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| + | '''[[December 20]]''' is the 354th day of the year (355th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian calendar]]. There are 11 days remaining. | ||
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| + | ==Events== | ||
| + | *[[1522]] - [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] accepts the surrender of the surviving [[Knights of Rhodes]], who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually re-settle on [[Malta]] and become known as the [[Knights of Malta]]. | ||
| + | *[[1803]] - [[Louisiana Purchase]] completed | ||
| + | *[[1860]] - [[South Carolina]] becomes first state to secede from the [[United States]] | ||
| + | *[[1915]] - Last [[Australia]]n troops evacuated from [[Gallipoli]] | ||
| + | *[[1917]] - [[Cheka]], first [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] secret police, founded | ||
| + | *[[1952]] - [[United States Air Force]] C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, [[Washington]] killing 87 | ||
| + | *[[1960]] - [[Viet Cong|National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam]] is formed | ||
| + | *[[1984]] - The [[Summit tunnel fire]] is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million litres of petrol derails near the town of [[Todmorden]] in the [[Pennines]] | ||
| + | *[[1988]] - The [[United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances]] is signed at [[Vienna]]. | ||
| + | *[[1989]] - [[Operation Just Cause]]: United States sends troops into [[Panama]] to overthrow government of [[Manuel Noriega]] | ||
| + | *[[1995]] - [[NATO]] begins peacekeeping in [[Bosnia]] | ||
| + | *[[1995]] - An [[American Airlines]] [[American Airlines Flight 965|Flight 965]] [[Boeing 757]] crashes into a mountain 50 km north of [[Cali]], [[Colombia]] killing 160 | ||
| + | *[[1999]] - [[Vermont]]'s Supreme Court rules that [[homosexuality|homosexual]] couples are entitled to same benefits and protections as married [[heterosexual]] couples | ||
| + | *[[1999]] - [[Macau]] is handed over to the [[People's Republic of China]] by [[Portugal]]. | ||
| + | *[[2002]] - US Senator [[Trent Lott]] resigns as [[United States Senate Majority Leader|majority leader]]. | ||
| + | *[[2004]] - The [[Miami Dolphins]] upset the defending Super Bowl Champion [[New England Patriots]] in a fourth quarter comeback and scoring two touchdowns in the final 4 minutes of the game to win 29-28. | ||
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| + | ==Births== | ||
| + | *[[1537]] - King [[John III of Sweden]] (d. [[1592]]) | ||
| + | *[[1566]] - [[Edward Wightman]], English Baptist preacher (d. [[1612]]) | ||
| + | *[[1579]] - (baptized) [[John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher]], English playwright (d. [[1625]]) | ||
| + | *[[1626]] - [[Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff]], German statesman (d. [[1692]]) | ||
| + | *[[1629]] - [[Pieter de Hooch]], Dutch painter (d. [[1684]]) | ||
| + | *[[1786]] - [[Pietro Raimondi]], Italian composer (d. [[1853]]) | ||
| + | *[[1792]] - [[Nicolas Charlet]], French painter (d. [[1845]]) | ||
| + | *[[1805]] - [[Thomas Graham (chemist)|Thomas Graham]], Scottish chemist (d. [[1869]]) | ||
| + | *[[1833]] - [[Samuel Mudd]], American physician (d. [[1883]]) | ||
| + | *[[1838]] - [[Edwin Abbott Abbott]], English schoolmaster, theologian, and author (d. [[1926]]) | ||
| + | *[[1841]] - [[Ferdinand Buisson]], French pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1932]]) | ||
| + | *[[1860]] - [[Dan Leno]], English entertainer (d. [[1904]]) | ||
| + | *[[1861]] - [[Ivana Kobilca]], Slovenian painter (d. [[1926]]) | ||
| + | *[[1868]] - [[Harvey Firestone]], American automobile pioneer (d. [[1938]]) | ||
