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December 1

David Prowse added by Amakuru, 00:14, 01 December 2020
Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber added by Amakuru, 00:21, 01 December 2020
Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber removed by Stephen, 00:56, 03 December 2020
David Prowse added by Amakuru, 00:21, 01 December 2020
David Prowse removed by Stephen, 00:43, 03 December 2020
Sadiq al-Mahdi added by Amakuru, 00:32, 01 December 2020
Sadiq al-Mahdi removed by Spencer, 01:11, 02 December 2020
Ben Bova added by Dumelow, 07:57, 01 December 2020
Ben Bova removed by MSGJ, 14:23, 03 December 2020

December 2

Hella Brock added by Spencer, 01:11, 02 December 2020
Hella Brock removed by MSGJ, 14:33, 03 December 2020
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh added by Spencer, 01:14, 02 December 2020
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh removed by Stephen, 00:39, 03 December 2020

December 3

Shams Badran added by Stephen, 00:39, 03 December 2020
Shams Badran removed by MSGJ, 14:23, 03 December 2020
Irina Antonova added by Stephen, 00:43, 03 December 2020
Irina Antonova removed by MSGJ, 11:29, 04 December 2020
Brian Kerr added by Stephen, 00:56, 03 December 2020
Brian Kerr removed by MSGJ, 12:36, 04 December 2020
Walter E. Williams added by Bagumba, 10:18, 03 December 2020
Maria Itkina added by Bagumba, 10:18, 03 December 2020
Maria Itkina removed by Amakuru, 10:23, 05 December 2020
Former President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing dies at the age of 94. added by MSGJ, 14:03, 03 December 2020
Former President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (pictured) dies at the age of 94. updated by MSGJ, 14:07, 03 December 2020
Mohamed Abarhoun added by MSGJ, 14:23, 03 December 2020
Mohamed Abarhoun removed by Amakuru, 14:53, 05 December 2020
George Ross Anderson Jr. added by MSGJ, 14:33, 03 December 2020
George Ross Anderson Jr. removed by Amakuru, 10:23, 05 December 2020
Walter E. Williams added by Bagumba, 16:27, 03 December 2020
Walter E. Williams removed by Amakuru, 10:23, 05 December 2020

December 4

Hugh Keays-Byrne added by MSGJ, 11:29, 04 December 2020
Hugh Keays-Byrne removed by Amakuru, 10:23, 05 December 2020
Dharampal Gulati added by MSGJ, 12:36, 04 December 2020
Dharampal Gulati removed by Amakuru, 15:25, 05 December 2020

December 5

Alison Lurie added by Amakuru, 10:23, 05 December 2020
Alison Lurie removed by Amakuru, 19:35, 07 December 2020
Betsy Wade added by Amakuru, 10:23, 05 December 2020
Betsy Wade removed by Amakuru, 19:35, 07 December 2020
Jutta Lampe added by Amakuru, 10:23, 05 December 2020
Jutta Lampe removed by Amakuru, 22:44, 06 December 2020
Bill Fitsell added by Amakuru, 10:23, 05 December 2020
Bill Fitsell removed by Amakuru, 22:44, 06 December 2020
Zafarullah Khan Jamali added by Amakuru, 14:53, 05 December 2020
Zafarullah Khan Jamali removed by Amakuru, 22:44, 06 December 2020
Narinder Singh Kapany added by Amakuru, 15:25, 05 December 2020
Narinder Singh Kapany removed by Amakuru, 19:35, 07 December 2020
Maria Fyfe added by Amakuru, 15:25, 05 December 2020
Maria Fyfe removed by Amakuru, 19:35, 07 December 2020

December 6

Zdravko Krivokapić (pictured) takes office as Prime Minister of Montenegro, becoming the first independent to hold the post. added by 331dot, 18:42, 06 December 2020
Former President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing dies at the age of 94. updated by 331dot, 18:42, 06 December 2020
Former President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing dies at the age of 94. removed by Amakuru, 20:11, 07 December 2020
Zdravko Krivokapić (pictured) takes office as Prime Minister of Montenegro, becoming the first independent to hold the post. updated by PFHLai, 21:43, 06 December 2020
James Odongo added by Amakuru, 22:44, 06 December 2020
James Odongo removed by Black Kite, 18:56, 08 December 2020
Ferenc Tóth added by Amakuru, 22:44, 06 December 2020
Ferenc Tóth removed by Amakuru, 15:12, 08 December 2020

