Historical Events In December - 20

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

1977  On this day in history 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  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 December - 20.   

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 December - 20 animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London   

1988  On December - 20 nBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years   

1988  On December - 20 max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49   

1989  On December - 20 uS troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him   

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 this day in history 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 December - 20.   

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  John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer, dies at 90 on December - 20.   

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

1997  Dawn Steel, film maker (When Harry Met Sally), dies at 51 on December - 20.   

2005  On this day in history 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 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  Lady Gaga signs Las Vegas residency deal for $75m at MGM Park Theatre on this day in history.   

2017  On December - 20 uS House and Senate pass $1.5 trillion tax bill, the biggest tax overhaul for decades   

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

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1494  On December - 20 birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 20.   

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

1566  On December - 20 birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)   

1579  On December - 20 birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1594  On December - 20 birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

1606  On this day in history birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

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

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

0217  On December - 20 death of pope Zephyrinus   

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

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

1022  On December - 20 death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)   

1073  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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.