December 20th, 1946

Born on December 20th, 1946

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 28,000 days old!

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What happened on December 20th, 1946?

December 20th, 1946

An earthquake in Nankaidō, Japan causes a tsunami which kills at least one thousand people and destroys 36,000 homes.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Nankai_earthquake

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, 1946

77

Uri Geller

Israeli illusionist

*December 20th, 1946, Ein-Gedi Hospital

77

Sonny Perdue

American politician

*December 20th, 1946, Perry

77

Andrei Codrescu

American writer

*December 20th, 1946, Sibiu

77

Lloyd Mumphord

American football player

*December 20th, 1946, Los Angeles

58

John Spencer

American actor (1946–2005)

*December 20th, 1946, New York City †December 16th, 2005, Los Angeles

68

Radomir Naumov

Serbian politician

*December 20th, 1946, Čoka †May 22nd, 2015, Belgrade

77

Bill Hosket

Basketball player

*December 20th, 1946, Dayton

77

Aíto García Reneses

Spanish basketball player

*December 20th, 1946, Madrid

77

Dick Wolf

American television producer (born 1946)

*December 20th, 1946, New York City

74

Aristóbulo Iztúriz

Venezuelan politician (1946-2021)

*December 20th, 1946, Curiepe †April 27th, 2021, Caracas

77

Michele Marsh

American actress

*December 20th, 1946, Mulhouse

77

Lesley Judd

British dancer, TV presenter

*December 20th, 1946, London

70

Benno Malfèr

Italian priest

*December 20th, 1946, Gries-Quirein †August 28th, 2017, Bolzano

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Who's birthday is on December 20th?

76

Gigliola Cinquetti

Italian singer (1947-)

*December 20th, 1947, Verona

28

Irama

Italian singer-songwriter (1995-)

*December 20th, 1995, Carrara

75

Daniel Rebillard

French racing cyclist

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

72

Wolfgang Güldenpfennig

East German rower

*December 20th, 1951, Magdeburg

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

74

Jacqueline Pearce

British actress (1943-2018)

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

25

Kylian Mbappé

French association football player

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

75

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

*December 20th, 1948, Willesden

68

Martin Schulz

German politician

*December 20th, 1955, Hehlrath

68

Binali Yıldırım

Turkish politician; 27th Prime Minister of Turkey

*December 20th, 1955, Sivas Province

75

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Tanzanian novelist

*December 20th, 1948, Zanzibar City

78

Peter Criss

American drummer

*December 20th, 1945, Brooklyn

90

Rik Van Looy

Belgian road racing cyclist

*December 20th, 1933, Grobbendonk

71

Lena Strothmann

German politician

*December 20th, 1952, Münster

75

Ronald M. Hahn

German writer

*December 20th, 1948, Wuppertal

78

Jean-Marc Guillou

French footballer

*December 20th, 1945, Bouaye

86

Manfred Lahnstein

German politician

*December 20th, 1937, Erkrath

78

Arno Schmidt

German politician

*December 20th, 1945, Laubusch

73

Bruno Moynot

French actor

*December 20th, 1950, Bois-Colombes

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Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

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No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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