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December 20
December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days remaining.
Events
Births
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1537 - King John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
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1579 - (baptized) John Fletcher, playwright (d. 1625)
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1629 - Pieter de Hooch, painter (d. 1684)
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1792 - Nicolas Charlet, painter (d. 1845)
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1805 - Thomas Graham, Father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869)
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1833 - Samuel Mudd, physician, possible conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1883)
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1838 - Edwin Abbott Abbott, schoolmaster/theologian/author of Flatland (d. 1926)
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1841 - Ferdinand Buisson, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1927 (d. 1932)
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1856 - Ferdinand Avenarius , author (d. 1923)
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1860 - Dan Leno, English entertainer (d. 1904)
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1861 - Ivana Kobilca, Slovene painter (d. 1926)
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1865 - Elsie De Wolfe , aka Lady Mendl, actress & interior decorator (. 1950)
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1868 - Harvey Firestone, automobile pioneer (d. 1938)
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1881 - Branch Rickey, baseball executive (d. 1965)
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1886 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman , American tennis star (d. 1974)
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1890 - Yvonne Arnaud, actress
- 1890 - Jaroslav Heyrovský, winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry (d.1967)
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1893 - Charlotte Bühler , psychologist
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1894 - Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1978)
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1898 - Irene Dunne, actress (d. 1990)
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1901 - Robert Van de Graaff, physicist, inventor (d. 1967)
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1902 - Sidney Hook, American philosopher (d. 1989)
- 1902 - Max Lerner , American educator (d. 1992)
- 1902 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
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1922 - George Roy Hill, film director (d. 2002)
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1923 - James Leasor , writer, mystery
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1924 - Friederike Mayröcker , author
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1926 - Sir Geoffrey Howe (Lord Howe of Aberavon), UK politician
- 1926 - Otto Graf Lambsdorff , politician
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1927 - Kim Young-sam, President of South Korea
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1930 - Noel Ferrier , producer and actress
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1933 - Jean Carnahan, US Senator
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1942 - Bob Hayes, track and field star, American football star (d. 2002)
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1946 - Dick Wolf, American TV drama series creator
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1946 - Uri Geller, psychic TV presenter
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1952 - Jenny Agutter, actress
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1954 - Michael Badalucco, actor
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1955 - Lonesome Bob , singer, songwriter
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1957 - Anna Vissi, Greek singer
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1957 - Billy Bragg, singer, songwriter
- 1957 - Mike Watt, bassist
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1960 - Nalo Hopkinson, science fiction author
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1965 - Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
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1970 - Nicole DeBoer, actress (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Dead Zone)
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1990 - Joanna Levesque, AKA JoJo, singer
Deaths
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217 - Pope Zephyrinus
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860 - Æthelbald, King of Wessex
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910 - Alfonso III of Leon
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1524 - Thomas Linacre, scholar and physician
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1722 - Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)
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1812 - Sacagawea, guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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1937 - Erich Ludendorff, German general in World War I (b. 1865)
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1954 - James Hilton, American author (b. 1900)
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1961 - Moss Hart, author (b. 1904)
- 1961 - Earle Page, eleventh Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
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1968 - John Steinbeck, American writer (b. 1902)
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1973 - Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish prime minister (assassination) (b. 1903)
- 1973 - Bobby Darin, American singer (b. 1936)
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1976 - Richard J. Daley, mayor of Chicago (b. 1902)
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1982 - Arthur Rubinstein, musician (b. 1887)
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1984 - Gonzalo Márquez, Major League Baseball player (b. 1946)
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1989 - Kurt Böhme, German bass (b. 1908)
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1994 - Dean Rusk, former United States Secretary of State (b. 1909)
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1996 - Carl Sagan, astronomer, writer (b. 1934)
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1997 - Denise Levertov, poet
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1997 - Juzo Itami, Japanese actor and director (b. 1933)
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1998 - Irene Hervey, actress (b. 1910)
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1999 - Hank Snow, country music singer (b. 1914)
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2000 - Mirza Ghulam Hafiz, Bengali statesman, politician, and philanthropist. (b. 1920)
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2001 - Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (b. 1912)
- 2001 - Léopold Sédar Senghor, first president of Senegal
December 19 - December 21 - November 20 - January 20 -- listing of all days
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