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<p><span class="hottrends-trends-list-date-header">Thursday, December 20, 2012</span></p>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-title-container"><a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:12/20/2012,cd_max:12/20/2012&amp;q=Mayan+calendar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-title">Mayan Calendar</span></a></div>
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<span class="hottrends-single-trend-info"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-info-line">1,000,000+ searches</span></span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-related-searches"><span>Related searches: </span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-related-searches-list">End Of The World, End Of The World 2012, NASA, apocalypse, Doomsday, Is the world going to end, The End Of The World, Mayan Calendar 2012, Mayan, When Is The World Going To End, end of world, 2012 End Of The World, Mayan Apocalypse</span></span></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-news-article-container"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-smith/end-of-the-world_b_2345709.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-title">The <strong>Mayan Calendar</strong> and End of the World Hoopla</span></a><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-source">Huffington Post</span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-snippet">A Mayan-style archway was built just east of Moscow and that started speculation in Russia. Some people even said that rumormongers who spread the word that the 5125-year cycle would come true, should be prosecuted. The <strong>Mayan calendar</strong> says the <strong>...</strong></span></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-image-container"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2012/12/21/suzy-favor-hamilton-is-latest-olympic-athlete-to-crash-and-burn/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="http://news.google.com/news/tbn/nKGTsUOco-rv5M/1.jpg" alt="" /><span>Forbes</span></a></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-title-container"><a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:12/20/2012,cd_max:12/20/2012&amp;q=Suzy+Favor+Hamilton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-title">Suzy Favor Hamilton</span></a></div>
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<span class="hottrends-single-trend-info"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-info-line">200,000+ searches</span></span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-related-searches"><span>Related searches: </span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-related-searches-list">Favor Hamilton, Suzy Hamilton</span></span></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-news-article-container"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2012/12/21/suzy-favor-hamilton-is-latest-olympic-athlete-to-crash-and-burn/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-title"><strong>Suzy Favor Hamilton</strong> Is The Latest Olympic Athlete To Crash And Burn</span></a><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-source">Forbes</span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-snippet">The reality is that the Olympics are usually the pinnacle for these athletes and the fall from the top can sometimes get ugly. The Smoking Gun revealed Thursday that three-time Olympian <strong>Suzy Favor Hamilton</strong>, 44, worked for a Las Vegas escort service for <strong>...</strong></span></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-news-article-container"><a href="http://espn.go.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/8766649/suzy-favor-hamilton-says-worked-escort" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-title"><strong>Favor Hamilton</strong> worked as escort</span></a><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-source">ESPN</span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-snippet">Three-time Olympian <strong>Suzy Favor Hamilton</strong> says she coped with depression and a troubled marriage by turning to a life of prostitution. In a series of posts to her Twitter account, Favor Hamilton acknowledged working as an escort following a report <strong>...</strong></span></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-image-container"><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/12/21/west-wing-week-122112-or-we-are-there-them" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="http://news.google.com/news/tbn/Nm2nI6TIr9Oa1M/1.jpg" alt="" /><span>The White House (blog)</span></a></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-news-article-container"><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/12/21/west-wing-week-122112-or-we-are-there-them" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-title">West Wing Week: <strong>12/21/12</strong> or "We Are There For Them"</span></a><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-source">The White House (blog)</span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-snippet">West Wing Week: <strong>12/21/12</strong> or "We Are There For Them". Adam Garber. December 21, 2012 12:00 AM EST. Share This Post. Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, the President <strong>...</strong></span></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-image-container"><a href="http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/980321/tim-tebow-and-camilla-break-up" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="http://news.google.com/news/tbn/k-9cMQLRrqZjKM/1.jpg" alt="" /><span>SheKnows.com</span></a></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-news-article-container"><a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2012/12/20/tim-tebow-camilla-belle-its-over/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-title">Tim Tebow, <strong>Camilla Belle</strong>: It's Over!</span></a><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-source">Fox News</span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-snippet">The Jets' Quarterback reportedly split with his girlfriend, Brazilian actress <strong>Camilla Belle</strong>, UsWeekly is reporting. Tebow and Belle were dating for about eight weeks before calling it quits, says the entertainment publication. &ldquo;It just didn't work out <strong>...</strong></span></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-news-article-container"><a href="http://www.9news.com/dontmiss/306087/630/Tebow-breaks-up-with-girlfriend-Camilla-Belle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-title">Tebow breaks up with girlfriend <strong>Camilla Belle</strong></span></a><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-source">9NEWS.com</span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-snippet">In the same week the New York Jets backup was leapfrogged for a starting role by Greg McElroy, US Weekly has learned that Tebow has also broken up with his girlfriend of two months, actress <strong>Camilla Belle</strong>. "It just didn't work out," a source told US Weekly.</span></div>
