What Happened on April 6, 2020

Historical Events

149th British Open Men's Golf Championship is cancelled for the first time since WWII due to the COVID-19 pandemic; Royal St George's GC to host event in 2021
Cyclone Harold makes landfall in Vanuatu, leaving thousands of houses destroyed and 2 dead

COVID-19 Pandemic

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces state of emergency in seven prefectures and a nearly $1 trillion stimulus package as COVID-19 cases climb

Nadia, a tiger at the Bronx Zoo (New York City), tests positive for COVID-19, 1st known case of human-to-cat transmission
US COVID-19 death toll passes 10,000 in six weeks, with more than 356,000 American infected, New York death toll reaches 4,758

Events in 2020

Famous Deaths

Al Kaline (1934-2020)

American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (18 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1968; 10 × Gold Glove Award; Detroit Tigers), dies at 85

Fred Singer, Austrian-American physicist and climate change doubter, dies at 95 [1]
Graham "Jock" Edwards, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests, 3 x 50; Central Districts), dies from heart failure at 64
James Drury, American actor (The Virginian), dies of natural causes at 85
Radomir Antić, Serbian soccer defender (1 cap Yugoslavia; Partizan, Luton Town) and manager (Atlético Madrid; Serbia), dies from pancreatitis at 71

Died in 2020 2020 Highlights