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. Date: December 20, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)
Macau is handed over to China by Portugal. Date: December 20, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: December 20, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in…
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. Date: December 20, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on…
Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years and 243 days. Date: December 20, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aerosucre Flight 157 crashes during takeoff from Germán Olano Airport in Puerto Carreño, Colombia, killing five people. Date: December 20, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States Space Force becomes the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces since 1947. Date: December 20, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Vega C rocket carrying two Pléiades Neo satellites fails after liftoff. Date: December 20, 2022 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 2022 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: December 20, 2024 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 2024 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: December 20, 2024 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 2024 📅 On This Day (Today)