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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/1955" title="1955">1955</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a></b> was recognised as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_of_Wales" title="Capital of Wales">capital of Wales</a> by the British government.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a> – The deadliest peacetime <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_maritime_disasters" title="List of maritime disasters">maritime disaster</a> in history occurred when the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Do%C3%B1a_Paz" title="MV Doña Paz">MV <i>Doña Paz</i></a></b> sank after colliding with an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_tanker" title="Oil tanker">oil tanker</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablas_Strait" title="Tablas Strait">Tablas Strait</a> in the Philippines, resulting in an estimated 4,385 deaths.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988" title="1988">1988</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_Against_Illicit_Traffic_in_Narcotic_Drugs_and_Psychotropic_Substances" title="United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances">United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances</a></b>, governing international cooperation against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_drug_trade" title="Illegal drug trade">illegal drug trade</a>, opened for signatures.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_965" title="American Airlines Flight 965">American Airlines Flight 965</a></b> crashed into a mountain in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buga,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Buga, Valle del Cauca">Buga</a>, Colombia, killing most of those on board.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso" title="Pablo Picasso">Pablo Picasso</a>'s <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Suzanne_Bloch" title="Portrait of Suzanne Bloch">Portrait of Suzanne Bloch</a></b></i> was stolen from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Museum_of_Art" title="São Paulo Museum of Art">São Paulo Museum of Art</a> before being recovered about three weeks later.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bell_(farmer)" title="John Bell (farmer)">John Bell</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1820); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kan%27ichi_Asakawa" title="Kan'ichi Asakawa">Kan'ichi Asakawa</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1873); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Beeby" title="Beatrice Beeby">Beatrice Beeby</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1991)</p>
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