May 20th, 1112

Born on May 20th, 1112

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 333,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 856 days, exactly on November 4th, 2026, people who were born on May 20th, 1112 will be 334,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 20th?

May 20th, 2013

A tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, United States, killing 24 people and causing an estimated $2 billion of damage.

May 20th, 2012

The first of two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, resulting in seven deaths.

May 20th, 1983

uMkhonto we Sizwe, the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress, detonated a car bomb in Pretoria, resulting in 19 deaths and 217.

May 20th, 1965

While attempting to land at Cairo International Airport, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 crashed for unknown reasons, killing all but 6 of the 121 people on board.

May 20th, 1947

The first session of the National Diet opened in Tokyo, Japan.

May 20th, 1943

The Luttra Woman, a bog body from the Early Neolithic period, was discovered near Luttra, Sweden.

May 20th, 1941

World War II: German paratroopers began the Battle of Heraklion on the island of Crete, capturing the airfield and port in Heraklion ten days later.

May 20th, 1927

With the signing of the Treaty of Jeddah, the United Kingdom recognized the sovereignty of Ibn Saud over Hejaz and Nejd, which later merged to become Saudi Arabia.

May 20th, 1875

Representatives from seventeen countries signed the Metre Convention, which set up an institute for the purpose of coordinating international metrology and for coordinating the development of the metric system.

May 20th, 1609

Thomas Thorpe published the first copies of Shakespeare's sonnets, possibly without William Shakespeare's consent.

May 20th, 0794

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Æthelberht II of East Anglia was beheaded on the orders of Offa of Mercia.

May 20th, 0685

The Picts defeated the Northumbrians at the Battle of Dun Nechtain, severely weakening the latter's power in northern Great Britain.

May 20th, 1714

Johann Sebastian Bach directed the first performance of his Pentecost cantata Erschallet, ihr Lieder at the chapel of Schloss Weimar (pictured).

May 20th, 2022

Russo-Ukrainian War: Russia claims full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege.

May 20th, 2019

The International System of Units (SI): The base units are redefined, making the international prototype of the kilogram obsolete.

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

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

66

Jane Wiedlin

American musician

*May 20th, 1958, Oconomowoc

37

Shendy Puspa Irawati

Indonesian badminton player

*May 20th, 1987, Nganjuk

27

Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Thai badminton player

*May 20th, 1997, Chonburi

76

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

41

Anastasia Russkikh

Russian badminton player

*May 20th, 1983, Gatchina

28

Robert Skov

Danish association football player

*May 20th, 1996, Marbella

24

Rosa Linn

Armenisk singer-songwriter

*May 20th, 2000, Vanadzor

35

Goh V Shem

Malaysian badminton player

*May 20th, 1989, Setapak

29

Iben Bergstein

Badminton player

*May 20th, 1995, Rødovre

28

Yukino Nakai

Badminton player

*May 20th, 1996, Nerima

45

Jonathan Neil Morgan

Badminton player

*May 20th, 1979, Llanelli

38

Kenn Lim

Badminton player

*May 20th, 1986, Alor Setar

22

Ferdian Mahardika Ranialdy

Badminton player

*May 20th, 2002, Yogyakarta

51

Honoré de Balzac

French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)

*May 20th, 1799, Tours †August 18th, 1850, Paris

56

Timothy Olyphant

American actor

*May 20th, 1968, Honolulu

66

John Stuart Mill

British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)

*May 20th, 1806, London Borough of Islington †May 8th, 1873, Avignon

39

Chris Froome

British cyclist (born 1985)

*May 20th, 1985, Nairobi

67

Sigrid Undset

Norwegian writer (1882–1949)

*May 20th, 1882, Kalundborg †June 10th, 1949, Lillehammer Municipality

78

Dietrich Mateschitz

Austrian businessman

*May 20th, 1944, Sankt Marein im Mürztal †October 22nd, 2022, St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut

89

James Stewart

American actor (1908–1997)

*May 20th, 1908, Indiana †July 2nd, 1997, Beverly Hills

49

Bruna Esih

Croatian scientist and politician

*May 20th, 1975, Split

43

Iker Casillas

Spanish association football player

*May 20th, 1981, Móstoles

92

David Hedison

American actor (1927-2019)

*May 20th, 1927, Providence †July 18th, 2019, Los Angeles

25

Julius Kade

German footballer

*May 20th, 1999, Berlin

89

José Mujica

40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015

*May 20th, 1935, Montevideo

84

Annie M.G. Schmidt

Dutch writer (1911-1995)

*May 20th, 1911, Kapelle †May 21st, 1995, Amsterdam

31

Caroline Zhang

American figure skater

*May 20th, 1993, Boston

70

Joe Cocker

English musician (1944–2014)

*May 20th, 1944, Sheffield †December 22nd, 2014, Crawford

74

Alan Zweibel

American producer

*May 20th, 1950, Brooklyn

68

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

Norwegian writer

*May 20th, 1956, Tønsberg

45

Jana Pallaske

German actress and singer

*May 20th, 1979, Berlin

42

Jessica Raine

British actress

*May 20th, 1982, Eardisley

67

Yoshihiko Noda

Prime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012

*May 20th, 1957, Funabashi

66

Judy Kuhn

American actress and singer

*May 20th, 1958, New York City

26

Nam Nguyen

Canadian figure skater

*May 20th, 1998, Ottawa

63

Armin Schuster

German politician

*May 20th, 1961, Andernach

82

Heidi Senger-Weiss

Austrian entrepreneur

*May 20th, 1941, Vienna †October 19th, 2023

63

Lisa Kron

American actress and playwright

*May 20th, 1961, Ann Arbor

39

Joel Fry

English actor and musician

*May 20th, 1985, United Kingdom

87

Peter von Matt

Swiss philologist

*May 20th, 1937, Lucerne

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, National Awakening Day) which are celebrated on May 20th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1112 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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