On December 17, however, Bradley observed that the star was moving southwards, a motion further shown by observations on the 20th.

Abraham Joshua Heschel ( January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972 ) was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century.

From a poll conducted of the American people in December 1999, Clinton was among eighteen included in Gallup's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th century.

Edvard Munch (; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944 ) was a Norwegian painter and printmaker whose intensely evocative treatment of psychological themes built upon some of the main tenets of late 19th-century Symbolism and greatly influenced German Expressionism in the early 20th century.

* In December 1999 E !, the US entertainment channel, featured a mockumentary entitled Galaxy Quest: 20th Anniversary, The Journey Continues, concerning the making of the Galaxy Quest television show.

Ira Gershwin ( December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983 ) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.

Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007 ) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important ( Barrett 1988, 45 ; Harvey 1975b, 705 ; Hopkins 1972, 33 ; Klein 1968, 117 ) but also controversial ( Power 1990, 30 ) composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

He was born in Córdoba, Almoravid Empire ( present-day Spain ) on Passover Eve, 1135, and died in Egypt ( or Tiberias ) on 20th Tevet, December 12, 1204.

Maimonides died on December 12, 1204 ( 20th of Tevet 4965 ) in Fustat, and it is widely believed that he was briefly buried in the study room ( beit hamidrash ) of the synagogue courtyard, and that, soon after, in accordance with his wishes, his remains were exhumed and taken to Tiberias where he was re-interred.

After successful vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the WHO certified the eradication of smallpox in December 1979.

In December in Pyongyang, to mark the 20th anniversary of Sun Myung Moon's visit to the DPRK, de jure President Kim Yong-nam hosted the new President in the official residence.

Walter Elias " Walt " Disney ( December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966 ) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century.

A bittersweet moment during the season occurred on December 29, 2002, when Darrell Green concluded his 20th and final season as the Redskins defeated the Cowboys 20 – 14 at FedExField.

* December 10 – Mississippi is admitted as the 20th U. S. state, formerly the Mississippi Territory.

The 2nd millennium was the thousand-year period that commenced on January 1, 1001 and ended on December 31, 2000, encompasses the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Early Modern Age, the age of Colonialism, industrialization, the rise of nation states, and culminates in the 20th century with the impact of science, widespread education, and universal health care and vaccinations in many nations.

Karel Čapek () ( January 9, 1890 – December 25, 1938 ) was a Czech writer of the 20th century.

The Dow averaged a 5. 3 % return compounded annually for the 20th century, a record Warren Buffett called " a wonderful century "; when he calculated that to achieve that return again, the index would need to close at about 2, 000, 000 by December 2099.

Han van Meegeren () ( 10 October 1889 in Deventer, Overijssel – 30 December 1947 in Amsterdam ), born Henricus Antonius van Meegeren, was a Dutch painter and portraitist and is considered to be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.

The series returned for three special episodes which aired on 25 December 2011, 1 January 2012 and 23 July 2012 to mark the show's 20th anniversary.

Three new specials were announced to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary with the first special ' Surprising guests ' airing on 25 December 2011.

* Albert Camus, in his lecture at the University of Uppsala on December 14th, 1957, used the Gordian knot as a metaphor for the civilization falling apart at the sword of rampant politics of power and nihilism of the 20th century.

In the first half of the 20th century ( 1 January 1900 – 31 December 1950 ), the line of the Sacramento Northern Railroad ran through Moraga ; much of the old right-of-way is now part of the popular Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail.

In 20th Century Music, San Anselmo CA., USA, December, p. 3-10

The software is developed and sold by Autodesk, Inc., first released in December 1982 by Autodesk in the year following the purchase of the first form of the software by Autodesk founder, John Walker.

DXF was originally introduced in December 1982 as part of AutoCAD 1. 0, and was intended to provide an exact representation of the data in the AutoCAD native file format, DWG ( Drawing ), for which Autodesk for many years did not publish specifications.

The company announced it would close the Herald American -- making Boston a one-newspaper town — on December 3, 1982.

The project was not completed, however, until December 2007, at a cost of over $ 14. 6 billion ($ 8. 08 billion in 1982 dollars ).

The PRC adopted its current constitution on 4 December 1982.

He entered the USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer program in 1982, and was scheduled to fly on mission STS-71-B in December 1986, but the mission was cancelled after the Challenger Disaster in January 1986.

The Boland Amendment had first been passed by Congress in December 1982.

Because the DIX proposal was most technically complete and because of the speedy action taken by ECMA which decisively contributed to the conciliation of opinions within IEEE, the IEEE 802. 3 CSMA / CD standard was approved in December 1982.

In December 1982, the CWRIC issued its findings in Personal Justice Denied, concluding that the incarceration of Japanese Americans had not been justified by military necessity.

In this period, the Soviets resumed EVAs, making four from the Salyut 6 and Salyut 7 space stations between December 20, 1977, and July 30, 1982.

* " The First Reactor: 40th Anniversary Commemorative Edition ", United States Department of Energy, ( December 1982 ).

The most recent governor-general to die was Sir Zelman Cowen ( 1977 – 1982 ), on 8 December 2011.

In December 1982, Lewis was felled by a serious heart attack.

* Lew Allen, Jr., July 22, 1982 – December 31, 1990

An NRC study panel on the topic met in December 1981 and April 1982.

In 1982, the so-called TTAPS team ( Richard P. Turco, Owen Toon, Thomas P. Ackerman, James B. Pollack and Carl Sagan ) undertook a computational modeling study of the atmospheric consequences of nuclear war, publishing their results in Science in December 1983.

The Odyssey² was released in Japan in December 1982 by Kōton Trading Toitarii Enterprise ( コートン ・ トレーディング ・ トイタリー ・ エンタープライズ, a division of DINGU company ) under the name オデッセイ２ ( odessei2 ).

In December 1982, the fifth National People ’ s Congress revised the State Constitution to provide that the State Central Military Commission leads all the armed forces of the state.

Warnock left with Chuck Geschke and founded Adobe Systems in December 1982.

As of December 2010, five former premiers are alive, the oldest being John Cain ( 1982 – 1990, born 1931 ).

The first action plan of the CEPT Group GSM, approved in December 1982, requested " The services and facilities offered in the public switched telephone networks and public data networks ... should be available in the mobile system ".

NFL owners awarded the hosting of Super Bowl XX to New Orleans, Louisiana on December 14, 1982.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XIX to Stanford University Stadium in Palo Alto, California on December 14, 1982.

In December 1982, Mushroom released a medley of Skyhooks songs as " Hooked on Hooks " which peaked at # 21.