What Happened on September 21, 2020

Historical Events

Canadian province of Quebec expands restrictions, declaring it is in a second COVID-19 wave as cases across the country average 1,000 a day

Event of Interest

WHO Director Tedros Ghebreyesus says countries representing 2/3 of the world's population have joined its COVAX vaccine-distribution initiative to deliver 2 billion doses by end 2021

Head of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Events in 2020

Famous Deaths

Arthur Ashkin, American scientist (Nobel Prize for Physics 2018 Optical Tweezers), dies at 98 [1]
Bob Nevin, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Stanley Cup 1962, 63; Toronto Maple Leafs; NY Rangers; 1,128 career NHL games), dies at 82
Jackie Stallone (née Labofish);, American astrologer, television personality, and mother of Sylvester Stallone and Frank Stallone, dies at 98
Jacques-Louis Monod, French pianist, conductor, and composer (Cantus Contra Cantum), dies at 93
Jaime Alves, Portuguese soccer midfielder (3 caps; Boavista), dies at 55
Lars-Åke Lagrell, Swedish sports administrator (President Swedish Football Association 1991-2012) and politician (Governor Kronoberg County 2002-06), dies at 80
Michael Lonsdale, French actor (The Day of the Jackal, Moonraker), dies at 89
Robert Freeman Smith, American politician (Rep-R-Oregon), dies at 89
Tommy Devito, American rock baritone vocalist and guitarist (Four Seasons - "Sherry"), dies of COVID-19 at 93