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20 December 2028
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2007 - Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art before being recovered about three weeks later.Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
Anniversary
1999 - Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.1999 handover of Macau from Portugal to China
Anniversary
1995 - Mandated by the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War, the NATO-led Implementation Force (troops pictured) began peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.1995 treaty ending the Bosnian War
Anniversary
1995 - American Airlines Flight 965 crashed into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.1995 aviation accident in Colombia
Anniversary
1987 - The deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history occurred when the MV Doña Paz (pictured) sank after colliding with an oil tanker in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, resulting in an estimated 4,385 deaths.Historical events
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Notable births
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Notable deaths
Died
2024 - George Eastham, English footballer (born 1936)English footballer (1936–2024)
Died
2024 - Rickey Henderson, American baseball player (born 1958)American baseball player (1958–2024)
Died
2022 - Franco Harris, American football player (born 1950)American football player (1950–2022)
Died
2020 - Fanny Waterman, British pianist (born 1920)English musician (1920–2020)
Died
2020 - Ezra Vogel, American sociologist (born 1930)American sociologist of East Asia (1930–2020)
Died
2014 - Per-Ingvar Brånemark, Swedish surgeon and academic (born 1929)Swedish anatomist (1929–2014)
Died
2014 - John Freeman, English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (born 1915)British politician and army officer (1915–2014)
Sky
Moon phase
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated
Lunar age: 3.8 days
Sun zodiac
Sagittarius
29.14 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius
Moon zodiac
Aquarius
21.73 degrees
Constellation: Capricornus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.