What are the important events that happened on April 20? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 20: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 20 is the 110th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 255 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 7, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,085,120 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 ‘hectadecagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 303 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 4,503 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 20 Historical Events
- 1657 –Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
- 1792 –France declares war on Austria, the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
- 1810 –The Governor of Caracas declares independence from Spain.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
- 1884 –Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum Genus.
- 1964 –BBC Two launches with a power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station.
- 1972 –Apollo 16, commanded by John Young, lands on the moon.
- 1980 –Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.
- 1985 –The ATF raids The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
- 1986 –Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years.
Who were born on April 20?
- 1851 –Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875)
- 1889 –Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and activist (d. 1996)
- 1920 –Ronald Speirs, WWII Veteran (d. 2007)
- 1921 –Janine Sutto, French-Canadian actress
- 1929 –Harry Agganis, Greek-American baseball and football player (d. 1955)
- 1949 –Veronica Cartwright, American actress
- 1959 –Clint Howard, American actor
- 1968 –Yelena Välbe, Russian cross-country skier
- 1980 –Jasmin Wagner, German singer
- 1987 –John Patrick Amedori, American actor
Who died on April 20?
- 1521 –Zhengde Emperor of China (b. 1491)
- 1874 –Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)
- 1932 –Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (b. 1858)
- 1986 –Sibte Hassan, Pakistani activist, journalist and writer (b. 1916)
- 1992 –Benny Hill, British comedian (b. 1924)
- 1999 –Dylan Klebold, perpetrator of the Columbine High massacre (b. 1981)
- 1999 –Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
- 2007 –Andrew Hill, American jazz composer and pianist (b. 1931)
- 2007 –Fred Fish, a computer programmer on the GNU Debugger and “Fish disks” (b. 1952)
- 2008 –Monica Lovinescu, Romanian essayist, literary critic and journalist (b. 1923)
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