August 20th, 1973

Born on August 20th, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 326 days, exactly on August 27th, 2025, people who were born on August 20th, 1973 will be 19,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 20th?

August 20th, 1892

Celtic Park, the largest football stadium in Scotland and home of Celtic F.C., opened.

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 boat Marchioness sank in thirty seconds, killing 51 people.

August 20th, 1988

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a bus carrying British Army soldiers in Northern Ireland, killing eight of them and wounding twenty-eight.

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 (pictured) 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, 1973

51

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

51

Scott Goodman

Australian swimmer

*August 20th, 1973, Hobart

51

Todd Helton

Major League Baseball first baseman

*August 20th, 1973, Knoxville

51

Stephen Nolan

Northern Irish radio and television presenter

*August 20th, 1973, Belfast

51

Park Chul

South Korean footballer

*August 20th, 1973, South Korea

51

José Paniagua

Dominican Republic baseball player

*August 20th, 1973, San José de Ocoa

51

Alexandre Finazzi

Brazilian association football player

*August 20th, 1973, São João da Boa Vista

51

Alban Bushi

Albanian footballer

*August 20th, 1973, Tirana

51

Hur Suk-ho

Professional golfer

*August 20th, 1973, Seoul

51

Juan Becerra Acosta

Mexican journalist

*August 20th, 1973, Mexico City

51

Donn Swaby

American actor

*August 20th, 1973, Queens

51

Ivar de Graaf

Dutch musician

*August 20th, 1973, Amsterdam

51

Nana Kwaku Bonsam

Spiritualist.

*August 20th, 1973, Afrancho

51

Cameron Mather

Scottish rugby union footballer

*August 20th, 1973, Christchurch

51

Vincent Dixie

American politician

*August 20th, 1973, Chattanooga

51

Ibi Kaslik

Canadian writer

*August 20th, 1973, Toronto

51

Dolvett Quince

US entrepreneur, fitness model, actor, and personal trainer

*August 20th, 1973, Stamford

51

Dragoslava Žakula

Basketball player

*August 20th, 1973, Slavonski Brod

51

Flemming Solberg

Norwegian artistic gymnast

*August 20th, 1973, Drammen Municipality

51

Yang Chunyuan

Chinese speed skater

*August 20th, 1973, Suihua

51

Marek Hollý

Slovak soccer player

*August 20th, 1973, Martin

51

Andrej Nutrichin

Russian cross-country skier

*August 20th, 1973, Vorkuta

51

Markus Greiner

German physicist

*August 20th, 1973, Hanover

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

53

David Walliams

English actor, comedian and writer

*August 20th, 1971, Wimbledon

50

Amy Adams

American actress (born 1974)

*August 20th, 1974, Aviano

64

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

40

Valeriy Atrashchenkov

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1984, Kharkiv

41

Andrew Garfield

British-American actor

*August 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

96

John Boardman

British classical archaeologist (1927-2024)

*August 20th, 1927, London Borough of Redbridge †May 23rd, 2024

52

Olivier Guégan

French football player and manager

*August 20th, 1972, Longjumeau

32

Demi Lovato

American singer and actress

*August 20th, 1992, Albuquerque

34

Mauricio Casillas

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1990, Mexico City

50

Misha Collins

American actor

*August 20th, 1974, Boston

27

Daniel La Torre Regal

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1997, Lima

43

Bernard Mendy

Senegalese and French footballer

*August 20th, 1981, Évreux

44

Samuel Dumoulin

Road bicycle racer

*August 20th, 1980, Vénissieux

58

Enrico Letta

Italian politician

*August 20th, 1966, Pisa

27

Magnus Christensen

Danish association football player

*August 20th, 1997, Frederikshavn

50

Hosams Abu Meri

Latvian politician and physician

*August 20th, 1974, Lebanon

97

Jürgen Kieser

German illustrator, draughtsperson and writer

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

38

Dan Martin

Irish racing cyclist

*August 20th, 1986, Birmingham

39

Jack King

English association football player (born 1985)

*August 20th, 1985, Oxford

50

Adam Korol

Polish rower

*August 20th, 1974, Gdańsk

Same year
Born in 1973

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

51

Simon Archer

Badminton player

*June 27th, 1973, Royal Leamington Spa

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

51

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

51

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stefanie von Pfetten

Actress

*November 25th, 1973, Vancouver

51

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

51

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

51

Niels Annen

German politician (SPD)

*April 6th, 1973, Eimsbüttel

51

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

51

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

51

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

51

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

51

Peng Xingyong

Chinese badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

51

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

51

Tey Seu Bock

Malaysian badminton coach

*February 21st, 1973, Alor Gajah

51

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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