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<span class="hottrends-single-trend-info"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-info-line">100,000+ searches</span></span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-related-searches"><span>Related searches: </span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-related-searches-list">World Ending</span></span></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-news-article-container"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-smith/end-of-the-world_b_2345709.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-title">The <strong>Mayan</strong> Calendar and <strong>End of the World</strong> Hoopla</span></a><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-source">Huffington Post</span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-snippet">"We didn't predict this but we guarantee the <strong>world</strong> will <strong>end</strong> Dec. 21. Save money by not booking any holiday plans," opined Al Jean, an executive producer of The Simpsons sometime back. The Simpsons episode called "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" caused lots <strong>...</strong></span></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-news-article-container"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/first-day-of-winter-2012_n_2344885.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-title">First Day Of Winter <strong>2012</strong>: Solstice Signifies Beginning Of New Season On <strong>...</strong></span></a><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-source">Huffington Post</span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-snippet">Since the summer solstice on June 20, <strong>2012</strong>, the altitude of the midday sun (or its height above the horizon) has been getting lower as its direct rays have been gradually migrating to the south. Technically, after the exact moment the winter solstice <strong>...</strong></span></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-news-article-container"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/sports/ncaabasketball/jabari-parker-will-play-college-basketball-at-duke.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-title">Known for Faith as Well as His Play, a Top Recruit Picks Duke, Not BYU</span></a><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-source">New York Times</span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-snippet">CHICAGO &mdash; With a deep breath and a smile, <strong>Jabari Parker</strong> held up a blue T-shirt with a bright, white &ldquo;D&rdquo; on it. All around the Simeon Career Academy gym on the South Side here, cameras flashed and TV cameras rolled as the country learned that Parker <strong>...</strong></span></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-news-article-container"><a href="http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8767990/jabari-parker-just-say-no-duke-blue-devils-college-basketball" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-title"><strong>Parker</strong> just couldn't say no to Duke</span></a><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-source">ESPN</span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-snippet">In fact, it was his worst. He "wanted to be a kid," he said. The Duke visit was "all about business." Nor was <strong>Parker</strong> impressed by Duke assistant coach Chris Collins' close ties to the Chicago area. "He's not from Chicago," <strong>Parker</strong> said. "He's from <strong>...</strong></span></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-news-article-container"><a href="http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/jackson-bird-tipped-to-make-test-match-debut-for-australia-as-starc-misses-out/story-fndpt0dy-1226542081672" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-title">Jackson Bird tipped to make Test match debut for <strong>Australia</strong> as Starc misses out</span></a><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-source">NEWS.com.au</span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-snippet">This means that Bird, a Sydney boy who moved to Tasmania, will become the seventh fast bowler used by <strong>Australia</strong> this summer. Only attack leader Peter Siddle is expected to survive from the first Test against Sri Lanka in Hobart, which <strong>Australia</strong> won in <strong>...</strong></span></div>
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<div class="hottrends-single-trend-news-article-container"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/first-day-of-winter-2012_n_2344885.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-title">First Day Of <strong>Winter</strong> 2012: <strong>Solstice</strong> Signifies Beginning Of New Season On <strong>...</strong></span></a><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-source">Huffington Post</span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-snippet">In the very likely event that we survive Friday's rumored Mayan apocalypse, those of us in the Northern Hemisphere will at least get to experience another cosmic occasion: the <strong>winter solstice</strong>. On Friday, Dec. 21, the sun will appear to make its lowest <strong>...</strong></span></div>
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<p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2012/12/21/the-mayans-predicted-this-stock-sell-off-you-know/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-title">The <strong>Mayans</strong> Predicted This Stock Sell-Off, You Know</span></a><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-source">Wall Street Journal (blog)</span><span class="hottrends-single-trend-news-snippet">The market is waking up today to the prospect that the economy really might plunge over the fiscal cliff. This is coming as a something of a sh</span></p>
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'''[[December 20]]''' is the 354th day of the year (355th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian calendar]]. There are 11 days remaining.
