July 20th, 1728

Born on July 20th, 1728

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 108,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 967 days, exactly on December 25th, 2026, people who were born on July 20th, 1728 will be 109,000 days old!

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What happened on July 20th?

July 20th, 2015

A suicide attack in Suruç, Turkey, for which Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility, killed 34 people and injured 104 others.

July 20th, 2012

A gunman carried out a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.

July 20th, 2001

The animated film Spirited Away, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, was released, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japanese history until 2020.

July 20th, 1997

USS Constitution, one of the United States Navy's original six frigates, sailed for the first time in 116 years after a full restoration.

July 20th, 1982

Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London, killing eleven British Army personnel and seven horses.

July 20th, 1977

Rain from a stalled thunderstorm caused six dams to fail, flooding Johnstown, Pennsylvania, resulting in 84 deaths and $340 in damages.

July 20th, 1976

The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.

July 20th, 1969

The Apollo 11 lunar module landed on the Sea of Tranquillity, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon six-and-a-half hours later.

July 20th, 1950

Korean War: After a month-long campaign, much of the North Korean air force was destroyed by United Nations forces.

July 20th, 1917

The prime minister of Serbia, Nikola Pašić, and the president of the Yugoslav Committee, Ante Trumbić, signed the Corfu Declaration, agreeing to seek the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.

July 20th, 1867

The United States Congress established the Indian Peace Commission to seek peace treaties with a number of Native American tribes.

July 20th, 1807

French brothers Claude and Nicéphore Niépce received a patent for their Pyréolophore, one of the world's first internal combustion engines.

July 20th, 1793

Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific coast at Bella Coola, British Columbia, completing the first recorded transcontinental crossing of North America north of Mexico.

July 20th, 1651

Wars of the Three Kingdoms: After crossing the Firth of Forth, English Commonwealth forces defeated a Scottish army at the Battle of Inverkeithing, opening the rest of the country to occupation.

July 20th, 2021

American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin.

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

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

92

Lola Albright

American actress and singer (1924–2017)

*July 20th, 1924, Akron †March 23rd, 2017, Toluca Lake

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

75

Ferdinand Franz Wallraf

German botanist, mathematician, theologian, priest and art collector (1748-1824)

*July 20th, 1748, Cologne †March 18th, 1824, Cologne

65

Mick MacNeil

Scottish keyboardist

*July 20th, 1958, Barra

81

Christian Rode

German actor and voice actor (1936–2018)

*July 20th, 1936, Hamburg †February 15th, 2018, Berlin

23

Csenge Braun

Hungarian beach handball player

*July 20th, 2000, Budapest

84

Dan Rooney

American football executive/owner, philanthropist and diplomat (1932-2017)

*July 20th, 1932, Pittsburgh †April 13th, 2017, Pittsburgh

63

Johann Ernst Daniel Bornschein

German author (1774–1838)

*July 20th, 1774, Prettin †April 1st, 1838, Gera

52

Sandra Oh

Canadian-American actress

*July 20th, 1971, Ottawa

61

Carlos Alazraqui

American actor

*July 20th, 1962, Yonkers

30

Lucas Digne

French association football player

*July 20th, 1993, Meaux

70

Marcia Hines

Singer, actress and TV personality

*July 20th, 1953, Boston

43

Gisele Bündchen

Brazilian fashion model

*July 20th, 1980, Horizontina

40

Barbara Goenaga

Spanish actress

*July 20th, 1983, San Sebastián

37

Osric Chau

Canadian actor and martial artist

*July 20th, 1986, Vancouver

57

Enrique Peña Nieto

President of Mexico from 2012 to 2018

*July 20th, 1966, Atlacomulco de Fabela

76

Carlos Santana

Mexican-American guitarist

*July 20th, 1947, Autlán de Navarro

91

Sally Ann Howes

British actor and singer

*July 20th, 1930, St John's Wood †December 19th, 2021, Palm Beach Gardens

241

Ray Allen

American basketball player

*July 20th, 1782, Merced

82

Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau

French naval engineer, botanist and agronomist (1700-1782)

*July 20th, 1700, Paris †August 22nd, 1782, Paris

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50

James Cook

British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)

*October 27th, 1728, Marton †February 14th, 1779, Kealakekua Bay

72

Johann Georg Büsch

German mathematician

*January 3rd, 1728, Altenmedingen †August 5th, 1800, Hamburg

34

Peter III of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1728–1762)

*February 10th, 1728, Kiel †July 6th, 1762, Ropsha

45

Oliver Goldsmith

Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician (d. 1774)

*November 10th, 1728, Elphin †April 4th, 1774, London

34

Georg Wilhelm Bauernfeind

German painter, university teacher (1728-1763)

*November 16th, 1728, Nuremberg †August 29th, 1763, Indian Ocean

49

Johann Heinrich Lambert

German mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1728-1777)

*August 26th, 1728, Mulhouse †September 25th, 1777, Berlin

71

Joseph Black

British chemist (1728-1799)

*April 16th, 1728, Bordeaux †December 6th, 1799, Edinburgh

80

Matthew Boulton

English manufacturer, industrialist 1728-1809, business partner of James Watt

*September 3rd, 1728, Birmingham †August 17th, 1809, Birmingham

82

Karl Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden

German noble (1728-1811)

*November 22nd, 1728, Karlsruhe †June 10th, 1811, Karlsruhe

69

Peter Frederik Suhm

Danish-Norwegian historian (1728-1798)

*October 18th, 1728, Copenhagen †September 7th, 1798, Øverød

76

Pietro Arduino

Italian botanist (1728-1805)

*July 18th, 1728, Caprino Veronese †April 13th, 1805, Padua

58

Ferdinando Galiani

Italian economist

*December 2nd, 1728, Chieti †October 30th, 1787, Naples

82

Nicolas Ozanne

French naval engineer

*January 12th, 1728, Brest †January 3rd, 1811, Paris

75

Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi

Italian opera composer (1728–1804)

*December 9th, 1728, Massa †November 19th, 1804, Rome

70

Jean Dussaulx

French politician (1728-1799)

*December 28th, 1728, Chartres †March 16th, 1799, Paris

76

Justus Claproth

German lawyer

*December 28th, 1728, Kassel †February 20th, 1805, Göttingen

48

Christiana Büsching

German writer

*December 11th, 1728, Köthen †April 22nd, 1777, Berlin

93

John Stark

American Revolutionary War general from New Hampshire

*August 28th, 1728, Londonderry †May 8th, 1822, Manchester

75

Johann Adam Hiller

German composer and conductor (1728–1804)

*December 25th, 1728, Osiek Łużycki †June 16th, 1804, Leipzig

65

John Hunter

Scottish surgeon (1728-1793)

*February 13th, 1728, East Kilbride †October 16th, 1793, London

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Leap year

Yes: 1728 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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