What happened in history on this day: December 20?
On December 20 in ...
- 1946 - Darius Milhaud's second Symphony, premieres.
- 1981 - Harry Krieger/Tom Eyen's musical Dreamgirls premieres at Imperial Theater in New York City for 1522 performances.
Births on December 20
- 1939 - Birth of Agatha N "Kim" Weston; American gospel/singer ("It Takes Two").
- 1940 - Birth of Larry Willis; rock keyboardist (Blood, Sweat and Tears).
- 1944 - Birth of Robert Colomby in New York City, New York, USA; rock drummer (Blood Sweat and Tears - "When I Die").
- 1947 - Birth of Peter Criss[coula] in Brooklyn, New York, USA; rocker (Kiss - "Beth").
- 1948 - Birth of "Little" Stevie Wright; rocker (Easybeats).
- 1948 - Birth of Alan Parsons in England; musician/producer/engineer (Alan Parsons Project, Pink Floyd, The Beatles).
- 1955 - Birth of Ed Kuepper; German/Australian singer/songwriter (Saints).
- 1957 - Birth of Anita Baker [Ward] in Detroit, Michigan, USA; vocalist (Rapture).
- 1957 - Birth of Billy Bragg, in Barking, Essex, England; singer/songwriter ("It Says Here", "Ideology").
- 1957 - Birth of Mike Watt; US bassist (Rockband Firehose).
- 1966 - Birth of Chris Robinson in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; rocker (Black Crowes - "Shake Your Money Maker").
Deaths on December 20
- 1973 - Bobby Darin, singer ("Mack the Knife"), dies of heart failure at age 37.
- 1975 - Vincent Lopez, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at age 76.
- 1982 - Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva, Switzerland at age 95.
- 1999 - Death of Hank Snow AKA Clarence Eugene Snow at age 85; country and western singing star (Hank The Yodeling Ranger, Grand Ole Opry, "I'm Movin' On", over 85 singles on the Billboard best seller list, sold nearly 90 million records).
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