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December 20 Birthdays in History - December 20 Deaths - December 20 Events
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December 20, 1974 Augie Ojeda, born in Los Angeles, California, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze December 20, 1973 Barry Stokes, WLAF offensive linesman for the Rhein Fire December 20, 1973 Cory Stillman, Peterborough, NHL center for the Calgary Flames December 20, 1973 Jenny Boucek, WNBA guard for the Cleveland Rockers December 20, 1973 Muadianvita Kazadi, linebacker for the St. Louis Rams December 20, 1972 Jan Caloun, hockey forward, Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998 December 20, 1972 Jonathan Wyatt, Lower Hutt NZ, 5000m 1996 Olympics December 20, 1971 Jerry Ellison, NFL running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers December 20, 1970 Dino Felicetti, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 December 20, 1970 Grant Flower, cricketer, bro of Andy Zimbabwe Test opening batsman December 20, 1970 Jason Simmons, CFL/WLAF defensive tackle, Roughriders, Claymores December 20, 1970 Scott Slutzker, tight end for the Indianapolis Colts December 20, 1970 Tony Semple, NFL guard, Detroit Lions December 20, 1970 Travis Green, Castlegar, NHL center for the New York Islanders December 20, 1969 Bobby Phills, NBA guard, Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets December 20, 1967 Duncan Kennedy, Burlington California, luger 1994 Olympics December 20, 1967 Wendy Hamilton, born in Detroit, Michigan, playmate, Dec, 1991 December 20, 1966 Chris Robinson, singer, Black Crowes December 20, 1966 Ed de Goey, Dutch soccer goalie, Feyenoord December 20, 1966 Tim Hauck, NFL safety, Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks December 20, 1963 Karen Moncrieff, Sacramento California, actress, Xtro 3, Days of Our Lives December 20, 1963 Pam Casale, Camden, New Jersey, tennis player, Marco Island finals 1985 December 20, 1962 Thomas Newberry, NFL guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers December 20, 1961 Bonnie Marino, born in Cleveland, Ohio, playmate, Jun, 1990 December 20, 1961 Gale Gilbert, NFL quarterback for the San Diego Chargers December 20, 1961 Nate Newton, NFL guard for the Dallas Cowboys December 20, 1960 Carolyn Seaward, Devonshire England, Miss United Kingdom, 1979 December 20, 1960 John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star December 20, 1960 Piet Keur, Dutch soccer player/trainer, South Carolina Heerenveen, AZ December 20, 1959 David Lutz, NFL guard and tackle, Detroit Lions December 20, 1957 Anita Baker, [Ward], born in Detroit, Michigan, vocalist, Rapture December 20, 1957 Billy Bragg, singer and songwriter December 20, 1957 Mike Watt, U.S. bassist, Rockband Firehose December 20, 1956 Blanche Baker, born in New York City, actress/Carroll Baker's Daughter, French Postcard December 20, 1955 Ed Kuepper, German/Australian, singer and songwriter, Saints December 20, 1955 Pierre Bokma, Dutch actor, Avonden, Leedvermaak December 20, 1955 Sammy Mitchell, U.S. programmer, Qedit/TSE/Semware December 20, 1952 Jenny Agutter, born in Taunton, England, actress, Logan's Run, Equus, Amy December 20, 1952 Sergio Vastano, Italian actor, Nightclub, Prete Bello December 20, 1950 Alex Chllton, rocker December 20, 1949 Claudia Jennings, [Mary Ellen Chestrerton], Minnesota, playmate, Nov, 1969 December 20, 1948 "Little" Stevie Wright, rocker, Easybeats December 20, 1947 Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer December 20, 1947 Peter Criss[coula], born in Brooklyn, New York, rocker, Kiss-Beth December 20, 1946 John Spencer, actor, Tommy Mullanney-LA Law December 20, 1946 Patti Smith, singer and songwriter December 20, 1946 Uri Geller, Israel, psychic, bends forks December 20, 1946 Sonny Perdue, American Politician December 20, 1944 G Wolfgruber, writer December 20, 1944 Robert Colomby, New York City, rock drummer, Blood Sweat and Tears-When I Die December 20, 1942 Robert L Hayes, born in Jacksonville, Florida, 100m/4x100m runner, Oly-2 gold-1964 December 20, 1942 Bob Hayes, American Athlete December 20, 1941 Frank Creton, Suriname/Neth painter December 20, 1940 Larry Willis, rock keyboardist, Blood, Sweat and Tears December 20, 1939 Agatha N "Kim" Weston, U.S. gospel/singer, It Takes Two December 20, 1939 Dianne Arndt, artist/photographer December 20, 1939 Klaus Schweizer, composer December 20, 1938 John Harris Harbison, Orange, New Jersey, composer December 20, 1935 Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla, cricketer, 166 on debut Pakistan vs. Aust 1964 December 20, 1933 Gordon Getty December 20, 1933 Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist, world champion, 1961 December 20, 1932 John Hillerman, actor, Magnum PI December 20, 1929 Milan Panic, premier of little Yugoslavia December 20, 1928 Charles Donald Adams, singer December 20, 1928 Jack Christiansen, Kansas, NFL hall of famer defensive back, Lions December 20, 1927 Jim Simpson, sportscaster December 20, 1926 David Levine, U.S. painter December 20, 1925 Bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist, Kuifje, Lion