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, 484,752 hours 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
- 1453 –The last naval battle in Byzantine history occurs, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet and into the Golden Horn.
- 1657 –Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- 1818 –The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld.
- 1828 –René Caillié becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou.
- 1876 –The April Uprising, a key point in modern Bulgarian history, leading to the Russo-Turkish War and the liberation of Bulgaria from domination as an independent part of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1902 –Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
- 1916 –The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings.
- 1945 –World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
- 1972 –Apollo 16, commanded by John Young, lands on the moon.
- 1978 –Korean Air Flight 902 is shot down by the Soviet Union.
Who were born on April 20?
- 1913 –Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor (d. 1986)
- 1918 –Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
- 1924 –Leslie Phillips, English actor
- 1947 –Ken Scott, English record producer and recording engineer
- 1948 –Gregory Itzin, American actor
- 1953 –Sebastian Faulks, British novelist
- 1964 –Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater
- 1971 –Nikos Kyzeridis, Greek footballer
- 1972 –Stephen Marley, Jamaican musician
- 1980 –Jasmin Wagner, German singer
Who died on April 20?
- 1176 –Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English military leader (b. 1130)
- 1643 –Christoph Demantius, German composer (b. 1567)
- 1769 –Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawa (b. 1720)
- 1873 –William Tite, English architect (b. 1798)
- 1989 –Doru Davidovici, Romanian writer and fighter pilot (b. 1945)
- 1991 –Don Siegel, American film director (b. 1912)
- 1999 –Dylan Klebold, perpetrator of the Columbine High massacre (b. 1981)
- 2003 –Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
- 2003 –Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress (b. 1908)
- 2007 –Andrew Hill, American jazz composer and pianist (b. 1931)
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