" Willie " Lincoln was born on December 21, 1850, and died on February 20, 1862.

On December 20, 1860, South Carolina took the lead by adopting an ordinance of secession ; by February 1, 1861, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed.

The ascent stage of lunar module Challenger impacted the Moon 15 December 1972 at 06: 50: 20. 8 UT ( 1: 50 AM EST ), at.

The Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (" Tokyo Convention ") is a multilateral convention, done at Tokyo between 20 August and 14 September 1963, coming into force on 4 December 1963, and is applicable to offenses against penal law and to any acts jeopardizing the safety of persons or property on board civilian aircraft while in-flight and engaged in international air navigation.

AZ were undefeated in all 32 of their home matches in European competitions, a sequence which ran from 1977 until 20 December 2007, when they finally lost to Everton of England by a score of 3 – 2.

Seville finally capitulated on 20 December 913.

The observations were continued, and the star was seen to continue its southerly course until March, when it took up a position some 20 ″ more southerly than its December position.

Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch rap rock band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20, 1986.

Trier was taken on 26 October and Landau fell on 23 November to the Margrave of Baden and Prince Eugene ; with the fall of Trarbach on 20 December, the campaign season for 1704 came to an end.

A bocce player of note is Umberto Granaglia ( May 20, 1931 – December 13, 2008 ), who was awarded the honor of " Player of the Twentieth Century " by the Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules.

After the Taliban government was toppled during Operation Enduring Freedom, Rabbani returned to Kabul and served as a temporary President from November to December 20, 2001, when Hamid Karzai was chosen at the Bonn International Conference on Afghanistan.

In tropical astrology, the Sun is considered to be in the sign Capricorn from December 22 to January 20, and in sidereal astrology, from January 15 to February 15.

He purchased the school of at Newport, Isle of Wight, in December 1836, reopened it as a preparatory school on 20 February 1837, and moved it to Montpelier Road in Brighton in December 1837.

In December 1998 there were 20 days without sun recorded at Yeovilton.

On December 20, 2010, Hester set an NFL record for most touchdowns on a punt or kickoff return with his 14th career return coming against the Minnesota Vikings.

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It was created on December 20, 1917, after a decree issued by Vladimir Lenin, and was subsequently led by aristocrat-turned-communist Felix Dzerzhinsky.

Carl Edward Sagan (; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996 ) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences.

Earlier in 1961, a Television Audience Measurement ( TAM ) showed that 75 % of available viewers ( 15 million ) tuned into Corrie and by 1964 the programme had over 20 million regular viewers, with ratings peaking on 2 December 1964, at 21. 36 million viewers.

The U. S. Army first authorized identification tags in War Department General Order No. 204, dated December 20, 1906, which essentially prescribes the Kennedy identification tag:

Drum carried by John Unger, Company B, 40th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Mozart Regiment, December 20, 1863

On 20 December, Kabila was sworn in for a second term, promising to invest in infrastructure and public services.

On October 16, 2011, the Cowboys wore their road blue jerseys against the New England Patriots for the first time since December 27, 2009, against the Redskins ; the Patriots defeated the Cowboys 20 – 16.

The Cowboys lost their final game at Texas Stadium to the Baltimore Ravens, 33 – 24, on December 20, 2008.

Albert Pike ( December 29, 1809 – April 2, 1891 ) was an attorney, Confederate officer, writer, and Freemason.

In early December 1891, Canadian American Dr. James Naismith, a physical education professor and instructor at the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School ( YMCA ) ( today, Springfield College ) in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA ), was trying to keep his gym class active on a rainy day.

Emma Abbott ( December 9, 1850 – January 5, 1891 ) was an American operatic soprano and impresario known for her pure, clear voice of great flexibility and volume.

Karl Dönitz (; 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980 ) was a German naval commander during World War II.

Rockne was married to Bonnie Gwendoline Skiles ( December 18, 1891 – June 2, 1956 ), the daughter of George Skiles and Huldah Dry.

Following the December 29, 1890, massacre, Baum wrote a second editorial, published on January 3, 1891:

Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix (; 2 December 1891 – 25 July 1969 ) was a German painter and printmaker, noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of Weimar society and the brutality of war.

2 December 1891

He was buried in the cathedral of Perugia, where his body remained until Pope Leo XIII had it transferred to the Lateran in December 1891.

Almon Brown Strowger filed the first patent for a rotary dial, U. S. patent # 486, 909, on December 21, 1891, that was later issued to him on November 29, 1892.

Thomas Brackett Reed, ( October 18, 1839 – December 7, 1902 ), occasionally ridiculed as Czar Reed, was a U. S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1889 – 1891 and from 1895 – 1899.

On 11 December 1891 Gladstone said that: " It is a lamentable fact if, in the midst of our civilisation, and at the close of the nineteenth century, the workhouse is all that can be offered to the industrious labourer at the end of a long and honourable life.

* December 10 – Napoleon Zervas, Greek WW II Resistance leader ( b. 1891 )

* December 16 – Fumimaro Konoe, Prime Minister of Japan ( suicide ) ( b. 1891 )

* December 2 – Georges Seurat, French painter ( d. 1891 )

* December 4 – Archie Mayo, American actor and director ( b. 1891 )

* December 24 – Edmund Goulding, American director ( b. 1891 )

* December 13 – John Charles Thomas, American opera singer ( b. 1891 )

* December 6 – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, A founding father of modern India, the architect of its constitution and Indian dalit leader ( b. 1891 )

* December 10 – David Shimoni, Israeli poet and writer ( b. 1891 )

* December 2 – Emperor Pedro II of Brazil ( d. 1891 )

* December 30 – Samuel Newitt Wood, American Politician ( d. 1891 )

In December 1891, May was engaged to her second cousin, once-removed, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales.

On December 7, 1891, Crane's mother died at the age of 64, and the 20-year-old appointed Edmund as his guardian.

After three days of negotiations without progress, Stairs gave Msiri an ultimatum to sign the treaty the next day, 20 December 1891.