December 7

In India, a nationwide general strike occurs and 100,000 continue with the farmers' protests surrounding New Delhi. added by MSGJ, 14:32, 07 December 2020
Soedardjat Nataatmadja added by Amakuru, 19:35, 07 December 2020
Soedardjat Nataatmadja removed by SoWhy, 08:28, 10 December 2020
Paul Sarbanes added by Amakuru, 19:35, 07 December 2020
Paul Sarbanes removed by Amakuru, 15:01, 09 December 2020
Tabaré Vázquez added by Amakuru, 19:35, 07 December 2020
Tabaré Vázquez removed by Dumelow, 07:58, 09 December 2020
Belinda Bozzoli added by Amakuru, 19:35, 07 December 2020
Belinda Bozzoli removed by Stephen, 22:51, 08 December 2020
In motorsport, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia win the World Rally Championship, while Hyundai win the manufacturers' title. added by Amakuru, 20:11, 07 December 2020
Hayabusa2 successfully returns samples collected from asteroid 162173 Ryugu to Earth. added by Amakuru, 20:11, 07 December 2020
Hayabusa2 (artist's impression pictured) successfully returns samples collected from asteroid 162173 Ryugu to Earth. updated by Amakuru, 21:30, 07 December 2020
Zdravko Krivokapić takes office as Prime Minister of Montenegro, becoming the first independent to hold the post. updated by Amakuru, 21:30, 07 December 2020
Zdravko Krivokapić takes office as Prime Minister of Montenegro, becoming the first independent to hold the post. removed by Espresso Addict, 08:31, 17 December 2020
In India, a nationwide general strike occurs and 100,000 continue with the farmers' protests surrounding New Delhi. added by Amakuru, 21:36, 07 December 2020

December 8

In India, a nationwide general strike occurs and 100,000 people continue with the farmers' protests surrounding New Delhi. updated by Stephen, 11:05, 08 December 2020
In India, a nationwide general strike occurs and 100,000 people continue with the farmers' protests surrounding New Delhi. removed by Amakuru, 15:22, 10 December 2020
In motorsport, Sébastien Ogier (pictured) and Julien Ingrassia win the World Rally Championship, while Hyundai win the manufacturers' title. updated by Amakuru, 12:22, 08 December 2020
Hayabusa2 successfully returns samples collected from asteroid 162173 Ryugu to Earth. updated by Amakuru, 12:22, 08 December 2020
Hayabusa2 successfully returns samples collected from asteroid 162173 Ryugu to Earth. removed by Floquenbeam, 18:03, 21 December 2020
Doug Scott added by Amakuru, 15:12, 08 December 2020
Doug Scott removed by SoWhy, 10:36, 10 December 2020
Chuck Yeager added by Black Kite, 18:56, 08 December 2020
Chuck Yeager removed by SoWhy, 10:40, 10 December 2020
Udyavara Madhava Acharya added by Stephen, 22:51, 08 December 2020
Udyavara Madhava Acharya removed by Dumelow, 15:46, 10 December 2020
In motorsport, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia (pictured) win the World Rally Championship, while Hyundai win the manufacturers' title. updated by Amakuru, 23:35, 08 December 2020

December 9

Pumza Dyantyi added by Dumelow, 07:58, 09 December 2020
Pumza Dyantyi removed by Dumelow, 19:40, 10 December 2020
Gerard Stokes added by Amakuru, 15:01, 09 December 2020
Gerard Stokes removed by Dumelow, 19:40, 10 December 2020

December 10

In motorsport, Sébastien Ogier (pictured) and Julien Ingrassia win the World Rally Championship, while Hyundai win the manufacturers' title. updated by Amakuru, 02:05, 10 December 2020
Paolo Rossi added by SoWhy, 08:28, 10 December 2020
Paolo Rossi removed by John M Wolfson, 02:05, 13 December 2020
Roger Moret added by SoWhy, 10:36, 10 December 2020
Roger Moret removed by MSGJ, 19:53, 12 December 2020
Harold Budd added by SoWhy, 10:40, 10 December 2020
Harold Budd removed by MSGJ, 19:55, 12 December 2020
Nana Akufo-Addo is elected for a second term as President of Ghana. added by Amakuru, 15:22, 10 December 2020
Indian farmers' protest added by Amakuru, 15:22, 10 December 2020
Nana Akufo-Addo (pictured) is elected for a second term as President of Ghana. updated by Amakuru, 15:43, 10 December 2020
In motorsport, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia win the World Rally Championship, while Hyundai win the manufacturers' title. updated by Amakuru, 15:43, 10 December 2020
In motorsport, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia win the World Rally Championship, while Hyundai win the manufacturers' title. removed by Espresso Addict, 04:35, 25 December 2020
Manglesh Dabral added by Dumelow, 15:46, 10 December 2020
Manglesh Dabral removed by Bagumba, 08:47, 13 December 2020
Nana Akufo-Addo (pictured) is re-elected for a second term as President of Ghana. updated by Amakuru, 18:26, 10 December 2020
Iman Budhi Santosa added by Dumelow, 19:40, 10 December 2020
Iman Budhi Santosa removed by MSGJ, 12:30, 14 December 2020
Astad Deboo added by Dumelow, 19:40, 10 December 2020
Astad Deboo removed by MSGJ, 12:26, 14 December 2020

