On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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The vote made official Joe Biden’s victory, despite President Trump’s attempt to subvert the nation’s democratic process, and it put pressure on Republicans to acknowledge the outcome.
The Pentagon, intelligence agencies, nuclear labs and Fortune 500 companies use software that was found to have been compromised by Russian hackers. The sweep of stolen data is still being assessed.
The vaccine campaign began on the same day that the nation surpassed 300,000 deaths, more than any other country.
Even as medical workers lined up for America’s first shots, many of them recalled nightmarish moments from the pandemic.
Some of the industry’s critics are skeptical, however, about a new flexibility to changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 9, 2020, covering December 15, 2020.
Bad Bunny
Miley Cyrus
BTS
Ariana Grande
Pop Smoke
2020Saufatu Sopoanga, Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (born 1952)[†]
Saufatu Sopoanga was a Tuvaluan politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Tuvalu from 2 August 2002 to 27 August 2004. He drew international attention for his speeches warning about the effects of the rising sea level on Tuvalu and other low-lying island countries.
In 2020, the world population was approximately 7,887,001,292 people[†]