Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In December - 20
Saturday, 29 March 2025
1976 Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chicago), dies at 74 on this day in history. 
1977 First Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut on this day in history.
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 "Dreamgirls" opens on Broadway on December - 20.
1982 On December - 20 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 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in the Yale library on this day in history.
1986 On December - 20 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 December - 20.
1988 Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London on this day in history.
1988 NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49
1989 US troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him on December - 20.
1989 On December - 20 audrey Christie, actress (Splendor in the Grass), dies at 77
1990 On December - 20 eduard Shevardnadze resigns as Soviet foreign minister
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 this day in history andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies
1993 On December - 20 moses Gunn, actor (Shaft), dies at 64
1994 Dean Rusk, US Sect of State (1961-69), dies at 85 on this day in history.
1995 On December - 20 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 On December - 20 dawn Steel, film maker (When Harry Met Sally), dies at 51
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 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 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 December - 20.
2017 On December - 20 european Commission triggers first step of its article 7 procedure issuing Poland with formal warning of risk to voting rights