What are the 10 Things That happened for the First Time in 2020

1. Pontiff says he supports same-sex civil societies:

For the first time in his pontificate, Pope Francis showed support for same-sex civil societies. In an interview for the documentary Francesco, which premiered in October at the Rome Film Festival, Francis talked about how gay people have the right to be in a family and described them as children of God. He is the first pontiff to voice support for civil societies.

2. Gold prices top $1900 per ounce:

With traders looking for safer places to invest between the risk of the Covid-19 pandemic, gold prices reached a high in 2020, topping out at more than $1900 per ounce. Other precious metals, such as silver and platinum, have also seen heights in value.

3. Balloons deliver internet in Kenya:

High-altitude, solar-powered balloons were utilized to release internet service to Kenya, a first for Africa. . A subsidiary of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, started 35 balloons in July to provide a 4G LTE network over most of the middle and western parts of the country.

4. Dinosaur bone cancer detected:

At the Royal Ontario Museum and McMaster University, scientists identified osteosarcoma with malignant bone cancer (Centrosaurus apertus), a herbivorous horned dinosaur that existed about 76 million years ago. This is the first recognition of fatal cancer in dinosaurs.

5. The black cameraman shoots Vanity Fair’s cover:

According to its editor, Dario Calmes, who took pictures of actor Viola Davis for the July – August cover of the Vanyo Fair, became the first black cameraman to shoot a cover in the magazine's history.This decision gave created controversies.

6. Hajj pilgrimage stopped for the first time:

In June, Saudi Arabia announced that travelers from outside the country would be banned from traveling to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam's most divine site, which could be the first in known records that the Hajj was completely canceled. Although war, difficult travel conditions, and previous disasters have affected Hajj, it was the first time travel was banned.

7.German and Israeli fighter jets train commonly in German airspace:

In August, Germany and Israel operated joint military exercises on German soil for the first time, an event indicating a tie between two countries that share a difficult and disturbing history. The operations came at an important time for Germany’s military, trying to improve and deal with concerns that far-right extremists.

8. Police in Hong Kong make first arrests under the contentious new decisions:

After a contentious new protection law went into effect in Hong Kong on June 30, the local police made the first arrests at the time. Experts say the law will weaken the territory’s freedom and give the Chinese government more capability to tighten press restrictions.

9.France’s first transgender mayor takes a job:

The assembly of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes, a village of about 600 citizens, selected the first openly transgender mayor Marie Cau in France in March. Marie Cau ran concerned for ecological sustainability.

10.K-pop band tops the tables in the United States for the first time :

BTS, a South Korean pop band that has been making tweens squeal since 2013, took the No. 1 place on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100 singles standing in September with “Dynamite,” a song is sung in English.