Historical Events In December - 20

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

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

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  "Dreamgirls" opens on Broadway on December - 20.  

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 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)  

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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  On this day in history max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49  

1989  On this day in history uS troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him  

1989  On December - 20 audrey Christie, actress (Splendor in the Grass), dies at 77  

1990  Eduard Shevardnadze resigns as Soviet foreign minister on December - 20.  

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  On this day in history 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  On December - 20 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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1626  On this day in history birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)  

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on this day in history.  

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on December - 20.  

0860  On this day in history death of king Ethelbald of Wessex  

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  On this day in history domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies  

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.