December 20
People born on this day are Sagittarius.
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War on drugs: The United Nations agrees upon and promulgates the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, one of three major drug control treaties currently in force.
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The United States invasion of Panama deposes Manuel Noriega.
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A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
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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.
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Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
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A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.
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Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years and 243 days.
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The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art in Brazil. Both will be recovered a few weeks later.
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Aerosucre Flight 157 crashes during takeoff from Germán Olano Airport in Puerto Carreño, Colombia, killing five people.
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The United States Space Force becomes the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces since 1947.
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Six people are killed and over 200 are injured when an anti-Islam activist drives a car into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.
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A mass stabbing occurs in a primary school in Zagreb, Croatia, in which a 7-year-old pupil is killed and six more are injured by a knife-wielding 19-year-old male.
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2007Gavin McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player
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2001Facundo Pellistri, Uruguayan footballer
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1998Kylian Mbappé, French footballer
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1997De'Aaron Fox, American basketball player
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1997Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer
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1996Jarrod Bowen, English football player
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1995Anžejs Pasečņiks, Latvian basketball player
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1994Calvin Ridley, American football player
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1993Andrea Belotti, Italian footballer
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1993Robeisy Ramírez, Cuban boxer
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1992Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater
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1991Jorginho, Brazilian footballer
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