What Happened on August 11, 2020

Historical Events

Election of Interest

Belarus's opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya flees the country amid large-scale protests over the country's disputed election results that returned Dictator Alexander Lukashenko to power

Dictator and 1st President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko

COVID-19 Pandemic

President Vladimir Putin in a propaganda stunt announces Russia has become the 1st country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine, called “Sputnik V", despite no scientific data being published or phase 3 trials having even begun

Appointment of Interest

US Democratic candidate for President Joe Biden announces California Senator Kemala Harris is his running mate, the 1st woman of color selected by a major party

2020 History

Famous Deaths

Gordon J. Brand, English golfer (British Open 1986 runner-up), dies at 65
Sumner Redstone, American media mogul (ViacomCBS), dies at 97
Trinidad "Trini" Lopez, American singer and guitarist ("If I Had A Hammer"; "Lemon Tree"), and actor (The Dirty Dozen), dies of COVID-19 at 83