What are the important events that happened on December 20, 2007? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 20, 2007: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 20, 2007 is the 354th day of the year 2007 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 7, 2007 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 332,808 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectapentacontatetragon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a Dime every day starting at age 5, then by now that person has accumulated $415.10. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Pig is the mythical animal and Fire is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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December 20, 2007 Historical Events
- 2007 –Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.
- 2007 –The painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, is stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art, along with O Lavrador de Café by the major Brazilian modernist painter Candido Portinari.
Who died on December 20, 2007?
- 2007 –Nataline Sarkisyan, American medical patient (b. 1990)
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