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April 8, 2020

On April 8, 2020, bernie Sanders ends his presidential campaign, leaving Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee. The year's #1 song was "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd.

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2020 (MMXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2020th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 20th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2020s decade.

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  1. 2020 Bernie Sanders ends his presidential campaign, leaving Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee.

    American politician and activist (born 1941)

    Bernard Sanders is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont, a seat he has held since 2007. S. congressional history, but maintains a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career and sought the party's presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020.

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Rick May Canadian-American voice and theatre actor (1940–2020)
Abdul Momin Imambari Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (1930–2020)

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