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What happend on 20. December in History
In our data base we found 306 events happened on 20. December:
• 69: Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. [category: Events]
• 217: Pope Zephyrinus [category: Deaths]
• 217: The papacy of Zephyrinus ends. Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth pope, but is opposed by the theologian Hippolytus who accuses him of laxity and of being a Modalist, one who denies any distinction between the three persons of the Trinity. [category: Events]
• 860: Æthelbald of Wessex (b. 834) [category: Deaths]
• 1022: Elvira Mendes, Portuguese wife of Alfonso V of León (b. 996) [category: Deaths]
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• 1192: Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the Third Crusade. [category: Events]
• 1355: Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (b. 1308) [category: Deaths]
• 1494: Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) [category: Births]
• 1494: Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet (b. 1434) [category: Deaths]
• 1522: Siege of Rhodes: Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta. [category: Events]
• 1524: Thomas Linacre, English physician and scholar (b. 1460) [category: Deaths]
• 1537: John III of Sweden (d. 1592) [category: Births]
• 1539: Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer (b. 1506) [category: Deaths]
• 1590: Ambroise Paré, French physician (b. 1510) [category: Deaths]
• 1606: The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. [category: Events]
• 1626: Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German politician (d. 1692) [category: Births]
• 1629: Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (d. 1684) [category: Births]
• 1717: Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French politician and diplomat (d. 1787) [category: Births]
• 1722: Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654) [category: Deaths]
• 1723: Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (b. 1652) [category: Deaths]
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• 1740: Arthur Lee, American diplomat (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1740: Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and politician (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
• 1765: Louis, Dauphin of France (b. 1729) [category: Deaths]
• 1768: Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692) [category: Deaths]
• 1783: Antonio Soler, Spanish composer (b. 1729) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1792: Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter (d. 1845) [category: Births]
• 1803: The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans, Louisiana. [category: Events]
• 1808: Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins. [category: Events]
• 1812: Sacagawea, American member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (b. 1788) [category: Deaths]
• 1833: Samuel Mudd, American physician (d. 1883) [category: Births]
• 1838: Edwin Abbott Abbott, English educator, theologian, and author (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1841: Ferdinand Buisson, French politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1856: Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1860: Dan Leno, English actor (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1860: South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States. [category: Events]
• 1861: Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1862: Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1868: Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1869: Charley Grapewin, American actor (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1873: Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1874: Frederick Steep, Canadian soccer player (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1880: Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American soldier (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1886: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1888: Fred Merkle, American baseball player (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1888: Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1890: Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1890: Yvonne Arnaud, French-English actress and singer (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1894: Robert Menzies, Australian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1898: Irene Dunne, American actress (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1898: Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1901: Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist, invented the Van de Graaff generator (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1902: Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1902: Sidney Hook, American author (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1904: Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1904: Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian philosopher (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1905: Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1907: Paul Francis Webster, American songwriter (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1908: Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1909: Vakkom Majeed, Indian politician (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1911: Hortense Calisher, American author (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1914: Harry F. Byrd, Jr., American politician [category: Births]
• 1915: Aziz Nesin, Turkish author (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1915: Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli. [category: Events]
• 1916: Michel Chartrand, Canadian union leader (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1916: Louis de Champsavin, French horse rider (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: David Bohm, American-English physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1917: Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded. [category: Events]
• 1918: Audrey Totter, American actress [category: Births]
• 1918: Jean Marchand, Canadian trade unionist and politician (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1920: Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter [category: Births]
• 1922: George Roy Hill, American director (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1924: Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician, author, and broadcaster (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1924: Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison [category: Events]
• 1925: Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1926: Geoffrey Howe, Welsh politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [category: Births]
• 1926: Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1927: Charlie Callas, American actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1927: Kim Young-sam, South Korean politician, 7th President of South Korea [category: Births]
• 1927: Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Émile Loubet, French politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Mala Powers, American actress (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1931: Terry Sanders, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1932: John Hillerman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1932: Leslie Adams, American composer and educator [category: Births]
• 1933: Jean Carnahan, American politician [category: Births]
