August 20th, 1996

Born on August 20th, 1996

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 890 days, exactly on October 2nd, 2026, people who were born on August 20th, 1996 will be 11,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 20th?

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 boatMarchioness sank in just thirty seconds, killing 51 people.

August 20th, 1988

Fires in the United States' Yellowstone National Park ravaged more than 150,000 acres (610 km2), 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 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.

August 20th, 1992

In India, Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) was included in the scheduled languages' list and made one of the official languages of the Indian Government.

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

Born on August 20th, 1996

27

Anouk Nieuwenweg

Dutch handball player

*August 20th, 1996, Emmen

27

Max Hopp

German darts player

*August 20th, 1996, Idstein

27

Bunty Afoa

New Zealand rugby league footballer

*August 20th, 1996, Auckland

27

Gennaro Tutino

Italian association football player

*August 20th, 1996, Naples

27

Sophie Kamlish

British Paralympic sprinter

*August 20th, 1996, London Borough of Camden

27

Louise Ringsing

Danish association football player

*August 20th, 1996, Næstved

27

Nate Pearson

American baseball player

*August 20th, 1996, Odessa

27

Angelo Fulgini

French association football player

*August 20th, 1996, Abidjan

27

Luca Pfeiffer

German association football player

*August 20th, 1996, Bad Mergentheim

27

Uchenna Iroegbu

American-Nigerian basketball player

*August 20th, 1996, Sacramento

27

Yankuba Jarju

Gambian footballer

*August 20th, 1996, The Gambia

27

Axell Hodges

Motocross and X Games competitor

*August 20th, 1996, Encinitas

27

Hjalte Froholdt

Danish player of American football

*August 20th, 1996, Svendborg

27

Camden Riley

American association football player

*August 20th, 1996, Dallas

27

Don Tchilao

Beninese association football player

*August 20th, 1996, Benin

27

Izack Rodda

Australian rugby union player

*August 20th, 1996, Lismore

27

Matty Willock

English association football player

*August 20th, 1996, London

27

Osama Al-Selim

Saudi Arabian association football player

*August 20th, 1996, Saudi Arabia

27

Antonino Pizzolato

Italian weightlifter

*August 20th, 1996, Castelvetrano

27

Oleksandr Snizhko

Ukrainian association football player

*August 20th, 1996, Zaporizhzhia

27

Soslan Kagermazov

Russian association football player

*August 20th, 1996, Nartkala

27

Fabio Bertoli

Italian association football player

*August 20th, 1996, Montichiari

27

Marko Mrkić

Serbian association football player

*August 20th, 1996, Niš

27

Aleksey Kuznetsov

Russian association football player

*August 20th, 1996, Bryansk

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

26

Daniel La Torre Regal

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1997, Lima

26

Magnus Christensen

Danish association football player

*August 20th, 1997, Frederikshavn

31

Selena Gomez

American singer and actress

*August 20th, 1992, Albuquerque

39

Valeriy Atrashchenkov

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1984, Kharkiv

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

33

Mauricio Casillas

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1990, Mexico City

96

John Boardman

British classical archaeologist (born 1927)

*August 20th, 1927, London Borough of Redbridge

40

Andrew Garfield

British-American actor

*August 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

21

Tobias Lund Andresen

Danish cyclist, born 2002

*August 20th, 2002, Taastrup

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

33

Marissa Castelli

Figure skater

*August 20th, 1990, Providence

52

David Walliams

English actor, comedian and writer

*August 20th, 1971, Wimbledon

30

Anouska Koster

Dutch cyclist

*August 20th, 1993, De Westereen

28

Liana Liberato

American actress

*August 20th, 1995, Galveston

42

Bernard Mendy

Senegalese and French footballer

*August 20th, 1981, Évreux

36

Simon Shnapir

Figure skater

*August 20th, 1987, Moscow

37

Dan Martin

Irish racing cyclist

*August 20th, 1986, Birmingham

37

Damien Gaudin

Road bicycle racer

*August 20th, 1986, Beaupréau

29

Mitchell Trubisky

American football player (born 1994)

*August 20th, 1994, Mentor

97

Jürgen Kieser

German illustrator, draughtsperson and writer

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

Same year
Born in 1996

28

Dove Cameron

American actress and singer

*January 15th, 1996, Bainbridge Island

27

Lauren Jauregui

American singer

*June 27th, 1996, Miami

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

*December 17th, 1996, Aix-en-Provence

27

Jenifer Brening

German singer

*December 15th, 1996, Zehlendorf

27

Lili Reinhart

American actress

*September 13th, 1996, Cleveland

27

Ruben Jille

Dutch badminton player

*July 11th, 1996, Nieuwegein

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

28

Summer Walker

American R&B singer

*April 11th, 1996, Atlanta

27

Nico Dannowski

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1996, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf

28

Dawid Kwiatkowski

Polish singer-songwriter

*January 1st, 1996, Gorzów Wielkopolski

27

Duki

Argentine rapper

*June 24th, 1996, Almagro

28

Mabel

English singer and songwriter

*February 19th, 1996, Alhaurín el Grande

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

27

Aden Foyer

Norwegian record producer and DJ

*September 8th, 1996, Asker

28

Wakana Nagahara

Japanese badminton player

*January 9th, 1996, Hokkaido

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

28

Muhammad Rian Ardianto

Badminton player

*February 13th, 1996, Bantul

28

Huang Kaixiang

Chinese badminton player

*January 15th, 1996, Nanping

28

Zach Bryan

American country musician

*April 2nd, 1996, Oologah

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 20th

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Born on August 20th, 1996
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1996 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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