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4 September 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 September 2020 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “WAP” by Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion.
- Top Film of 2020
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2020 was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 4 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 September 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 September 2020 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 4 September
- 1985 The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
- 1989 In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
- 1998 Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two PhD students at Stanford University.
- 2001 Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
- 2002 The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record, until the Cleveland Indians surpassed it in 2017.
Famous people born on 4 September
- Beyoncé, American singer-songwriter (born 1981)
- Wes Bentley, American actor and producer (born 1978)
- Max Greenfield, American actor (born 1979)
- Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist (1973–2022)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2020 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 8 January – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, announce that they plan to "step back as senior members" of the United Kingdom's royal family, and divide their time between the UK and North America.
- 6 March – COVID-19 in the UK: The Prime Minister announces £46 million in funding for research into a COVID-19 vaccine and rapid COVID-19 testing.
- 4 April – 2020 Labour Party leadership election: Keir Starmer is elected as the leader of the Labour Party, succeeding Jeremy Corbyn, and Angela Rayner is elected as deputy leader of the party.
Life in 2020
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.95
Loaf of Bread
£1.55
Average House
£239,196
Weekly Wage
£890.00
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