Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/December/December 20

December 20:

Events
 * 1941 - World War II: First battle of the Flying Tigers against Japanese forces in Kunming, China.
 * 1942 - World War II: Bombing of Calcutta by the Japanese.

Births
 * 1873 - Kan'ichi Asakawa (d. 1948), historian, author and academic
 * 1948 - Mitsuko Uchida, Japanese-English pianist
 * 1956 - Junji Hirata, wrestler
 * 1974 - Die, guitarist, songwriter, and producer
 * 1982 - Masahiro Kuranuki, actor
 * 1983 - Takuma Terashima, voice actor
 * 1987 - Yutaka Otsuka, baseball player
 * 1997 - Suzuka Nakamoto, singer
 * 2002 - Yuuna Sugiyama, actress

Deaths
 * 1993 - W. Edwards Deming (b. 1900), American statistician, academic, and author, known for his work in teaching top management in Japan how to improve design, service, product quality, testing, and sales
 * 1997 - Juzo Itami (b. 1933), actor, director, producer, and screenwriter