| + | *[[1881]] - [[Branch Rickey]], baseball executive (d. [[1965]]) | ||
| + | *[[1886]] - [[Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman]], American tennis player (d. [[1974]]) | ||
| + | *[[1890]] - [[Yvonne Arnaud]], French-born actress (d. [[1958]]) | ||
| + | * 1890 - [[Jaroslav Heyrovský]], Czech chemist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (d.[[1967]]) | ||
| + | *[[1894]] - Sir [[Robert Menzies]], twelfth [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. [[1978]]) | ||
| + | *[[1898]] - [[Irene Dunne]], American actress (d. [[1990]]) | ||
| + | *[[1901]] - [[Robert Van de Graaff]], American physicist and inventor (d. [[1967]]) | ||
| + | *[[1902]] - [[Sidney Hook]], American philosopher (d. [[1989]]) | ||
| + | * 1902 - [[George Edward Alexander Windsor]], Duke of Kent (d. [[1942]]) | ||
| + | *[[1917]] - [[David Bohm]], American-born physicist, philosopher and neuropsychologist (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| + | *[[1922]] - [[George Roy Hill]], American film director (d. [[2002]]) | ||
| + | *[[1926]] - Sir [[Geoffrey Howe]], British politician | ||
| + | * 1926 - [[Otto Graf Lambsdorff]], German politician | ||
| + | *[[1927]] - [[Kim Young-sam]], [[President of South Korea]] | ||
| + | *[[1933]] - [[Jean Carnahan]], U.S. Senator | ||
| + | *[[1942]] - [[Bob Hayes]], American football player (d. [[2002]]) | ||
| + | *[[1946]] - [[Dick Wolf]], American television series creator | ||
| + | *[[1946]] - [[Uri Geller]], Israeli psychic | ||
| + | *[[1949]] - [[Soumaïla Cissé]], Malian politician | ||
| + | *[[1952]] - [[Jenny Agutter]], English actress | ||
| + | *[[1954]] - [[Michael Badalucco]], American actor | ||
| + | *[[1957]] - [[Anna Vissi]], Greek singer | ||
| + | *[[1957]] - [[Billy Bragg]], English singer and songwriter | ||
| + | * 1957 - [[Mike Watt]], American bassist | ||
| + | * 1957 - [[Joyce Hyser]], American actress | ||
| + | *[[1960]] - [[Nalo Hopkinson]], Canadian writer | ||
| + | *[[1965]] - [[Rich Gannon]], American football player | ||
| + | *[[1970]] - [[Massimo Ellul]], Maltese entrepreneur and philanthropist | ||
| + | *[[1970]] - [[Nicole DeBoer]], Canadian actress | ||
| + | *[[1980]] - [[Ashley Cole]], English footballer | ||
| + | *[[1990]] - [[JoJo]], American singer | ||
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| + | ==Deaths== | ||
| + | *[[217]] - [[Pope Zephyrinus]] | ||
| + | *[[860]] - King [[Ethelbald of Wessex]] | ||
| + | *[[910]] - [[Alfonso III of Leon]] | ||
| + | *[[1022]] - [[Elvira Menéndez]], queen of [[Alfonso V of Castile]] (b. [[996]]) | ||
| + | *[[1494]] - [[Matteo Maria Boiardo]], Italian poet | ||
| + | *[[1524]] - [[Thomas Linacre]], English scholar and physician | ||
| + | *[[1539]] - [[Johannes Lupi]], Flemish composer | ||
| + | *[[1590]] - [[Ambroise Paré]], French physician (b. [[1510]]) | ||
| + | *[[1722]] - [[Kangxi Emperor]] of China (b. [[1654]]) | ||
| + | *[[1740]] - [[Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon]], English military officer and statesman (b. [[1675]]) | ||
| + | *[[1768]] - [[Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni]], Italian poet (b. [[1692]]) | ||
| + | *[[1812]] - [[Sacagawea]], Shoshone guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition | ||
| + | *[[1929]] - [[Émile Loubet]], 7th [[President of France]] (b.[[1838]]) | ||
| + | *[[1937]] - [[Erich Ludendorff]], German general (b. [[1865]]) | ||
| + | *[[1941]] - [[Igor Severyanin]], Russian poet (b. [[1887]]) | ||
| + | *[[1943]] - [[Sergei Tretyakov]], Russian writer (b. [[1894]]) | ||
| + | *[[1954]] - [[James Hilton]], American author (b. [[1900]]) | ||
| + | *[[1961]] - [[Moss Hart]], American author (b. [[1904]]) | ||
