August 20th, 1977

Born on August 20th, 1977

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 20th, 1977?

August 20th, 1977

Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program

What else happened on August 20th?

August 20th, 2008

Spanair Flight 5022 crashed just after take-off from Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 154 people.

August 20th, 1998

The Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory (pictured) in Sudan was destroyed by a missile attack launched by the United States in retaliation for the August 7 U.S. embassy bombings.

August 20th, 1989

After colliding with the dredger Bowbelle on the River Thames in London, the pleasure boatMarchioness sank in just thirty seconds, killing 51 people.

August 20th, 1988

Fires in the United States' Yellowstone National Park ravaged more than 150,000 acres (610 km2), the single-worst day of the conflagration.

August 20th, 1950

Korean War: United Nations forces repelled an attempt by North Korea to capture the city of Taegu.

August 20th, 1920

The American Professional Football Association, a predecessor of the National Football League, was founded.

August 20th, 1910

Hurricane-force winds combined hundreds of small fires in the U.S. states of Washington and Idaho into the Devil's Broom fire, which burned about 4,700 square miles (12,100 km²), the largest fire in recorded U.S. history.

August 20th, 1909

Pluto was photographed for the first time at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, U.S., 21 years before it was officially discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.

August 20th, 1794

American troops defeated the Northwestern Confederacy, a Native American alliance, at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, the decisive battle of the Northwest Indian War.

August 20th, 1710

War of the Spanish Succession: A Spanish Bourbon army commanded by the Marquis de Bay was soundly defeated by a multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg.

August 20th, 1707

The first Siege of Pensacola came to an end with the British and Creek abandoning their attempt to capture Pensacola in Spanish Florida.

August 20th, 0917

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Bulgarian forces led by Tsar Simeon I drove the Byzantines out of Thrace with a decisive victory at the Battle of Achelous.

August 20th, 0636

Rashidun forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid took control of Syria and Palestine in the Battle of the Yarmuk, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests.

August 20th, 1993

After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 20th

Born on August 20th, 1977

46

Felipe Contepomi

Argentine rugby union footballer and coach

*August 20th, 1977, Buenos Aires

46

Wayne Brown

English association football player (born 1977)

*August 20th, 1977, Barking

46

Ívar Ingimarsson

Icelandic footballer

*August 20th, 1977, Reykjavík

46

Aaron Watson

American singer

*August 20th, 1977, Amarillo

46

Lilou Macé

French-American author, webTV host, video blogger, speaker and interviewer

*August 20th, 1977, Santa Clara

46

Clemens Meyer

German writer

*August 20th, 1977, Halle (Saale)

46

Henning Stensrud

Norwegian ski jumper

*August 20th, 1977, Lørenskog

46

Koji Nakajima

Japanese association football player

*August 20th, 1977, Sakai

46

Paolo Bianco

Italian footballer

*August 20th, 1977, Foggia

46

Aaron Taylor

Baseball player

*August 20th, 1977, Valdosta

46

James Ormond

English cricketer (born 1977)

*August 20th, 1977, Coventry

46

Shockmain Davis

American football player

*August 20th, 1977, Port Arthur

46

Stéphane Gillet

Luxembourgish footballer

*August 20th, 1977, Luxembourg

46

Josh Pearce

American baseball player

*August 20th, 1977, Yakima

46

Manuel Contepomi

Argentine rugby union footballer

*August 20th, 1977, Buenos Aires

46

Steve Valiquette

Canadian ice hockey goaltender

*August 20th, 1977, Etobicoke

46

Isao Yoneda

Japanese gymnast

*August 20th, 1977, Hamburg

46

Tiffani Faison

American chef

*August 20th, 1977, Germany

46

Jason Perillo

American politician

*August 20th, 1977, Shelton

46

Hwang Geum-hee

South Korean actress

*August 20th, 1977, South Korea

46

Gastón Losa

Argentine footballer

*August 20th, 1977, La Plata

46

A. M. Esmonde

British fiction writer and producer

*August 20th, 1977, Swansea

46

Xian Yi Fang

French-Chinese table tennis player

*August 20th, 1977, Baoding

46

Rupesh Amin

Cricketer (born 1977)

