What Happened on December 12, 2020

Historical Events

Carbon Reduction

Chinese leader Xi Jinping says the country will reduce its carbon intensity by 65% by 2030

Hilton's TikTok Ban

Media personality Perez Hilton is banned from TikTok

Guterres Urges "Climate Emergency"

UN Chief Antonio Guterres urges world's leaders to declare "climate emergency" to avoid catastrophic global warning on 5th anniversary of Paris Climate Accord

UN Secretary-General and Prime Minister of Portugal António Guterres

Events in 2020

Famous Deaths

Ann Reinking, American dancer and actress (All the Jazz, Micki & Maude), dies at 71 [1]
Charley Pride, American country singer (Sweet Country), dies of COVID-19 complications at 86 [1]
Claude Castonguay, Quebec politician (task force on Quebec health care), dies at 91
Jack Steinberger, American physicist (1988 Nobel Prize for Physics - Neutrinos), dies at 99 [1]
John le Carré [pen name for David Cornwell], English novelist (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold), dies at 89
Motjeka Madisha, South African soccer defender (13 caps; Mamelodi Sundowns), dies in car accident at 25