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20 December 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 December 2015 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Hello” by Adele.
- Top Film of 2015
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “NCIS” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2015–16 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 20 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 December 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 December 2015 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 20 December
- 1999 Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
- 2004 A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.
- 2007 Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years and 243 days.
- 2007 The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art in Brazil. Both will be recovered a few weeks later.
- 2019 The United States Space Force becomes the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces since 1947.
Famous people born on December 20
- Kylian Mbappé, French footballer (born 1998)
- Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1983)
- JoJo, American singer and actress (born 1990)
- Prince George, Duke of Kent, Duke of Kent (1902–1942)
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Events of 2015 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 12 – A federal judge rules that South Dakota's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, and immediately stays the ruling.
- January 18 – K.C. Undercover and Star vs. the Forces of Evil debuts on Disney Channel and Disney XD.
- February 22 – The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences hold the 87th Academy Awards in the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. The telecast garners nearly 37.3 million viewers.
Life in the US in 2015
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$2.43
Loaf of Bread
$1.98
Average House
$294,000
Weekly Wage
$818
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