Editing 2020 (section)

=== November ===
*[[November 1]] – [[2020 Moldovan presidential election]]: Former [[Prime Minister of Moldova|Prime Minister]] and [[Ministry of Education, Culture and Research (Moldova)|Minister of Education]] [[Maia Sandu]] is elected as the 6th [[President of Moldova]], becoming the first woman to ever hold the post.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2020/03/19/rule-of-law-problems-undermine-moldovas-economy-imf/ |title=Rule-of-Law Problems Undermine Moldova's Economy: IMF |work=Balkan Insight |date=March 19, 2020 |last=Necșuțu |first=Mădălin}}</ref>
*[[November 3]] – [[November 4|4]]
**[[2020 United States presidential election]]: The election of [[Joe Biden]] as the 46th [[President of the United States]] is called by many news media organizations after remaining vote counts (November 7) come in from key states delayed by an influx of mail-in ballots caused by the pandemic, defeating incumbent President [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-biden-election-results-11-07-20/index.html |title=Joe Biden elected president |work=CNN|date=November 7, 2020 |access-date=November 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54836636 |title=US Election 2020: Joe Biden wins the presidency |work=BBC News|date=November 7, 2020 |access-date=November 7, 2020}}</ref>
**[[2020 United States Senate elections]] take place, ending in an overall success for the Democratic party.<ref>{{cite news|title=Georgia Highlights: Democrats Capture the Senate as Ossoff Defeats Perdue |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/georgia-election-results |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 10, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> 
**The United States formally [[United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement|exits]] the [[Paris Agreement]] on [[climate change]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/11/03/930312701/u-s-officially-leaving-paris-climate-agreement?t=1604493348832 |title=U.S. Officially Leaving Paris Climate Agreement |work=NPR|date=November 3, 2020 |access-date=November 4, 2020}}</ref>
** Beginning of the [[Tigray War]]: [[Ethiopia]] launches an offensive in [[Tigray Region|Tigray]] following an [[Northern Command attacks (Ethiopia)|attack on Ethiopian military bases]] by the [[Tigray People's Liberation Front]].<ref name="dwtimeline">{{cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=Ethiopia: A timeline of the Tigray crisis {{!}} DW {{!}} 17 November 2020|url=https://www.dw.com/en/ethiopia-a-timeline-of-the-tigray-crisis/a-55632181|access-date=December 30, 2020|website=DW.COM|language=en-GB|archive-date=December 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207144929/https://www.dw.com/en/ethiopia-a-timeline-of-the-tigray-crisis/a-55632181|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[November 7]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Eta]] makes landfall in [[Nicaragua]], killing over 100 people in Central America as a category 4.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 7, 2020 |title=Storm Eta death toll rises to 100 after devastating mudslides |website=The Guardian |agency=Reuters |location=Guatemala |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/06/storm-eta-death-toll-rises-as-torrential-rains-trigger-mudslides}}</ref>
*[[November 8]] &ndash; COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 50 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-54867793 |title=Covid-19: Global coronavirus cases pass 50 million |work=BBC News |date=November 8, 2020 |access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref>
*[[November 9]]
**Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign a [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement|ceasefire agreement]], formally ending the war.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 November 2020 |title=Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54882564 |access-date=10 November 2020}}</ref>
**COVID-19 pandemic: The first successful [[Phases of clinical research|phase III trial]] of a [[COVID-19 vaccine]] is announced by drug companies [[Pfizer]] and [[BioNTech]], which is 90% effective according to interim results.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54873105|work=BBC News|title=Covid vaccine: First vaccine offers 90% protection|date=November 9, 2020|access-date=November 9, 2020}}</ref>
*[[November 10]] – [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] releases the first [[Macintosh|Mac computers]] (a new [[MacBook Air (Apple silicon)|MacBook Air]], [[Mac Mini|Mac mini]] and [[MacBook Pro]]) powered by [[Apple silicon]] chips.<ref>{{cite web|title=Apple Events - November 2020|url=https://www.apple.com/apple-events/november-2020/|access-date=July 22, 2021|website=Apple|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[November 11]] – COVID-19 pandemic: The [[Sputnik V]] vaccine is proven to be 92% effective against COVID-19 according to interim results.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ivanova |first1=Polina |title=Russia says its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine is 92% effective |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-idUSKBN27R0ZA |website=Reuters |access-date=November 16, 2020 |date=November 11, 2020}}</ref>
*[[November 12]] &ndash; [[November 13|13]]
**Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse, in response to four lawmakers' disqualification made by the government.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Lawmakers Resign en Masse After 4 Disqualified|url=https://time.com/5910484/hong-kong-disqualifies-lawmakers/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111080716/https://time.com/5910484/hong-kong-disqualifies-lawmakers/|archive-date=November 11, 2020|date=November 12, 2020|website=Times}}</ref>
**[[Typhoon Vamco (2020)|Typhoon Vamco]] makes landfall in [[Vietnam]], after crossing the [[Philippines]] and killing at least 69 people. The storm causes the worst floods in the region since [[Typhoon Ketsana]] in [[2009]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ropero|first=Gillan|date=November 14, 2020|title=Typhoon Ulysses deaths climb to 67: disaster council|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/15/20/typhoon-ulysses-deaths-climb-to-37-disaster-council|access-date=November 15, 2020|website=ABS-CBN News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite PAGASA|date=November 11, 2020|name=Ulysses|intl_name=Vamco|type=swb|no=18|category=TY|url=https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tamss/weather/bulletin_ulysses.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=2020-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108153708/https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tamss/weather/bulletin_ulysses.pdf}} [https://archive.org/download/pagasa-20-25W/PAGASA_20-25W_Ulysses_SWB%2318.pdf Alt URL]</ref>
**[[Western Sahara conflict]]: [[Western Saharan clashes (2020–present)|fighting erupts]] between [[Morocco]] and the [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] when [[Royal Moroccan Armed Forces|Moroccan forces]] launch a military operation to capture the town of [[Guerguerat]], located in a [[United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara|UN-monitored]] buffer zone.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lederer |first=Edith M. |date=13 November 2020 |title=Morocco launches military operation in Western Sahara |url=https://apnews.com/article/mauritania-morocco-armed-forces-blockades-western-sahara-32f10d1e9724668175eede89033fe7cf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114141324/https://apnews.com/article/mauritania-morocco-armed-forces-blockades-western-sahara-32f10d1e9724668175eede89033fe7cf |archive-date=14 November 2020 |access-date= |work=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times 2020">{{cite web |last=Dahir |first=Abdi Latif |date=13 November 2020 |title=Morocco Launches Military Operation in Western Sahara Buffer Zone |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/world/middleeast/morocco-military-operation-western-sahara.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118002603/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/world/middleeast/morocco-military-operation-western-sahara.html |archive-date=18 November 2020 |access-date=17 November 2020 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>
*[[November 15]]
**The [[Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership|Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)]] is signed by 15 [[Asia-Pacific]] countries to form the world's largest free-trade bloc, covering a third of the world's population.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Asia-Pacific countries sign one of the largest free trade deals in history|url=https://www.ft.com/content/2dff91bd-ceeb-4567-9f9f-c50b7876adce |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/2dff91bd-ceeb-4567-9f9f-c50b7876adce |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription|access-date=November 15, 2020|website=The Financial Times|date=November 15, 2020|last1=Harding|first1=Robin|last2=Reed|first2=John}}</ref>
**[[NASA]] and [[SpaceX]] launch the [[SpaceX Crew-1]] mission from [[Kennedy Space Center]] [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A|Launch Complex 39A]] to the [[International Space Station|ISS]], the first operational flight of the [[Crew Dragon]] capsule.<ref>{{cite web|last=Heiney|first=Anna|date=August 14, 2020|title=NASA, SpaceX Targeting October for Next Astronaut Launch|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2020/08/14/nasa-spacex-targeting-october-for-next-astronaut-launch/|access-date=August 14, 2020|work=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
**[[Lewis Hamilton]] wins his seventh [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One World Drivers' Championship]] at the [[2020 Turkish Grand Prix]], equalling the record set by [[Michael Schumacher]] in [[2004 Formula One World Championship|2004]].
*[[November 16]] 
**COVID-19 pandemic: The [[Moderna COVID-19 vaccine]] is proven to be 94.5% effective against COVID-19 based on interim results, including severe illnesses. The vaccine has been cited as being among those that are easier to distribute as no ultra-cold storage is required.<ref>{{cite web |title=Moderna says its vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/moderna-vaccine-effective-covid-19-prevention-13569860 |website=CNA |access-date=November 16, 2020 |date=November 16, 2020}}</ref>
**[[Hurricane Iota]] makes landfall in [[Nicaragua]] as a Category 4 hurricane just two weeks after [[Hurricane Eta]] made landfall, devastating the same areas.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/weather/2020/11/17/hurricane-iota-landfall-update-flash-flooding-rainfall-landslides-storm-surge-high-winds-category-4.cnn|title=Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua as Category 4 major hurricane|website=CNN}}</ref>
*[[November 17]] – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 55 million worldwide, with around a million cases recorded every two days on average.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schirring |first=Lisa |title=US COVID-19 surge triggers flurry of new response steps |url=https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/11/us-covid-19-surge-triggers-flurry-new-response-steps |work=CIDRAP |date=November 17, 2020 |access-date=November 18, 2020}}</ref>
*[[November 18]] &ndash; COVID-19 pandemic: [[Pfizer]] and [[BioNTech]] complete trials on their [[COVID-19 vaccine]], with an overall effectiveness rate of 95% without adverse events.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Maggie |last2=Sealy |first2=Amanda |title=Pfizer and BioNTech say final analysis shows coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective with no safety concerns |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/18/health/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-safety/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=November 18, 2020 |date=November 18, 2020}}</ref>
