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| December 20th, 2006 (December 20 2006) | Event | A judge rules against the death penalty in the case of Naveed Haq, a man convicted in the shooting death and injuries at the Jewish Federation in Seattle. | |
| December 20th, 2006 (December 20 2006) | Death | Shi Yuejun, Chinese serial killer. Executed. | |
| December 20th, 1996 (December 20 1996) | Event | NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X. | |
| December 20th, 1996 (December 20 1996) | Death | Carl Sagan, American astronomer and writer (born in 1934) | Carl Sagan Quotes |
| December 20th, 1986 (December 20 1986) | Death | Joe DeSa, baseball player (born in 1959) | |
| December 20th, 1976 (December 20 1976) | Birth | Jang Hyuk, Korean actor | |
| December 20th, 1976 (December 20 1976) | Birth | Aubrey Huff, American baseball player | |
| December 20th, 1976 (December 20 1976) | Birth | Adam Powell, Neopets creator | |
| December 20th, 1976 (December 20 1976) | Birth | Ramon Stoppelenburg, world traveler and Dutch author | |
| December 20th, 1976 (December 20 1976) | Death | Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (born in 1902) | Richard J. Daley Quotes |
| December 20th, 1966 (December 20 1966) | Birth | Matt Neal , British Race Driver | |
| December 20th, 1966 (December 20 1966) | Birth | Chris Robinson, American singer (Black Crowes) | |
| December 20th, 1966 (December 20 1966) | Birth | Myrra Malmberg, Swedish singer | |
| December 20th, 1956 (December 20 1956) | Birth | Blanche Baker, American actress | |
| December 20th, 1956 (December 20 1956) | Birth | Junji Hirata, Japanese professional wrestler | |
| December 20th, 1956 (December 20 1956) | Death | Ramon Carrillo, Argentine neuroscientist and Public Health minister (born in 1906) | |
| December 20th, 1946 (December 20 1946) | Birth | Uri Geller, Israeli psychic | |
| December 20th, 1946 (December 20 1946) | Birth | John Spencer, American actor (died in 2005) | |
| December 20th, 1946 (December 20 1946) | Birth | Dick Wolf, American television series creator | |
| December 20th, 1926 (December 20 1926) | Birth | Sir Geoffrey Howe, British politician | |
| December 20th, 1926 (December 20 1926) | Birth | Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician | |
| December 20th, 1916 (December 20 1916) | Birth | Michel Chartrand, Quebec union leader | |
| December 20th, 1886 (December 20 1886) | Birth | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player (died in 1974) | |
| December 20th, 1856 (December 20 1856) | Death | Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (born in 1820) | |
| December 20th, 1786 (December 20 1786) | Birth | Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (died in 1853) | |
| December 20th, 1626 (December 20 1626) | Birth | Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (died in 1692) | |
| December 20th, 1606 (December 20 1606) | Event | The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. | |
| December 20th, 1566 (December 20 1566) | Birth | Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (died in 1612) | |
