August 20th, 1978

Born on August 20th, 1978

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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

The final stage of the O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide, South Australia, was finished, completing at the time the world's longest and fastest guided busway, with buses (example pictured) travelling 12 km (7.5 mi) at speeds of up to 100 km/h (62 mph).

August 20th, 1988

Fires in the United States' Yellowstone National Park ravaged more than 150,000 acres (610 km2) on the single worst day of the conflagration.

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, 2018

Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was toppled by protestors.

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

Born on August 20th, 1978

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Anatoly Shariy

Ukrainian journalist and videoblogger

*August 20th, 1978, Kyiv

47

Chris Schroder

American baseball player

*August 20th, 1978, Okarche

47

Alberto Martín

Spanish tennis player

*August 20th, 1978, Barcelona

47

Anneli Heed

Swedish actress and voice actress

*August 20th, 1978, Sweden

47

Mike Faiola

American actor

*August 20th, 1978, Los Angeles

47

Ahmed Saad Al-Azhari

Islamic Scholar

*August 20th, 1978, Monufia Governorate

47

Monty Beisel

American football player (born 1978)

*August 20th, 1978, Victoria

47

Noah Bean

American actor

*August 20th, 1978, Boston

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Born in 1978

47

Miroslav Klose

German professional football manager and former player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

47

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

47

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

47

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

47

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

48

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

47

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog Municipality

47

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

48

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

48

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

47

Gaby Amarantos

Brazilian singer

*August 1st, 1978, Belém

47

Markus Wingenbach

German association football referee

*November 26th, 1978, Diez

48

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

48

Jörn Wollschläger

German biathlete

*March 4th, 1978, Suhl

48

Jamie Carragher

English associiation football player and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

47

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

47

Moritz Führmann

German actor

*July 5th, 1978, Kassel

48

Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

48

Luciano Zauri

Italian association football player

*January 20th, 1978, Pescina

47

John Legend

American singer-songwriter

*December 28th, 1978, Springfield

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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