Daily Calendar for December 20th, 2020

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1790s

• 1790: Operation of first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill in U.S. began, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

1800s

• 1803: Louisiana Purchase finalized

1820s

• 1820: Missouri imposed a $1 tax on bachelors

1860s

• 1860: South Carolina seceded from the Union

• Born 1868: Harvey Samuel Firestone (tire manufacturer)

1890s

• Born 1898: Irene Dunne (actress)

1910s

• 1918: Name "Canadian National Railways" was authorized

1920s

• Born 1922: George Roy Hill (director of film)

1970s

• Born 1970: Nicole DeBoer (actress)

• Died 1973: Bobby Darin (singer)

1980s

• 1982: 24-lb. 8-oz. horse-eye jack caught, Miami, Florida

• Died 1982: Arthur Rubenstein (pianist)

• Born 1983: Jonah Hill (actor)

1990s

• Born 1990: JoJo (singer)

• Died 1996: Carl Sagan (astronomer)

2000s

• 2000: California angler caught 230-pound Nile perch in Lake Nasser, Egypt

• Died 2007: J. Russell Coffey (oldest known U.S. veteran of World War I)

• Died 2008: Robert Mulligan (director)

• Died 2009: Brittany Murphy (actress)

2010s

• Died 2010: Steve Landesberg (actor)