Historical Events In December - 20

1976  Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chicago), dies at 74 on December - 20.  

1977  On December - 20 first Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut  

1978  H.R. Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail on December - 20.  

1980  On December - 20 uSSR formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin  

1981  "Dreamgirls" opens on Broadway on this day in history.  

1982  On December - 20 artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95  

1983  PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon on this day in history.  

1984  On December - 20 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in the Yale library  

1986  On December - 20 white teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach NY  

1987  On this day in history worst peacetime shipping disaster, Dona Paz collides with Vector 1,749 confirmed deaths (probably closer to 3,000)  

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1988  Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London on December - 20.  

1988  NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history audrey Christie, actress (Splendor in the Grass), dies at 77  

1990  On this day in history eduard Shevardnadze resigns as Soviet foreign minister  

1990  On this day in history pentagon warns Saddam that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15  

1990  On December - 20 soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns  

1991  Andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies on December - 20.  

1993  On December - 20 moses Gunn, actor (Shaft), dies at 64  

1994  On December - 20 dean Rusk, US Sect of State (1961-69), dies at 85  

1995  On December - 20 nATO assumes peacekeeping duties in Bosnia  

1995  On December - 20 john Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer, dies at 90  

1996  Amata Kabua, Pres of Marshall Islands (1979-96), dies on December - 20.  

1997  On this day in history dawn Steel, film maker (When Harry Met Sally), dies at 51  

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 this day in history.  

2006  On this day in history somalia: Islamic Courts Union fighters begin attacking the government-held town of Baidoa.  

2007  A group of activist Lakota Indians send a letter to the United States State Department declaring their secession from the Union on this day in history.  

2007  On December - 20 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.  

2007  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 on this day in history.  

2012  Apple is denied a patent for mobile pinch-to-zoom gestures by the US patent authorities on this day in history.  

2017  Lady Gaga signs Las Vegas residency deal for $75m at MGM Park Theatre on this day in history.  

2017  US House and Senate pass $1.5 trillion tax bill, the biggest tax overhaul for decades on December - 20.  

2017  On December - 20 european Commission triggers first step of its article 7 procedure issuing Poland with formal warning of risk to voting rights  

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1494  On this day in history birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)  

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.  

1539  On December - 20 birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer  

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.  

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on December - 20.  

1594  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer  

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on December - 20.  

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.  

0069  On this day in history death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered  

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on this day in history.  

0860  On December - 20 death of king Ethelbald of Wessex  

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on December - 20.  

1022  On this day in history death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)  

1073  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on December - 20.  

1355  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on December - 20.  

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on this day in history.