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December 20 2012

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Historical Events

Arena Naucalpan 35th Anniversary Show
politics
2012 International Wrestling Revolution Group event

Events on This Day

Last NFL Game
Aaron Hernandez
milestone

Born on This Day

Died on This Day

🇫🇷Arnold Mathew
deceased
bishop of the Old Catholic Church (1852-1919) · 1852–1919
Days lived
24,606
Arthur Rubinstein
deceased
classical pianist · 1887–1982
Days lived
35,024

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Born on December 20 Died on December 20 On This Day Day Lookup

🇬🇧Alan Parsons

singer · b. 1948

Days alive

23,376

🇨🇱Arturo Alessandri

deceased

politician · 1868–1950

Days lived

29,831

🇩🇪Bernhard Siegert

scientist · b. 1959

Days alive

19,359

🇺🇸Bob Hayes

deceased

American football player and sprinter (1942–2003) · 1942–2002

Days lived

21,822

🇺🇸Branch Rickey

deceased

film director · 1881–1965

Days lived

30,669

🇺🇸David DeJesus

film director · b. 1979

Days alive

12,054

🇺🇸David Levine

deceased

artist · 1926–2009

Days lived

30,325

🇨🇭Dessa

Swiss artist · b. 1948

Days alive

23,376

🇵🇭Eduardo Hontiveros

deceased

Filipino musician · 1923–2008

Days lived

30,707

🇺🇸Ellie Kam

Pairs skater · b. 2004

Days alive

2,922

🇬🇧Fitz Hall

football player · b. 1980

Days alive

11,688

🇩🇪Frank Peterson

rapper · b. 1963

Days alive

17,898

🇺🇸Fred Merkle

deceased

film director · 1888–1956

Days lived

24,543

🇺🇸Frederick Bradlee

deceased

American football player (1892-1970) · 1892–1970

Days lived

28,253

🇨🇦Gavin McKenna

Ice hockey player · b. 2007

Days alive

1,827

🇬🇧George Paice

deceased

Falklands Islands bowls player · 1941–2024

Days lived

29,997

🇺🇸George Roy Hill

deceased

American film director (1921–2002) · 1921–2002

Days lived

29,592

🇺🇸Harry Stovey

deceased

film director · 1856–1937

Days lived

29,493

🇨🇿Jaroslav Heyrovský

deceased

scientist · 1890–1967

Days lived

27,855

🇺🇸JoJo

singer · b. 1990

Days alive

8,036

🇺🇸Jonah Hill

Actor/Director · b. 1983

Days alive

10,593

🇩🇪Judith Samen

German artist · b. 1970

Days alive

15,341

🇺🇸Judy Henske

deceased

singer-songwriter · 1936–2022

Days lived

31,174

🇰🇷Kang Dong-Hee

basketball player · b. 1966

Days alive

16,802

🇺🇸Larry Willis

deceased

American jazz pianist and composer (1942–2019) · 1940–2019

Days lived

28,772

🇺🇸LenDale White

American football player · b. 1984

Days alive

10,227

🇩🇪Manfred Lahnstein

German politician · b. 1937

Days alive

27,394

🇧🇷Márcio Rodrigues

Brazilian association football player · b. 1978

Days alive

12,419

🇩🇪Martin Schulz

politician · b. 1955

Days alive

20,820

🇬🇧Martyn Lloyd-Jones

deceased

Welsh-English Christian theologian and preacher (1899-1981) · 1899–1981

Days lived

29,656

🇪🇸Miguel López Abril

deceased

basketball player · 1954–2021

Days lived

24,219

🇮🇹Miro Allione

deceased

Italian executive, professor and writer · 1932–2006

Days lived

26,688

🇩🇪Otto Graf Lambsdorff

deceased

politician · 1926–2009

Days lived

30,301

🇫🇮Pekka Säilä

deceased

Finnish tennis player (1941–2009) · 1941–2009

Days lived

24,824

🇩🇪Piet Klocke

German musician, comedian, author and actor · b. 1957

Days alive

20,089

🇺🇸Rich Gannon

American football player · b. 1965

Days alive

17,167

🇮🇳Satyendra Pakhale

Indian industrial designer, technocrat, architect (born 1967) · b. 1967

Days alive

16,437

🇬🇧Steve Coast

entrepreneur · b. 1980

Days alive

11,688

🇬🇧Uri Geller

actor · b. 1946

Days alive

24,107

🇪🇸Valeriu Lazarov

deceased

director and producer of television of Romanian and Spanish origin (1935-2009) · 1935–2009

