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Saturday, 20 December 2025

2007

Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.

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.

2006

A judge rules against the death penalty in the case of Naveed Haq, a man convicted in the shooting death and injuries at the Jewish Federation in Seattle.

2005

US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.

The first same sex civil partnerships in Scotland are celebrated.

2002

US Senator Trent Lott resigns as majority leader.

1999

Macau is handed over to the People's Republic of China by Portugal.

1996

NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.

1995

NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.

American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 160.

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