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July 20, 2020

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A Stadium at Iowa State Says His Name: Jack Trice

By Jeré Longman

Iowa State is the only major college football team to have named its stadium after a Black man, a player named Jack Trice who died from injuries sustained in a game in 1923 and whose story resonates amid today’s social justice movement.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 15, 2020, covering July 20, 2020.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon by Pop Smoke

    Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon

    Pop Smoke

    Last week
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hamilton: An American Musical by Original Broadway Cast

    Hamilton: An American Musical

    Original Broadway Cast

    Last week
    14
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    250
  3. 3
    Album cover for My Turn by Lil Baby

    My Turn

    Lil Baby

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    19
  4. 4
    Album cover for BLAME IT ON BABY by DaBaby

    BLAME IT ON BABY

    DaBaby

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  5. 5
    Album cover for Hollywood's Bleeding by Post Malone

    Hollywood's Bleeding

    Post Malone

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    44

Notable Deaths

Michael Brooks (political commentator)

2020Michael Brooks, political commentator (born 1983)[†]

Michael Jamal Brooks was an American talk show host, writer, left-wing political commentator, and comedian. While co-hosting The Majority Report with Sam Seder, he launched The Michael Brooks Show in August 2017 and provided commentary for media outlets, making regular appearances on shows such as The Young Turks. Brooks contributed to various publications, including HuffPost, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, openDemocracy, and Jacobin. His book Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right was published by Zero Books in April 2020.

Historical Context for July 20, 2020

In 2020, the world population was approximately 7,887,001,292 people[†]