On This Day in History (12-20)

Miscellaneous Events

Date	Unix Timestamp	Seconds Ago	Years Ago	Event
2007-12-20	1198108800	568080000	18	Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art before being recovered about three weeks later.
1999-12-20	945648000	820540800	26	Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.
1995-12-20	819417600	946771200	30	Mandated by the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War, the NATO-led Implementation Force began peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1995-12-20	819417600	946771200	30	American Airlines Flight 965 crashed into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, killing most of those on board.
1987-12-20	566956800	1199232000	38	The deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history occurred when the MV Doña Paz sank after colliding with an oil tanker in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, resulting in an estimated 4,385 deaths.
1984-12-20	472348800	1293840000	41	Twelve-year-old Jonelle Matthews disappeared from her home in Greeley, Colorado; her body was not discovered until 2019.
1980-12-20	346118400	1420070400	45	NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins without announcers.
1940-12-20	-916185600	2682374400	85	The superhero Captain America made his first published appearance in the comic book Captain America Comics #1.

Births

Date	Unix Timestamp	Seconds Ago	Years Ago	Subject
2002-12-20	1040342400	725846400	23	Marcelo Pitaluga, Brazilian footballer
2001-12-20	1008806400	757382400	24	Facundo Pellistri, Uruguayan footballer
2001-12-20	1008806400	757382400	24	Sepp van den Berg, Dutch footballer
2000-12-20	977270400	788918400	25	Gaboro, Assyrian Swedish rapper and songwriter (died 2024)
1998-12-20	914112000	852076800	27	Kylian Mbappé, French footballer
1997-12-20	882576000	883612800	28	De'Aaron Fox, American basketball player
1997-12-20	882576000	883612800	28	Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer
1996-12-20	851040000	915148800	29	Jarrod Bowen, English football player
1995-12-20	819417600	946771200	30	Anžejs Pasečņiks, Latvian basketball player
1995-12-20	819417600	946771200	30	Christian Wilkins, American football player
1994-12-20	787881600	978307200	31	Calvin Ridley, American football player
1993-12-20	756345600	1009843200	32	Andrea Belotti, Italian footballer
1993-12-20	756345600	1009843200	32	Robeisy Ramírez, Cuban boxer
1992-12-20	724809600	1041379200	33	Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater
1991-12-20	693187200	1073001600	34	Rachael Boyle, Scottish footballer
1991-12-20	693187200	1073001600	34	Jorginho, Brazilian footballer
1991-12-20	693187200	1073001600	34	Jillian Rose Reed, American actress
1991-12-20	693187200	1073001600	34	Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer
1990-12-20	661651200	1104537600	35	JoJo, American singer and actress
1990-12-20	661651200	1104537600	35	Marta Xargay, Spanish basketball player
1987-12-20	566956800	1199232000	38	Malcolm Jenkins, American football player
1986-12-20	535420800	1230768000	39	Chay Genoway, Canadian ice hockey player
1984-12-20	472348800	1293840000	41	Bob Morley, Australian actor
1984-12-20	472348800	1293840000	41	David Tavaré, Spanish singer and DJ
1983-12-20	440726400	1325462400	42	Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1982-12-20	409190400	1356998400	43	Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer
1982-12-20	409190400	1356998400	43	David Cook, American singer-songwriter
1982-12-20	409190400	1356998400	43	Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer
1982-12-20	409190400	1356998400	43	David Wright, American baseball player
1981-12-20	377654400	1388534400	44	Royal Ivey, American basketball player and coach
1981-12-20	377654400	1388534400	44	James Shields, American baseball player
1980-12-20	346118400	1420070400	45	Israel Castro, Mexican footballer
1980-12-20	346118400	1420070400	45	Ashley Cole, English footballer
1980-12-20	346118400	1420070400	45	Anthony da Silva, French-Portuguese footballer
1980-12-20	346118400	1420070400	45	Martín Demichelis, Argentine footballer
1979-12-20	314496000	1451692800	46	Michael Rogers, Australian cyclist
1978-12-20	282960000	1483228800	47	Yoon Kye-sang, South Korean singer
1978-12-20	282960000	1483228800	47	Andrei Markov, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player
1978-12-20	282960000	1483228800	47	Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer
1978-12-20	282960000	1483228800	47	Bouabdellah Tahri, French runner
