A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on December 20 throughout history.
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Births
Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle in Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
French flag lowered in New Orleans to signify the formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase from France to the United States, purchased for $15 million
Grimms' Fairy Tales (German: Grimms Märchen), originally known as the Children's and Household Tales, is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, first published...
South Carolina General Assembly votes 169-0 to secede from the United States, declaring itself an "independent commonwealth" and is quickly followed by other Southern states, triggering the American Civil War
Improved event: Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, the Cheka forms under Felix Dzerzhinsky after a decree by Vladimir Lenin
The Viet Cong (VC) was an epithet and umbrella term to refer to the communist-led armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam.
Classic Christmas film "It's a Wonderful Life," directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore, premieres in New York
Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern (Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus) is a play by Helmina von Chézy, which is primarily remembered for the incidental music which Franz Schubert composed for it.
England beat Australia by 10 runs in the first six-day cricket Test, Australia needed 177 to win but were all out for 166
Inventor William Henry Fox Talbot (32) weds Constance Mundy
Actress Gloria Swanson (20) weds businessman Herbert K. Somborn (38)
"Gone With The Wind" actor Clark Gable (48) weds socialite Sylvia Ashley (45)
American "Charlie's Angels" actress Kate Jackson (36) divorces business executive David Greenwald after 2 years of marriage
American actress Renée Zellweger (36) annuls her marriage to American country-music singer Kenny Chesney (37) citing fraud, after 4 months of marriage
"Hot in Cleveland" actress Valerie Bertinelli (47) divorces guitarist Eddie Van Halen (52) due to irreconcilable differences after 26 years of marriage
69 General Vespasian's troops occupy Rome after defeating the Emperor Vitellius
Pope Gregory VI abdicates at the Council of Sutri, ending a conflict between himself, Benedict IX and Sylvester III; Clement II becomes the new Pope
Pope Nicholas V appoints Rudolf of Diepholt, Bishop of Utrecht, as cardinal
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (24 June 1532 – 4 September 1588) was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death.
Ottario Rinuccini and Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published
The English colonial expedition to America, consisting of the ships Discovery, Godspeed and Susan Constant, departs Blackwall, London to found Jamestown, Virginia
Corporation Act enforced in England
1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery
The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (Dutch: Vierde Engels-Nederlandse Oorlog; 1780–1784) was a conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic.
Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men aged 21 to 50
Leopold I (Leopold George Christian Frederick; 16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865. The youngest son of...
Hawaiian post office established
The Battle of Dranesville was a small battle during the American Civil War that took place between Confederate forces under Brigadier General J. E. B.
-Dec 20th] Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA
-Dec 27th] Battle of Ft Fisher, NC
De Clear-Alkmaar railway opens
Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten
Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York.
Strongman Louis Cyr withstands pull of 4 horses
Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, NY
1st state anti-lynching statute approved, in Georgia
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body or interstellar object that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing.
Venezuela (under vice-pres Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet
Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91
J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart" premieres in NYC
Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia
A second nationwide referendum on military conscription is rejected by the Australian public
Eugene O'Neill's play "Moon of the Caribees" premieres in NYC
Canadian National Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)
Bert Collins scores 104 on Test cricket debut against England at the SCG
Lester Townes "Bob" Hope (né Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and...
Draft declaration on creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) crafted by representatives from the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, Byelorussian SSR, and the Transcaucasian SFSR
Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord" premieres in NYC
St. Louis Cardinals trade future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby to NY Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring; concerns over Hornsby's gambling
1st international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec
Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager
Cricketer Learie Constantine scores 100 runs in 52 mins West Indies v Tasmania (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) [1]
Bolivia & Paraguay sign cease fire
Boston Bruins rookie goalie Frankie Brimsek records his 3rd straight shutout with a 3-0 win over the New York Americans, making it his incredible sixth shutout in his first 8 NHL games
Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service
Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon
1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta
"Internationale" is no longer used as USSR National Anthem
Archbishop De Young & bishop Huibers condemn black market
Terence Rattigan's comedic play "O Mistress Mine" premieres in London
Rationing of auto tires ends in US
Darius Milhaud's Symphony No. 2 premieres with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer; the work is commissioned as a memorial to the wife of the group's music director, Serge Koussevitzky
Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia
Walter Zinn's Experimental Breeder Reactor I, the first nuclear reactor to produce electric power, goes live at the Argonne National Laboratory, USA
KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting
The current capital of Wales is Cardiff. Historically, Wales did not have a definite capital. In 1955, the Minister for Welsh Affairs informally proclaimed Cardiff to be the capital of Wales.
Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra
Indian cricket spin bowler Jasubhai Patel takes 9-69 in Australia's 1st innings 219 in 2nd Test at Kanpur
Auschwitz commandant Richard Bar arrested in German FR
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany).
Levi Eshkol forms 12th Israeli government
NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng hòa, VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975.
Learie Constantine becomes UK's first person of African descent to be named a life peer (to sit in the House of Lords) in the Crown's New Year's Honours list
Edward Gierek was a Polish communist politician who served as the de facto leader of the Polish People's Republic between 1970 and 1980.
AL president Joe Cronin refuses to allow Dick Williams to manage Yankees
Joseph Fidler Walsh is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Best known as a member of the rock band Eagles, his five-decade career includes solo work and stints in other bands: the James...
Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands (4 September 1909 in Bovenkarspel, North Holland – 1 August 2006) was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
1st Space walk made by Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Grechko during Salyut 6 EO-1 mission
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Behn Wilson scores with 4:08 remaining in regulation to earn a 1-1 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins and equal NHL record for longest undefeated streak of 28 games; go on to break record and extend to 35 games
Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) & most turnovers (10)
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.
Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens, becomes 10th NHLer to score 500 goals
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)
White teenagers beat Black individuals in New York City's Howard Beach
Dona Paz ferry sinks after crash with oil tanker Vector in Philippine waters, 4,386 die in world's deadliest peacetime maritime disaster
Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London
Pentagon warns Saddam that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15
Northwest & KLM introduce a new joint logo "Worldwide Reliability"
American Airlines Flight 965 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia.
First part of the new building for the National Library of France inaugurated in Paris, designed by Dominique Perrault [1]
The handover of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China (PRC) officially occurred at midnight on 20 December 1999.
Argentine economic crisis: President of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa is forced out of office.
A judge rules against the death penalty in the case of Naveed Haq, a man convicted in the shooting death and injuries at the Jewish Federation in Seattle.
Apple is denied a patent for mobile pinch-to-zoom gestures by the US patent authorities
Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley kills 2 NYPD officers in Brooklyn, New York, supposedly in revenge for the killing of Eric Garner, before killing himself
Landslide from construction waste in Shenzhen, China leaves 74 dead or missing and buries 30 buildings
European Commission triggers first step of its article 7 procedure issuing Poland with formal warning of risk to voting rights
Lady Gaga signs Las Vegas residency deal for $75m at MGM Park Theatre
New figures show average US male weighs 198 pounds and stands 5 feet 9 inches, women 171 pounds and 5 feet 4 inches
Landmark climate justice case as Dutch Supreme Court upholds 2013 decision brought by Urgenda Foundation against Dutch government for not reducing carbon dioxide emissions
European countries begin closing their borders to the UK after news of a faster-spreading variant of COVID-19 across London and the south-east
The 2025 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was a general election held on 7 December 2025 to elect all 90 members of the 8th Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
6.4-magnitude earthquake near Eureka, northern California kills at least two people [1]
Gaza Health Authority says the death toll has reached nearly 20,000 from the war with Israel - higher than other Arab conflict with Israel in more than 40 years [1]
A 50-year old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia drives his car through an outdoor Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing at least five people
Dick Wolf, American television producer, known for american television producer, was born on 1947-12-20.
Uri Geller, British israeli-british illusionist and self-proclaimed psychic, known for israeli-british illusionist and self-proclaimed psychic, was born on 1947-12-20.
Todd Phillips, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1971-12-20. Todd Phillips is an American filmmaker.
Jonah Hill, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1984-12-20. Jonah Hill is an American actor and filmmaker.
Bob Morley, Australian actor, known for australian actor, was born on 1985-12-20. Robert Alfred Morley is an Australian actor.
Dylan Wang, Chinese actor, known for chinese actor, was born on 1999-12-20. Wang Hedi, also known as Dylan Wang, is a Chinese actor and singer.
JoJo [Joanna Levesque], American musician, known for american singer and songwriter, was born on 1991-12-20. Joanna Noëlle "JoJo" Levesque is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman is born
Kylian Mbappé, French athlete, known for french footballer, was born on 1999-12-20.
