This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history. History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past. It is important to know dates and events in the past.

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December 20th, 2069	Event	Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of emperor.
December 20th, 2007	Event	Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.
December 20th, 2007	Event	The painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, was stolen from the Sao Paulo Museum of Art, along with O Lavrador de Cafe, by the major Brazilian modernist painter Candido Portinari.
December 20th, 2007	Death	Nataline Sarkisyan, a seventeen-year-old leukemia patient whose insurer, Cigna HealthCare, refused to pay for treatment.
December 20th, 2006	Event	A judge rules against the death penalty in the case of Naveed Haq, a man convicted in the shooting death and injuries at the Jewish Federation in Seattle.
December 20th, 2006	Death	Shi Yuejun, Chinese serial killer. Executed.
December 20th, 2005	Event	2005 New York City transit strike: New York City s Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike, shutting down all New York City Subway and Bus services.
December 20th, 2005	Event	US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.
December 20th, 2005	Event	The first same sex civil partnerships in Scotland are celebrated.
December 20th, 2005	Death	Maniam Moorthy, member of the first Malaysian team to summit Mount Everest

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