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Events on the 20th of December in history

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20 Dec 2069 Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor.
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20 Dec 0069 General Vespasianus occupies Rome
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20 Dec 0217 The papacy of Zephyrinus ends. Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth pope, but is opposed by the theologian Hippolytus who accuses him of laxity and of being a Modalist, one who denies any distinction between the three persons of the Trinity.
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20 Dec 1046 Benedictus IX and Silvester III and names Bishop Siutger, Pope Clemens II
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20 Dec 1046 Synod of Sutri: German King Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI
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20 Dec 1046 Synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI, Benedictus IX & Silvester III & names Bishop Siutger, Pope Clemens II
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20 Dec 1192 Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the Third Crusade.
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20 Dec 1192 Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna
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20 Dec 1448 Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal
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20 Dec 1522 Siege of Rhodes: Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
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20 Dec 1585 English fleet & earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen
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20 Dec 1600 Ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published
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20 Dec 1606 Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown, Virginia
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20 Dec 1606 The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
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20 Dec 1626 Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch G
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20 Dec 1661 Corporation Act enforced in England
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20 Dec 1669 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery
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20 Dec 1688 Prince Willem III's troops pull into London
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20 Dec 1694 Frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben
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20 Dec 1699 Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1
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20 Dec 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army meets de Esk
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20 Dec 1780 England declares war on Netherlands
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20 Dec 1790 1st successful US cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket RI)
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20 Dec 1803 The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.
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20 Dec 1803 Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to US for $27 million
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20 Dec 1808 Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins.
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20 Dec 1820 Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 & 50
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20 Dec 1823 Franz Schuberts "Ballet-Musik aus Rosamunde, " premieres in Vienna
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20 Dec 1830 England, France, Prussia, Austria & Russia recognize Belgium
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20 Dec 1832 HMS Clio under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at Port Egmont under orders to take possession of the Falkland Islands
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20 Dec 1850 Hawaiian post office established
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20 Dec 1860 South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.
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20 Dec 1860 South Carolina votes 169-0 for Ordinance of Secession, 1st state to secede
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20 Dec 1861 Battle of Dranesville, Virginia
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20 Dec 1862 Brigadier General Nathan B Forrest occupies Trenton, Kentucky
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20 Dec 1862 Battle of Holly Spring MS
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20 Dec 1862 Battle of Kelly's Ford VA
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20 Dec 1862 Vicksburg campaign
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20 Dec 1864 Battle of Fort Fisher NC
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20 Dec 1865 De Clear-Alkmaar railway opens
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20 Dec 1879 Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park
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20 Dec 1880 New York's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"
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20 Dec 1880 Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten
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20 Dec 1883 International cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls
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20 Dec 1891 Strongman Louis Cyr withstands the pull of 4 horses
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20 Dec 1892 Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, New York
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20 Dec 1892 Phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne
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20 Dec 1893 1st state anti-lynching statute approved, in Georgia
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20 Dec 1894 Day Six 1T Australia vs England Australia need 177 to win, all out 166
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20 Dec 1894 England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket
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20 Dec 1900 Giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft)
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20 Dec 1906 Venezuela (under Vice-President Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet
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20 Dec 1907 Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91
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20 Dec 1912 J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart" premieres in New York NY
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20 Dec 1912 Paul Claudels "L'Annonce Faite
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20 Dec 1915 World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.
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20 Dec 1915 Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia
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20 Dec 1917 Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
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20 Dec 1917 Russian secret police in Czechoslovakia forms under Felix Dzerzjinski
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20 Dec 1918 Eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees" premieres in New York NY
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20 Dec 1919 Canadian National Railways established (North America's longest, 50,000 KM)
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20 Dec 1919 US House of Representatives restricts immigration
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20 Dec 1920 Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut vs England SCG
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20 Dec 1920 Bob Hope becomes an American citizen
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20 Dec 1921 American League votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while National League votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7
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20 Dec 1922 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR)
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20 Dec 1922 Polish parliament selects Stanislaw Wojcieckowski as president
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20 Dec 1924 Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison
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20 Dec 1924 Adolf Hitler freed from jail early
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20 Dec 1926 Pope Pius XI convicts fascist pursuit in Italy
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20 Dec 1926 Cardinals trade Roger Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring
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20 Dec 1926 Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord" premieres in New York NY
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20 Dec 1928 Ethel Barrymore Theater opens at 243 W 47th St, New York City
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20 Dec 1928 1st international dogsled mail leaves Minot ME for Montr
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20 Dec 1929 Mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park
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20 Dec 1929 Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager
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20 Dec 1930 Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 minutes West Indies vs Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5)
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20 Dec 1932 Queensland all out 74 vs Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13
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20 Dec 1933 Bolivia & Paraguay sign weapon cease fire
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20 Dec 1935 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii
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20 Dec 1937 Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for New South Wales against South Australia
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20 Dec 1938 Vladimir K Zworykin (Pennsylvania) receives patent on the Iconoscope TV system
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20 Dec 1939 Radio Australia begins overseas short-wave service
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20 Dec 1940 Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000
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20 Dec 1941 World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.
