July 20th, 1968

Born on July 20th, 1968

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 20th, 1968?

July 20th, 1968

The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Olympics

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, 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.

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

Born on July 20th, 1968

55

Julian Rhind-Tutt

English actor

*July 20th, 1968, West Drayton

55

Carlos Saldanha

Brazilian animator

*July 20th, 1968, Rio de Janeiro

55

Kool G Rap

American rapper

*July 20th, 1968, Queens

55

Hami Mandıralı

Turkish footballer

*July 20th, 1968, Arsin

55

Jimmy Carson

American ice hockey player

*July 20th, 1968, Southfield

35

Rocco Clein

German journalist

*July 20th, 1968, Munich †February 1st, 2004, Cologne

55

Chris Seavor

British voice actor and video game designer

*July 20th, 1968, United Kingdom

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

52

Sandra Oh

Canadian-American actress

*July 20th, 1971, Ottawa

54

Giovanni Lombardi

Italian cyclist

*July 20th, 1969, Pavia

57

Enrique Peña Nieto

President of Mexico from 2012 to 2018

*July 20th, 1966, Atlacomulco de Fabela

65

Mick MacNeil

Scottish keyboardist

*July 20th, 1958, Barra

61

Carlos Alazraqui

American actor

*July 20th, 1962, Yonkers

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

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

92

Lola Albright

American actress and singer (1924–2017)

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

23

Csenge Braun

Hungarian beach handball player

*July 20th, 2000, Budapest

54

Josh Holloway

American actor

*July 20th, 1969, San Jose

81

Christian Rode

German actor and voice actor (1936–2018)

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

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

70

Marcia Hines

Singer, actress and TV personality

*July 20th, 1953, Boston

40

Barbara Goenaga

Spanish actress

*July 20th, 1983, San Sebastián

84

Dan Rooney

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

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

30

Lucas Digne

French association football player

*July 20th, 1993, Meaux

37

Osric Chau

Canadian actor and martial artist

*July 20th, 1986, Vancouver

50

Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway

Crown Prince of Norway

*July 20th, 1973, Rikshospitalet

76

Carlos Santana

Mexican-American guitarist

*July 20th, 1947, Autlán de Navarro

51

Jozef Stümpel

Slovak ice hockey player

*July 20th, 1972, Nitra

Same year
Born in 1968

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

55

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

56

Minarti Timur

Indonesian badminton player, coach

*March 24th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

56

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

55

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

55

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

55

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

55

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

55

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

55

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

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Leap year

Yes: 1968 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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