ABOUT TODAY - 20th DECEMBER

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December 20: • 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 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. any more incident you know write them