On this day: 20 December

Selected events and births on 20 December, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1248 – Attempting to form an alliance with the Mongol Empire, Louis IX of France met with two of their envoys while en route to the Seventh Crusade. Read more: Franco-Mongol alliance Louis IX of France Seventh Crusade
• 1940 – The superhero Captain America made his first published appearance in the comic book Captain America Comics #1. Read more: Captain America Captain America Comics
• 1980 – NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins without announcers. Read more: NBC American football New York Jets
• 1999 – Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China. Read more: Handover of Macau Macau
• 2007 – Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art before being recovered about three weeks later. Read more: Pablo Picasso Portrait of Suzanne Bloch São Paulo Museum of Art

Born on this day

• 1946 – Sonny Perdue, American politician, 31st United States Secretary of Agriculture, 81st Governor of Georgia Read more: Sonny Perdue United States Secretary of Agriculture Governor of Georgia
• 1955 – Binali Yıldırım, Turkish lawyer and politician, Turkish Minister of Transport Read more: Binali Yıldırım Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Turkey)
• 1956 – Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania Read more: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz List of heads of state of Mauritania
• 1959 – Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland Read more: Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Prime Minister of Poland
• 1994 – Calvin Ridley, American football player Read more: Calvin Ridley
• 1995 – Anžejs Pasečņiks, Latvian basketball player Read more: Anžejs Pasečņiks
• 1996 – Jarrod Bowen, English football player Read more: Jarrod Bowen
• 1997 – De'Aaron Fox, American basketball player Read more: De'Aaron Fox
• 1997 – Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer Read more: Suzuka Nakamoto
• 1998 – Kylian Mbappé, French footballer Read more: Kylian Mbappé
• 2001 – Facundo Pellistri, Uruguayan footballer Read more: Facundo Pellistri
• 2007 – Gavin McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player Read more: Gavin McKenna

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