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Birthday December 20, 1805 Thomas Graham, Father of colloid chemistry |
Birthday December 20, 1819 John Geary, 1st SF postmaster, 1st mayor (May 1, 1850) |
Birthday December 20, 1833 Dr Samuel A. Mudd, convicted of giving medical aid to J.W. Booth |
Birthday December 20, 1841 Ferdinand-douard Buisson, French educator (Nobel Peace Prize 1927) |
Birthday December 20, 1868 Harvey S Firestone, where the rubber meets the road |
Birthday December 20, 1894 Sir Robert Menzies, Australian PM (1939-41, 1949-66) |
Birthday December 20, 1895 Susanne Langer, US philosopher, educator (Philosophy in a New Key) |
Birthday December 20, 1904 Irene Dunne, in Louisville Ky |
Birthday December 20, 1922 George Roy Hill, Movie director |
Birthday December 20, 1928 Jack Christiansen, NFL defensive back (Det Lions) |
Birthday December 20, 1928 Dr Joyce Brothers |
Birthday December 20, 1944 Battle of Bastogne Nazis surrounded 101st Airborne (NUTS!) |
Birthday December 20, 1952 Jenny Agutter, in London |
History December 20, 1579 John Fletcher is baptized |
History December 20, 1606 Va Co settlers leave London to establish Jamestown |
History December 20, 1699 Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed - Sept 1 to Jan 1 |
History December 20, 1783 Virginia cedes western land to federal government |
History December 20, 1790 1st successful US cotton mill (Pawtucket RI) |
History December 20, 1803 The French surrender Orleans to the U.S. |
History December 20, 1803 Louisiana Purchase was formally transferred from France to US |
History December 20, 1812 Sacagawea Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark dies |
History December 20, 1820 Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 & 50 |
History December 20, 1836 Jackson submits Indian treaty to Congress |
History December 20, 1850 Hawaiian PO established |
History December 20, 1860 SC becomes 1st state to secede from US |
History December 20, 1862 Raid on Holly Springs, Mississippi |
History December 20, 1864 Union Gen. Sherman continued his `march to the sea.' Savannah Ga |
History December 20, 1879 Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park |
History December 20, 1883 Intl cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls |
History December 20, 1892 Phileas Fogg completes around world trip according to Verne |
History December 20, 1892 Pneumatic automobile tire patented |
History December 20, 1914 First Battle of Champagne begins |
History December 20, 1919 Canadian National Railways established (longest on continent with more than 50 000 kilometers of track in US & Canada) |
History December 20, 1922 14 republics formed USSR |
History December 20, 1929 Mt Davidson dedicated as city park |
History December 20, 1939 Radio Australia starts shortwave service |
History December 20, 1941 Hitler to Halder: No retreat! |
History December 20, 1946 French crack down on Vietnamese rebels |
History December 20, 1960 National Liberation Front formed |
History December 20, 1963 Berlin Wall opened for 1st time to West Berliners |
History December 20, 1963 Berlin Wall opened for first time |
History December 20, 1967 President Johnson visits Australia, Thailand, and Vietnam |
History December 20, 1968 Author John Steinbeck dies in NY at 66 |
History December 20, 1969 Funky Drummer is recorded |
History December 20, 1976 Israel's PM Yitzhak Rabin resigns |
History December 20, 1976 Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley dies at 74 |
History December 20, 1977 1st Space walk made by G. Grechko from Salyut |
History December 20, 1982 Arthur Rubinstein pianists dies in Geneva Switzerland at 95 |
History December 20, 1983 Guy Lafleur and Steve Shutt get landmark goals in same game |
History December 20, 1983 Islanders scored 11 goals against Penguins |
History December 20, 1986 Man chased to his death in Howard Beach hate-crime |
History December 20, 1987 Ferry collides with oil tanker near Manila |
History December 20, 1989 Michael Moore's Roger & Me opens |
History December 20, 1989 The U.S. invades Panama |
History December 20, 1989 Roger & Me opens in U.S. theaters |
History December 20, 1995 NATO assumes peacekeeping duties in Bosnia |