July 20th, 1976

Born on July 20th, 1976

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 20th, 1976?

July 20th, 1976

The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.

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July 20th, 1976

The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_1

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, 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, 1969

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle 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 (bootprint pictured).

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

Serbian prime minister Nikola Pašić and Yugoslav Committee president 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, 1976

48

Andrew Stockdale

Australian musician

*July 20th, 1976, Brisbane

48

Erica Hill

American journalist who works for CNN

*July 20th, 1976, Clinton

48

Alex Yoong

Malaysian racing driver

*July 20th, 1976, Kuala Lumpur

48

Debashish Mohanty

Indian cricket player.

*July 20th, 1976, Bhubaneswar

48

Florian Panzner

German actor

*July 20th, 1976, Bielefeld

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

53

Sandra Oh

Canadian and American actress (born 1971)

*July 20th, 1971, Ottawa

47

Alessandro Santos

Brazilian-Japanese association football player

*July 20th, 1977, Maringá

44

Gisele Bündchen

Brazilian fashion model

*July 20th, 1980, Horizontina

66

Mick MacNeil

Scottish keyboardist

*July 20th, 1958, Barra

24

Csenge Braun

Hungarian beach handball player

*July 20th, 2000, Budapest

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

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

44

Enora Malagré

French columnist, radio host and television presenter

*July 20th, 1980, Morlaix

52

Jozef Stümpel

Slovak ice hockey player

*July 20th, 1972, Nitra

41

Barbara Goenaga

Spanish actress

*July 20th, 1983, San Sebastián

62

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

49

Ray Allen

American basketball player

*July 20th, 1975, Merced

31

Lucas Digne

French association football player

*July 20th, 1993, Meaux

38

Osric Chau

Canadian actor and martial artist

*July 20th, 1986, Vancouver

81

Christian Rode

German actor and voice actor (1936–2018)

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

51

Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway

Crown Prince of Norway

*July 20th, 1973, Rikshospitalet

49

Judy Greer

American actress

*July 20th, 1975, Detroit

58

Enrique Peña Nieto

President of Mexico from 2012 to 2018

*July 20th, 1966, Atlacomulco de Fabela

55

Giovanni Lombardi

Italian cyclist

*July 20th, 1969, Pavia

84

Dan Rooney

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

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

Same year
Born in 1976

48

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

48

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

48

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

48

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung

48

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

48

Daniel Ernemann

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1976, Amberg

48

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

48

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

48

Yuval Noah Harari

Israeli historian and author of popular science bestsellers

*February 24th, 1976, Kiryat Ata

48

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 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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