August 20th, 1928

Born on August 20th, 1928

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

August 20th, 1992

In India, Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) was included in the scheduled languages' list and made one of the official languages of the Indian Government.

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

Born on August 20th, 1928

91

Günter Fehring

German archaeologist

*August 20th, 1928, Stade †February 5th, 2020, Lübeck

51

Siegfried Böhm

German politician (1928-1980)

*August 20th, 1928, Plauen †May 4th, 1980, Karlshorst

95

Monteiro da Costa

Footballer

*August 20th, 1928, São Paio de Oleiros

95

Adriano Garsia

American mathematician

*August 20th, 1928, Tunis

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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

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

80

Míriam Colón

Puerto Rican actress (1936-2017)

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

53

Yootha Joyce

British actress (1927-1980)

*August 20th, 1927, Wandsworth †August 24th, 1980, London

56

Jacqueline Susann

American writer and actress (1918-1974)

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

31

Selena Gomez

American singer and actress

*August 20th, 1992, Albuquerque

88

Ron Paul

American politician (born 1935)

*August 20th, 1935, Pittsburgh

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

82

Jacques Cheminade

French politician

*August 20th, 1941, Buenos Aires

40

Andrew Garfield

British-American actor

*August 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

86

Andrei Konchalovsky

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer

*August 20th, 1937, Moscow

64

Slobodan Milošević

Yugoslav–Serbian politician (1941–2006)

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

52

David Walliams

English actor, comedian and writer

*August 20th, 1971, Wimbledon

33

Mauricio Casillas

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1990, Mexico City

26

Daniel La Torre Regal

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1997, Lima

87

Hideki Shirakawa

Japanese scientist (1936-)

*August 20th, 1936, Tokyo

26

Magnus Christensen

Danish association football player

*August 20th, 1997, Frederikshavn

67

Benjamin Harrison

President of the United States from 1889 to 1893

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

Same year
Born in 1928

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

95

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

95

Frank Borman

American astronaut

*March 14th, 1928, Gary †November 7th, 2023, Billings

58

Andy Warhol

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

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

96

Paul Dooley

American actor, writer, and comedian

*February 22nd, 1928, Parkersburg

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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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