  
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*[[1952]] - [[United States Air Force]] C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, [[Washington]] killing 87
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*[[1960]] - [[Viet Cong|National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam]] is formed
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*[[1984]] - The [[Summit tunnel fire]] is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million litres of petrol derails near the town of [[Todmorden]] in the [[Pennines]]
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*[[1988]] - The [[United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances]] is signed at [[Vienna]].
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*[[1989]] - [[Operation Just Cause]]: United States sends troops into [[Panama]] to overthrow government of [[Manuel Noriega]]
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*[[1995]] - [[NATO]] begins peacekeeping in [[Bosnia]]
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*[[1995]] - An [[American Airlines]] [[American Airlines Flight 965|Flight 965]] [[Boeing 757]] crashes into a mountain 50 km north of [[Cali]], [[Colombia]] killing 160
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*[[1999]] - [[Vermont]]'s Supreme Court rules that [[homosexuality|homosexual]] couples are entitled to same benefits and protections as married [[heterosexual]] couples
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*[[1999]] - [[Macau]] is handed over to the [[People's Republic of China]] by [[Portugal]].
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*[[2002]] - US Senator [[Trent Lott]] resigns as [[United States Senate Majority Leader|majority leader]].
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*[[2004]] - The [[Miami Dolphins]] upset the defending Super Bowl Champion [[New England Patriots]] in a fourth quarter comeback and scoring two touchdowns in the final 4 minutes of the game to win 29-28.
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==Births==
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*[[1537]] - King [[John III of Sweden]] (d. [[1592]])
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*[[1566]] - [[Edward Wightman]], English Baptist preacher (d. [[1612]])
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*[[1579]] - (baptized) [[John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher]], English playwright (d. [[1625]])
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*[[1626]] - [[Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff]], German statesman (d. [[1692]])
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*[[1629]] - [[Pieter de Hooch]], Dutch painter (d. [[1684]])
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*[[1786]] - [[Pietro Raimondi]], Italian composer (d. [[1853]])
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*[[1792]] - [[Nicolas Charlet]], French painter (d. [[Death Date:=1845|[[1845]]]])
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*[[1805]] - [[Thomas Graham (chemist)|Thomas Graham]], Scottish chemist (d. [[1869]])
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*[[1833]] - [[Samuel Mudd]], American physician (d. [[1883]])
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*[[1838]] - [[Edwin Abbott Abbott]], English schoolmaster, theologian, and author (d. [[1926]])
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*[[1841]] - [[Ferdinand Buisson]], French pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1932]])
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*[[1860]] - [[Dan Leno]], English entertainer (d. [[1904]])
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*[[1861]] - [[Ivana Kobilca]], Slovenian painter (d. [[1926]])
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*[[1868]] - [[Harvey Firestone]], American automobile pioneer (d. [[1938]])
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*[[1881]] - [[Branch Rickey]], baseball executive (d. [[1965]])
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*[[1886]] - [[Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman]], American tennis player (d. [[1974]])
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*[[1890]] - [[Yvonne Arnaud]], French-born actress (d. [[1958]])
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*  1890  - [[Jaroslav Heyrovský]], Czech chemist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (d.[[1967]])
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*[[1894]] - Sir [[Robert Menzies]], twelfth [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. [[1978]])
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*[[1898]] - [[Irene Dunne]], American actress (d. [[1990]])
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*[[1901]] - [[Robert Van de Graaff]], American physicist and inventor (d. [[1967]])
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*[[1902]] - [[Sidney Hook]], American philosopher (d. [[1989]])
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*  1902  - [[George Edward Alexander Windsor]], Duke of Kent (d. [[1942]])
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*[[1917]] - [[David Bohm]], American-born physicist, philosopher and neuropsychologist (d. [[1992]])
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*[[1922]] - [[George Roy Hill]], American film director (d. [[2002]])
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*[[1926]] - Sir [[Geoffrey Howe]], British politician
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*  1926  - [[Otto Graf Lambsdorff]], German politician
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*[[1927]] - [[Kim Young-sam]], [[President of South Korea]]
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*[[1933]] - [[Jean Carnahan]], U.S. Senator
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*[[1942]] - [[Bob Hayes]], American football player (d. [[2002]])
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*[[1946]] - [[Dick Wolf]], American television series creator
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*[[1946]] - [[Uri Geller]], Israeli psychic
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*[[1949]] - [[Soumaïla Cissé]], Malian politician
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*[[1952]] - [[Jenny Agutter]], English actress
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*[[1954]] - [[Michael Badalucco]], American actor
