Historical Events In December - 20

1976  Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chicago), dies at 74 on December - 20.   

1977  First Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history h.R. Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail   

1980  On this day in history uSSR formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin   

1981  On December - 20 "Dreamgirls" opens on Broadway   

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

1983  On this day in history pLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon   

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  On this day in history worst peacetime shipping disaster, Dona Paz collides with Vector 1,749 confirmed deaths (probably closer to 3,000)   

1988  Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London on December - 20.   

1988  On December - 20 nBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years   

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

1989  On this day in history uS troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him   

1989  On this day in history audrey Christie, actress (Splendor in the Grass), dies at 77   

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 December - 20.   

1993  On this day in history moses Gunn, actor (Shaft), dies at 64   

1994  Dean Rusk, US Sect of State (1961-69), dies at 85 on December - 20.   

1995  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 December - 20.   

2006  On December - 20 somalia: Islamic Courts Union fighters begin attacking the government-held town of Baidoa.   

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  On December - 20 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  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 on December - 20.   

2012  Apple is denied a patent for mobile pinch-to-zoom gestures by the US patent authorities on this day in history.   

2017  On December - 20 lady Gaga signs Las Vegas residency deal for $75m at MGM Park Theatre   

2017  US House and Senate pass $1.5 trillion tax bill, the biggest tax overhaul for decades on December - 20.   

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   

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

1537  On December - 20 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1539  On this day in history birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer   

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on December - 20.   

1579  On December - 20 birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on this day in history.   

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on December - 20.   

0069  On this day in history death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered   

0217  On this day in history death of pope Zephyrinus   

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.   

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 December - 20 stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies   

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