Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 20

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December 20:

Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky

1803 - As part of the Louisiana Purchase, New Orleans was transferred from France to the United States.

1860 - South Carolina seceded from the United States, leading to the American Civil War.

1917 - The Cheka, the first Soviet secret police, was founded. Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (pictured) was appointed as its leader.

1995 - The NATO-led IFOR began peacekeeping in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1999 - Portugal transferred sovereignty of Macau to the People's Republic of China.

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