2020 in the Czech Republic
Events in the year 2020 in the Czech Republic.
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Incumbents
Events
- Planned: the 2020 Czech regional elections will be held in 13 regions.
- 8 August 2020 - A fire incident in an apartment in Bohumin killed at least 11 people and further leaving 10 others injured.[1][2]
Deaths
- 9 January –
- Ivan Passer, film director and screenwriter (b. 1933).[3]
- Karel Saitl, weightlifter (b. 1924).[4]
- 14 January – Naděžda Kniplová, operatic soprano (b. 1932).[5]
- 15 January – Bruno Nettl, Czech-born American ethnomusicologist and musicologist (b. 1930).[6]
- 18 January – Petr Pokorný, Protestant theologian (b. 1933).[7]
- 20 January – Jaroslav Kubera, politician, President of the Senate (b. 1947).
- 27 July – Jan Skopeček, actor and playwright (b. 1925).[8]
- 3 August – Hana Krampolová, actress (b. 1961).[9]
- 4 August – Irena Sedlecká, sculptor (b. 1928).[10]
References
- "Eleven die in fire in Czech Republic tower block". BBC News. 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- "Multiple residents killed in Czech Republic apartment fire". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- "Ivan Passer, Director of 'Cutter's Way,' Dies at 86". variety.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Karel Saitl (Czechia), 1924-2020". chidlovski.livejournal.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Zemřela světově uznávaná sopranistka Naděžda Kniplová". ceskenoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Remembering Bruno Nettl". music.illinois.edu. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Zemřel profesor Nového zákona Petr Pokorný". christnet.eu (in Czech). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Zemřel herec Jan Skopeček". novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- "Zemřela manželka Jiřího Krampola, měla dlouhodobé zdravotní problémy". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- "V Londýně zemřela česká sochařka Irena Sedlecká". novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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