December 12

Stanley Smith added by MSGJ, 19:53, 12 December 2020
Stanley Smith removed by John M Wolfson, 09:32, 13 December 2020
Raymond Hunter added by MSGJ, 19:55, 12 December 2020
Raymond Hunter removed by Dumelow, 09:43, 14 December 2020

December 13

U. A. Khader added by John M Wolfson, 02:05, 13 December 2020
U. A. Khader removed by MSGJ, 11:34, 15 December 2020
Charley Pride added by Bagumba, 08:47, 13 December 2020
Charley Pride removed by Amakuru, 12:36, 16 December 2020
James Flynn added by Bagumba, 08:47, 13 December 2020
James Flynn removed by Stephen, 19:19, 14 December 2020

December 14

Hasu Yajnik added by Dumelow, 09:43, 14 December 2020
Hasu Yajnik removed by MSGJ, 12:35, 14 December 2020
Joseph Safra added by MSGJ, 12:26, 14 December 2020
Joseph Safra removed by MSGJ, 16:29, 14 December 2020
Barbara Windsor added by MSGJ, 12:30, 14 December 2020
Barbara Windsor removed by MSGJ, 16:35, 14 December 2020
Brandon Bernard added by MSGJ, 12:35, 14 December 2020
Brandon Bernard removed by MSGJ, 16:41, 14 December 2020
Hasu Yajnik updated by MSGJ, 12:36, 14 December 2020
Hasu Yajnik removed by MSGJ, 16:29, 14 December 2020
Garry Runciman added by MSGJ, 16:29, 14 December 2020
Garry Runciman removed by Stephen, 19:19, 14 December 2020
John le Carré added by MSGJ, 16:35, 14 December 2020
John le Carré removed by Amakuru, 12:36, 16 December 2020
Ruhollah Zam added by MSGJ, 16:41, 14 December 2020
Ruhollah Zam removed by Amakuru, 12:36, 16 December 2020
Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini added by MSGJ, 16:46, 14 December 2020
Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini removed by Espresso Addict, 23:19, 14 December 2020
Huang Zongying added by Amakuru, 18:12, 14 December 2020
Huang Zongying removed by John M Wolfson, 00:42, 17 December 2020
James Flynn updated by Espresso Addict, 23:19, 14 December 2020
James Flynn removed by Espresso Addict, 10:15, 15 December 2020

December 15

Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini updated by Espresso Addict, 10:15, 15 December 2020
Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini removed by Amakuru, 12:40, 16 December 2020
Gérard Houllier added by MSGJ, 11:34, 15 December 2020
Gérard Houllier removed by MSGJ, 11:36, 17 December 2020
Kim Ki-duk added by MSGJ, 11:42, 15 December 2020
Kim Ki-duk removed by Amakuru, 12:36, 16 December 2020

December 16

Totilas added by Amakuru, 12:36, 16 December 2020
Totilas removed by MSGJ, 09:38, 18 December 2020
Herman Asaribab added by Amakuru, 12:36, 16 December 2020
Herman Asaribab removed by MSGJ, 17:27, 17 December 2020
Ann Reinking added by Amakuru, 12:36, 16 December 2020
Ann Reinking removed by MSGJ, 11:41, 17 December 2020
Roddam Narasimha added by Amakuru, 12:40, 16 December 2020
Roddam Narasimha removed by MSGJ, 22:26, 18 December 2020

December 17

Awesome Again added by John M Wolfson, 00:42, 17 December 2020
Awesome Again removed by MSGJ, 17:13, 19 December 2020
The Chang'e 5 sample-return mission returns samples of the Moon to Earth. added by Espresso Addict, 08:31, 17 December 2020
The Chang'e 5 sample-return mission returns lunar material to Earth. updated by Stephen, 11:31, 17 December 2020
Jack Steinberger added by MSGJ, 11:36, 17 December 2020
Jack Steinberger removed by MSGJ, 20:59, 19 December 2020
Benjamin Abeles added by MSGJ, 11:41, 17 December 2020
Benjamin Abeles removed by Amakuru, 17:11, 19 December 2020
Flavio Cotti added by MSGJ, 17:27, 17 December 2020

