What are the important events that happened on August 20? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 20: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 20 is the 232nd day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 133 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 7, 2013 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 22,949,280 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatriacontadigon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 164 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 242 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
Out of the blue someone is thinking of you today. If that special someone wants to buy a gift for you, which one will you choose: gift baskets, mini laptops or newest DVD releases?
August 20 Historical Events
- 917 –Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine army.
- 1794 –Battle of Fallen Timbers – American troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat.
- 1858 –Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace’s same theory.
- 1882 –Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow.
- 1926 –Japan’s public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
- 1940 –In Mexico City exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramon Mercader. He dies the next day.
- 1988 –“Black Saturday” of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
- 1989 –The O-Bahn in Adelaide, the world’s longest guided busway, opens.
- 1997 –Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
- 1998 –The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government’s approval.
Who were born on August 20?
- 1907 –Alan Reed, original voice of Fred Flintstone. (d. 1977)
- 1924 –George Zuverink, American baseball player
- 1937 –Jim Bowen, English comedian
- 1938 –Alain Vivien, French politician
- 1954 –Don Stark, American actor
- 1967 –Colin Cunningham, American actor
- 1969 –Billy Gardell, American actor and comedian
- 1977 –Wayne Brown, English footballer
- 1981 –Ben Barnes, English actor
- 1984 –Tsokye Karchung, Bhutanese beauty queen, Miss Bhutan 2008
Who died on August 20?
- 535 –Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick
- 1823 –Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
- 1919 –Greg MacGregor, England cricketer (b. 1869)
- 1930 –Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
- 1986 –Milton Acorn, Canadian poet (b. 1923)
- 1996 –Rio Reiser, German rock musician and singer (b. 1950)
- 2007 –Larry Hartsell, American martial artist, bodyguard, trainer, student of Bruce Lee and Dan Inosanto (b. 1942)
- 2008 –Hua Guofeng, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1921)
- 2008 –Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American politician (b. 1949)
- 2010 –Dang Phong, Vietnamese historian (b. 1937)
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