August 20th, 1882

Born on August 20th, 1882

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What happened on August 20th, 1882?

August 20th, 1882

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky

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, 1882

88

Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro Jované

President of Panama 1931-1932

*August 20th, 1882, Panama City †February 23rd, 1971, Panama City

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

96

John Boardman

British classical archaeologist (born 1927)

*August 20th, 1927, London Borough of Redbridge

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

46

H. P. Lovecraft

American author (1890–1937)

*August 20th, 1890, Providence †March 15th, 1937, Providence

97

Jürgen Kieser

German illustrator, draughtsperson and writer

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

39

Valeriy Atrashchenkov

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1984, Kharkiv

67

Benjamin Harrison

President of the United States from 1889 to 1893

*August 20th, 1833, North Bend †March 13th, 1901, Indianapolis

31

Selena Gomez

American singer and actress

*August 20th, 1992, Albuquerque

73

Robert Lehr

German politician (1883-1956)

*August 20th, 1883, Celle †October 13th, 1956, Düsseldorf

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

40

Andrew Garfield

British-American actor

*August 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

33

Mauricio Casillas

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1990, Mexico City

26

Daniel La Torre Regal

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1997, Lima

56

Jacqueline Susann

American writer and actress (1918-1974)

*August 20th, 1918, Philadelphia †September 21st, 1974, New York City

52

David Walliams

English actor, comedian and writer

*August 20th, 1971, Wimbledon

80

Míriam Colón

Puerto Rican actress (1936-2017)

*August 20th, 1936, Ponce †March 3rd, 2017, New York City

26

Magnus Christensen

Danish association football player

*August 20th, 1997, Frederikshavn

82

Jacques Cheminade

French politician

*August 20th, 1941, Buenos Aires

48

Austin Tappan Wright

American legal scholar

*August 20th, 1883, Hanover †September 18th, 1931, Santa Fe

64

Slobodan Milošević

Yugoslav–Serbian politician (1941–2006)

*August 20th, 1941, Požarevac †March 11th, 2006, Scheveningen

49

Amy Adams

American actress

*August 20th, 1974, Aviano

Same year
Born in 1882

63

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

President of the United States from 1933 to 1945

*January 30th, 1882, Hyde Park †April 12th, 1945, Warm Springs

58

James Joyce

Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)

*February 2nd, 1882, Rathgar †January 13th, 1941, Zürich

78

Sylvia Pankhurst

English feminist and socialist (1882–1960)

*May 5th, 1882, Manchester †September 27th, 1960, Addis Ababa

88

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer (1882–1971)

*June 18th, 1882, Lomonosov †April 6th, 1971, New York City

90

Gisela Richter

British-American art historian and archaeologist (1882–1972)

*August 14th, 1882, London †December 24th, 1972, Rome

59

Virginia Woolf

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

*January 25th, 1882, Hyde Park Gate †March 28th, 1941, Lewes

87

Max Born

German-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882-1970)

*December 11th, 1882, Wrocław †January 5th, 1970, Göttingen

61

Jean Giraudoux

French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)

*October 29th, 1882, Bellac †January 31st, 1944, Paris

67

Sigrid Undset

Norwegian writer (1882-1949)

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

71

Emmerich Kálmán

Hungarian-born composer of operettas

*October 24th, 1882, Siófok †October 30th, 1953, Paris

60

Yanka Kupala

Belarusian writer (1882–1942)

*June 25th, 1882, Viazynka †June 28th, 1942, Moscow

93

Sybil Thorndike

British actress (1882-1976)

*October 24th, 1882, Gainsborough †June 9th, 1976, Chelsea

78

Leonhard Frank

German writer

*September 4th, 1882, Würzburg †August 18th, 1961, Munich

89

James F. Byrnes

American politician

*May 2nd, 1882, Charleston †April 9th, 1972, Columbia

64

Noah Beery, Sr.

American actor (1882–1946)

*January 17th, 1882, Kansas City †April 1st, 1946, Los Angeles

82

Franz Kruckenberg

German engineer (1882-1965)

*August 21st, 1882, Uetersen †June 19th, 1965, Heidelberg

81

James Franck

German physicist

*August 26th, 1882, Hamburg †May 21st, 1964, Göttingen

32

Elmer Booth

American actor (1882-1915)

*December 9th, 1882, Los Angeles †June 16th, 1915, Los Angeles

47

Alfred Wegener

German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)

*November 1st, 1882, Berlin †October 31st, 1930, Greenland

73

Bela Lugosi

Hungarian-American actor (1882–1956)

*October 20th, 1882, Lugoj †August 16th, 1956, Los Angeles

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1882 is a normal year and no leap year.

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