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*[[1957]] - [[Anna Vissi]], Greek singer
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*[[1957]] - [[Billy Bragg]], English singer and songwriter
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*  1957  - [[Mike Watt]], American bassist
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*  1957  - [[Joyce Hyser]], American actress
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*[[1960]] - [[Nalo Hopkinson]], Canadian writer
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*[[1965]] - [[Rich Gannon]], American football player
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*[[1970]] - [[Massimo Ellul]], Maltese entrepreneur and philanthropist
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*[[1970]] - [[Nicole DeBoer]], Canadian actress
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*[[1980]] - [[Ashley Cole]], English footballer
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*[[1990]] - [[JoJo]], American singer
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==Deaths==
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*[[217]] - [[Pope Zephyrinus]]
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*[[860]] - King [[Ethelbald of Wessex]]
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*[[910]] - [[Alfonso III of Leon]]
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*[[1022]] - [[Elvira Menéndez]], queen of [[Alfonso V of Castile]] (b. [[996]])
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*[[1494]] - [[Matteo Maria Boiardo]], Italian poet
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*[[1524]] - [[Thomas Linacre]], English scholar and physician
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*[[1539]] - [[Johannes Lupi]], Flemish composer
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*[[1590]] - [[Ambroise Paré]], French physician (b. [[1510]])
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*[[1722]] - [[Kangxi Emperor]] of China (b. [[1654]])
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*[[1740]] - [[Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon]], English military officer and statesman (b. [[1675]])
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*[[1768]] - [[Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni]], Italian poet (b. [[1692]])
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*[[1812]] - [[Sacagawea]], Shoshone guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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*[[1929]] - [[Émile Loubet]], 7th [[President of France]] (b.[[1838]])
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*[[1937]] - [[Erich Ludendorff]], German general (b. [[1865]])
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*[[1941]] - [[Igor Severyanin]], Russian poet (b. [[1887]])
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*[[1943]] - [[Sergei Tretyakov]], Russian writer (b. [[1894]])
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*[[1954]] - [[James Hilton]], American author (b. [[1900]])
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*[[1961]] - [[Moss Hart]], American author (b. [[1904]])
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*  1961  - [[Earle Page]], eleventh [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1880]])
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*[[1968]] - [[John Steinbeck]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1902]])
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*[[1973]] - [[Luis Carrero Blanco]], [[Prime Minister of Spain]] (assassinated) (b. [[1903]])
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*  1973  - [[Bobby Darin]], American singer (b. [[1936]])
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*[[1974]] - [[André Jolivet]], French composer (b. [[1905]])
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*[[1976]] - [[Richard J. Daley]], Mayor of Chicago (b. [[1902]])
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*[[1982]] - [[Arthur Rubinstein]], Polish-born pianist (b. [[1887]])
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*[[1984]] - [[Gonzalo Márquez]], Venezuelan [[Major League Baseball]] player (b. [[1946]])
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*[[1989]] - [[Kurt Böhme]], German bass (b. [[1908]])
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*[[1994]] - [[Dean Rusk]], [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. [[1909]])
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*[[1996]] - [[Carl Sagan]], American astronomer and writer (b. [[1934]])
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*[[1997]] - [[Denise Levertov]], English-born poet (b. [[1923]])
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*[[1997]] - [[Juzo Itami]], Japanese actor and director (b. [[1933]])
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*[[1998]] - [[Irene Hervey]], American actress (b. [[1910]])
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*[[1999]] - [[Hank Snow]], Canadian singer (b. [[1914]])
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*[[2000]] - [[Mirza Ghulam Hafiz]], Indian statesman, politician, and philanthropist (b. [[1920]])
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*[[2001]] - [[Foster Brooks]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1912]])
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*2001 - [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]], first [[President of Senegal]] (b. [[1906]])
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== External links ==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/20 BBC: On This Day]
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==Articles including '''December 20''' as a keyword==
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{{KeywordList|December}}
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==Query==
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===Listing of Deaths on December 20, tagged in Centiare:===
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{{#ask: [[Death_Month::December]][[Death_Day::20]]
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| ?Person_Last_Name Last
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| ?Death_City City
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| ?Death_State_Name State
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| ?Death_Year Year
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}}

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