of Flanders December 20, 1925 Datuk Seri Mahathir bin Mahamad, premier of Malaysia, 1981- December 20, 1925 Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect December 20, 1925 Vlastimir Nikolovski, composer December 20, 1924 Errol John, Port-of-Spain Trinidad, actor, PT-109, Assault on a Queen December 20, 1924 F Mayrocker, writer December 20, 1924 Ingeborg E A "Inge" Beekman, actress, Horizon December 20, 1923 Nadine Gordimer, Springs South Africa, novelist December 20, 1922 Charita Bauer, Newark, New Jersey, actress, Guiding Light, Aldrich Family December 20, 1922 George Roy Hill, dir, Slap Shot, Little Drummer Girl, Little Romance December 20, 1920 Vaino Linna, writer December 20, 1918 Audrey Totter, Joliet, Illinois, actress, Carpetbaggers, Set-Up December 20, 1917 David Bohm, American Scientist December 20, 1915 Aziz Nesin, writer December 20, 1911 Hortense Calisher, New York City, novelist, Arts and Letters 1967 December 20, 1909 Vagn Holmboe, composer December 20, 1908 Giulio Cesare Brero, composer December 20, 1908 Norman Hackforth, broadcaster December 20, 1906 Dick White, head of British secret service, MI-5/MI-6 December 20, 1906 Irving Krick, meteorologist December 20, 1906 Lowell Gilmore, Minnesota, actor, Living Christ Series December 20, 1905 "Tiger" Bill O'Reilly, cricketer, mighty Australian leg-spinner December 20, 1904 Albert Van Dekker, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Cyclops, Beau Gesture December 20, 1904 [Schmidt] Hans Burkhardt, artist December 20, 1902 George EAE, English prince/earl of St. Andrews December 20, 1902 Max Lerner, U.S., columnist, New York Post December 20, 1902 Sidney Hook, anticommunist philosopher, Paradoxes of Freedom December 20, 1901 Robert Van de Graaff, Alabama, physicist, Mobility of Gaseous Ions December 20, 1900 Gabby Harnett, NL MVP 1935 December 20, 1898 Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress, Show Boat, I Remember Mama December 20, 1895 Susanne Langer, U.S., philosopher/educator, Philosophy in a New Key December 20, 1894 Robert Menzies, Australian PM, 1939-41, 1949-66 December 20, 1889 Bozidar Sirola, composer December 20, 1886 Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer December 20, 1886 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, California, tennis player, U.S. Open 1909-11 December 20, 1884 Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch nazi collaborator/traitor December 20, 1881 Branch Rickey, baseball executive, Dodgers December 20, 1876 Jan Van Oudshoorn, [Jan K Feylbrief], Dutch writer, Maze of Senses December 20, 1876 Walter S Adams, U.S. astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, 1923-46 December 20, 1875 T F Powys, Wales, writer, Captain Patch, Goat Green December 20, 1872 Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer December 20, 1871 Henry Kimball Hadley, composer December 20, 1870 Pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet, Voices, Carmina December 20, 1869 Charley Grapewin, Xenia, Ohio, actor, Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady December 20, 1868 Harvey S Firestone, Industrialist, where the rubber meets the road December 20, 1868 Harvey S. Firestone, American Businessman December 20, 1867 Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer December 20, 1865 Maude Gonne, Irish nationalist, Irish Joan of Arc December 20, 1859 Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher December 20, 1858 Jean/Johannes T "Jan" Toorop, Dutch painter/graphic artist, 3 Brides December 20, 1841 Ferdinand-Edouard Buisson, France, educator, Nobel Peace Prize 1927 December 20, 1833 Samuel A. Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth December 20, 1825 Romeyn Beck Ayres, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1888 December 20, 1819 John Geary, 1st San Francisco postmaster, 1st mayor, May 1, 1850 December 20, 1813 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood, Gov-Iowa, /U.S. Sect of Interior, 1881-82 December 20, 1812 Achille Peri, composer December 20, 1809 Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer December 20, 1808 Thomas Tinsley Craven, Commander Union Navy, died in 1887 December 20, 1807 Richard Lucian Page, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1901 December 20, 1805 Thomas Graham, father of colloid chemistry December 20, 1786 Pietro Raimondi, composer December 20, 1774 Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer December 20, 1758 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer December 20, 1729 Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer December 20, 1720 Charles Edward Stuart, [Bonnie Prince Charlie/Young Pretender] December 20, 1659 Francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman December 20, 1629 Pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter December 20, 1606 Christoph Schultze, composer December 20, 1594 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer December 20, 1579 John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist, Phylaster, baptized December 20, 1539 Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer |