What are the important events that happened on August 20, 2008? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 20, 2008: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 20, 2008 is the 233rd day of the year 2008 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, 2008 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,219,190,400 seconds 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 ‘dihectatriacontatrigon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a Dime every day starting at age 4, then by now that person has accumulated $427.00. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
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.
Rat is the mythical animal and Earth is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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August 20, 2008 Historical Events
- 2008 –Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. 146 people are killed in the crash, and 8 more die later. Only 18 people survive.
Who died on August 20, 2008?
- 2008 –Ed “Too Tall” Freeman, former U.S. Army helicopter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
- 2008 –Gene Upshaw, American football player and union leader (b. 1945)
- 2008 –Hua Guofeng, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1921)
- 2008 –Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American politician (b. 1949)
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