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
- 1526 –The last ruler of the Lodi Dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.
- 1653 –Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
- 1657 –Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
- 1810 –The Governor of Caracas declares independence from Spain.
- 1836 –U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
- 1939 –Billie Holiday records the first Civil Rights song “Strange Fruit”.
- 1968 –English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.
- 1978 –Korean Air Flight 902 is shot down by the Soviet Union.
- 1998 –German terrorist group the Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
- 2010 –The Deepwater Horizon oil well explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last five months.
Who were born on April 20?
- 1826 –Dinah Craik, English author (d. 1887)
- 1937 –Antonios Kounadis, Greek discus thrower
- 1946 –Julien Poulin, French Canadian actor
- 1947 –Björn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede)
- 1948 –Gregory Itzin, American actor
- 1956 –Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician
- 1964 –Crispin Glover, American actor
- 1965 –April March, American musician
- 1976 –Aldo Bobadilla, Paraguayan football player
- 1977 –Johnny “The Bull” Stamboli, professional wrestler
Who died on April 20?
- 1873 –William Tite, English architect (b. 1798)
- 1899 –Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)
- 1902 –Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet who designed the flag of the State of Maranhão (b. 1833)
- 1969 –Vjekoslav Luburić, Croatian war criminal (b. 1911)
- 1982 –Archibald MacLeish, American poet and Librarian of Congress (b. 1892)
- 1991 –Don Siegel, American film director (b. 1912)
- 1996 –Christopher Robin Milne, son of A. A. Milne (b. 1920)
- 1999 –Rachel Joy Scott, Columbine High School massacre victim (b. 1981)
- 2005 –Zygfryd Blaut, Polish football player (b. 1943)
- 2008 –VL Mike, American rapper (b. 1976)
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