December 20th, 1951

Born on December 20th, 1951

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What happened on December 20th, 1951?

December 20th, 1951

The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_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, 1951

72

Wolfgang Güldenpfennig

East German rower

*December 20th, 1951, Magdeburg

49

Wau Holland

German journalist and computer activist (1951–2001)

*December 20th, 1951, Kassel †July 29th, 2001, Bielefeld

72

Kate Atkinson

English writer of novels, plays and short stories

*December 20th, 1951, York

72

Nuala O'Loan

British legal scholar, academic, activist; NI Ombudsman (born 1951)

*December 20th, 1951, Hertfordshire

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

28

Irama

Italian singer-songwriter (1995-)

*December 20th, 1995, Carrara

76

Gigliola Cinquetti

Italian singer (1947-)

*December 20th, 1947, Verona

71

Lena Strothmann

German politician

*December 20th, 1952, Münster

75

Daniel Rebillard

French racing cyclist

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

68

Martin Schulz

German politician

*December 20th, 1955, Hehlrath

34

Clarisse Crémer

French offshore sailor

*December 20th, 1989, Paris

68

Binali Yıldırım

Turkish politician; 27th Prime Minister of Turkey

*December 20th, 1955, Sivas Province

87

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

US tennis and badminton player

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

73

Bruno Moynot

French actor

*December 20th, 1950, Bois-Colombes

25

Kylian Mbappé

French association football player

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

34

Bongi Makeba

South African musician (1950-1985)

*December 20th, 1950, Pretoria †March 17th, 1985, Conakry

75

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

*December 20th, 1948, Willesden

73

Arturo Márquez

Mexican composer

*December 20th, 1950, Álamos

67

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

President of Mauritania from 2009 to 2019

*December 20th, 1956, Akjoujt

74

Jacqueline Pearce

British actress (1943-2018)

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

75

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Tanzanian novelist

*December 20th, 1948, Zanzibar City

73

Théodule Toulotte

Olympic wrestler

*December 20th, 1950, Lozinghem

90

Rik Van Looy

Belgian road racing cyclist

*December 20th, 1933, Grobbendonk

59

Kim Ki-duk

South Korean film director (1960–2020)

*December 20th, 1960, Bonghwa County †December 11th, 2020, Riga

48

Ignacio Escolar

Spanish blogger and journalist

*December 20th, 1975, Burgos

Same year
Born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

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No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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