July 20th, 1956

Born on July 20th, 1956

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 2001

The animated film Spirited Away, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, was released, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japanese history until 2020.

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 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.

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

The prime minister of Serbia, Nikola Pašić, and the president of the Yugoslav Committee, 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, 1956

60

Jim Prentice

16th Premier of Alberta (1956-2016)

*July 20th, 1956, Timmins †October 13th, 2016, Winfield

67

Philippe Lemoine

French painter

*July 20th, 1956, Port Harcourt

58

Sergei Stadnikov

Estonian journalist, historian and egyptologist

*July 20th, 1956, Pärnu †June 26th, 2015

67

Ivo Medek

Czech music educator, composer and university educator

*July 20th, 1956, Brno

67

Holger Friedrich

German politician

*July 20th, 1956, Stralsund

67

Julio César Falcioni

Argentine footballer and manager

*July 20th, 1956, Buenos Aires

67

Mima Jaušovec

Yugoslavian tennis player

*July 20th, 1956, Maribor

67

Paul Cook

British drummer (born 1956)

*July 20th, 1956, Hammersmith

67

Dwayne Wayans

American writer-actor and film score composer

*July 20th, 1956, New York City

67

Kelley Baker

American film director, producer and screenwriter

*July 20th, 1956, Portland

67

Ryo Ishibashi

Japanese actor

*July 20th, 1956, Kurume

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

65

Mick MacNeil

Scottish keyboardist

*July 20th, 1958, Barra

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

70

Marcia Hines

Singer, actress and TV personality

*July 20th, 1953, Boston

61

Carlos Alazraqui

American actor

*July 20th, 1962, Yonkers

92

Lola Albright

American actress and singer (1924–2017)

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

81

Christian Rode

German actor and voice actor (1936–2018)

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

52

Sandra Oh

Canadian-American actress

*July 20th, 1971, Ottawa

72

Jeff Rawle

English actor

*July 20th, 1951, Birmingham

84

Dan Rooney

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

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

23

Csenge Braun

Hungarian beach handball player

*July 20th, 2000, Budapest

57

Enrique Peña Nieto

President of Mexico from 2012 to 2018

*July 20th, 1966, Atlacomulco de Fabela

76

Carlos Santana

Mexican-American guitarist

*July 20th, 1947, Autlán de Navarro

50

Billy Mays

American salesperson

*July 20th, 1958, McKees Rocks †June 28th, 2009, Tampa

30

Lucas Digne

French association football player

*July 20th, 1993, Meaux

52

Chris Cornell

American singer and guitarist (1964–2017)

*July 20th, 1964, Seattle †May 18th, 2017, Detroit

43

Gisele Bündchen

Brazilian fashion model

*July 20th, 1980, Horizontina

76

Gerd Binnig

German physicist

*July 20th, 1947, Frankfurt

40

Barbara Goenaga

Spanish actress

*July 20th, 1983, San Sebastián

54

Giovanni Lombardi

Italian cyclist

*July 20th, 1969, Pavia

37

Osric Chau

Canadian actor and martial artist

*July 20th, 1986, Vancouver

Same year
Born in 1956

68

Peter Hook

English musician

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

67

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

68

Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

67

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

67

Tom Hanks

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

*July 9th, 1956, Concord

67

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

60

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

67

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

67

Martyn Ware

English musician

*May 19th, 1956, Sheffield

68

Gunnar Brands

German classical archaeologist

*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

67

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

62

Minken Fosheim

Norwegian actress (1956-2018)

*March 20th, 1956, Oslo †June 7th, 2018, Oslo

68

Imelda Staunton

English actress (born 1956)

*January 9th, 1956, London

67

Andreas Bornschein

German association football player

*November 29th, 1956, Leipzig

67

Han Jian

Chinese badminton player

*July 6th, 1956, Liaoning

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Leap year

Yes: 1956 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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