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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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