December 20th, 1915

Born on December 20th, 1915

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What happened on December 20th, 1915?

December 20th, 1915

World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I

What else happened on December 20th?

December 20th, 1955

Cardiff was recognised as the capital of Wales by the British government.

December 20th, 1940

The superhero Captain America made his first published appearance in the comic book Captain America Comics #1.

December 20th, 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.

December 20th, 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.

December 20th, 1968

The first two confirmed murders by the Zodiac Killer occurred in Benicia, California, in a case which remains unsolved.

December 20th, 2007

Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art before being recovered about three weeks later.

December 20th, 1999

Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.

December 20th, 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.

December 20th, 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.

December 20th, 1980

NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins without announcers.

December 20th, 1999

Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.

December 20th, 1995

American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.

December 20th, 1977

With the approval of the State Council, China’s two largest newspapers, the People’s Daily and the Guangming Daily, publish in full for the first time the Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme.

December 20th, 1991

A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 20th

Born on December 20th, 1915

79

Aziz Nesin

Turkish writer

*December 20th, 1915, Heybeliada †July 6th, 1995, Alaçatı

81

Natalia Dumitresco

French-Romanian painter (1915-1997)

*December 20th, 1915, Bucharest †July 3rd, 1997, Chars

88

Ilija Džuvalekovski

Macedonian actor (1915-2004)

*December 20th, 1915, Prilep †October 18th, 2004, Skopje

100

Delmer Berg

American military personnel (1915-2016)

*December 20th, 1915, Anaheim †February 28th, 2016, Columbia

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Who's birthday is on December 20th?

28

Irama

Italian singer-songwriter (1995-)

*December 20th, 1995, Carrara

87

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

US tennis and badminton player

*December 20th, 1886, Healdsburg †December 5th, 1974, Chestnut Hill

34

Clarisse Crémer

French offshore sailor

*December 20th, 1989, Paris

25

Kylian Mbappé

French association football player

*December 20th, 1998, 19th arrondissement of Paris

74

David Bohm

American theoretical physicist

*December 20th, 1917, Wilkes-Barre †October 27th, 1992, London

76

Gigliola Cinquetti

Italian singer (1947-)

*December 20th, 1947, Verona

62

Albert Dekker

American actor and politician (1905–1968)

*December 20th, 1905, Brooklyn †May 5th, 1968, Hollywood

90

Rik Van Looy

Belgian road racing cyclist

*December 20th, 1933, Grobbendonk

87

Kim Young-sam

President of South Korea from 1993 to 1998

*December 20th, 1927, Geoje †November 22nd, 2015, Seoul

95

Hannelis Schulte

German theologian (1920-2016)

*December 20th, 1920, Heidelberg †April 12th, 2016

93

Michel Chartrand

Canadian politician (1916-2010)

*December 20th, 1916, Outremont †April 12th, 2010, Montreal

62

Valerie Bettis

American dancer (1919-1982)

*December 20th, 1919, Houston †September 26th, 1982, New York City

82

Otto Graf Lambsdorff

German politician (1926–2009)

*December 20th, 1926, Aachen †December 5th, 2009, Bonn

93

Gonzalo Rojas

Chilean poet

*December 20th, 1917, Lebu †April 25th, 2011, Santiago

72

Wolfgang Güldenpfennig

East German rower

*December 20th, 1951, Magdeburg

76

Paul Francis Webster

American lyricist

*December 20th, 1907, New York City †March 18th, 1984, Beverly Hills

68

Martin Schulz

German politician

*December 20th, 1955, Hehlrath

75

Daniel Rebillard

French racing cyclist

*December 20th, 1948, Tournan-en-Brie

81

George Roy Hill

American film director (1921-2002)

*December 20th, 1921, Minneapolis †December 27th, 2002, New York City

40

Lucy Pinder

British actress and model

*December 20th, 1983, Winchester

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Born in 1915

96

Harry Morgan

American actor (1915–2011)

*April 10th, 1915, Detroit †December 7th, 2011, Los Angeles

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

90

Jean Parker

American actress

*August 11th, 1915, Deer Lodge †November 30th, 2005, Woodland Hills

89

Wee Kim Wee

4th President of Singapore (1915–2005)

*November 4th, 1915, Singapore †May 2nd, 2005, Siglap

82

Frank Sinatra

American singer and actor (1915–1998)

*December 12th, 1915, Hoboken †May 14th, 1998, Los Angeles

91

Augusto Pinochet

Dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990

*November 25th, 1915, Valparaíso †December 10th, 2006, Santiago

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

98

Eli Wallach

American actor (1915–2014)

*December 7th, 1915, Brooklyn †June 24th, 2014, New York City

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

85

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

82nd Prime Minister of France

*March 7th, 1915, 13th arrondissement of Paris †November 10th, 2000, 7th arrondissement of Paris

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

67

Fernando Lamas

Argentine-born actor

*January 9th, 1915, Buenos Aires †October 8th, 1982, Los Angeles

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

*December 5th, 1915, Ningguo †February 12th, 2017, Beijing

86

Anthony Quinn

Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)

*April 21st, 1915, Chihuahua City †June 3rd, 2001, Boston

94

Paul Samuelson

American economist

*May 15th, 1915, Gary †December 13th, 2009, Belmont

86

Fred Hoyle

British astronomer

*June 24th, 1915, Bingley †August 20th, 2001, Bournemouth

90

Barnard Hughes

American actor (1915–2006)

*July 16th, 1915, Westchester County †July 11th, 2006, New York City

99

Charles Hard Townes

20th-century American physicist

*July 28th, 1915, Greenville †January 27th, 2015, Oakland

89

Saul Bellow

Canadian-American writer

*June 10th, 1915, Lachine †April 5th, 2005, Brookline

81

Lars Ahlin

Swedish author and aesthetiian

*April 4th, 1915, Sundsvall †March 11th, 1997, Stockholm

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Earliest date for Winter solstice's eve) which are celebrated on December 20th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1915 is a normal year and no leap year.

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