1976-12-20	219888000	1546300800	49	Nenad Vučković, Croatian footballer
1975-12-20	188265600	1577923200	50	Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer
1974-12-20	156729600	1609459200	51	Die, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1972-12-20	93657600	1672531200	53	Jan Čaloun, Czech ice hockey player
1972-12-20	93657600	1672531200	53	Anders Odden, Norwegian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1970-12-20	30499200	1735689600	55	Nicole de Boer, Canadian actress
1970-12-20	30499200	1735689600	55	Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1970-12-20	30499200	1735689600	55	Jörg Schmidt, German footballer
1969-12-20	-1036800	1767225600	56	Alain de Botton, Swiss-English philosopher and author
1969-12-20	-1036800	1767225600	56	Zahra Ouaziz, Moroccan runner
1968-12-20	-32572800	1798761600	57	Karl Wendlinger, Austrian racing driver
1966-12-20	-95731200	1861920000	59	Veronica Pershina, Russian-American figure skater and coach
1966-12-20	-95731200	1861920000	59	Chris Robinson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963-12-20	-190425600	1956614400	62	Joel Gretsch, American actor
1961-12-20	-253497600	2019686400	64	Mohammad Fouad, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor
1960-12-20	-285033600	2051222400	65	Nalo Hopkinson, Jamaican-Canadian author and educator
1960-12-20	-285033600	2051222400	65	Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020)
1959-12-20	-316656000	2082844800	66	George Coupland, Scottish scientist
1959-12-20	-316656000	2082844800	66	Hildegard Körner, German runner
1959-12-20	-316656000	2082844800	66	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland
1958-12-20	-348192000	2114380800	67	Doug Nordquist, American high jumper
1958-12-20	-348192000	2114380800	67	James Thomson, American biologist and academic
1957-12-20	-379728000	2145916800	68	Billy Bragg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957-12-20	-379728000	2145916800	68	Anna Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actress
1957-12-20	-379728000	2145916800	68	Mike Watt, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1956-12-20	-411264000	2177452800	69	Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania
1956-12-20	-411264000	2177452800	69	Guy Babylon, American keyboard player and songwriter (died 2009)
1956-12-20	-411264000	2177452800	69	Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter
1956-12-20	-411264000	2177452800	69	Junji Hirata, Japanese wrestler
1956-12-20	-411264000	2177452800	69	Andrew Mackenzie, Scottish geologist and businessman
1956-12-20	-411264000	2177452800	69	Anita Ward, American disco/R&B singer
1955-12-20	-442886400	2209075200	70	Martin Schulz, German politician
1955-12-20	-442886400	2209075200	70	Binali Yıldırım, Turkish lawyer and politician, Turkish Minister of Transport
1954-12-20	-474422400	2240611200	71	Michael Badalucco, American actor
1954-12-20	-474422400	2240611200	71	Sandra Cisneros, American author and poet
1952-12-20	-537494400	2303683200	73	Jenny Agutter, English actress
1951-12-20	-569116800	2335305600	74	Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan, Northern Irish academic and police ombudsman
1951-12-20	-569116800	2335305600	74	Marta Russell, American author and activist (died 2013)
1950-12-20	-600652800	2366841600	75	Arturo Márquez, Mexican-American composer
1949-12-20	-632188800	2398377600	76	Soumaïla Cissé, Malian engineer and politician (died 2020)
1949-12-20	-632188800	2398377600	76	Cecil Cooper, American baseball player and manager
1948-12-20	-663724800	2429913600	77	Alan Parsons, English keyboard player and producer
1948-12-20	-663724800	2429913600	77	Mitsuko Uchida, Japanese pianist
1947-12-20	-695347200	2461536000	78	Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer-songwriter
1946-12-20	-726883200	2493072000	79	Uri Geller, Israeli-English magician and psychic
1946-12-20	-726883200	2493072000	79	Bill Hosket Jr., American basketball player
1946-12-20	-726883200	2493072000	79	Sonny Perdue, American politician, 31st United States Secretary of Agriculture, 81st Governor of Georgia
1946-12-20	-726883200	2493072000	79	Dick Wolf, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1945-12-20	-758419200	2524608000	80	Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
1945-12-20	-758419200	2524608000	80	Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author (died 2010)
1944-12-20	-789955200	2556144000	81	Ray Martin, Australian television host and journalist