*[[November 19]]
**The [[Brereton Report]] into [[Australia]]n war crimes during the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]] is released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Key findings of the Brereton report into allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/19/key-findings-of-the-brereton-report-into-allegations-of-australian-war-crimes-in-afghanistan |date=November 19, 2020 |access-date=November 23, 2020 }}</ref>
**''[[Shuggie Bain]]'' by [[Douglas Stuart (writer)|Douglas Stuart]] wins the [[2020 Booker Prize]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/19/douglas-stuart-wins-booker-prize-for-debut-shuggie-bain |title=Douglas Stuart wins Booker prize for debut Shuggie Bain |last=Flood |first=Alison |website=The Guardian |date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=November 30, 2020}}</ref>
**The [[PlayStation 5]] is released worldwide.''<ref>{{Cite web |last1=McWhertor |first1=Michael |last2=Carpenter |first2=Nicole |date=2020-09-16 |title=PlayStation 5 launches Nov. 12 for $499.99 |url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/16/21323105/ps5-price-playstation-5-release-date-pre-orders |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref>''
*[[November 22]] &ndash; The United States withdraws from the [[Treaty on Open Skies]].<ref>{{cite web |title=United States formally withdraws from Open Skies treaty |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/22/united-states-formally-withdraws-from-open-skies-treaty |website=Al-Jazeera |access-date=November 23, 2020 |date=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
*[[November 23]] &ndash; COVID-19 pandemic: [[AstraZeneca]]'s [[AZD1222]] vaccine, developed in collaboration with [[Oxford University]], is shown to be 70% effective in protecting against COVID-19. The efficacy can be raised to 90% if an initial half dose is followed by a full dose a month later, based on interim data.<ref>{{cite web |title=Covid-19: Oxford University vaccine is highly effective |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55040635 |website=BBC News|access-date=November 23, 2020 |date=November 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AZD1222 vaccine met primary efficacy endpoint in preventing COVID-19 |url=https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/astraz/media-centre/press-releases/2020/azd1222hlr.html |website=AstraZeneca|access-date=November 23, 2020 |date=November 23, 2020}}</ref>
*[[November 25]] &ndash; COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 60 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |last=Schirring |first=Lisa |title=Pace of global COVID-19 rise slows, but deaths still climbing |url=https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/11/pace-global-covid-19-rise-slows-deaths-still-climbing |website=CIDRAP |access-date=November 25, 2020 |date=November 26, 2020}}</ref>
*[[November 27]] &ndash; Iran's top nuclear scientist, [[Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi|Mohsen Fakhrizadeh]], is assassinated near [[Tehran]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Iran's top nuclear scientist killed in apparent assassination, state media reports |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/27/middleeast/iran-top-nuclear-scientist-killed-intl/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=November 27, 2020 |date=November 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's top nuclear scientist, assassinated near Tehran |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55105934 |website=BBC News|access-date=November 27, 2020 |date=November 27, 2020}}</ref>
*[[November 28]] &ndash; [[Koshobe massacre]]: [[Boko Haram]] terrorists attack a village in [[Borno State|Borno]], [[Nigeria]], killing 110 people and wounding 6 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Farm workers killed in 'insane' Nigeria attack |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55120638 |website=BBC News|access-date=November 29, 2020 |date=November 29, 2020}}</ref>
* [[November 30]]
**A [[November 2020 lunar eclipse|penumbral lunar eclipse]] occurs; the last of four lunar eclipses in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 30, 2020|title=Lunar eclipse will be visible during the full beaver moon on November 30, 2020|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/29/world/lunar-eclipse-full-beaver-moon-2020-scn-trnd/index.html|author=Strickland, Ashley}}</ref>
**[[Protein folding]], one of the biggest mysteries in biology,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55133972|work=BBC News|title=One of biology's biggest mysteries 'largely solved' by AI|date=November 30, 2020|access-date=November 30, 2020}}</ref> is solved by [[AlphaFold]], an [[artificial intelligence]] algorithm developed by [[DeepMind]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/30/deepmind-ai-cracks-50-year-old-problem-of-biology-research|work=The Guardian|title=DeepMind AI cracks 50-year-old problem of protein folding|date=November 30, 2020|access-date=November 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology|work=DeepMind|title=AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology |date=November 30, 2020|access-date=November 30, 2020}}</ref>
**COVID-19 pandemic: [[Moderna]] files an application for [[Emergency Use Authorization]] in the United States after its vaccine achieved an efficacy of 94.1% from full trials without safety concerns. It also plans to do the same in EU soon.<ref>{{cite news |title=Moderna files for US authorisation, will seek EU nod after study shows Covid-19 vaccine 94.1% effective |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/moderna-to-seek-us-eu-emergency-authorisation-after-covid-19-vaccine-941 |website=The Straits Times |access-date=December 8, 2020 |date=November 30, 2020}}</ref>