Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In December - 20
Friday, 19 September 2025
1976 Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chicago), dies at 74 on this day in history. 
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 USSR formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin on December - 20.
1981 "Dreamgirls" opens on Broadway on this day in history.
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 December - 20.
1986 On this day in history white teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach NY
1987 Worst peacetime shipping disaster, Dona Paz collides with Vector 1,749 confirmed deaths (probably closer to 3,000) on this day in history.
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 December - 20.
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 December - 20.
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 this day in history.
1990 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns on this day in history.
1991 Andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies on this day in history.
1993 On this day in history moses Gunn, actor (Shaft), dies at 64
1994 On this day in history dean Rusk, US Sect of State (1961-69), dies at 85
1995 NATO assumes peacekeeping duties in Bosnia on December - 20.
1995 John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer, dies at 90 on this day in history.
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 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 On this day in history a group of activist Lakota Indians send a letter to the United States State Department declaring their secession from the Union.
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 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 Apple is denied a patent for mobile pinch-to-zoom gestures by the US patent authorities on December - 20.
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