*August 20th, 1977, Faridabad

46

Sergio D'autilia

Italian footballer

*August 20th, 1977, Galatina

46

Laura Bispuri

Italian film director and screenwriter

*August 20th, 1977, Rome

46

Harry Tañamor

Filipino boxer

*August 20th, 1977, Philippines

46

Tanja Stupar-Trifunović

Author from Bosnia and Herzegovina

*August 20th, 1977, Zadar

46

Kevin Navayne

American actor and fashion model

*August 20th, 1977, Spanish Town

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 20th?

39

Valeriy Atrashchenkov

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1984, Kharkiv

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

40

Andrew Garfield

British-American actor

*August 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

96

John Boardman

British classical archaeologist (born 1927)

*August 20th, 1927, London Borough of Redbridge

52

David Walliams

English actor, comedian and writer

*August 20th, 1971, Wimbledon

31

Selena Gomez

American singer and actress

*August 20th, 1992, Albuquerque

49

Amy Adams

American actress

*August 20th, 1974, Aviano

43

Samuel Dumoulin

Road bicycle racer

*August 20th, 1980, Vénissieux

42

Bernard Mendy

Senegalese and French footballer

*August 20th, 1981, Évreux

33

Mauricio Casillas

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1990, Mexico City

26

Daniel La Torre Regal

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1997, Lima

26

Magnus Christensen

Danish association football player

*August 20th, 1997, Frederikshavn

51

Olivier Guégan

French football player and manager

*August 20th, 1972, Longjumeau

37

Dan Martin

Irish racing cyclist

*August 20th, 1986, Birmingham

97

Jürgen Kieser

German illustrator, draughtsperson and writer

*August 20th, 1921, Erkner †May 20th, 2019, Neu Zittau

57

Enrico Letta

Italian politician

*August 20th, 1966, Pisa

37

Damien Gaudin

Road bicycle racer

*August 20th, 1986, Beaupréau

36

Simon Shnapir

Figure skater

*August 20th, 1987, Moscow

21

Tobias Lund Andresen

Danish cyclist, born 2002

*August 20th, 2002, Taastrup

Same year
Born in 1977

46

Zhang Jun

Chinese badminton player

*November 26th, 1977, Suzhou

46

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

46

Carsten Linnemann

German economist, politician

*August 10th, 1977, Paderborn

46

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

46

Emmanuel Macron

President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017

*December 21st, 1977, Amiens

46

Vanessa Trump

American model and actress

*December 18th, 1977, New York City

46

Gong Zhichao

Badminton player

*December 15th, 1977, Anhua County

46

Paul Kalkbrenner

German electronic musician

*June 11th, 1977, Leipzig

46

Ji Xinpeng

Chinese badminton player

*December 30th, 1977, Shashi District

47

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

46

Gail Emms

Badminton player

*July 23rd, 1977, Hitchin

46

Pernille Harder

Badminton player

*September 3rd, 1977, Odder Municipality

46

Melanie Lynskey

New Zealand actress

*May 16th, 1977, New Plymouth

46

José Antonio Crespo

Spanish badminton player

*June 24th, 1977, Arroyo de la Miel

46

Dave McCullen

Musician, music producer

*December 28th, 1977, Bonheiden

47

Shakira

Colombian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 2nd, 1977, Barranquilla

47

Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil

Danish politician

*January 17th, 1977, Zealand

47

Claudia Hiersche

German actress

*February 22nd, 1977, Frankfurt (Oder)

47

Sverre Rotevatn

Norwegian Nordic combined skier

*January 17th, 1977, Lillehammer Municipality

46

Anthony Clark

English badminton player

*November 1st, 1977, Derby

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1977 is a normal year and no leap year.

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