December 20th (2012) was a Thursday. It's the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days left to the end of the year.
December 20th Famous Deaths for 2012
» Stan Charlton, English footballer and manager (b. 1929)
» Leslie Claudius, Indian field hockey player and manager (b. 1927)
» Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (b. 1947)
» Niall FitzGerald (Gaelic footballer) known as Niall FitzGerald, Irish footballer (b. 1931)
» Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (b. 1929)
» Eagle Keys, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1923)
» Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1929)
» Jimmy McCracklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1921)
» Victor Merzhanov, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1919)
» Kamil Sönmez, Turkish singer and actor (b. 1947)
December 20th Holidays in History
» Abolition of Slavery Day, also known as 'Cafre known as Fête des Cafres' (Réunion, French Guiana)
» Bo Aung Kyaw Day (Burma named Myanmar)
» Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
» Dominic of Silos
» O antiphon O Clavis David e.g O Clavis
» Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne
» Katharina von Bora (Lutheran)
» December 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Yaldā (Iran)
» UNRIC UN international days and observances named International Human Solidarity Day (International observance e.g International)