At A Glance

6 September 2020 at a glance

Day of the week
6 September 2020 was a Sunday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Dynamite” by BTS.
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 6 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 6 September 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 6 September 2020 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 6 September

  • 2007 Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
  • 2009 The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
  • 2013 The first Minotaur V rocket is launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, carrying NASA's LADEE spacecraft.
  • 2018 Supreme Court of India decriminalises all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands.
  • 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukraine begins its Kharkiv counteroffensive, surprising Russian forces and retaking over 3,000 square kilometers of land, recapturing the entire Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil River, within the next week.

Famous people born on September 6

  • Dolores O'Riordan, Irish singer-songwriter (1971–2018)
  • Idris Elba, English actor (born 1972)
  • Lauren Lapkus, American actress and comedian (born 1985)
  • Roger Waters, English singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1943)

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Events of 2020 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 29 – COVID-19 pandemic: President Donald Trump establishes the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
  • January 29 – President Trump signs the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA).
  • February 9 – The 92nd Academy Awards, the second in a row with no official host, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Life in the US in 2020

President

Donald Trump

Gas (per gallon)

$2.17

Loaf of Bread

$2.50

Average House

$374,900

Weekly Wage

$984

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