Talk:December 20

Selected anniversaries for the "On this day" section of the Main Page

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December 20 Russian and U.S. Implementation Force troops 1852 – Led by George Cathcart, British troops defeated Basuto and Taung forces at the Battle of Berea in present-day Lesotho, leading to an offer of peace from King Moshoeshoe I. 1940 – The superhero Captain America made his first published appearance in the comic book Captain America Comics #1. 1980 – NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins without announcers. 1995 – Mandated by the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War, the NATO-led Implementation Force (troops pictured) began peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 1999 – Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China. Ambroise Paré (d. 1590) Jean Jannon (d. 1658) Bill O'Reilly (b. 1905) Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau (d. 1928) More anniversaries: December 19 December 20 December 21

DVD releases

There are at least two movies to be released on DVD on this day. One of them is Serenity. What else? I saw a commercial announcing another movie (on DVD and PSP), but I can’t remember what it was. —Frungi 23:03, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry for the last double edit, I accedently hit undo before hitting submit and had to do it again. --Anthonysenn 00:30, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Mayan calandar starts over?

Can this event which will occur in 2012 be added even though it has not happened yet? KyNephi

Abolition of slavery in Réunion

I have removed this from the Events section, and removed the reference to it in the Holidays and Observances section. The refs look good, and I think the event is notable enough for inclusion, but references shouldn't be included on these pages, rather each entry should have an internal link to an article that contains the ref. The observance already has this, but I couldn't find a good article to link to in the Events section. Abolitionism#National abolition dates is an option, but that list seems to be just for nations. It probably should be added to Abolition of slavery timeline#1800-1900 (shouldn't that be an "–" instead of a "-" in the section header?), but that page only lists years, not exact dates. Without a link to an article supporting the exact date of the event I don't think this entry should be included in the Events section. The entry in the Holidays and Observances section could probably use some tweaking as well. Winston365 (talk) 19:51, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Births and Deaths

Continuing the ongoing effort to reduce the size of the Births and Deaths sections to make them manageable, I'm removing some celebrities with few or no articles in other wikipedias, moving the entries to the appropriate Year in Topic article if they were not already present. This is in accordance with the guidelines. See discussions at Wikipedia_talk:Days_of_the_year.Deb (talk) 23:42, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Gasoline/Petrol

The item "1984 – The Summit Tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines." uses the American term Gasoline. Surely, as it was a British train, crashing in a British tunnel, the British term "Petrol" should be used? John Turner, Burgh House (talk) 09:20, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Main Page errors

This appeared on the Main Page today: "The Zodiac Killer murdered the first of his five confirmed victims in Vallejo, California, a case which remains unsolved" But it was the first two killings, there were at least seven victims of his attacks, and these two people were killed in Benicia. All of which was very clear from the Zodiac Killer page. How is so much inaccuracy allowed in one short sentence on the Main Page? Kevin McE (talk) 12:36, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

You're in the wrong place to ask that question. I believe that wording would have been taken from the Zodiac Killer page. W are working on ensuring that all entries on DOTY pages have references, but it will be a long job. Deb (talk) 18:42, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

My knowledge that there were 2 deaths in Benicia and 7 confirmed victims came from the Zodiac Killer page: the issue is where did all the errors come from? How is this stuff checked before it is put forward for a high profile outing? Kevin McE (talk) 20:01, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

I'd ask the question here if I were you. Deb (talk) 20:39, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

2019 US Space Force established

Here is another link [1] "When President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law Friday, he also created the newest military service and the first new service since the US Air Force came into being in 1947." ""The law states that Air Force Space Command will be re-designated the United States Space Force, that will happen immediately," Gen. John Raymond, the commander of US Space Command and Air Force Space Command, told reporters at the Pentagon Friday. " Why did the person removed and then locked the page until March?... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.127.35.111 (talk) 23:10, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

another [2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.127.35.111 (talk) 23:20, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Error

The 1808 entry for the (Covent) Garden Theatre fire should be revolved. It occurred on 20SEP not 20DEC that year, as is well documented (included on Wikipedia....). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.42.13.64 (talk) 10:37, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

OK, removed. Deb (talk) 11:00, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Solstice date

In some years, the winter solstice for the Northern Hemisphere can occur on December 20, in 2052 all of the United States will experience the winter solstice on December 20 and in 2080 in the Greenwich Mean Time Zone. Also during the June Solstice (Summer Solstice), in some time zones by the end of the 21st century will have a June 19 solstice. So in 2096 in the western United States the March Equinox, June Solstice, September Equinox, December Solstice will experience it two days earlier than in 2007 in the Greenwich Mean Time Zone.

--2603:6011:E02:E4D4:7409:49B9:4A98:1196 (talk) 00:30, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Wrong Priscus

The Priscus who entered Rome to claim the throne for Vespasian is not the Priscus linked on the page. That Priscus Lived in the 5th Century, while Vespasian took the throne in the 1st Century — Preceding unsigned comment added by Romanvs91 (talk • contribs) 16:54, 20 December 2021 (UTC)