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Events in September 2020 11
1933 – 2020Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)Died 18 September 2020, aged 87Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as a US Supreme Court justice from 1993 until her death, becoming a pioneering advocate for gender equality and a cultural icon known as "the Notorious RBG." She died of complications from pancreatic cancer on 18 September 2020.
1938 – 2020Diana RiggBorn July 20, 1938 — Actress, The Avengers & Game of ThronesDame Diana Rigg was born on July 20, 1938 in Doncaster, England. She became famous as Emma Peel in The Avengers (1965–68) and later as Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones. She died September 10, 2020.
2020Among Us surges in popularity2018 mobile game becomes global lockdown hitThe 2018 multiplayer game Among Us saw explosive growth in players during August and September 2020, boosted by popular Twitch and YouTube streamers, becoming one of the most-played games in the world. Its social-deduction gameplay resonated with audiences confined at home during the pandemic.
2020TenetNolan's pandemic-era blockbuster — $365mDirected by Christopher Nolan, starring John David Washington. A secret agent embarks on a mission to prevent World War III using time manipulation.
2020Nvidia announces $40 billion Arm acquisition — ultimately failsNvidia announces its intention to acquire Arm Holdings — the British chip designer whose architecture powers virtually every smartphone in the world — from SoftBank for $40 billion in September 2020. The deal faces opposition from regulators in the US, UK, EU and China. After 18 months of regulatory battle, Nvidia abandons the acquisition in February 2022, paying a $1.25 billion break fee. The failed deal costs Nvidia significant management bandwidth during a critical AI growth period.
2020Abraham Accords SignedIsrael normalises relations with UAE and BahrainThe Abraham Accords were signed at the White House, normalising diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. The agreements were the first Arab-Israeli peace deals in 26 years and were later joined by Sudan and Morocco.
2020Abraham Accords signedIsrael normalizes relations with UAE and BahrainIsrael, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed the Abraham Accords at the White House on 15 September 2020, establishing formal diplomatic relations. Sudan and Morocco later joined the normalization agreements, reshaping alliances across the Middle East.
2020Snowflake IPOCloud data firm's debut is largest software IPO everCloud data-warehousing company Snowflake went public on the New York Stock Exchange on 16 September 2020, more than doubling on its first trading day. It was the largest software IPO in history at the time, backed by investors including Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.
2020Duplantis breaks the outdoor record -- Rome, 17 September 2020On 17 September 2020 in Rome, Sweden's Armand Duplantis clears 6.15m to break Bubka's outdoor world record of 6.14m, which had stood since Sestriere 1994 -- 26 years. Duplantis subsequently raises the outdoor record repeatedly and also breaks the indoor record. The end of the Bubka era in the record books is acknowledged as the passing of an extraordinary landmark: no individual world record in any athletics event had stood longer than Bubka's outdoor mark.
2020Second Nagorno-Karabakh WarArmenia and Azerbaijan fight over disputed enclaveAzerbaijan launched a major offensive against Armenian-backed forces in Nagorno-Karabakh on 27 September 2020, reigniting a decades-old conflict. A Russian-brokered ceasefire on 10 November 2020 saw Azerbaijan retake significant territory it had lost in the 1990s.