• 1933: Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1935: Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1935: Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian soldier (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: John Harbison, American composer [category: Births]
• 1938: Annie Armstrong, American missionary (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Matilda Howell, American archer (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Pat Chapman, English author, founder The Curry Club [category: Births]
• 1941: Tommy Cole, American actor, singer, and makeup artist [category: Births]
• 1941: Igor Severyanin, Russian poet (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China. [category: Events]
• 1942: Jean-Claude Trichet, French banker and economist [category: Births]
• 1942: Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: the Japanese bomb Calcutta. [category: Events]
• 1944: Bobby Colomby, American drummer (Blood, Sweat & Tears) [category: Births]
• 1944: Jean Fergusson, English actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Kiss, Wicked Lester, and Chelsea) [category: Births]
• 1945: Sivakant Tiwari, Singaporean lawyer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1946: Dick Wolf, American director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1946: John Spencer, American actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1946: Lesley Judd, English dancer and television host [category: Births]
• 1946: Lloyd Mumphord, American football player [category: Births]
• 1946: Sonny Perdue, American politician, 81st Governor of Georgia [category: Births]
• 1946: Uri Geller, Israeli psychic [category: Births]
• 1946: The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York, New York. [category: Events]
• 1947: Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer-songwriter and journalist [category: Births]
• 1948: Alan Parsons, English keyboard player and producer (The Alan Parsons Project) [category: Births]
• 1948: Stevie Wright, English-Australian singer-songwriter (The Easybeats) [category: Births]
• 1949: Cecil Cooper, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1949: Leigh Hamilton, New Zealand-American actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1949: Oscar Gamble, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1949: Soumaïla Cissé, Malian politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Arturo Márquez, Mexican composer [category: Births]
• 1951: Gilbert Montagné, French singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1951: Peter May, Scottish author and scriptwriter [category: Births]
• 1951: The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs. [category: Events]
• 1952: Jenny Agutter, English actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Sky Gilbert, Canadian drag queen performer, actor, and author [category: Births]
• 1952: A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87. [category: Events]
• 1954: Michael Badalucco, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Sandra Cisneros, American author [category: Births]
• 1954: James Hilton, English author (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: David Breashears, American mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1955: Ed Kuepper, German-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Saints, Laughing Clowns, and The Apartments) [category: Births]
• 1955: Rory Markas, American sportscaster (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1955: Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1956: Blanche Baker, American actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Guy Babylon, American keyboardist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1956: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania [category: Births]
• 1956: Ramón Carrillo, Argentine neuroscientist (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Anna Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actress (Epikouri) [category: Births]
• 1957: Billy Bragg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1957: Joyce Hyser, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Mike Watt, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Banyan, Minutemen, Dos, The Stooges, and Firehose) [category: Births]
• 1957: Stephen Bicknell, English organ builder (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1958: James Thomson, American biologist [category: Births]
• 1959: Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland [category: Births]
• 1959: Trent Tucker, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Unknown attackers murder the Walker family in Osprey, Florida. [category: Events]
• 1960: Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director [category: Births]
• 1960: Nalo Hopkinson, Canadian author [category: Births]
• 1960: The National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed. [category: Events]
• 1961: Freddie Spencer, American twice Grand Prix Motorcycle World Champion (1983 & 1985) [category: Births]
• 1961: Mike Keneally, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dethklok) [category: Births]
• 1961: Mohammad Fouad, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Earle Page, Australian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Moss Hart, American playwright (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo [category: Births]
• 1963: Iqbal Theba, Pakistani actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Joel Gretsch, American actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Mark Coleman, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1965: Jim Carr, American educator [category: Births]
• 1965: Rich Gannon, American football player [category: Births]
• 1965: Robert Cavanah, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Chris Robinson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Black Crowes, Phil Lesh and Friends, and Chris Robinson Brotherhood) [category: Births]
• 1966: Matt Neal, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1968: Joe Cornish, English comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Karl Wendlinger, Austrian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1968: John Steinbeck, American author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California. [category: Events]
• 1969: Bobby Phills, American basketball player (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1970: Alister McRae, Scottish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1970: Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
• 1970: Jörg Schmidt, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Nicole de Boer, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Roger J. Beaujard, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Mortician) [category: Births]
• 1971: Roy O. Disney, American bussnessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto takes over as the fourth President of Pakistan. [category: Events]
• 1972: Anders Odden, Norwegian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Cadaver, Magenta, Satyricon, Celtic Frost, Apoptygma Berzerk, and Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult) [category: Births]
• 1973: Cory Stillman, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: David Nedohin, Canadian curler [category: Births]
• 1973: Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid. [category: Events]
• 1974: Die, Japanese guitarist (Dir En Grey) [category: Births]
• 1974: André Jolivet, French composer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Jaydy Michel, Mexican model [category: Births]
• 1976: Adam Powell, Welsh game designer and businessman, co-founded Meteor Games [category: Births]
