2020 Rally Mexico (Rally Guanajuato México 2020), third round of the 2020 WRC in León, Guanajuato, won by Sébastien Ogier, his sixth Mexico win equaling Loeb; the event ended early after SS21 due to COVID-19.
2020 Republican National Convention
2020 Republican National Convention: GOP nominating convention, August 24-27, 2020; Charlotte business sessions with Jacksonville events planned then canceled over COVID-19; Trump renominated, accepted nomination at the White House; no new platform adopted.
2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
2020 Republican presidential primaries: state contests renominating incumbent Donald Trump against longshot challengers Bill Weld, Mark Sanford, and Joe Walsh, with several state parties canceling contests and COVID-19 postponing others.
2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war
The 2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war began in March 2020 when Saudi Arabia flooded the market with discounted crude after Russia refused deeper OPEC+ cuts, driving Brent below $24 a barrel.
2020 Russian constitutional referendum
The 2020 Russian constitutional referendum, the all-Russian vote of 25 June to 1 July 2020, approved 206 amendments with 77.92% in favor, resetting Putin's term limits to allow rule until 2036; it was legally not a referendum.
2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 6 December 2020 at the Bahrain International Circuit, won by Sergio Perez, his first win in 190 starts.
2020 Serbian parliamentary election
2020 Serbian parliamentary election, held 21 June 2020 after COVID-19 postponement; SNS-led coalition of President Vučić won 60.7% and 188 of 250 seats amid an opposition boycott, record-low 48.9% turnout, and ODIHR findings of ruling-party dominance.
2020 Singaporean general election
The 2020 Singaporean general election, held 10 July 2020 during COVID-19, returned the PAP to power with 83 of 93 seats and 61.24% of the vote, while the Workers' Party won 10 seats including Sengkang GRC and Pritam Singh became the first formal Leader of the Opposition.
2020 Six Nations Championship
2020 Six Nations Championship: rugby union tournament won by England after COVID-19 suspension; France beat Ireland 35-27 in the rescheduled finale but England's bonus-point 34-5 win over Italy sealed the title.
2020 Snooker Shoot Out
The 2020 Snooker Shoot Out was a ranking snooker tournament held at the Watford Colosseum in February 2020, won by England's Michael Holt, his first ranking title.
2020 South Korean legislative election
The 2020 South Korean legislative election (제21대 국회의원 선거) elected all 300 National Assembly members on April 15, 2020, won in a landslide by Moon Jae-in's Democratic Party.
2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
Sri Lankan parliamentary general election held 5 August 2020 after two COVID-19 postponements from the original 25 April date. Gotabaya Rajapaksa's SLPP won 145 of 225 seats, about 59% of votes, and with allies secured a two-thirds majority.
2020 Stanley Cup Finals
2020 Stanley Cup Final: Tampa Bay Lightning beat Dallas Stars 4-2, clinching 2-0 in Game 6 at Edmonton's Rogers Place bubble; Victor Hedman won the Conn Smythe, Vasilevskiy set goalie records, first neutral-site Cup since 1927.
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs: NHL's COVID-19 bubble postseason with 24 teams in Toronto and Edmonton hubs, best-of-5 qualifiers plus round-robin, re-seeded best-of-7 rounds; Tampa Bay Lightning beat Dallas Stars in six games for the Cup on Sept. 28, 2020.
2020 stock market crash
The 2020 stock market crash, also known as the Coronavirus Crash, saw the S&P 500 fall 34% in 23 trading days after COVID-19 spread, recovering by August.
2020 Styrian Grand Prix
2020 Styrian Grand Prix (Grosser Preis der Steiermark), first Styrian GP, 12 July 2020, Red Bull Ring, round 2 of 2020 F1 season; Hamilton pole and 85th win, Bottas second, Verstappen third, Ferraris collided lap 1.