August 20th, 1950

Born on August 20th, 1950

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What happened on August 20th, 1950?

August 20th, 1950

Korean War: United Nations forces repelled an attempt by North Korea to capture the city of Taegu.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

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, 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, 1950

73

Manon Bornholdt

German pentathlete, long jumper and hurdler

*August 20th, 1950, Wahlstedt

73

Luis Eduardo Arango

Colombian actor

*August 20th, 1950, Medellín

73

Stole Popov

Macedonian film director

*August 20th, 1950, Skopje

73

Mita Medici

Italian singer and actress

*August 20th, 1950, Rome

73

Sierd Cloetingh

Dutch geophysicist (1950-)

*August 20th, 1950, Groningen

73

Dieter Graumann

German jurist

*August 20th, 1950, Ramat Gan

73

Irena Kukutz

German politician

*August 20th, 1950, Parchau

73

Manfred Wittrock

German educationist

*August 20th, 1950, Essen

73

M. Anwar Hossain

Bangladeshi plant scientist

*August 20th, 1950, Sylhet

73

William Suff

American serial killer

*August 20th, 1950, Torrance

73

Eduardo Anderson

Argentine hockey player

*August 20th, 1950, Buenos Aires

73

Elvira Cuevas

Puerto Rican ecologist

*August 20th, 1950, San Juan

73

Rogelio Ruiz

Association football player

*August 20th, 1950, Torreón

73

Chase Twichell

American poet, professor, publisher

*August 20th, 1950, New Haven

73

Myint Kyu

Association football player

*August 20th, 1950, Myanmar

73

Jerome Brailey

American drummer

*August 20th, 1950, Richmond

73

Maung Gyi Aye

Burmese footballer

*August 20th, 1950, Myanmar

73

Leonardo Baremboin

Argentine swimmer

*August 20th, 1950, Buenos Aires

73

Tidiane N'Diaye

Franco-Senegalese anthropologist, economist and writer

*August 20th, 1950, France

60

Skip O'Brien

American actor (1950-2011)

*August 20th, 1950, Jersey City †April 6th, 2011, Hazlet

66

Petra Kandarr

German sprinter (1950-2017)

*August 20th, 1950, Halle (Saale) †March 12th, 2017, Karlsruhe

70

Ryder Mofokeng

Footballer (1950-2021)

*August 20th, 1950, Soweto †January 2nd, 2021

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

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

96

John Boardman

British classical archaeologist (born 1927)

*August 20th, 1927, London Borough of Redbridge

39

Valeriy Atrashchenkov

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1984, Kharkiv

75

Robert Plant

English musician and lead vocalist of Led Zeppelin

*August 20th, 1948, West Bromwich

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

31

Selena Gomez

American singer and actress

*August 20th, 1992, Albuquerque

97

Jürgen Kieser

German illustrator, draughtsperson and writer

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

74

Patrick Kilpatrick

American actor

*August 20th, 1949, Orange County

40

Andrew Garfield

British-American actor

*August 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

82

Jacques Cheminade

French politician

*August 20th, 1941, Buenos Aires

52

David Walliams

English actor, comedian and writer

*August 20th, 1971, Wimbledon

67

Desmond Swayne

British politician (born 1956)

*August 20th, 1956, Bern

75

John Noble

Australian actor and director

*August 20th, 1948, Port Pirie

64

Slobodan Milošević

Yugoslav–Serbian politician (1941–2006)

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

33

Mauricio Casillas

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1990, Mexico City

80

Míriam Colón

Puerto Rican actress (1936-2017)

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

75

Bernhard Russi

Alpine skier

*August 20th, 1948, Andermatt

67

Joan Allen

American actress

*August 20th, 1956, Rochelle

26

Daniel La Torre Regal

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1997, Lima

77

Laurent Fabius

87th Prime Minister of France

*August 20th, 1946, 16th arrondissement of Paris

Same year
Born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

73

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

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No: With 365 days 1950 is a normal year and no leap year.

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