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Saturday, 03 January 2026
1976 Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chicago), dies at 74 on this day in history. 
1977 On December - 20 first Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut
1978 On December - 20 h.R. Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail
1980 USSR formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin on December - 20.
1981 On December - 20 "Dreamgirls" opens on Broadway
1982 On this day in history artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95
1983 On December - 20 pLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon
1984 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in the Yale library on this day in history.
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)
1988 On December - 20 animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London
1988 NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49
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 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 On December - 20 andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies
1993 Moses Gunn, actor (Shaft), dies at 64 on this day in history.
1994 On this day in history 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 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 December - 20.
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 December - 20 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 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 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 On December - 20 apple is denied a patent for mobile pinch-to-zoom gestures by the US patent authorities
2017 On this day in history lady Gaga signs Las Vegas residency deal for $75m at MGM Park Theatre
2017 On December - 20 uS House and Senate pass $1.5 trillion tax bill, the biggest tax overhaul for decades
2017 On December - 20 european Commission triggers first step of its article 7 procedure issuing Poland with formal warning of risk to voting rights
