On This Day December 20th

 


December 20th is the three-hundred-fifty-fourth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

 AD 69 – Antonius Primus enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor for Nero's former general Vespasian.

1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.

1848—French presidential election: Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, who won the popular vote in a landslide, is inaugurated in the National Assembly chamber as the French Second Republic's first (and only) president.

1860 – South Carolina became the first state to attempt to secede from the United States with the South Carolina Declaration of Secession.

1915 – World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

1940—Captain America Comics #1, which features the first appearance of the superhero Captain America, is published.

1955 – Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

1989 – The United States invasion of Panama deposes Manuel Noriega.

2007—Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the United Kingdom's history, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years and 243 days.


Birthdays

 1494 – Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)

1626 – Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (d. 1692)

1629 – Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (d. 1684)

1812 – Laura M. Hawley Thurston, American poet and educator (d. 1842)

1868 – Harvey Samuel Firestone, an American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (d. 1938)

1881 – Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)

1904 – Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (d. 1977)

1927 – Jim Simpson, American sportscaster (d. 2016)

1942 – Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (d. 2002)

1957 – Billy Bragg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist.

1983 – Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter


Holiday Highlight

SACAGAWEA DAY

  Let’s talk about Sacagawea! She was born in May 1788 in Idaho and had quite an adventurous life. At just 12 years old, she was kidnapped by the Hidatsa tribe but later married fur trader Toussaint Charbonneau. 

Sacagawea joined the Lewis and Clark expedition, where her knowledge and support were invaluable. As the only woman on the journey, she helped the team navigate and find resources. Sadly, she passed away in December 1812 at the age of 24. What an inspiring story!


Holidays And Observance 

Cathode Ray Tube Day 

Dot Your I's Day

Games Day 

Go Caroling Day 

International Human Solidarity Day 

Mudd Day 

National Fried Shrimp Day 

National Sangria Day 

National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day  

Poet Laureate Day 

Sacagawea Day 

Underdog Day 



 




 


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