December 18

The Chang'e 5 (pictured) sample-return mission returns lunar material to Earth. updated by MSGJ, 06:56, 18 December 2020
Nana Akufo-Addo is re-elected for a second term as President of Ghana. updated by MSGJ, 06:56, 18 December 2020
Nana Akufo-Addo is re-elected for a second term as President of Ghana. removed by MSGJ, 16:04, 29 December 2020
Donald Fowler added by MSGJ, 09:38, 18 December 2020
The Chang'e 5 (illustration shown) sample-return mission returns lunar material to Earth. updated by Stephen, 19:22, 18 December 2020
John Barnard Jenkins added by MSGJ, 22:26, 18 December 2020

December 19

Michael Jeffery added by Amakuru, 17:11, 19 December 2020
R. N. Shetty added by MSGJ, 17:13, 19 December 2020
Jerry Relph added by MSGJ, 20:59, 19 December 2020

December 20

RD Jerry Relph added by Stephen, 06:06, 20 December 2020
RD R. N. Shetty added by Stephen, 06:06, 20 December 2020
RD Michael Jeffery added by Stephen, 06:06, 20 December 2020 removed by Amakuru, 12:46, 22 December 2020
RD John Barnard Jenkins added by Stephen, 06:06, 20 December 2020 removed by Amakuru, 12:33, 22 December 2020
RD Flavio Cotti added by Stephen, 06:06, 20 December 2020 removed by Floquenbeam, 18:16, 21 December 2020
RD Donald Fowler added by Stephen, 06:06, 20 December 2020 removed by Espresso Addict, 22:24, 20 December 2020
RD Òscar Ribas Reig added by Espresso Addict, 22:24, 20 December 2020 removed by Espresso Addict, 03:21, 25 December 2020

December 21

The closest great conjunction since the year 1623 occurs on December 21st. added by Floquenbeam, 18:03, 21 December 2020
RD Jeremy Bulloch added by Floquenbeam, 18:16, 21 December 2020 removed by Amakuru, 16:17, 23 December 2020 removed by MSGJ, 13:59, 26 December 2020
The closest great conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn since the year 1623 occurs on December 21st. updated by Jayron32, 18:18, 21 December 2020
The closest great conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn since the year 1623 occurs on 21 December. updated by Floquenbeam, 18:46, 21 December 2020
The closest great conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn since 1623 occurs on 21 December. updated by Stephen, 22:19, 21 December 2020

December 22

RD R. N. Shetty added by Bagumba, 07:58, 22 December 2020 removed by Bagumba, 05:23, 23 December 2020
RD Fanny Waterman added by Amakuru, 12:33, 22 December 2020 removed by MSGJ, 14:09, 26 December 2020
RD Maria Piątkowska added by Amakuru, 12:46, 22 December 2020 removed by Espresso Addict, 23:49, 26 December 2020
The closest great conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn since 1623 occurs. updated by Stephen, 22:18, 22 December 2020

December 23

RD Kevin Greene added by Bagumba, 05:23, 23 December 2020 removed by Stephen, 10:26, 27 December 2020
RD Doug Anthony added by Amakuru, 16:17, 23 December 2020 removed by Stephen, 10:30, 27 December 2020

December 25

RD Stella Tennant added by Espresso Addict, 03:21, 25 December 2020 removed by Stephen, 11:22, 27 December 2020

December 26

RD John Fitzpatrick added by MSGJ, 13:59, 26 December 2020 removed by Stephen, 11:22, 27 December 2020
RD Muhammad Mustafa Mero added by MSGJ, 14:09, 26 December 2020 removed by Stephen, 11:40, 27 December 2020
RD Jack Lenor Larsen added by Espresso Addict, 23:49, 26 December 2020 removed by Stephen, 11:40, 27 December 2020

December 27

RD Brodie Lee added by Stephen, 10:26, 27 December 2020 removed by Bagumba, 01:08, 28 December 2020
RD Sugathakumari added by Stephen, 10:30, 27 December 2020 removed by Stephen, 02:42, 28 December 2020
RD Shamsur Rahman Faruqi added by Stephen, 11:19, 27 December 2020 removed by Stephen, 02:42, 28 December 2020
RD George Blake added by Stephen, 11:22, 27 December 2020 removed by Bagumba, 16:25, 28 December 2020
RD Jim McLean added by Stephen, 11:28, 27 December 2020 removed by Black Kite, 12:44, 29 December 2020
RD Karima Baloch added by Stephen, 11:40, 27 December 2020 removed by Black Kite, 12:47, 29 December 2020
RD Minoru Makihara added by Espresso Addict, 23:27, 27 December 2020 removed by Black Kite, 12:50, 29 December 2020