Days lived

26,898

🇯🇵Yumi Tōma

musician · b. 1966

Days alive

16,802

🇬🇧Bill Brandt

deceased

journalist · 1904–1983

Days lived

29,085

🇺🇸Brittany Murphy

deceased

singer · 1977–2009

Days lived

11,728

🇺🇸Carl Sagan

deceased

writer · 1934–1996

Days lived

22,687

🇩🇪Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt

deceased

German anthropologist (1892-1965) · 1892–1965

Days lived

26,916

🇺🇸Erich Ludendorff

deceased

writer · 1865–1937

Days lived

26,552

Ferdinand Karsch

deceased

German biologist and anthropologist (1853–1936) · 1853–1936

Days lived

30,424

🇫🇷Gaston Waringhien

deceased

writer · 1901–1991

Days lived

33,016

🇩🇪Günter Eich

deceased

writer · 1907–1972

Days lived

24,064

Gustaf Kossinna

deceased

German archaeologist (1858–1931) · 1858–1931

Days lived

26,745

🇭🇺Gyula Halasy

deceased

athlete · 1891–1970

Days lived

29,038

🇩🇪Hans von Obstfelder

deceased

military person · 1886–1976

Days lived

32,977

🇩🇪Hans-Emil Schuster

deceased

German astronomer · 1934–2024

Days lived

32,965

🇩🇪Harald Huffmann

deceased

field hockey player (1908–1992) · 1908–1992

Days lived

30,881

🇩🇪Helmut Metzger

deceased

writer · 1917–1995

Days lived

28,656

Johannes Nielsen

deceased

actor · 1870–1935

Days lived

23,837

🇩🇪Julius Scheiner

deceased

German astronomer (1858-1913) · 1858–1913

Days lived

20,113

🇮🇳Leslie Claudius

deceased

Olympic field hockey player (1927–2012) · 1927–2012

Days lived

31,317

🇮🇱Max Brod

deceased

journalist · 1884–1968

Days lived

30,887

🇬🇪Omar Bliadze

deceased

athlete · 1942–2022

Days lived

29,484

🇬🇧Patrick Jenkin

deceased

British Conservative politician (1926-2016) · 1926–2016

Days lived

32,977

🇮🇹Piergiorgio Welby

deceased

Italian poet, painter and activist (1945–2006) · 1945–2006

Days lived

22,274

🇩🇪Ulrich Willerding

deceased

American botanist (1932-2021) · 1932–2021

Days lived

32,672

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

44,453

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

44,116

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

41,991

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

40,896

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,896

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

40,896

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,896

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

40,896

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

40,896

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

40,896

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,896

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,896

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

40,896

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,896

🇮🇱Alice Herz-Sommer

deceased

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,267

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

39,801

🇺🇸Eldred G. Smith

deceased

American Leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1907-2013) · 1907–2013

Days lived

38,802

🇦🇹Günter Fronius

deceased

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

Days lived

39,334

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

11,741

🇺🇸Tilikum

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

🇺🇸Stubbs

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

🇯🇵Tama

deceased

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Days lived

5,898

🇺🇸Harambe

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,211

🇺🇸April

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,762

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

63,541

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

53,983

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

52,949

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

52,583

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

50,027

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

48,679

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

73,010

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

53,679

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

32,031

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

29,574

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

27,484

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

25,461

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

14,881

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

13,698

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

12,993

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,306

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,263

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

12,042

On This Day

Historical Events

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

🇩🇪Adelbert Schulz

🇨🇭Alain de Botton

Died on This Day

🇫🇷Arnold Mathew

Arthur Rubinstein

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇺🇸Koko

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇬🇧Alan Parsons

🇨🇱Arturo Alessandri

🇩🇪Bernhard Siegert

🇺🇸Bob Hayes

🇺🇸Branch Rickey

🇺🇸David DeJesus

🇺🇸David Levine

🇨🇭Dessa

🇵🇭Eduardo Hontiveros

🇺🇸Ellie Kam

🇬🇧Fitz Hall

🇩🇪Frank Peterson

🇺🇸Fred Merkle

🇺🇸Frederick Bradlee

🇨🇦Gavin McKenna

🇬🇧George Paice

🇺🇸George Roy Hill

🇺🇸Harry Stovey

🇨🇿Jaroslav Heyrovský

🇺🇸JoJo

🇺🇸Jonah Hill

🇩🇪Judith Samen

🇺🇸Judy Henske

🇰🇷Kang Dong-Hee

🇺🇸Larry Willis

🇺🇸LenDale White

🇩🇪Manfred Lahnstein

🇧🇷Márcio Rodrigues

🇩🇪Martin Schulz

🇬🇧Martyn Lloyd-Jones

🇪🇸Miguel López Abril

🇮🇹Miro Allione

🇩🇪Otto Graf Lambsdorff

🇫🇮Pekka Säilä

🇩🇪Piet Klocke

🇺🇸Rich Gannon

🇮🇳Satyendra Pakhale

🇬🇧Steve Coast

🇬🇧Uri Geller

🇪🇸Valeriu Lazarov

🇯🇵Yumi Tōma

🇬🇧Bill Brandt

🇺🇸Brittany Murphy

🇺🇸Carl Sagan

🇩🇪Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt

🇺🇸Erich Ludendorff

Ferdinand Karsch

🇫🇷Gaston Waringhien

🇩🇪Günter Eich

Gustaf Kossinna

🇭🇺Gyula Halasy

🇩🇪Hans von Obstfelder

🇩🇪Hans-Emil Schuster

🇩🇪Harald Huffmann

🇩🇪Helmut Metzger

Johannes Nielsen