• 1976: Aubrey Huff, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Jang Hyuk, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Nenad Vučković, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Ramon Stoppelenburg, Dutch author [category: Births]
• 1976: Richard J. Daley, American politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1978: Andrei Markov, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: David DeJesus, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: George Lamb, English radio and television host [category: Births]
• 1979: Michael Rogers, Australian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1979: Ramón Rodríguez, Puerto Rican American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Anthony da Silva, French-Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Ashley Cole, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Fitz Hall, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Israel Castro, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Martín Demichelis, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: James Shields, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Roy Williams, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Royal Ivey, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: David Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Axium and Midwest Kings) [category: Births]
• 1982: David Wright, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Keny Arkana, French rapper [category: Births]
• 1982: Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1982: Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Adrián Varela, Mexican singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Chelsea Johnson, American pole vaulter [category: Births]
• 1983: Darren Sammy, St. Lucian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1983: Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1983: Lara Stone, Dutch model [category: Births]
• 1983: Lucy Pinder, English model [category: Births]
• 1984: David Tavaré, Spanish singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: The Summit Tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England in the Pennines. [category: Events]
• 1986: Anoop Desai, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1986: Benjamin Brierley, English-German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1986: Joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Tariel Zintiridis, Greek martial artist [category: Births]
• 1987: In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official). [category: Events]
• 1988: Andrés Bottiglieri Italian–Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian businessman (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is signed in Vienna, Austria. [category: Events]
• 1989: Allan Hyde Danish actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: United States invasion of Panama: The United States sends troops into Panama to overthrow government of Manuel Noriega. This is also the first combat use of purpose-designed stealth aircraft. [category: Events]
• 1990: JoJo, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Hunter Gomez, American actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Sam Rabin, English wrestler, sculptor and singer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Simone Beck, French chef (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina. [category: Events]
• 1992: Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1994: Dean Rusk, American diplomat, 54th United States Secretary of State (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 160. [category: Events]
• 1995: NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia. [category: Events]
• 1996: Carl Sagan, American astronomer and author (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X. [category: Events]
• 1997: Dawn Steel, American film producer (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Denise Levertov, English-American poet (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Jūzō Itami, Japanese actor and director (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: C. P. Lyons, Canadian historian and author (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Irene Hervey, American actress (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Hank Snow, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Riccardo Freda, Italian director (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Macau is handed over to China by Portugal. [category: Events]
• 2000: Mirza Ghulam Hafiz, Bangladeshi politician and philanthropist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese politician, 1st President of Senegal (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Bernard King, Australian actor and chef (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history. [category: Events]
• 2005: Maniam Moorthy, Malaysian mountaineer [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Aleksandër Moisiu University was founded in Durrës, Albania. [category: Events]
• 2005: US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District. [category: Events]
• 2006: Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Piergiorgio Welby, Italian poet and activist (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Shi Yuejun, Chinese spree killer (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Nataline Sarkisyan, American medical patient (b. 1990) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days. [category: Events]
• 2007: The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Candido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art. [category: Events]
• 2008: Adrian Mitchell, English poet (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Arnold Stang, American actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Brittany Murphy, American actress (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Jack Hixon, English sports scout (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Mairoon Ali, Trinidadian actress (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: James R. Mann, American lawyer and politician (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Steve Landesberg, American actor and comedian (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Barry Reckord, Jamaican playwright (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Albert Renaud, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dennis Stevens, English footballer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eagle Keys, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jimmy McCracklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kamil Sönmez, Turkish singer and actor (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Leslie Claudius, Indian field hockey player (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Niall FitzGerald, Irish footballer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Stan Charlton, English football player and manager (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Victor Merzhanov, Russian pianist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abolition of Slavery Day, also known as Fête des Cafres (Réunion, French Guiana) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bo Aung Kyaw Day (Myanmar) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: December 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dominic of Silos [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest date for Winter solstice's eve (Northern Hemisphere), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Human Solidarity Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (Macau) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: O Clavis [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Yaldā (Iran) [category: Holidays and observances]