December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days remaining.
Events:
Births:
- 1579 (baptized) - John Fletcher[?], playwright (+ 1625)
- 1629 - Pieter de Hooch[?], painter (+ 1684)
- 1792 - Nicolas Charlet[?], painter (+ 1845)
- 1805 - Thomas Graham, Father of colloid chemistry (+ 1869)
- 1833 - Samuel Mudd, physician, possible conspirator in the assassinatiion[?] of Abraham Lincoln (+ 1883)
- 1856 - Ferdinand Avenarius[?], author (+ 1923)
- 1868 - Harvey Firestone[?], automobile pioneer (+ 1938)
- 1881 - Branch Rickey[?], baseball executive (+ 1965)
- 1890 - Yvonne Arnaud[?], actress
- 1893 - Charlotte Bühler[?], psychologist
- 1894 - Sir Robert Menzies, Australian politician
- 1898 - Irene Dunne, actress (+ 1990)
- 1901 - Robert Van de Graaff[?], physicist, inventor
- 1902 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (+ 1942)
- 1922 - George Roy Hill, film director
- 1923 - James Leasor[?], writer, mystery
- 1924 - Friederike Mayröcker[?], author
- 1926 - Otto Graf Lambsdorff[?], politician
- 1930 - Noel Ferrier[?], producer and actress
- 1942 - Bob Hayes, track and field star, American football star (+ 2002)
- 1946 - Uri Geller, illusionist
- 1952 - Jenny Agutter[?], actress
- 1957 - Billy Bragg, singer, songwriter
- 1957 - Mike Watt, bassist
- 1958 - Billy Bragg, famous musician
- 1959 - Tracey Ullman, actress, comedienne
Deaths:
- 1939 - Nazi Captain Hans Langsdorff committed suicide
- 1954 - James Hilton, author
- 1961 - Moss Hart, author
- 1968 - John Steinbeck, writer
- 1973 - Bobby Darin, singer
- 1976 - Richard J. Daley, mayor of Chicago, Illinois
- 1982 - Artur Rubinstein[?], musician
- 1994 - Dean Rusk, former United States Secretary of State
- 1996 - Carl Sagan, astronomer, writer
- 1999 - Hank Snow, country music singer
Holidays and Observances:
See Also:
December 19 - December 21 - November 20 - January 20 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December
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