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 232^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 133 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 7, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,260,800 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.

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 181 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 4,625 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

August 20 Historical Events

• 1083 –
  Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric.
• 1391 –
  Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order.
• 1775 –
  The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
• 1910 –
  The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the Big Blowup or the Big Burn) occurred in northeast Washington, northern Idaho (the panhandle), and western Montana, burning approximately 3 e6acre.
• 1944 –
  World War II: the Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet offensive.
• 1960 –
  Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
• 1988 –
  Iran–Iraq War: a cease-fire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
• 1989 –
  The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision, 51 people are killed.
• 1997 –
  Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
• 1998 –
  U.S. embassy bombings: the United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

Who were born on August 20?

• 1625 –
  Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (d. 1709)
• 1847 –
  Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (d. 1912)
• 1885 –
  Dino Campana, Italian poet (d. 1932)
• 1927 –
  Yootha Joyce, English actress (d. 1980)
• 1937 –
  Jim Bowen, English comedian
• 1941 –
  Slobodan Milošević, President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia (d. 2006)
• 1949 –
  Patrick Kilpatrick, American actor
• 1961 –
  Joe Pasquale, English comedian
• 1979 –
  Jamie Cullum, British musician
• 1982 –
  Cléber Luis Alberti, Brazilian footballer

Who died on August 20?

• 535 –
  Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick
• 1773 –
  Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)
• 1825 –
  William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
• 1930 –
  Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1971 –
  Rashid Minhas, Pakistani Air Force pilot (b. 1951)
• 1979 –
  Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and writer (b. 1922)
• 2001 –
  Kim Stanley, American actress (b. 1925)
• 2001 –
  Sir Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and science fiction writer (b. 1915)
• 2008 –
  Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American politician (b. 1949)
• 2010 –
  Michael Been, American musician (The Call) (b. 1950)