| + | * 1961 - [[Earle Page]], eleventh [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1880]]) | ||
| + | *[[1968]] - [[John Steinbeck]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1902]]) | ||
| + | *[[1973]] - [[Luis Carrero Blanco]], [[Prime Minister of Spain]] (assassinated) (b. [[1903]]) | ||
| + | * 1973 - [[Bobby Darin]], American singer (b. [[1936]]) | ||
| + | *[[1974]] - [[André Jolivet]], French composer (b. [[1905]]) | ||
| + | *[[1976]] - [[Richard J. Daley]], Mayor of Chicago (b. [[1902]]) | ||
| + | *[[1982]] - [[Arthur Rubinstein]], Polish-born pianist (b. [[1887]]) | ||
| + | *[[1984]] - [[Gonzalo Márquez]], Venezuelan [[Major League Baseball]] player (b. [[1946]]) | ||
| + | *[[1989]] - [[Kurt Böhme]], German bass (b. [[1908]]) | ||
| + | *[[1994]] - [[Dean Rusk]], [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. [[1909]]) | ||
| + | *[[1996]] - [[Carl Sagan]], American astronomer and writer (b. [[1934]]) | ||
| + | *[[1997]] - [[Denise Levertov]], English-born poet (b. [[1923]]) | ||
| + | *[[1997]] - [[Juzo Itami]], Japanese actor and director (b. [[1933]]) | ||
| + | *[[1998]] - [[Irene Hervey]], American actress (b. [[1910]]) | ||
| + | *[[1999]] - [[Hank Snow]], Canadian singer (b. [[1914]]) | ||
| + | *[[2000]] - [[Mirza Ghulam Hafiz]], Indian statesman, politician, and philanthropist (b. [[1920]]) | ||
| + | *[[2001]] - [[Foster Brooks]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1912]]) | ||
| + | *2001 - [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]], first [[President of Senegal]] (b. [[1906]]) | ||
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| + | == External links == | ||
| + | * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/20 BBC: On This Day] | ||
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| + | [[December 19]] - [[December 21]] - [[November 20]] - [[January 20]] -- [[historical anniversaries|listing of all days]] | ||
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==ASK Query== | ==ASK Query== | ||
| − | Listing of Deaths on December 20: | + | Listing of Deaths on December 20, tagged in Centiare: |
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Revision as of 20:02, 8 January 2007
December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days remaining.
Events
- 1522 - Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually re-settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
- 1803 - Louisiana Purchase completed
- 1860 - South Carolina becomes first state to secede from the United States
- 1915 - Last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli
- 1917 - Cheka, first Soviet secret police, founded
- 1952 - United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87
- 1960 - National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed
- 1984 - The Summit tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million litres of petrol derails near the town of Todmorden in the Pennines
- 1988 - The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
- 1989 - Operation Just Cause: United States sends troops into Panama to overthrow government of Manuel Noriega
- 1995 - NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia
- 1995 - An American Airlines Flight 965 Boeing 757 crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 160
- 1999 - Vermont's Supreme Court rules that homosexual couples are entitled to same benefits and protections as married heterosexual couples
- 1999 - Macau is handed over to the People's Republic of China by Portugal.
- 2002 - US Senator Trent Lott resigns as majority leader.
- 2004 - The Miami Dolphins upset the defending Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots in a fourth quarter comeback and scoring two touchdowns in the final 4 minutes of the game to win 29-28.