1942-12-20	-853113600	2619302400	83	Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (died 2015)
1942-12-20	-853113600	2619302400	83	Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (died 2002)
1942-12-20	-853113600	2619302400	83	Jean-Claude Trichet, French banker and economist
1942-12-20	-853113600	2619302400	83	Roger Woodward, Australian classical pianist, composer, conductor, teacher and human rights activist.
1939-12-20	-947808000	2713996800	86	Kathryn Joosten, American actress (died 2012)
1939-12-20	-947808000	2713996800	86	Kim Weston, American soul singer
1935-12-20	-1074038400	2840227200	90	Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster (died 2024)
1933-12-20	-1137110400	2903299200	92	Olavi Salonen, Finnish runner (died 2025)
1933-12-20	-1137110400	2903299200	92	Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist (died 2024)
1932-12-20	-1168646400	2934835200	93	John Hillerman, American actor (died 2017)
1931-12-20	-1200268800	2966457600	94	Mala Powers, American actress (died 2007)
1929-12-20	-1263340800	3029529600	96	Don Sunderlage, American basketball player (died 1961)
1928-12-20	-1294876800	3061065600	97	John Menkes, Austrian-American pediatric and writer (died 2008)
1927-12-20	-1326499200	3092688000	98	Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer and politician (died 2016)
1927-12-20	-1326499200	3092688000	98	Jim Simpson, American sportscaster (died 2016)
1927-12-20	-1326499200	3092688000	98	Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea (died 2015)
1926-12-20	-1358035200	3124224000	99	Marcel Douzima, Central African lawyer and politician (died 2012)
1926-12-20	-1358035200	3124224000	99	Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2015)
1926-12-20	-1358035200	3124224000	99	Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics (died 2009)
1925-12-20	-1389571200	3155760000	100	Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (died 2007)
1924-12-20	-1421107200	3187296000	101	Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian (died 2011)
1924-12-20	-1421107200	3187296000	101	Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (died 1980)
1922-12-20	-1484265600	3250454400	103	Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter (died 2020)
1922-12-20	-1484265600	3250454400	103	William Soeryadjaya, Chinese-Indonesian businessman and co-founder of Astra International (died 2010)
1921-12-20	-1515801600	3281990400	104	George Roy Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)
1920-12-20	-1547337600	3313526400	105	Väinö Linna, Finnish author (died 1992)
1918-12-20	-1610496000	3376684800	107	Jean Marchand, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (died 1988)
1917-12-20	-1642032000	3408220800	108	David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (died 1992)
1917-12-20	-1642032000	3408220800	108	Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (died 1997)
1917-12-20	-1642032000	3408220800	108	Audrey Totter, American actress (died 2013)
1916-12-20	-1673568000	3439756800	109	Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader and activist (died 2010)
1915-12-20	-1705190400	3471379200	110	Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (died 1995)
1914-12-20	-1736726400	3502915200	111	Harry F. Byrd Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (died 2013)
1911-12-20	-1831420800	3597609600	114	Hortense Calisher, American author (died 2009)
1909-12-20	-1894492800	3660681600	116	Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (died 2000)
1908-12-20	-1926028800	3692217600	117	Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (died 1994)
1907-12-20	-1957651200	3723840000	118	Paul Francis Webster, American soldier and songwriter (died 1984)
1905-12-20	-2020723200	3786912000	120	Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 1992)
1904-12-20	-2052259200	3818448000	121	Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1984)
1904-12-20	-2052259200	3818448000	121	Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (died 1977)
1902-12-20	-2115417600	3881606400	123	Prince George, Duke of Kent (died 1942)
1902-12-20	-2115417600	3881606400	123	Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author (died 1989)
1901-12-20	-2146953600	3913142400	124	Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator (died 1967)
1900-12-20	-2178489600	3944678400	125	Lissy Arna, German actress (died 1964)
1900-12-20	-2178489600	3944678400	125	Gabby Hartnett, American baseball player and manager (died 1972)

