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20 December 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 December 2020 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey.
- Top Film of 2020
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2020 was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 20 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 December 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 December 2020 was Waxing Crescent.
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 2020 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 29 – COVID-19 pandemic: President Donald Trump establishes the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
- January 29 – President Trump signs the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA).
- February 9 – The 92nd Academy Awards, the second in a row with no official host, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Life in the US in 2020
President
Donald Trump
Gas (per gallon)
$2.17
Loaf of Bread
$2.50
Average House
$374,900
Weekly Wage
$984
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