December 28

RD Phil Niekro added by Bagumba, 01:08, 28 December 2020 removed by Black Kite, 12:52, 29 December 2020
RD Barry Lopez added by Stephen, 02:42, 28 December 2020
RD Shamsur Rahman Faruqi updated by Espresso Addict, 02:53, 28 December 2020 removed by Black Kite, 13:47, 28 December 2020
RD Robin Jackman added by Black Kite, 13:47, 28 December 2020 removed by Espresso Addict, 09:38, 30 December 2020

December 29

RD K. C. Jones added by Black Kite, 12:44, 29 December 2020 removed by Dumelow, 11:47, 30 December 2020
RD Barbara Rose added by Black Kite, 12:47, 29 December 2020 removed by Bagumba, 05:28, 30 December 2020 removed by MSGJ, 20:30, 30 December 2020
RD Yuichiro Hata added by Black Kite, 12:50, 29 December 2020 removed by MSGJ, 20:38, 30 December 2020
RD Martin Lambie-Nairn added by Black Kite, 12:52, 29 December 2020 removed by Black Kite, 01:39, 31 December 2020
The European Union and the United Kingdom agree on a Trade and Cooperation Agreement to govern their relationship after Brexit. added by MSGJ, 16:04, 29 December 2020
The European Union and the United Kingdom (map shown) agree on a Trade and Cooperation Agreement to govern their relationship after Brexit. updated by MSGJ, 16:17, 29 December 2020
The Chang'e 5 sample-return mission returns lunar material to Earth. updated by MSGJ, 16:17, 29 December 2020
The Chang'e 5 sample-return mission returns lunar material to Earth. removed by John M Wolfson, 08:10, 31 December 2020
The European Union and the United Kingdom (map shown) reach an agreement governing their relationship after Brexit. updated by Amakuru, 17:52, 29 December 2020

December 30

The European Union and the United Kingdom (map shown) reach an agreement governing their relationship after Brexit. updated by Stephen, 04:42, 30 December 2020
RD Luke Letlow added by Bagumba, 05:28, 30 December 2020 removed by Black Kite, 01:39, 31 December 2020
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Petrinja, Croatia, killing seven people. added by Tone, 08:21, 30 December 2020
A magnitude 6.4 M_w earthquake strikes Petrinja, Croatia, killing seven people. updated by Stephen, 08:47, 30 December 2020
RD Fou Ts'ong added by Espresso Addict, 09:38, 30 December 2020 removed by Bagumba, 10:07, 31 December 2020
RD Paul-Heinz Dittrich added by Dumelow, 11:47, 30 December 2020 removed by Bagumba, 10:07, 31 December 2020
RD Joseph Bachelder III added by MSGJ, 20:30, 30 December 2020 removed by Black Kite, 20:08, 31 December 2020
RD Romell Broom added by MSGJ, 20:38, 30 December 2020 removed by Black Kite, 20:08, 31 December 2020

December 31

An earthquake strikes Petrinja, Croatia, killing seven people. added by Stephen, 00:35, 31 December 2020
RD Elaine McCoy added by Black Kite, 01:39, 31 December 2020
RD Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio added by Black Kite, 01:39, 31 December 2020
RD Adele Rose added by Espresso Addict, 02:21, 31 December 2020
An attack at Aden International Airport, Yemen, leaves dozens dead and over one hundred injured. added by John M Wolfson, 08:10, 31 December 2020
An attack at Aden International Airport, Yemen, leaves dozens dead and more than fifty injured. added by Espresso Addict, 08:17, 31 December 2020
RD Lorraine Monk added by Bagumba, 10:07, 31 December 2020
RD Howard J. Rubenstein added by Bagumba, 10:07, 31 December 2020
An attack at Aden International Airport, Yemen, leaves twenty-five people dead and more than a hundred others injured. updated by Stephen, 12:11, 31 December 2020
RD Pierre Cardin added by Black Kite, 20:08, 31 December 2020 removed by Black Kite, 20:14, 31 December 2020
RD John Paul Jr. added by Black Kite, 20:08, 31 December 2020
An attack at Aden International Airport, Yemen, leaves 25 people dead and more than 100 others injured. updated by John M Wolfson, 22:32, 31 December 2020