July 20th, 1928

Born on July 20th, 1928

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 35,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 873 days, exactly on February 11th, 2027, people who were born on July 20th, 1928 will be 36,000 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, 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 Eagle 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 (bootprint pictured).

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

Serbian prime minister Nikola Pašić and Yugoslav Committee president 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.

July 20th, 2017

O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas.

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

Born on July 20th, 1928

96

Pavel Kohout

Czech poet, playwright, exil writer, film director, politic writer and bookwriter

*July 20th, 1928, Prague

91

Belaid Abdesselam

Prime Minister of Algeria (1928-2020)

*July 20th, 1928, Aïn El Kebira †June 27th, 2020, Gué de Constantine

78

Charlotte Sommer-Landgraf

German sculptor

*July 20th, 1928, Dresden †November 11th, 2006, Dresden

75

Pierre Riboulet

French architect

*July 20th, 1928, Sèvres †October 21st, 2003, Boulogne-Billancourt

84

Józef Czyrek

Polish economist

*July 20th, 1928, Białobrzegi †June 3rd, 2013, Warsaw

92

Sheldon Solow

American real estate mogul (1928-2020)

*July 20th, 1928, Brooklyn †November 17th, 2020, Manhattan

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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

84

Dan Rooney

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

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

92

Heather Chasen

Actress (1927-2020)

*July 20th, 1927, Singapore †May 22nd, 2020, Marylebone

81

Christian Rode

German actor and voice actor (1936–2018)

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

91

Sally Ann Howes

British actor and singer

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

98

Jacques Delors

French economist and politician

*July 20th, 1925, 14th arrondissement of Paris †December 27th, 2023, 5th arrondissement of Paris

66

Mick MacNeil

Scottish keyboardist

*July 20th, 1958, Barra

48

Patricia Cutts

British actress (1926-1974)

*July 20th, 1926, London †September 6th, 1974, London

89

Cormac McCarthy

American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)

*July 20th, 1933, Providence †June 13th, 2023, Santa Fe

91

Lyudmila Alexeyeva

Russian historian and activist (1927-2018)

*July 20th, 1927, Yevpatoriia †December 8th, 2018, Moscow

24

Csenge Braun

Hungarian beach handball player

*July 20th, 2000, Budapest

62

Carlos Alazraqui

American actor

*July 20th, 1962, Yonkers

92

Otto Schily

Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*July 20th, 1932, Bochum

53

Sandra Oh

Canadian and American actress (born 1971)

*July 20th, 1971, Ottawa

71

Marcia Hines

American-Australian singer, actress and TV personality

*July 20th, 1953, Boston

36

Frantz Fanon

French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)

*July 20th, 1925, Fort-de-France †December 6th, 1961, Bethesda

83

Ove Verner Hansen

Danish actor (1932-2016)

*July 20th, 1932, Helsingør †February 20th, 2016, Gentofte Municipality

43

Natalie Wood

American actress (1938–1981)

*July 20th, 1938, San Francisco †November 28th, 1981, Santa Catalina Island

77

Carlos Santana

Mexican-American guitarist

*July 20th, 1947, Autlán de Navarro

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89

Egil Monn-Iversen

Norwegian composer, conductor and producer

*April 14th, 1928, Oslo †July 7th, 2017, Oslo

88

Søren Elung Jensen

Actor (1928-2017)

*July 7th, 1928, Odense †January 22nd, 2017, Hellerup

95

Noam Chomsky

American linguist and activist (born 1928)

*December 7th, 1928, East Oak Lane

39

Che Guevara

Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)

*June 14th, 1928, Rosario †October 9th, 1967, La Higuera

86

Maya Angelou

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

*April 4th, 1928, St. Louis †May 28th, 2014, Winston-Salem

95

Aníbal Abreu

Venezuelan composer

*December 14th, 1928, Caracas

77

Heinz Melkus

German racing driver (1928-2005)

*April 20th, 1928, Dresden †September 5th, 2005, Dresden

86

Horst Köbbert

German television presenter (1928-2014)

*February 12th, 1928, Rostock †July 11th, 2014, Rostock

77

Axel Strøbye

Danish film actor

*February 22nd, 1928, Frederiksberg †July 12th, 2005, Copenhagen

80

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

81

Inge Taubert

German historian

*October 11th, 1928, Zwickau †December 19th, 2009, Raschau-Markersbach

71

Rigobert Günther

German historian of classical antiquity (1928-2000)

*May 18th, 1928, Magdeburg †April 2nd, 2000, Leipzig

96

Jean-Marie Le Pen

French politician

*June 20th, 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer

89

Alberto Zedda

Italian conductor (1928-2017)

*January 2nd, 1928, Milan †March 6th, 2017, Pesaro

89

Bengt Gustavsson

Swedish footballer (1928-2017)

*January 13th, 1928, Ringarum †February 16th, 2017, Norrköping

89

Bab Christensen

Norwegian actress (1928-2017)

*January 8th, 1928, Oslo †April 10th, 2017, Oslo

91

Hosni Mubarak

President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011

*May 4th, 1928, Kafr el-Muṣīlḥa †February 25th, 2020, Cairo

58

Andy Warhol

American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

*August 6th, 1928, Pittsburgh †February 22nd, 1987, New York City

70

Stanley Kubrick

American filmmaker (1928–1999)

*July 26th, 1928, The Bronx †March 7th, 1999, Harpenden

93

Estelle Harris

American actress (1928–2022)

*April 22nd, 1928, New York City †April 2nd, 2022, Palm Desert

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Leap year

Yes: 1928 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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