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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_20" title="December 20">December 20</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1852" title="1852">1852</a> – Led by <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cathcart" title="George Cathcart">George Cathcart</a></b>, British troops defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotho_people" title="Sotho people">Basuto</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taung" title="Taung">Taung</a> forces at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berea" title="Battle of Berea">Battle of Berea</a></b> in present-day Lesotho, leading to an offer of peace from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshoeshoe_I" title="Moshoeshoe I">King Moshoeshoe I</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a> – The superhero <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America" title="Captain America">Captain America</a></b> made his first published appearance in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book" title="Comic book">comic book</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America_Comics" title="Captain America Comics">Captain America Comics</a></i> #1.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980" title="1980">1980</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> aired the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> match between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Announcerless_game" title="Announcerless game">without announcers</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a> – Mandated by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton_Agreement" title="Dayton Agreement">Dayton Agreement</a> that ended the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War" title="Bosnian War">Bosnian War</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>-led <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implementation_Force" title="Implementation Force">Implementation Force</a></b> began peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> – Portugal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Macau" title="Handover of Macau">transferred the sovereignty</a> over <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a></b>, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambroise_Par%C3%A9" title="Ambroise Paré">Ambroise Paré</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1590); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Jannon" title="Jean Jannon">Jean Jannon</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1658); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_(cricketer)" title="Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)">Bill O'Reilly</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1905); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Keka%CA%BBaniau" title="Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau">Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1928)</p>
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