August 20th, 1998

Born on August 20th, 1998

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What happened on August 20th, 1998?

August 20th, 1998

U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_embassy_bombings

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shifa_pharmaceutical_factory

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on August 20th, 1998

25

Lieke Klaver

Dutch athlete

*August 20th, 1998, Velsen

25

Raphael Ruggero

American actor and filmmaker

*August 20th, 1998, Woodbury

25

Hunter Bryant

American football tight end

*August 20th, 1998, Issaquah

25

Abdullah Aqeel

Emirati footballer

*August 20th, 1998, United Arab Emirates

25

Anton Krivotsyuk

Azerbaijani association football player

*August 20th, 1998, Kyiv

25

Robbie Mutch

Association football player

*August 20th, 1998, Elgin

25

Paulo André de Oliveira

Brazilian athlete

*August 20th, 1998, Vila Velha

25

Andrew Marie-Sainte

French association football player

*August 20th, 1998, Fort-de-France

25

Artem Shkurdyuk

Association football player

*August 20th, 1998, Minsk

25

Jarvis Parkinson

British swimmer

*August 20th, 1998, Doncaster

25

Bennet Hundt

German basketball player (1998-)

*August 20th, 1998, Berlin

25

Lee Jung-hoo

South Korean baseball player

*August 20th, 1998, Nagoya

25

Emil Damgaard

Association football player

*August 20th, 1998, Denmark

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

21

Tobias Lund Andresen

Danish cyclist, born 2002

*August 20th, 2002, Taastrup

40

Andrew Garfield

British-American actor

*August 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

27

Anouk Nieuwenweg

Dutch handball player

*August 20th, 1996, Emmen

52

David Walliams

English actor, comedian and writer

*August 20th, 1971, Wimbledon

33

Marissa Castelli

Figure skater

*August 20th, 1990, Providence

42

Bernard Mendy

Senegalese and French footballer

*August 20th, 1981, Évreux

37

Dan Martin

Irish racing cyclist

*August 20th, 1986, Birmingham

36

Simon Shnapir

Figure skater

*August 20th, 1987, Moscow

97

Jürgen Kieser

German illustrator, draughtsperson and writer

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

30

Anouska Koster

Dutch cyclist

*August 20th, 1993, De Westereen

49

Amy Adams

American actress

*August 20th, 1974, Aviano

37

Damien Gaudin

Road bicycle racer

*August 20th, 1986, Beaupréau

Same year
Born in 1998

25

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

25

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

25

Latto

American rapper and singer

*December 22nd, 1998, Columbus

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

25

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

25

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

26

Yulfira Barkah

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1998, Medan

26

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

25

Nina Chuba

German singer and television actor

*October 14th, 1998, Wedel

26

Zé Felipe

Brazilian sertanejo singer

*April 21st, 1998, Goiânia

25

Luísa Sonza

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1998, Tuparendi

25

Kevinho

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 15th, 1998, Campinas

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian rapper and singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

26

Rodion Alimov

Russian badminton player

*April 21st, 1998, Ufa

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

24

Hugo Helmig

Danish singer-songwriter

*July 24th, 1998, Aarhus †November 23rd, 2022

25

Kyohei Yamashita

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1998, Okayama Prefecture

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No: With 365 days 1998 is a normal year and no leap year.

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