August 20th, 1940

Born on August 20th, 1940

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 20th, 1940?

August 20th, 1940

World War II: The Eighth Route Army launches the Hundred Regiments Offensive, a successful campaign to disrupt Japanese war infrastructure and logistics in occupied northern China.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Route_Army

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, 1940

83

Rubén Hinojosa

American politician

*August 20th, 1940, Edcouch

83

Gus Macdonald

British politician (born 1940)

*August 20th, 1940, Larkhall

83

Nasser Ebrahimi

Iranian footballer

*August 20th, 1940, Tehran

83

Jean-Michel Oughourlian

French neuropsychiatrist

*August 20th, 1940, Beirut

79

Rajendra K. Pachauri

Indian academic (1940-2020)

*August 20th, 1940, Nainital †February 13th, 2020, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute

83

Gary Collins

American football player (born 1940)

*August 20th, 1940, Williamstown

83

Gisaburō Sugii

Japanese anime director

*August 20th, 1940, Numazu

80

Jacques Bouveresse

French philosopher (1940-2021)

*August 20th, 1940, Épenoy †May 9th, 2021, 12th arrondissement of Paris

83

Tom DeMarco

American software engineer, author, and consultant

*August 20th, 1940, Hazleton

83

Donnie McKinnon

Scottish footballer (born 1940)

*August 20th, 1940, Glasgow

83

Rodger Collins

American musician

*August 20th, 1940, Santa Anna

83

Mogens Herman Hansen

Danish classical philologist and demographer (born 1940)

*August 20th, 1940, Frederiksberg

83

Heinz Schöch

German jurist and criminologist

*August 20th, 1940, Sarata

69

Ken Brown

British guitarist

*August 20th, 1940, Enfield †June 9th, 2010, Essex

82

Gerry Bermingham

British politician (born 1940)

*August 20th, 1940, Dublin †August 2nd, 2023

53

María Cristina Schweizer

Argentine alpine skier

*August 20th, 1940, Buenos Aires †November 30th, 1993

83

Ronnie McKinnon

Scottish footballer (1940–2023)

*August 20th, 1940, Glasgow †September 17th, 2023

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

96

John Boardman

British classical archaeologist (born 1927)

*August 20th, 1927, London Borough of Redbridge

82

Jacques Cheminade

French politician

*August 20th, 1941, Buenos Aires

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

64

Slobodan Milošević

Yugoslav–Serbian politician (1941–2006)

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

84

Calogero Mannino

Italian politician

*August 20th, 1939, Asmara

80

Míriam Colón

Puerto Rican actress (1936-2017)

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

39

Valeriy Atrashchenkov

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1984, Kharkiv

97

Jürgen Kieser

German illustrator, draughtsperson and writer

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

86

Andrei Konchalovsky

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer

*August 20th, 1937, Moscow

81

Reinhold Batschi

Romanian rower and rowing coach

*August 20th, 1942, Sânpetru

88

Ron Paul

American politician (born 1935)

*August 20th, 1935, Pittsburgh

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

31

Selena Gomez

American singer and actress

*August 20th, 1992, Albuquerque

65

Isaac Hayes

American musician and actor (1942–2008)

*August 20th, 1942, Covington †August 10th, 2008, Memphis

40

Andrew Garfield

British-American actor

*August 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

79

Leendert van Dis

Dutch rower

*August 20th, 1944, Amsterdam

52

David Walliams

English actor, comedian and writer

*August 20th, 1971, Wimbledon

87

Hideki Shirakawa

Japanese scientist (1936-)

*August 20th, 1936, Tokyo

33

Mauricio Casillas

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1990, Mexico City

26

Daniel La Torre Regal

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1997, Lima

Same year
Born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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Yes: 1940 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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