Historical events on December 20
DECEMBER 20, 1980
NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins without announcers.
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC
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DECEMBER 20, 1995
Mandated by the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War, the NATO-led Implementation Force (troops pictured) began peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords, and colloquially
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DECEMBER 20, 1999
Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.
The handover of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 20 December 1999. This
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DECEMBER 20, 1248
Attempting to form an alliance with the Mongol Empire, Louis IX of France met with two of their envoys while en route to the Seventh Crusade.
Several attempts at a military alliance between the Frankish Crusaders and the Mongol Empire against the Islamic caliphates, their common enemy, were
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DECEMBER 20, 1995
American Airlines Flight 965 crashed into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, killing most of those on board.
American Airlines Flight 965 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport
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DECEMBER 20, 1955
Cardiff was recognised as the capital of Wales by the British government.
Cardiff is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of 372,089 in 2022 and forms a principal area
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DECEMBER 20, 1988
The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, governing international cooperation against the illegal drug trade, opened for signatures.
The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 is one of three major drug control
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DECEMBER 20, 1852
Led by George Cathcart, British troops defeated Basuto and Taung forces at the Battle of Berea in present-day Lesotho, leading to an offer of peace from King Moshoeshoe I.
Major-General Sir George Cathcart was a Scottish general and diplomat. He was killed in action at the Battle of Inkerman during the Crimean War.
DECEMBER 20, 2007
Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art before being recovered about three weeks later.
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso was a
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DECEMBER 20, 1987
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.
The list of maritime disasters is a link page for maritime disasters by century.
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