July 20th, 1962

Born on July 20th, 1962

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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, 1962

61

Carlos Alazraqui

American actor

*July 20th, 1962, Yonkers

54

Emmanuel Niyonkuru

Burundian politician

*July 20th, 1962, Commune of Rutegama †January 1st, 2017, Bujumbura

61

Lidija Vukićević

Serbian actress

*July 20th, 1962, Kraljevo

61

Tomas Johansson

Swedish Olympic amateur wrestler

*July 20th, 1962, Haparanda

57

Alphonso Williams

American singer

*July 20th, 1962, Detroit †October 12th, 2019, Alabama

53

Samir Kuntar

Member of the Palestine Liberation Front and Hezbollah

*July 20th, 1962, Lebanon †December 19th, 2015, Damascus

61

Rochelle Redfield

American actress

*July 20th, 1962, Dallas

61

Julie Bindel

British radical feminist

*July 20th, 1962, Darlington

61

Primož Ulaga

Yugoslav ski jumper

*July 20th, 1962, Ljubljana

61

Brian Falkner

New Zealand author

*July 20th, 1962, Auckland

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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

52

Sandra Oh

Canadian-American actress

*July 20th, 1971, Ottawa

57

Enrique Peña Nieto

President of Mexico from 2012 to 2018

*July 20th, 1966, Atlacomulco de Fabela

52

Chris Cornell

American singer and guitarist (1964–2017)

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

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

70

Marcia Hines

Singer, actress and TV personality

*July 20th, 1953, Boston

23

Csenge Braun

Hungarian beach handball player

*July 20th, 2000, Budapest

84

Dan Rooney

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

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

54

Giovanni Lombardi

Italian cyclist

*July 20th, 1969, Pavia

43

Gisele Bündchen

Brazilian fashion model

*July 20th, 1980, Horizontina

30

Lucas Digne

French association football player

*July 20th, 1993, Meaux

76

Carlos Santana

Mexican-American guitarist

*July 20th, 1947, Autlán de Navarro

40

Barbara Goenaga

Spanish actress

*July 20th, 1983, San Sebastián

72

Jeff Rawle

English actor

*July 20th, 1951, Birmingham

59

Sebastiano Rossi

Italian footballer

*July 20th, 1964, Cesena

37

Osric Chau

Canadian actor and martial artist

*July 20th, 1986, Vancouver

50

Billy Mays

American salesperson

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

76

Gerd Binnig

German physicist

*July 20th, 1947, Frankfurt

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Born in 1962

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

61

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

62

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

61

Marina Kaljurand

Estonian diplomat, politician and badminton player

*September 6th, 1962, Tallinn

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

62

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

61

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

61

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

61

Ginger Lynn

American pornographic actress

*December 14th, 1962, Rockford

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

62

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

61

Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer

*September 17th, 1962, Sydney

61

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1962 is a normal year and no leap year.

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