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2020

Chinese professor Zhang Yongzhen publishes the SARS-CoV-2 genome map, enabling the identification of COVID-19.

Iran withdraws from the 2015 nuclear deal, which limited the production of enriched uranium.

Singer Prince makes his stage debut at the Capri Theatre in Minneapolis.

Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen’s debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J..

U.S. President Richard Nixon orders work to begin on the space shuttle program.

The soap opera “All My Children” airs for the first time on ABC.

The children’s television show “Bozo the Clown” airs for the first time.

FM radio is broadcast for the first time in the United States.

Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay begins.

The Montreal Canadian Athletic Club plays its very first hockey game. The club is composed entirely of French speakers.

It happened on… January 5