Page 6: Historical Events In December - 20

1943  "International" is no longer USSR National Anthem on December - 20.   

1944  On December - 20 battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!)   

1944  Archbishop De Young & bishop Huibers condemn black market on December - 20.   

1944  Abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at 70 on December - 20.   

1945  Rationing of auto tires ends in US on this day in history.   

1945  On December - 20 charles Eady, cricketer (Tasmanian player for Aust 1896-1901), dies   

1946  The birth of Uri Geller, Israeli psychic on December - 20.   

1946  On this day in history darius Milhaud's 2nd Symphony, premieres   

1948  Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia on December - 20.   

1948  On December - 20 c Aubrey Smith, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 85   

1949  On December - 20 maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty & the Beast," premieres   

1950  On December - 20 "Harvey," starring James Stewart, premieres in NY   

1952  On this day in history kHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1953  KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting on this day in history.   

1954  Emilis Melngailis, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1955  Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom on December - 20.   

1956  On December - 20 military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra   

1957  On December - 20 the birth of Bo Derek, American actress   

1957  On this day in history elvis Presley given draft notice to join US Army for National Service   

1959  On this day in history jasu Patel takes 9-69, India v Australia at Kanpur   

1960  Auschwitz-commandant Richard Bar arrested in German FR on December - 20.   

1961  Moss Heart, US dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1962  The Osmond brothers debut on the Andy Williams Show on December - 20.   

1962  D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow on December - 20.   

1962  On December - 20 erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68   

1963  Berlin Wall opens for first time to West Berliners on this day in history.   

1963  Paul Constantinescu, composer, dies at 54 on December - 20.   

1965  Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist, dies at 73 on December - 20.   

1968  On this day in history bax Brod, composer, dies at 84   

1971  Roy O Disney, Brother of Walt, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 78 on this day in history.   

1973  Bobby Darin, singer (Mack the Knife), dies of heart failure at 37 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history andre Jolivet, French composer (L'eunuque), dies at 69   

1975  Vincent Lopez, orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76 on December - 20.   

1976  On this day in history israel's PM Yitzhak Rabin resigns   

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

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

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

0217  On December - 20 death of pope Zephyrinus   

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

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on this day in history.   

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

1073  On December - 20 domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies   

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

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on December - 20.