Historical Events In December - 20

1976  On December - 20 richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chicago), dies at 74   

1977  First Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut on December - 20.   

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 this day in history "Dreamgirls" opens on Broadway   

1982  On this day in history artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95   

1983  PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon on December - 20.   

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

1986  White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach NY on December - 20.   

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  On this day in history nBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years   

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

1989  US troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him on this day in history.   

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  On December - 20 pentagon warns Saddam that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15   

1990  Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns on December - 20.   

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  NATO assumes peacekeeping duties in Bosnia on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

2007  On December - 20 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  On this day in history 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   

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1494  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.   

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

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on December - 20.   

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 December - 20 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  On December - 20 death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered   

0217  On December - 20 death of pope Zephyrinus   

0860  On December - 20 death of king Ethelbald of Wessex   

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

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

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

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

1494  On this day in history death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet