2020 in the Dominican Republic
Events in the year 2020 in the Dominican Republic .
Incumbents
Events
1 January – New Year's Day , national holiday [ 2]
6 January – Day of Kings (Dia de Reyes), national holiday[ 2]
21 January – Our Lady of High Grace , national holiday[ 3]
26 January – Duarte 's Birthday, national holiday[ 2]
16 February – 2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections : Software problems force the suspension of the elections.[ 4]
27 February – Independence Day , national holiday[ 2] [ 5]
10 April – Good Friday , national holiday[ 2]
12 April - Easter , national holiday[ 2]
1 May - Labour Day , national holiday[ 2]
31 May – Mother's Day [ 2]
11 June – Corpus Christi , national holiday[ 6]
26 July - Father's Day [ 2]
16 August – Restoration Day, national holiday[ 2] [ 7]
24 September - Our Lady of Mercy (Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes), national holiday[ 2]
6 November - Constitution Day, national holiday[ 2]
25 December - Christmas Day, national holiday[ 2]
16 February – 2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections : Software problems force the suspension of the elections.[ 4]
27 February – Independence Day, Dominican Republic[ 5]
28 February – The Dominican Republic refuses to allow a British cruise ship to dock due to fears of COVID-19 .[ 8] [ 9]
1 March – First confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Dominican Republic .[citation needed
16 April – Forty-two people die after drinking adulterated alcohol from three clandestine distilleries in the Dominican Republic.[ 10]
5 July – In the 2020 Dominican Republic general election , Luis Abinader is elected president.[citation needed
31 July – Hurricane Isaias batters the Dominican Republic, killing two.[ 11]
23 August – Tropical Storm Laura , which would later become Hurricane Laura , kills four people, and causes nearly 1.1 million people to lose power.[ 12]
25 August – The Dominican Republic is the only member of the United Nations Security Council to support an effort by the United States to "snap back" sanctions against Iran.[ 13]
31 August – Authorities break up a gang that falsified Spanish passports to facilitate emigration.[ 14]
Deaths
Dámaso García Víctor Víctor 4 January – Puerto Plata , musician (b. 1923).[ 15]
15 February – Tony Fernández , 57, baseball player (b. 1962).[ 16]
24 March – Jenny Polanco , fashion designer (b. 1958); COVID-19.[ 17]
15 April – Dámaso García , 63, baseball player (b. 1957).[ 18]
16 July – Víctor Víctor , singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948); COVID-19.[ 19]
19 December – Carmen Quidiello , 105, playwright and poet, former First Lady (b. 1915).[ 20]
See also
References
^ "Pompeo y el nuevo presidente de República Dominicana dialogaron sobre seguridad regional y la situación en Venezuela" . infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved August 26, 2020 .^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "National Holidays in Dominican Republic in 2020" . Office Holidays . Retrieved August 26, 2020 .^ "Lady of Altagracia in Dominican Republic in 2021" . Office Holidays . Retrieved August 26, 2020 .^ a b Software glitches force Dominican Republic to suspend vote ABC News, 16 Feb 2020^ a b CIA Factbook: Dominican Republic retrieved 16 Feb 2020^ "Corpus Christi in Dominican Republic in 2021" . Office Holidays . Retrieved August 26, 2020 .^ "Restoration Day in Dominican Republic in 2021" . Office Holidays . Retrieved August 26, 2020 .^ Virus fears keep hundreds of cruise passengers at sea AP, 28 Feb 2020^ Cruise ship goes to St. Maarten after coronavirus alarm (in Spanish) AP, 28 Feb 2020^ "Mueren 42 personas por consumir alcohol adulterado en República Dominicana" [42 people die from consuming adulterated alcohol in the Dominican Republic]. El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento (in European Spanish). Retrieved April 24, 2020 .^ Jason Hanna (July 31, 2020). "Hurricane Isaias heads toward Florida after battering Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic as a tropical storm" . CNN . Retrieved August 26, 2020 . ^ "Laura deja muerte y destrucción a su paso por República Dominicana y Haití" . www.msn.com (in Spanish). EFE. Retrieved August 26, 2020 .^ "UN council rejects US demand to 'snap back' Iran sanctions" . www.msn.com . Associated Press. Retrieved August 26, 2020 .^ "Descubren una mafia de tráfico de migrantes entre Rep. Dominicana y España" . www.msn.com (in Spanish). EFE. Aug 31, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020 .^ Jose "Puerto Plata" Cobles ^ Tony Fernandez has died at 57 ^ Jenny Polanco, acclaimed Dominican fashion designer, dies of coronavirus ^ Former Blue Jays 2B Damaso Garcia dies at 63 ^ Muere por coronavirus el popular cantautor dominicano Víctor Víctor (in Spanish) ^ Ha fallecido, a los 105 años, doña Carmen Quidiello viuda Bosch (in Spanish)
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