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What happened in history on this day: December 20?
On December 20 in ...
- 1985 - Warner Bros. releases the film The Color Purple to theaters.
- 1985 - Universal releases the film Out of Africa to theaters.
- 1991 - Warner Bros. releases the film JFK to theaters.
- 2017 - Sony releases the film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to theaters.
Births on December 20
- 1869 - Birth of Charley Grapewin in Xenia, Ohio, USA; actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady).
- 1904 - Birth of Albert Van Dekker in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Dr Cyclops, Beau Gesture).
- 1906 - Birth of Lowell Gilmore in Minnesota, USA; actor (Living Christ Series).
- 1918 - Birth of Audrey Totter in Joliet, Illinois, USA; actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up).
- 1922 - Birth of Charita Bauer in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actress (Guiding Light, Aldrich Family).
- 1922 - Birth of George Roy Hill; director (Slap Shot, Little Drummer Girl, Little Romance).
- 1924 - Birth of Charlie Callas in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian/actor (High Anxiety, Hysterical).
- 1924 - Birth of Errol John in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad; actor (PT-109, Assault on a Queen).
- 1924 - Birth of Inge[borg] Beekman; actress (Horizon).
- 1924 - Birth of Sam McKim in Canada; child actor, 20th Century Fox, Disney Studios, film storyboard artist, Walt Disney World, retires 1987, named Disney Legend 1996.
- 1931 - Birth of Mala [Mary Ellen] Powers in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (Cyrano de Bergerac, Death in Small Doses).
- 1932 - Birth of John Hillerman in Denison, Texas, USA; actor (Higgins - Magnum PI, Blazing Saddles, Audrey Rose).
- 1943 - Birth of Angel Tompkins in Albany, California, USA; actress (Gloria - Search).
- 1946 - Birth of John Spencer; actor (Tommy Mullanney - L.A. Law).
- 1952 - Birth of Jenny Agutter in Taunton, England; actress (Logan's Run, Equus, Amy).
- 1952 - Birth of Sergio Vastano; Italian actor (Nightclub, Prete Bello).
- 1955 - Birth of Pierre Bokma; Dutch actor (Avonden, Leedvermaak).
- 1956 - Birth of Blanche Baker in New York City, New York, USA; Carroll Baker's Daughter, actress (French Postcard).
- 1963 - Birth of Karen Moncrieff in Sacramento, California, USA; actress (Xtro 3, Days of Our Lives).
Deaths on December 20
- 1948 - C Aubrey Smith, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at age 85.
- 1975 - Death of William Lundigan at age 61 of heart failure; announcer/host (Climax TV show, Shower of Stars), actor (Men into Space TV series).
- 1976 - Walter Fitzgerald, actor (Adventures of Sadie, Fallen Idol), dies at age 80.
- 1988 - Death of Max Robinson of AIDS at age 49; newsman (World News Tonight).
- 1989 - Audrey Christie, actress (Splendor in the Grass), dies at age 77.
- 1991 - Helene Heigh, actress (Undercover Woman, Teen Age Thunder), dies at age 86.
- 1991 - Thomas Newman, actor/composer (Cape Fear), dies of heart attack at age 60.
- 1991 - Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at age 67.
- 1993 - Moses Gunn, actor (Shaft), dies at age 64.
- 1995 - Madge Sinclair, actress (Star Trek IV, Conrack, Convoy), dies at age 55.
- 1997 - Dawn Steel, film maker (When Harry Met Sally), dies at age 51.
- 2009 - Death of American actress Brittany Murphy (Clueless, Sin City, 8 Mile, The Dead Girl) at age 32, in Los Angeles, California, possibly of cardiac arrest.
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