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Events on December 20

• 1812 The Brothers Grimm publish the first edition of their Children's and Household Tales.
• 1924 Adolf Hitler is released early from detention in Landsberg after his putsch attempt.
• 1934 The Law Against Malicious Attacks on State and Party and for the Protection of Party Uniforms placed the abusive use of badges and party uniforms under penalty. It also restricted the right to freedom of expression.
• 1955 The Federal Republic of Germany concludes with Italy the first so-called recruitment agreement for the recruitment and placement of Italian workers (guest workers). By 1968, further treaties follow with Spain, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, Tunisia, Morocco, and Yugoslavia.
• 1963 In Frankfurt am Main, the 1st Auschwitz Trial against 22 defendants is opened.
• 1969 The first episode of the game show 'Wünsch Dir was', primarily designed by ORF with the presenter couple Dietmar Schönherr and Vivi Bach, can be followed on television. With the light test, viewers can participate.
• 1971 The two humanitarian organizations of young French doctors, Groupe d'Intervention Médicale et Chirurgicale en Urgence and Secours Médical Français, merge to form Médecins Sans Frontières. The organization provides medical emergency aid in crisis and war zones.
• 1990 The first all-German elected Bundestag convenes for its constituent session in Berlin after reunification.
• 1994 Intel announces a comprehensive exchange program for Pentium CPUs affected by the FDIV bug.
• 1999 Portugal returns the colony of Macau, settled by Portuguese for over 450 years and occupied for 150 years, to the People's Republic of China.
• 2004 The Daschner trial held before the Frankfurt Regional Court ends with a guilty verdict against the two defendants.
• 2015 With a 31:23 final victory over the Netherlands, the Norwegian women's handball national team wins the Women's Handball World Championship for the third time in Herning.

Born on December 20

• 1890 Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech physical chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1901 Robert Jemison Van de Graaff, American physicist
• 1902 George, 1st Duke of Kent, member of the British royal family
• 1920 Bruni Löbel, German actress
• 1942 Jean-Claude Trichet, French financial expert and politician
• 1951 Wau Holland, German journalist, hacker, and founder of the Chaos Computer Club
• 1963 Elena von Spanien, Spanish princess, Duchess of Lugo
• 1972 Joey Kelly, German-Irish musician and extreme sportsman
• 1980 Martín Demichelis, Argentine footballer
• 1991 Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „20. Dezember“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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