December 20th, 1942

Born on December 20th, 1942

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What happened on December 20th, 1942?

December 20th, 1942

World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army_Air_Service

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, 1942

81

Roger Woodward

Australian classical pianist (born 1942)

*December 20th, 1942, Sydney

81

Paul Dräger

German classical philologist

*December 20th, 1942, Amt Neuhaus

81

María Rosa Fugazot

Argentinian actress

*December 20th, 1942, Buenos Aires

81

Jean-Claude Trichet

French economist and central banker

*December 20th, 1942, 4th arrondissement of Lyon

59

Bob Hayes

American football player and sprinter (1942–2003)

*December 20th, 1942, Jacksonville †September 18th, 2002, Jacksonville

72

Rana Bhagwandas

Pakistani judge

*December 20th, 1942, Naseerabad, Karachi †February 23rd, 2015, Karachi

78

Raimo Suikkanen

Cyclist (1942-2021)

*December 20th, 1942, Iitti †January 22nd, 2021

81

Angel Tompkins

American actress

*December 20th, 1942, Albany

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 20th?

28

Irama

Italian singer-songwriter (1995-)

*December 20th, 1995, Carrara

74

Jacqueline Pearce

British actress (1943-2018)

*December 20th, 1943, Woking †September 3rd, 2018, Lancashire

76

Gigliola Cinquetti

Italian singer (1947-)

*December 20th, 1947, Verona

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

72

Wolfgang Güldenpfennig

East German rower

*December 20th, 1951, Magdeburg

75

Daniel Rebillard

French racing cyclist

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

90

Rik Van Looy

Belgian road racing cyclist

*December 20th, 1933, Grobbendonk

86

Manfred Lahnstein

German politician

*December 20th, 1937, Erkrath

68

Martin Schulz

German politician

*December 20th, 1955, Hehlrath

68

Binali Yıldırım

Turkish politician; 27th Prime Minister of Turkey

*December 20th, 1955, Sivas Province

80

Claude Pierrard

French journalist

*December 20th, 1943, Aisne

75

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

*December 20th, 1948, Willesden

87

Kim Young-sam

President of South Korea from 1993 to 1998

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

48

Ignacio Escolar

Spanish blogger and journalist

*December 20th, 1975, Burgos

40

Lucy Pinder

British actress and model

*December 20th, 1983, Winchester

71

Lena Strothmann

German politician

*December 20th, 1952, Münster

44

Michael Rogers

Australian cyclist

*December 20th, 1979, Barham

49

Carlos Da Cruz

Road bicycle racer

*December 20th, 1974, Saint-Denis

Same year
Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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