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20 Dec 1941 Free France under Admiral Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miqu
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20 Dec 1941 Japanese troops lands on Mindanao
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20 Dec 1942 World War II: Japanese air forces[disambiguation needed] bomb Calcutta, India.
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20 Dec 1942 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta
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20 Dec 1943 "International" is no longer USSR National Anthem
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20 Dec 1944 Terence Rattigans "O Mistress Mine, " premieres in London
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20 Dec 1944 Battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!)
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20 Dec 1944 Archbishop De Young & bishop Huibers condemn black market
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20 Dec 1944 Bishop forbids membership in non Catholic unions
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20 Dec 1945 Rationing of auto tires ends in US
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20 Dec 1946 The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.
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20 Dec 1946 Darius Milhaud's 2nd Symphony, premieres
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20 Dec 1948 Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia
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20 Dec 1949 Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty & the Beast" premieres
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20 Dec 1950 "Harvey, " starring James Stewart, premieres in New York
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20 Dec 1951 The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
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20 Dec 1952 A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.
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20 Dec 1952 KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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20 Dec 1953 KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting
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20 Dec 1953 KWTV TV channel 9 in Oklahoma City OK (CBS) begins broadcasting
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20 Dec 1955 Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
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20 Dec 1956 Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra
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20 Dec 1956 Montgomery AL, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses
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20 Dec 1957 The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
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20 Dec 1957 Elvis Presley given draft notice to join US Army for National Service
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20 Dec 1959 Unknown attackers murder the Walker family in Osprey, Florida.
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20 Dec 1959 Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India vs Australia at Kanpur
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20 Dec 1960 The National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed.
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20 Dec 1960 Auschwitz-commandant Richard B
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20 Dec 1962 D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova, " premieres in Moscow
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20 Dec 1962 The Osmond brothers debut on the Andy Williams Show
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20 Dec 1962 Dmitri Shostakovich opera "Katerina Ismailova" premieres in Moscow
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20 Dec 1963 Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners
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20 Dec 1963 Massemba-Debate elected President of Congo-Brazzaville
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20 Dec 1963 Trial against 21 camp guards of Auschwitz begins
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20 Dec 1964 Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government
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20 Dec 1966 Nuclear Planning Group forms in Brussels
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20 Dec 1966 NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season
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20 Dec 1966 Brussels: Nuclear Planning Group established
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20 Dec 1967 "Graduate, " starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft, premieres
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20 Dec 1967 A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 155 mph on their New York Division, also present day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
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20 Dec 1967 "The Graduate", starring Dustin Hoffman & Anne Bancroft, premieres
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20 Dec 1967 474,300 US soldiers in Vietnam
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20 Dec 1967 Ian Anderson & Glenn Cornick form rock group Jethro Tull
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20 Dec 1968 The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
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20 Dec 1969 Peter, Paul & Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches #1
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20 Dec 1970 Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland's party leader
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20 Dec 1971 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto takes over as the fourth President of Pakistan.
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20 Dec 1971 Pakistan President Yahya Khan resigns
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20 Dec 1972 Neil Simons "Sunshine Boys, " premieres in New York City
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20 Dec 1972 Neil Simons "Sunshine Boys" premieres in New York NY
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20 Dec 1973 Montreal Canadien Henri Richard scores his 1,000th NHL point
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20 Dec 1973 The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.
