Artemis program NASA officially selects SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build its next-generation lunar lander to carry American astronauts to the Moon by 2024.
COVID-19 pandemic in Russia Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin temporarily steps down after being diagnosed with COVID-19; he will be replaced by Andrey Belousov.
2020 United States anti-lockdown protests Armed protesters storm the House chamber of the Michigan State Capitol to demand that Governor Gretchen Whitmer lifts the stay-at-home order.
COVID-19 pandemic Tajikistan reports its first confirmed cases of COVID-19. Five people have tested positive for the virus in the capital Dushanbe, and 10 others in the northern Sughd Region, according to the state-run news agency Khovar.
Tornadoes of 2020 The 2020 tornado season in the United States is named the deadliest tornado season since 2011, particularly due to the outbreaks on March 2–3 and Easter Sunday.
Syria Syrian businessman and Syriatel owner Rami Makhlouf makes an "unprecedented" public appeal to his cousin, President Bashar al-Assad, on Facebook, saying a "cadre of officials" are seeking to seize his assets. Makhlouf, who was a part of President al-Assad's inner circle, says he will pay the President himself but not the state.
Texas A Texas man opens fire with an AK-47 style rifle at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., in a suspected hate crime. No one is injured, and the shooter is arrested and charged.