December 20 in History – What happened on 20 December in Past

✅ Published on December 20th, 2019 in December in History

20 December - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History

According to Gregory calendar, on December 20, the day number in a year is 354 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 355. December 20 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

December 20 in History - Top Historical Events ⚡

Year	Event / Incidence / Incident
1722	A Chinese emperor died after a reign of Kangxi longest (61 years), so his son Yongzheng was made emperor.
1745	Bonnie Prince Charlie's army reached the river Esq.
1757	Lord Clive was made the Governor of Bengal.
1780	Britain declared war on Holland.
1803	French flag The formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase in New Orleans from France to the US for $ 27m. Happened in
1808	The original Covent Garden Theater in London was destroyed by fire, along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts.
1812	The first volume of Grimm's "Fairy Tales" was published in Germany.
1820	Taxed $ 1 on unmarried men between the ages of 21 and 50) in the US state of Missouri.
1827	Mexico passed its first "expulsion law ", allowing Spain's citizens to be expelled in the next 6 months, and not until Spain was identified about Spain's 1810 Declaration of State Independence. Be barred from entry.
1830	The independence of Belgium was recognized by the great powers.
1842	The Military College of South Carolina was established.
1860	South Carolina became the first of eleven slave states to secede from the United States, leading to the eventual creation of the Confederate States of America and later the American Civil War.
1860	South Carolina became the first state to secede from the United States Union.
1875	ICRM renamed International Committee of Red Cross ICRC).
1876	The great poet Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay composed the national anthem \ Vande Mataram \.
1879	Thomas Elva Edison performed the bright light.
1883	The cantilever railway bridge opened at Niagara Falls.
1917	Soviet intelligence police force \ cheka \ formed.
1938	Vladimir Jevorikin received a patent for the Iconoscope television system.
1946	Frank Capra's popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life was first released in New York City.
1955	Cardiff was proclaimed as thecapital of Wales.
1955	Indian Golf Association was formed.
1956	Afro-American woman Rosa Parks fight against color discrimination in America paid off. Due to which the Supreme Court banned apartheid in buses.
1957	December 20 The first flight of the Boeing 707, the first commercially successful jet airliner, took place.
1968	The Zodiac Killer murdered the first of his five confirmed victims in Vallejo, California, a case that remains unsolved.
1973	Spain's Prime Minister Admiral Louise Blanco was killed in a car bombing in Madrid.
1985	In the Tirupati Balaji temple, Lord Venkateswara was offered a diamond studded crown valued at Rs 5.2 crore.
1987	The deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history occurred when the MV Doña Paz sank after colliding with an oil tanker on the tables Strait in the Philippines, resulting in an estimated 4,000deaths.
1988	The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances governing international cooperation against the illegal drug trade was signed in Vienna.
1988	The Parliament approved the bill to reduce the voting age from 21 to 18 years through the 62nd Constitutional Amendment.
1989	American forces invaded Panama to overthrow the government of Manuel Noriega.
1990	India and Pakistan agreed not to carry out nuclear attacks on each other.
1993	Donald Trump weds Marla Maples.
1993	A cooperation agreement was signed in Brussels between India and the European Union.
1995	"Paul Roebson" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 14 performances.
1995	As per the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War, the NATO-led FOR began peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1999	Portugal returns Macau to China.
1999	Portugal transferred sovereignty of Macau, which it has administered since the mid-16th century, to China.
1999	Portugal ceded the Macao region to China.
2005	US district court Judge John E. Jones III ruled against mandating the teaching of 'intelligent design' in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.
2007	Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from theSão Paulo Museum of Art.
2007	Pakistan's federal Sharia court called the Pakistan Citizenship Act discriminatory against women.
2009	Nearly 100 people are killed by a runaway truck at a market in Kogi State, Nigeria.
2010	The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology announces it has developed the first ever spherical robot with telescopic arms.
2011	In Cairo, thousands of Egyptian women demonstrate against military police for abuse against female demonstrators in Tahir Square.
2012	Atlanta Intercontinental Exchange purchases the New York Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in the world.
2013	Bolivia's Tupac Katari is successfully launched from China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
2013	Britain agrees to help Syria destroy over 165 tons of chemical weapons; the stockpile includes substances that could be used to make highly toxic nerve agents.
2014	U.S. officials return four Afghan prisoners to Afghanistan after more than ten years of detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; the Obama administration is working to clear and release the remaining prisoners in order to close the facility.

Famous Birthdays of December 20 😀:

Year	Name / Profession / Country
1959	Hildegard Körner / Runner / Germany
1956	Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz / Politician / Mauritania
1989	Leeson Ah Mau / Rugby Player / New Zealand
1956	Fahmida Mirza / Politician / Pakistan
1958	James Thomson / Academic / United States of America
1950	Geoffrey Grimmett / Academic / United Kingdom
1946	Lloyd Mumphord / Footballer / United States of America
1899	Martyn Lloyd-Jones / Physician / United Kingdom
1915	Aziz Nesin / Poet / Turkey
1956	Junji Hirata / Wrestler / Japan
1980	Martín Demichelis / Footballer / Argentina
1969	Alain de Botton / Author / United Kingdom
1976	Aubrey Huff / Baseball Player / United States of America
1960	Kim Ki-duk / Director / South Korea
1949	Oscar Gamble / Baseball Player / United States of America
1904	Yevgenia Ginzburg / Author / Russia
1977	Kerem Kabadayı / Writer / Turkey
1976	Ramon Stoppelenburg / Author / Netherlands
1983	Jonah Hill / Actor / United States of America
1948	Mitsuko Uchida / Pianist / Britain
1990	JoJo / Actress / United States of America
1944	Bobby Colomby / Drummer / United States of America
1992	Ksenia Makarova / Figure Skater / Russia
1890	Jaroslav Heyrovský / Academic / Czech Republic
1894	Robert Menzies / Politician / Australia
1947	Gigliola Cinquetti / Writer / Italy
1838	Edwin Abbott Abbott / Author / United Kingdom
1968	Karl Wendlinger / Race Car Driver / Austria
1966	Veronica Pershina / Figure Skater / Russia
1944	Ray Martin / Journalist / Australia

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