What is 2020?
{{Year nav|2020}} {{C18 year in topic}} '''2020''' ([[Roman numerals|MMXX]]) was a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 2020th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|2020}}. == Events == === January === [[File:Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 Crashes near Tehran 2020-01-08 01.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Iran]] accidentally shoots down [[Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752]] near [[Tehran]] on January 8]] [[File:Watson queue for face masks 20200130 DSCF2199 (49464278376).jpg|thumb|right|180px|The [[2019–20 coronavirus outbreak]] begins in [[Wuhan]] and has spread to 28 countries, affecting over 40,000 and killing over 900]] ** [[January 2]] – The government of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]], declares a state of [[emergency]] and the government of [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], Australia declares a state of disaster because of large [[2019–20 Australian bushfire season|bushfires]] that had killed up to 500 million animals.<ref>{{cite news|title='Going to be a blast furnace': State of emergency again for NSW |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/going-to-be-a-blast-furnace-state-of-emergency-again-for-nsw-20200102-p53ofd.html |accessdate=January 3, 2020 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=January 2, 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103011912/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/going-to-be-a-blast-furnace-state-of-emergency-again-for-nsw-20200102-p53ofd.html |archive-date=January 3, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Victorian fires: state of disaster declared as evacuation ordered and 28 people missing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/03/victoria-fires-state-of-disaster-declared-as-evacuation-ordered-and-second-man-found-dead |access-date=January 3, 2020 |work=The Guardian |agency=Australian Associated Press |date=January 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104033503/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/ja