Historical Events In December - 20
Friday, 29 March 2024
1976 Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chicago), dies at 74 on this day in history.
1977 First Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut on this day in history.
1978 On this day in history h.R. Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail
1980 On this day in history uSSR formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin
1981 On this day in history "Dreamgirls" opens on Broadway
1982 On this day in history artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95
1983 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon on December - 20.
1984 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in the Yale library on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history white teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach NY
1987 On December - 20 worst peacetime shipping disaster, Dona Paz collides with Vector 1,749 confirmed deaths (probably closer to 3,000)
1988 Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London on this day in history.
1988 NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years on December - 20.
1988 Max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49 on this day in history.
1989 US troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him on December - 20.
1989 Audrey Christie, actress (Splendor in the Grass), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1990 On December - 20 eduard Shevardnadze resigns as Soviet foreign minister
1990 Pentagon warns Saddam that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15 on December - 20.
1990 On December - 20 soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns
1991 On this day in history andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies
1993 Moses Gunn, actor (Shaft), dies at 64 on this day in history.
1994 Dean Rusk, US Sect of State (1961-69), dies at 85 on December - 20.
1995 On December - 20 nATO assumes peacekeeping duties in Bosnia
1995 John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer, dies at 90 on this day in history.
1996 On this day in history amata Kabua, Pres of Marshall Islands (1979-96), dies
1997 Dawn Steel, film maker (When Harry Met Sally), dies at 51 on this day in history.
2005 205 New York City transit strike: New York City's Transport Workers Union Local 10 goes on strike for three days, shutting down all New York City Subway and Bus services on December - 20.
2006 On this day in history somalia: Islamic Courts Union fighters begin attacking the government-held town of Baidoa.
2007 On December - 20 a group of activist Lakota Indians send a letter to the United States State Department declaring their secession from the Union.
2007 An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 ML hits the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, causing one death and significant damage in the town of Gisborne on this day in history.
2007 On December - 20 the painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art, together with O Lavrador de Café [3], by the major Brazilian modernist painter Candido Portinari.
2012 Apple is denied a patent for mobile pinch-to-zoom gestures by the US patent authorities on December - 20.
2017 On this day in history lady Gaga signs Las Vegas residency deal for $75m at MGM Park Theatre
2017 On this day in history uS House and Senate pass $1.5 trillion tax bill, the biggest tax overhaul for decades
2017 On this day in history european Commission triggers first step of its article 7 procedure issuing Poland with formal warning of risk to voting rights