Deaths

Date	Unix Timestamp	Seconds Ago	Years Ago	Subject
2024-12-20	1734652800	31536000	1	Casey Chaos, American singer (born 1965)
2024-12-20	1734652800	31536000	1	George Eastham, English footballer (born 1936)
2024-12-20	1734652800	31536000	1	Rickey Henderson, American baseball player (born 1958)
2022-12-20	1671494400	94694400	3	Franco Harris, American football player (born 1950)
2020-12-20	1608422400	157766400	5	Fanny Waterman, British pianist (born 1920)
2020-12-20	1608422400	157766400	5	Ezra Vogel, American sociologist (born 1930)
2014-12-20	1419033600	347155200	11	Per-Ingvar Brånemark, Swedish surgeon and academic (born 1929)
2014-12-20	1419033600	347155200	11	John Freeman, English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (born 1915)
2013-12-20	1387497600	378691200	12	Pyotr Bolotnikov, Russian runner (born 1930)
2012-12-20	1355961600	410227200	13	Stan Charlton, English footballer and manager (born 1929)
2012-12-20	1355961600	410227200	13	Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (born 1929)
2012-12-20	1355961600	410227200	13	Victor Merzhanov, Russian pianist and educator (born 1919)
2011-12-20	1324339200	441849600	14	Barry Reckord, Jamaican playwright and screenwriter (born 1926)
2010-12-20	1292803200	473385600	15	K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (born 1914)
2009-12-20	1261267200	504921600	16	Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (born 1977)
2009-12-20	1261267200	504921600	16	Arnold Stang, American actor (born 1918)
2008-12-20	1229731200	536457600	17	Adrian Mitchell, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)
2008-12-20	1229731200	536457600	17	Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (born 1925)
2008-12-20	1229731200	536457600	17	Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and racing driver (born 1912)
2006-12-20	1166572800	599616000	19	Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (born 1929)
2005-12-20	1135036800	631152000	20	Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (born 1923)
2001-12-20	1008806400	757382400	24	Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (born 1906)
1999-12-20	945648000	820540800	26	Riccardo Freda, Egyptian-Italian director and screenwriter (born 1909)
1999-12-20	945648000	820540800	26	Hank Snow, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1914)
1998-12-20	914112000	852076800	27	Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
1997-12-20	882576000	883612800	28	Denise Levertov, English-American poet and translator (born 1923)
1997-12-20	882576000	883612800	28	Dick Spooner, English cricketer (born 1919)
1997-12-20	882576000	883612800	28	Dawn Steel, American film producer (born 1946)
1996-12-20	851040000	915148800	29	Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (born 1934)
1995-12-20	819417600	946771200	30	Madge Sinclair, Jamaican-American actress (born 1938)
1994-12-20	787881600	978307200	31	Dean Rusk, American lawyer, and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (born 1909)
1993-12-20	756345600	1009843200	32	W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic (born 1900)
1993-12-20	756345600	1009843200	32	Nazife Güran, Turkish composer and educator (born 1921)
1991-12-20	693187200	1073001600	34	Simone Beck, French chef and author (born 1904)
1991-12-20	693187200	1073001600	34	Sam Rabin, English wrestler, singer, and sculptor (born 1903)
1991-12-20	693187200	1073001600	34	Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (born 1942)
1986-12-20	535420800	1230768000	39	Joe DeSa, American baseball player (born 1959)
1984-12-20	472348800	1293840000	41	Stanley Milgram, American psychologist and academic (born 1933)
1984-12-20	472348800	1293840000	41	Dmitry Ustinov, Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1976–84) (born 1908)
1982-12-20	409190400	1356998400	43	Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and composer (born 1887)
1981-12-20	377654400	1388534400	44	Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (born 1899)
1976-12-20	219888000	1546300800	49	Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (born 1902)
1976-12-20	219888000	1546300800	49	Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo, Indonesian politician, 1st Governor of West Java (born 1890)
1974-12-20	156729600	1609459200	51	Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (born 1896)
1974-12-20	156729600	1609459200	51	André Jolivet, French composer and conductor (born 1905)
1973-12-20	125193600	1640995200	52	Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (born 1904; assassinated)
1973-12-20	125193600	1640995200	52	Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1936)
1972-12-20	93657600	1672531200	53	Adolfo Orsi, Italian businessman (born 1888)
1971-12-20	62035200	1704153600	54	Roy O. Disney, American banker and businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (born 1893)
1968-12-20	-32572800	1798761600	57	John Steinbeck, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
1961-12-20	-253497600	2019686400	64	Moss Hart, American director and playwright (born 1904)
1961-12-20	-253497600	2019686400	64	Earle Page, Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1880)
1959-12-20	-316656000	2082844800	66	Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1885)
1956-12-20	-411264000	2177452800	69	Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (born 1906)
1954-12-20	-474422400	2240611200	71	James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (born 1900)
1950-12-20	-600652800	2366841600	75	Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1885)
1941-12-20	-884649600	2650838400	84	Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (born 1887)
1939-12-20	-947808000	2713996800	86	Hans Langsdorff, German captain (born 1894)
1938-12-20	-979344000	2745532800	87	Annie Armstrong, American missionary (born 1850)
1938-12-20	-979344000	2745532800	87	Lida Howell, American archer (born 1859)
1937-12-20	-1010880000	2777068800	88	Erich Ludendorff, German general (born 1865)
1935-12-20	-1074038400	2840227200	90	Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1882)
1929-12-20	-1263340800	3029529600	96	Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (born 1838)
1927-12-20	-1326499200	3092688000	98	Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (born 1872)
1925-12-20	-1389571200	3155760000	100	João Ferreira Sardo, the founder of Gafanha da Nazaré, also known as Prior Sardo (born 1873).
1921-12-20	-1515801600	3281990400	104	Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (born 1852)
1920-12-20	-1547337600	3313526400	105	Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (born 1863)
1919-12-20	-1578960000	3345148800	106	Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (born 1835)
1917-12-20	-1642032000	3408220800	108	Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (born 1882)
1916-12-20	-1673568000	3439756800	109	Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (born 1856)
1915-12-20	-1705190400	3471379200	110	Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (born 1863)

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