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20 Dec 1973 American League President Joe Cronin refuses to allow Dick Williams to manage Yankees
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20 Dec 1973 Montr
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20 Dec 1973 Dutch Antillean government of Evertsz forms
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20 Dec 1974 George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in the UK
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20 Dec 1974 Ethiopia becomes socialist one-party state
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20 Dec 1975 Joe Walsh recruited to join Eagles
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20 Dec 1975 Pope Paul VI named J Willebrands archbishop of Utrecht
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20 Dec 1976 "Music Is" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 8 performances
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20 Dec 1976 Israel's PM Yitzhak Rabin resigns
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20 Dec 1977 Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations.
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20 Dec 1977 1st Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut
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20 Dec 1977 RAF -terrorist Knut Folkerts sentenced to 20 years
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20 Dec 1978 H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail
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20 Dec 1980 USSR formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin
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20 Dec 1980 NBC broadcasts New York Jets' 24-17 win over Dolphins without audio
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20 Dec 1981 "Dreamgirls" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1522 performances
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20 Dec 1981 Doug Small (Winnipeg Jets) ties NHL record scoring at 5 second mark
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20 Dec 1981 Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) & most turnovers (10)
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20 Dec 1981 Harry Krieger/Tom Eyen's musical "Dreamgirls" premieres at Imperial Theater NYC for 1522 performances
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20 Dec 1983 Guy Lafleur, Montreal, became 10th NHLer to score 500 goals
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20 Dec 1983 Guy Lafleur, Montr
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20 Dec 1983 New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
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20 Dec 1983 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat & 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon
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20 Dec 1983 El Salvador adopts constitution
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20 Dec 1984 The Summit Tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines.
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20 Dec 1984 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in the Yale library
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20 Dec 1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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20 Dec 1985 Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.
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20 Dec 1985 Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)
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20 Dec 1985 Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
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20 Dec 1985 Position of American Poet Laureate established (Robert Warren is 1st)
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20 Dec 1986 White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach, New York
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20 Dec 1987 "Nuts" with Barbra Striesand premieres
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20 Dec 1987 Dona Paz ferry sinks after crash with oil tanker Vector, 4386 die
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20 Dec 1987 Nancy Lopez / Miller Barber wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
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20 Dec 1987 In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
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20 Dec 1987 Worst peacetime shipping disaster, Dona Paz ferry sinks after collision with oil tanker Vector; 1,749 confirmed deaths (probably closer to 3,000)
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20 Dec 1987 "Nuts" with Barbra Streisand premieres
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20 Dec 1987 76th Davis Cup: Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0)
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20 Dec 1988 The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is signed in Vienna, Austria.
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20 Dec 1988 Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London
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20 Dec 1988 NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years
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20 Dec 1988 Premier Ranasinghe Premadasa elected President of Sri Lanka
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20 Dec 1989 United States invasion of Panama: The United States sends troops into Panama to overthrow government of Manuel Noriega. This is also the first combat use of purpose-designed stealth aircraft.
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20 Dec 1989 US troops invade Panam
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20 Dec 1989 Premier Lubbers sees CDA-party leader Elco Brinkman as successor
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20 Dec 1990 Pentagon warns Saddam Hussein that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15
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20 Dec 1990 Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL New York-New Jersey Knights for $11 million
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20 Dec 1990 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns
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20 Dec 1991 A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
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20 Dec 1991 NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning & Ottawa Senators
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20 Dec 1991 Paul Keating installed as premier of Australia
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20 Dec 1992 Northwest and KLM introduce a new joint logo "Worldwide Reliability"
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20 Dec 1992 Slobodan Milosevic re-elected President of Serbia
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20 Dec 1993 Donald Trump weds Marla Maples
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20 Dec 1995 "Paul Roebson" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 14 performances
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20 Dec 1995 NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.
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20 Dec 1995 American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 159.
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20 Dec 1995 American Flight 965 crashes in Colombia, 159 die, 5 survive
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20 Dec 1996 NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.
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20 Dec 1998 Wendy's Three-Tour Golf Challenge
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20 Dec 1999 Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
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20 Dec 1999 Portugal returns Macau to China
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20 Dec 2004 A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.
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20 Dec 2005 Aleksandër Moisiu University was founded in Durrës, Albania.
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20 Dec 2007 Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.
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20 Dec 2007 The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art.
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20 Dec 2013 China successfully launches the Bolivian Túpac Katari 1 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
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20 Dec 2014 Two police officers of the New York City Police Department are shot and killed, allegedly in retaliation against the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.
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