Irene Dunne, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1898-12-20. Irene Dunne was an American actress who appeared in films during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
69 General Vespasian's troops occupy Rome after defeating the Emperor Vitellius
Pope Gregory VI abdicates at the Council of Sutri, ending a conflict between himself, Benedict IX and Sylvester III; Clement II becomes the new Pope
Pope Nicholas V appoints Rudolf of Diepholt, Bishop of Utrecht, as cardinal
Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle in Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (24 June 1532 – 4 September 1588) was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death.
Ottario Rinuccini and Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published
The English colonial expedition to America, consisting of the ships Discovery, Godspeed and Susan Constant, departs Blackwall, London to found Jamestown, Virginia
Corporation Act enforced in England
1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery
The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (Dutch: Vierde Engels-Nederlandse Oorlog; 1780–1784) was a conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic.
French flag lowered in New Orleans to signify the formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase from France to the United States, purchased for $15 million
Grimms' Fairy Tales (German: Grimms Märchen), originally known as the Children's and Household Tales, is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, first published...
Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men aged 21 to 50
Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern (Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus) is a play by Helmina von Chézy, which is primarily remembered for the incidental music which Franz Schubert composed for it.
Leopold I (Leopold George Christian Frederick; 16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865. The youngest son of...
Inventor William Henry Fox Talbot (32) weds Constance Mundy
Hawaiian post office established
South Carolina General Assembly votes 169-0 to secede from the United States, declaring itself an "independent commonwealth" and is quickly followed by other Southern states, triggering the American Civil War
The Battle of Dranesville was a small battle during the American Civil War that took place between Confederate forces under Brigadier General J. E. B.
-Dec 20th] Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA
-Dec 27th] Battle of Ft Fisher, NC
De Clear-Alkmaar railway opens
Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten
Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York.
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman is born
Strongman Louis Cyr withstands pull of 4 horses
Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, NY
1st state anti-lynching statute approved, in Georgia
England beat Australia by 10 runs in the first six-day cricket Test, Australia needed 177 to win but were all out for 166
Irene Dunne, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1898-12-20. Irene Dunne was an American actress who appeared in films during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body or interstellar object that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing.
Venezuela (under vice-pres Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet
Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91
J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart" premieres in NYC
Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia
Improved event: Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, the Cheka forms under Felix Dzerzhinsky after a decree by Vladimir Lenin
A second nationwide referendum on military conscription is rejected by the Australian public
Eugene O'Neill's play "Moon of the Caribees" premieres in NYC
Actress Gloria Swanson (20) weds businessman Herbert K. Somborn (38)
Canadian National Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)
Bert Collins scores 104 on Test cricket debut against England at the SCG
Lester Townes "Bob" Hope (né Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and...
Draft declaration on creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) crafted by representatives from the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, Byelorussian SSR, and the Transcaucasian SFSR
Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord" premieres in NYC
St. Louis Cardinals trade future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby to NY Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring; concerns over Hornsby's gambling
1st international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec
Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager
Cricketer Learie Constantine scores 100 runs in 52 mins West Indies v Tasmania (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) [1]
Bolivia & Paraguay sign cease fire
Boston Bruins rookie goalie Frankie Brimsek records his 3rd straight shutout with a 3-0 win over the New York Americans, making it his incredible sixth shutout in his first 8 NHL games
Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service
Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon
1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta
"Internationale" is no longer used as USSR National Anthem
Archbishop De Young & bishop Huibers condemn black market
Terence Rattigan's comedic play "O Mistress Mine" premieres in London
Rationing of auto tires ends in US
Classic Christmas film "It's a Wonderful Life," directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore, premieres in New York
Darius Milhaud's Symphony No. 2 premieres with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer; the work is commissioned as a memorial to the wife of the group's music director, Serge Koussevitzky
Dick Wolf, American television producer, known for american television producer, was born on 1947-12-20.
Uri Geller, British israeli-british illusionist and self-proclaimed psychic, known for israeli-british illusionist and self-proclaimed psychic, was born on 1947-12-20.
Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia
"Gone With The Wind" actor Clark Gable (48) weds socialite Sylvia Ashley (45)
Walter Zinn's Experimental Breeder Reactor I, the first nuclear reactor to produce electric power, goes live at the Argonne National Laboratory, USA
KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting
The current capital of Wales is Cardiff. Historically, Wales did not have a definite capital. In 1955, the Minister for Welsh Affairs informally proclaimed Cardiff to be the capital of Wales.
Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra
Indian cricket spin bowler Jasubhai Patel takes 9-69 in Australia's 1st innings 219 in 2nd Test at Kanpur
The Viet Cong (VC) was an epithet and umbrella term to refer to the communist-led armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam.
Auschwitz commandant Richard Bar arrested in German FR
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany).
Levi Eshkol forms 12th Israeli government
NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng hòa, VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975.
Learie Constantine becomes UK's first person of African descent to be named a life peer (to sit in the House of Lords) in the Crown's New Year's Honours list
Edward Gierek was a Polish communist politician who served as the de facto leader of the Polish People's Republic between 1970 and 1980.
Todd Phillips, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1971-12-20. Todd Phillips is an American filmmaker.
AL president Joe Cronin refuses to allow Dick Williams to manage Yankees
Joseph Fidler Walsh is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Best known as a member of the rock band Eagles, his five-decade career includes solo work and stints in other bands: the James...
Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands (4 September 1909 in Bovenkarspel, North Holland – 1 August 2006) was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
1st Space walk made by Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Grechko during Salyut 6 EO-1 mission
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Behn Wilson scores with 4:08 remaining in regulation to earn a 1-1 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins and equal NHL record for longest undefeated streak of 28 games; go on to break record and extend to 35 games
Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) & most turnovers (10)
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.
Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens, becomes 10th NHLer to score 500 goals
American "Charlie's Angels" actress Kate Jackson (36) divorces business executive David Greenwald after 2 years of marriage
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
Jonah Hill, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1984-12-20. Jonah Hill is an American actor and filmmaker.
Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)
Bob Morley, Australian actor, known for australian actor, was born on 1985-12-20. Robert Alfred Morley is an Australian actor.
White teenagers beat Black individuals in New York City's Howard Beach
Dona Paz ferry sinks after crash with oil tanker Vector in Philippine waters, 4,386 die in world's deadliest peacetime maritime disaster
Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London
Pentagon warns Saddam that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15
JoJo [Joanna Levesque], American musician, known for american singer and songwriter, was born on 1991-12-20. Joanna Noëlle "JoJo" Levesque is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
Northwest & KLM introduce a new joint logo "Worldwide Reliability"
American Airlines Flight 965 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia.
First part of the new building for the National Library of France inaugurated in Paris, designed by Dominique Perrault [1]
The handover of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China (PRC) officially occurred at midnight on 20 December 1999.
Dylan Wang, Chinese actor, known for chinese actor, was born on 1999-12-20. Wang Hedi, also known as Dylan Wang, is a Chinese actor and singer.
Kylian Mbappé, French athlete, known for french footballer, was born on 1999-12-20.
Argentine economic crisis: President of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa is forced out of office.
American actress Renée Zellweger (36) annuls her marriage to American country-music singer Kenny Chesney (37) citing fraud, after 4 months of marriage
A judge rules against the death penalty in the case of Naveed Haq, a man convicted in the shooting death and injuries at the Jewish Federation in Seattle.
"Hot in Cleveland" actress Valerie Bertinelli (47) divorces guitarist Eddie Van Halen (52) due to irreconcilable differences after 26 years of marriage
Apple is denied a patent for mobile pinch-to-zoom gestures by the US patent authorities
Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley kills 2 NYPD officers in Brooklyn, New York, supposedly in revenge for the killing of Eric Garner, before killing himself
Landslide from construction waste in Shenzhen, China leaves 74 dead or missing and buries 30 buildings
European Commission triggers first step of its article 7 procedure issuing Poland with formal warning of risk to voting rights
Lady Gaga signs Las Vegas residency deal for $75m at MGM Park Theatre
New figures show average US male weighs 198 pounds and stands 5 feet 9 inches, women 171 pounds and 5 feet 4 inches
Landmark climate justice case as Dutch Supreme Court upholds 2013 decision brought by Urgenda Foundation against Dutch government for not reducing carbon dioxide emissions
European countries begin closing their borders to the UK after news of a faster-spreading variant of COVID-19 across London and the south-east
The 2025 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was a general election held on 7 December 2025 to elect all 90 members of the 8th Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
6.4-magnitude earthquake near Eureka, northern California kills at least two people [1]
Gaza Health Authority says the death toll has reached nearly 20,000 from the war with Israel - higher than other Arab conflict with Israel in more than 40 years [1]
A 50-year old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia drives his car through an outdoor Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing at least five people