July 20th, 1936

Born on July 20th, 1936

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 32,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 798 days, exactly on November 25th, 2026, people who were born on July 20th, 1936 will be 33,000 days old!

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What happened on July 20th, 1936?

July 20th, 1936

The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreux_Convention_Regarding_the_Regime_of_the_Straits

What else 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.

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

Born on July 20th, 1936

81

Christian Rode

German actor and voice actor (1936–2018)

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

88

Barbara Mikulski

American politician

*July 20th, 1936, Baltimore

77

Alistair MacLeod

Canadian author and professor of English

*July 20th, 1936, North Battleford †April 20th, 2014, Windsor

85

Saginaw Grant

Native American actor, dancer, motivational speaker (1936–2021)

*July 20th, 1936, Pawnee †July 27th, 2021, Hollywood

80

Paolo Stanzani

Italian engineer

*July 20th, 1936, Bologna †January 18th, 2017, Bologna

79

Andrzej Kondratiuk

Polish film director, screenwriter and cinematographer

*July 20th, 1936, Pinsk †June 22nd, 2016, Warsaw

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Who's birthday is on July 20th?

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

Lola Albright

American actress and singer (1924–2017)

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

66

Mick MacNeil

Scottish keyboardist

*July 20th, 1958, Barra

89

Cormac McCarthy

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

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

43

Natalie Wood

American actress (1938–1981)

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

96

Pavel Kohout

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

*July 20th, 1928, Prague

91

Sally Ann Howes

British actor and singer

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

62

Carlos Alazraqui

American actor

*July 20th, 1962, Yonkers

71

Marcia Hines

American-Australian singer, actress and TV personality

*July 20th, 1953, Boston

24

Csenge Braun

Hungarian beach handball player

*July 20th, 2000, Budapest

98

Jacques Delors

French economist and politician

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

53

Sandra Oh

Canadian and American actress (born 1971)

*July 20th, 1971, Ottawa

92

Heather Chasen

Actress (1927-2020)

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

92

Otto Schily

Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*July 20th, 1932, Bochum

77

Carlos Santana

Mexican-American guitarist

*July 20th, 1947, Autlán de Navarro

83

Ove Verner Hansen

Danish actor (1932-2016)

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

73

Jeff Rawle

English actor

*July 20th, 1951, Birmingham

58

Enrique Peña Nieto

President of Mexico from 2012 to 2018

*July 20th, 1966, Atlacomulco de Fabela

31

Lucas Digne

French association football player

*July 20th, 1993, Meaux

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Born in 1936

85

Uwe Seeler

German footballer (1936–2022)

*November 5th, 1936, Hamburg †July 21st, 2022, Norderstedt

66

Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

*January 22nd, 1936, Straits Settlements †February 8th, 2002, Singapore

87

Jean Pütz

German science journalist and television presenter

*September 21st, 1936, Cologne

75

Chuck Brown

American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)

*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, Baltimore

80

Victor Lanoux

French actor (1936-2017)

*June 18th, 1936, Paris †May 4th, 2017, Royan

88

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian novelist and writer

*March 28th, 1936, Arequipa

86

Silvio Berlusconi

Italian politician and media tycoon (1936–2023)

*September 29th, 1936, Milan †June 12th, 2023, San Raffaele Hospital

68

Dave Allen

Irish comedian and satirist (1936-2005)

*July 6th, 1936, Firhouse †March 10th, 2005, Kensington

83

Werner von Moltke

Olympic athlete (1936-2019)

*May 24th, 1936, Mühlhausen †July 29th, 2019, Nieder-Olm

88

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

81

John McCain

American politician, military officer, and presidential candidate (1936–2018)

*August 29th, 1936, Coco Solo †August 25th, 2018, Cornville

82

Burt Reynolds

American actor (1936–2018)

*February 11th, 1936, Lansing †September 6th, 2018, Jupiter

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

81

Pierre Laborie

French historian (1936–2017)

*January 4th, 1936, Bagnac-sur-Célé †May 16th, 2017, Cahors

75

Václav Havel

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

*October 5th, 1936, Prague †December 18th, 2011, Hrádeček

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

82

Albert Finney

British actor

*May 9th, 1936, Salford †February 7th, 2019, Royal Marsden Hospital

88

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

87

Roger Whittaker

British singer-songwriter and musician

*March 22nd, 1936, Nairobi †September 12th, 2023, Montaigu-de-Quercy

72

David Carradine

American actor (1936–2009)

*December 8th, 1936, Hollywood †June 3rd, 2009, Bangkok

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Leap year

Yes: 1936 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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