Page 7: Historical Events In December - 20

1976  On this day in history richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chicago), dies at 74   

1977  First Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut on this day in history.   

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

1980  On this day in history uSSR formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin   

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

1982  Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95 on this day in history.   

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

1984  33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in the Yale library on this day in history.   

1986  White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach NY on this day in history.   

1987  Worst peacetime shipping disaster, Dona Paz collides with Vector 1,749 confirmed deaths (probably closer to 3,000) on December - 20.   

1988  On this day in history animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London   

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  On December - 20 audrey Christie, actress (Splendor in the Grass), dies at 77   

1990  Eduard Shevardnadze resigns as Soviet foreign minister on this day in history.   

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

1990  On this day in history soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns   

1991  On December - 20 andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies   

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

1994  Dean Rusk, US Sect of State (1961-69), dies at 85 on December - 20.   

1995  On this day in history nATO assumes peacekeeping duties in Bosnia   

1995  On this day in history john Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer, dies at 90   

1996  On December - 20 amata Kabua, Pres of Marshall Islands (1979-96), dies   

1997  On December - 20 dawn Steel, film maker (When Harry Met Sally), dies at 51   

2005  On December - 20 205 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.   

2006  Somalia: Islamic Courts Union fighters begin attacking the government-held town of Baidoa on December - 20.   

2007  A group of activist Lakota Indians send a letter to the United States State Department declaring their secession from the Union on December - 20.   

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 December - 20.   

2007  On this day in history 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  On December - 20 apple is denied a patent for mobile pinch-to-zoom gestures by the US patent authorities   

2017  Lady Gaga signs Las Vegas residency deal for $75m at MGM Park Theatre on December - 20.   

2017  US House and Senate pass $1.5 trillion tax bill, the biggest tax overhaul for decades on this day in history.   

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   

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1494  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on December - 20.   

1537  On December - 20 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on this day in history.   

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on December - 20.   

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on December - 20.   

0217  On this day in history death of pope Zephyrinus   

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.   

0910  On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies   

1022  Death of Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on this day in history.   

1073  On December - 20 domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies   

1355  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on this day in history.   

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on December - 20.