The 2020 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament held from 31 July to 16 August 2020 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. It was originally scheduled to take place from 18 April to 4 May, but qualification and the main rounds were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The event was intended to allow limited live audiences, but apart from the first day and the final it was played behind closed doors. The tournament was organised by the World Snooker Tour, broadcast by the BBC, Eurosport and Matchroom Sport, and sponsored by sports betting company Betfred. It had a total prize fund of £2,395,000, with the winner receiving £500,000. The delayed qualifying rounds took place from 21 to 28 July, involving 128 professional and invited amateur participants. The top 16 reached the main stage of the tournament where they played the top 16 ranked players. Judd Trump, the defending champion, lost in the quarter-final stage to Kyren Wilson. Ronnie O'Sullivan (pictured) won his sixth world title, defeating Wilson 18–8 in the final.

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1848:

The Benty Grange helmet, a boar-crested Anglo-Saxon helmet similar to those mentioned in the contemporary epic poem Beowulf, was discovered in Derbyshire, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benty_Grange_helmet

1921:

Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_Ireland

1963:

Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutiny on racial segregation in the southern United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_campaign

1971:

Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Honecker

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legman: 1. (originally US) A person hired to carrying out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner. 2. (originally US, journalism) A reporter who frequently travels to conduct research, interview witnesses, etc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/legman

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