Births
- 1537 - King John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
- 1566 - Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)
- 1579 - (baptized) John Fletcher, English playwright (d. 1625)
- 1626 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)
- 1629 - Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (d. 1684)
- 1786 - Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (d. 1853)
- 1792 - Nicolas Charlet, French painter (d. 1845)
- 1805 - Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist (d. 1869)
- 1833 - Samuel Mudd, American physician (d. 1883)
- 1838 - Edwin Abbott Abbott, English schoolmaster, theologian, and author (d. 1926)
- 1841 - Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932)
- 1860 - Dan Leno, English entertainer (d. 1904)
- 1861 - Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (d. 1926)
- 1868 - Harvey Firestone, American automobile pioneer (d. 1938)
- 1881 - Branch Rickey, baseball executive (d. 1965)
- 1886 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player (d. 1974)
- 1890 - Yvonne Arnaud, French-born actress (d. 1958)
- 1890 - Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1967)
- 1894 - Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1978)
- 1898 - Irene Dunne, American actress (d. 1990)
- 1901 - Robert Van de Graaff, American physicist and inventor (d. 1967)
- 1902 - Sidney Hook, American philosopher (d. 1989)
- 1902 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
- 1917 - David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher and neuropsychologist (d. 1992)
- 1922 - George Roy Hill, American film director (d. 2002)
- 1926 - Sir Geoffrey Howe, British politician
- 1926 - Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician
- 1927 - Kim Young-sam, President of South Korea
- 1933 - Jean Carnahan, U.S. Senator
- 1942 - Bob Hayes, American football player (d. 2002)
- 1946 - Dick Wolf, American television series creator
- 1946 - Uri Geller, Israeli psychic
- 1949 - Soumaïla Cissé, Malian politician
- 1952 - Jenny Agutter, English actress
- 1954 - Michael Badalucco, American actor
- 1957 - Anna Vissi, Greek singer
- 1957 - Billy Bragg, English singer and songwriter
- 1957 - Mike Watt, American bassist
- 1957 - Joyce Hyser, American actress
- 1960 - Nalo Hopkinson, Canadian writer
- 1965 - Rich Gannon, American football player
- 1970 - Massimo Ellul, Maltese entrepreneur and philanthropist
- 1970 - Nicole DeBoer, Canadian actress
- 1980 - Ashley Cole, English footballer
- 1990 - JoJo, American singer
Deaths
- 217 - Pope Zephyrinus
- 860 - King Ethelbald of Wessex
- 910 - Alfonso III of Leon
- 1022 - Elvira Menéndez, queen of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)
- 1494 - Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet
- 1524 - Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician
- 1539 - Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer
- 1590 - Ambroise Paré, French physician (b. 1510)
- 1722 - Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)
- 1740 - Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675)
- 1768 - Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692)
- 1812 - Sacagawea, Shoshone guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- 1929 - Émile Loubet, 7th President of France (b.1838)
- 1937 - Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)
- 1941 - Igor Severyanin, Russian poet (b. 1887)
- 1943 - Sergei Tretyakov, Russian writer (b. 1894)
- 1954 - James Hilton, American author (b. 1900)
- 1961 - Moss Hart, American author (b. 1904)
- 1961 - Earle Page, eleventh Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
- 1968 - John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
- 1973 - Luis Carrero Blanco, Prime Minister of Spain (assassinated) (b. 1903)
- 1973 - Bobby Darin, American singer (b. 1936)
- 1974 - André Jolivet, French composer (b. 1905)
- 1976 - Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1902)
- 1982 - Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-born pianist (b. 1887)
- 1984 - Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (b. 1946)
- 1989 - Kurt Böhme, German bass (b. 1908)
- 1994 - Dean Rusk, United States Secretary of State (b. 1909)
- 1996 - Carl Sagan, American astronomer and writer (b. 1934)
- 1997 - Denise Levertov, English-born poet (b. 1923)
- 1997 - Juzo Itami, Japanese actor and director (b. 1933)
- 1998 - Irene Hervey, American actress (b. 1910)
- 1999 - Hank Snow, Canadian singer (b. 1914)
- 2000 - Mirza Ghulam Hafiz, Indian statesman, politician, and philanthropist (b. 1920)
- 2001 - Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (b. 1912)
- 2001 - Léopold Sédar Senghor, first President of Senegal (b. 1906)
External links
December 19 - December 21 - November 20 - January 20 -- listing of all days
ASK Query
Listing of Deaths on December 20, tagged in Centiare:
