December 20 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Asara B’Tevet עשרה בטבת holiday

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2013 — China successfully launches the Bolivian Túpac Katari 1 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. ↗
• 2007 — Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days. ↗
• 2007 — The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido... ↗
• 2004 — A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern... ↗
• 1999 — Macau is handed over to China by Portugal. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1997 — Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer
• 1993 — Robeisy Ramírez, Cuban boxer
• 1992 — Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater
• 1991 — Jillian Rose Reed, American actress
• 1991 — Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer