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August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 133 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
- AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile.
- .
- 917 – Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine army.
- 1083 – Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric celebrated as a National Day in Hungary.
- 1191 – Richard I of England initiates the Massacre at Ayyadieh, leaving 2,600–3,000 Muslim hostages dead.
- Grand Master of the Knights Templar, absolving him of charges of heresy.
- 1391 – Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.
- 1467 – The Second Battle of Olmedo takes places as part of a succession conflict between Henry IV of Castile and his half-brother Alfonso, Prince of Asturias.
- 1519 – Philosopher and general Wang Yangming defeats Zhu Chenhao, ending the Prince of Ning rebellion against the reign of the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor.
1601–1900
- 1648 – The Battle of Lens is the last major military confrontation of the Thirty Years' War, contributing to the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in October that year.[1]
- .
- 1707 – The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
- 1710 – War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
- Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
- Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
- 1852 – Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives.
- 1858 – Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.
- 1864 – Bakumatsu: Kinmon incident: The Chōshū Domain attempts to expel the Satsuma and Aizu Domains from Japan's imperial court.[2]
- 1866 – President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
- 1882 – Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
1901–present
- 1905 – Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren, and others establish the Tongmenghui, a Republican, anti-Qing revolutionary organisation, in Tokyo, Japan.[3]
- 1910 – Extreme fire weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes many small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km2) and killing 87 people.
- 1914 – World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
- 1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.[4]
- 1920 – The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
- 1926 – Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
- 1938 – Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
- 1940 – In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
- 1940 – World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
- 1940 – World War II: The Eighth Route Army launches the Hundred Regiments Offensive, a successful campaign to disrupt Japanese war infrastructure and logistics in occupied northern China.[5]
- One hundred sixty-eight captured allied airmen, including Phil Lamason, accused by the Gestapo of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp.
- 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
- 1948 – Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob M. Lomakin is expelled by the United States, due to the Kasenkina Case.[6]
- 1949 – Hungary adopts the Hungarian Constitution of 1949 and becomes a People's Republic.[7]
- 1955 – Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
- 1960 – Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
- 1962 – The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
- 1968 – Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
- 1975 – Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
- 1975 – ČSA Flight 540 crashes on approach to Damascus International Airport in Damascus, Syria, killing 126 people.[8]
- 1977 – Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
- 1986 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
- 1988 – "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
- 1988 – Iran–Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
- 1988 – The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
- 1989 – The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.
- August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.
- 1991 – Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood.
- 1992 – In India,
- 1993 – After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.
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- 1997 – Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
- 1998 – The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
- 1998 – camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
- 2002 – A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.
- 2006 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai.
- 2007 – China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
- Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.
- 2012 – A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.
- 2014 – Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day.
- 2016 – Fifty-four people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates himself at a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, Turkey.
- 2020 – Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech virtually for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[13]
Births
Pre-1600
- Shahrukh Mirza, ruler of Persia and Transoxiania (d. 1447)[14]
- 1517 – Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French cardinal and art collector (d. 1586)[15]
- 1561 – Jacopo Peri, Italian singer and composer (d. 1633)[16]
1601–1900
- 1625 – Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (d. 1709)[17]
- 1632 – Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and academic (d. 1704)[18]
- 1659 – Henry Every, English pirate (d. 1696)[19]
- 1710 – Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1761)
- 1719 – Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (d. 1783)
- 1720 – Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer (d. 1785)
- 1778 – Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile (d. 1842)
- 1779 – Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1848)
- 1789 – Abbas Mirza, Qajar crown prince of Persia (d. 1833)
- 1799 – James Prinsep, English orientalist and scholar (d. 1840)
- 1833 – Benjamin Harrison, American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States (d. 1901)
- 1845 – Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (d. 1916)
- 1847 – Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer (d. 1889)
- 1847 – Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (d. 1912)
- 1856 – Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (d. 1909)
- 1860 – Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (d. 1934)
- 1865 – Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer and lawyer (d. 1911)
- 1868 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (d. 1954)
- 1873 – Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect and academic, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (d. 1950)
- Edgar Guest, English-American poet and author (d. 1959)
- 1881 – Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1943)
- theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg(d. 1976)
- 1885 – Dino Campana, Italian poet and author (d. 1932)
- 1886 – Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian (d. 1965)
- 1887 – Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and scholar (d. 1959)
- President of Vietnam(d. 1980)
- 1890 – H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, novelist (d. 1937)
- 1896 – Gostha Pal, Indian footballer (d. 1976)
- 1897 – Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (d. 1970)
- 1898 – Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian, journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1973)
1901–present
- 1901 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
- 1905 – Jean Gebser, German linguist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1973)
- 1905 – Mikio Naruse, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
- 1905 – Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (d. 1964)
- 1906 – Vidrik Rootare, Estonian chess player (d. 1981)
- 1908 – Al López, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)[20]
- 1909 – André Morell, English actor (d. 1978)[21]
- 1909 – Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (d. 1978)
- 1910 – Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch (d. 1961)
- 1912 – John H. Michaelis, American general (d. 1985)
- 1913 – Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
- 1915 – Ivo Rojnica, Croatian-Argentine war crimes suspect, businessman, diplomat, and intelligence agent (d. 2007)[22]
- 1916 – Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player and chemist (d. 1984)
- 65th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1998)[23]
- 1918 – Jacqueline Susann, American actress and author (d. 1974)
- 1919 – Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2021)
- 1919 – Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer, educator and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2000)
- 1920 – H. R. Van Dongen, American illustrator (d. 2010)[24]
- 1921 – Keith Froome, Australian rugby league player (d. 1978)[25]
- 1921 – Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer (d. 1985)
- 1923 – Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
- 1924 – George Zuverink, American baseball player (d. 2014)
- 1926 – Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist (d. 1978)
- 1926 – Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2014)
- 1927 – John Boardman, English archaeologist and historian
- 1927 – Yootha Joyce, English actress (d. 1980)
- 1927 – Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation (d. 2013)
- 1927 – Peter Oakley, English soldier and blogger (d. 2014)
- 1929 – Kevin Heffernan, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Peter Randall, English sergeant (d. 2007)
- Don King, American boxing promoter[20]
- 1932 – Anthony Ainley, English actor (d. 2004)[26]
- 1932 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian physician, author, and academic (d. 2009)
- 1932 – Atholl McKinnon, South African cricketer (d. 1983)
- 1933 – Ted Donaldson, American actor (d. 2023)[27]
- 1933 – George J. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician[28]
- 1934 – Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American country-rock pedal-steel guitarist and songwriter (d. 2007)
- 1934 – Tom Mangold, German-English journalist and author
- 1935 – Ron Paul, American captain, physician, and politician[20]
- 1936 – Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 – Stelvio Cipriani, Italian composer (d. 2018)
- 1937 – Andrei Konchalovsky, Russian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1937 – Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter and bassist (d. 2009)
- 1938 – Jean-Loup Chrétien, French military officer and astronaut[29]
- 1938 – Peter Day, English chemist and academic (d. 2020)
- 1938 – Alain Vivien, French politician
- 1939 – Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor and politician (d. 2004)
- 1939 – Mike Velarde, Filipino televangelist and religious leader
- 1940 – Rubén Hinojosa, American businessman and politician
- 1940 – Gus Macdonald, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
- 1940 – Rex Sellers, Indian-Australian cricketer
- 1941 – Dave Brock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1941 – Rich Brooks, American football player and coach
- 1941 – Anne Evans, English soprano and actress
- 1941 – William H. Gray, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
- 1941 – Slobodan Milošević, Serbian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Serbia (d. 2006)[20]
- 1941 – Robin Oakley, English journalist and author
- 1941 – Jo Ramírez, Mexican race car driver and manager
- 1942 – Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (d. 2008)[20]
- 1942 – Fred Norman, American baseball player
- 1943 – Roger Gale, English journalist and politician
- 1943 – Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor[20]
- 1944 – Rajiv Gandhi, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (d. 1991)[20]
- 1944 – Graig Nettles, American baseball player and manager
- 1944 – José Wilker, Brazilian actor and director (d. 2014)
- 1945 – Roy Gardner, English businessman
- 1946 – Mufaddal Saifuddin, 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Fatimid Caliphate
- 1946 – Henryk Broder, Polish-German journalist and author
- 1946 – Connie Chung, American journalist[30]
- 1946 – Laurent Fabius, French politician, 158th Prime Minister of France
- 1946 – Ralf Hütter, German singer and keyboard player
- 1946 – N. R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
- 1947 – Alan Lee, English painter and illustrator
- 1947 – James Pankow, American musician[30]
- 1947 – Ray Wise, American actor[30]
- 1948 – John Noble, Australian actor and director[30]
- 1948 – Robert Plant, English singer-songwriter[30]
- 1949 – Nikolas Asimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)
- 1949 – Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 1986)
- 1951 – Greg Bear, American author (d. 2022)[20]
- 1951 – DeForest Soaries, American minister and politician, 30th Secretary of State of New Jersey
- 1952 – John Emburey, English cricketer and coach
- 1952 – Doug Fieger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
- 1952 – John Hiatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[30]
- 1952 – Ric Menello, American director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1953 – Gerry Bertier, American football player (d. 1981)
- 1953 – Peter Horton, American actor and director[30]
- 1953 – Mike Jackson, American politician
- 1953 – Jim Trenton, American radio host and actor
- 1953 – Leroy Burgess, American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, recording artist, and record producer
- 1954 – Quinn Buckner, American basketball player and coach
- 1954 – Tawn Mastrey, American radio host and producer (d. 2007)
- 1954 – Al Roker, American news anchor, television personality, and author[30]
- 1955 – Agnes Chan, Hong Kong singer and author
- 1955 – Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- 1956 – Joan Allen, American actress[30]
- 1956 – Alvin Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer
- 1956 – Desmond Swayne, English soldier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
- 1957 – Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
- 1957 – Jim Calder, Scottish rugby player
- 1957 – Simon Donaldson, English mathematician and academic
- 1957 – Sorin Antohi, Romanian journalist and historian
- 1957 – Paul Johnson, American football coach
- 1958 – Nigel Dodds, Northern Irish lawyer and politician
- 1958 – Patricia Rozema, Canadian director and screenwriter
- 1958 – David O. Russell, American director and screenwriter[20]
- 1958 – John Stehr, American journalist
- 1960 – Dom Duff, Breton singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer
- 1960 – Mark Langston, American baseball player
- 1961 – Amanda Sonia Berry, English businesswoman
- 1962 – James Marsters, American actor[30]
- 1963 – Uwe Bialon, German footballer and manager
- 1963 – Kal Daniels, American baseball player
- 1963 – José Cecena, Mexican baseball player
- Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1965 – KRS-One, American rapper and producer[30]
- 1966 – Miguel Albaladejo, Spanish director and screenwriter
- 1966 – Colin Cunningham, American actor[30]
- 1966 – Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)
- 1966 – Enrico Letta, Italian lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Italy
- 1966 – Liu Chunyan, Chinese host and voice actress
- 1967 – Andy Benes, American baseball player
- 1968 – Brett Angell, English footballer and coach
- 1968 – Abdelatif Benazzi, Moroccan-French rugby player
- 1968 – Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball player and coach[31]
- 1968 – Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
- 1968 – Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1968 – Bai Yansong, Chinese host
- 1969 – Billy Gardell, American comedian, actor, and producer[30]
- 1969 – Mark Holzemer, American baseball player and scout
- 1969 – Santeri Kinnunen, Finnish actor[32]
- 1970 – Els Callens, Belgian tennis player and sportscaster
- 1970 – Fred Durst, American singer-songwriter[30]
- 1971 – Nenad Bjelica, Croatian footballer and manager
- 1971 – Matt Calland, English rugby player and coach
- 1971 – Ke Huy Quan, Vietnamese-American actor[30]
- 1971 – Steve Stone, English footballer and coach
- 1971 – David Walliams, English comedian, actor, and author
- 1972 – Derrick Alston, American basketball player
- 1972 – Melvin Booker, American basketball player
- 1972 – Chaney Kley, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1972 – Scott Quinnell, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster
- 1972 – Anna Umemiya, Japanese model and actress
- 1973 – Alban Bushi, Albanian footballer
- 1973 – Alexandre Finazzi, Brazilian footballer
- 1973 – Scott Goodman, Australian swimmer
- 1973 – Todd Helton, American baseball player
- 1973 – Cameron Mather, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
- 1973 – José Paniagua, Dominican baseball player
- 1973 – Donn Swaby, American actor and screenwriter
- 1973 – Juan Becerra Acosta, Mexican journalist
- 1974 – Amy Adams, American actress[20]
- 1974 – Misha Collins, American actor[30]
- 1974 – Szabolcs Sáfár, Hungarian footballer and coach
- 1974 – Andy Strachan, Australian drummer and songwriter
- 1974 – Maxim Vengerov, Russian-Israeli violinist and conductor
- 1975 – Marcin Adamski, Polish footballer and manager
- 1975 – Marko Martin, Estonian pianist and educator
- 1975 – Shaun Newton, English footballer
- 1975 – Elijah Williams, American football player and coach
- 1976 – Chris Drury, American ice hockey player
- 1976 – Cornel Frăsineanu, Romanian footballer
- 1976 – Tony Grant, Irish footballer
- 1976 – Kristen Miller, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1976 – Marcel Podszus, German footballer
- 1976 – Fabio Ulloa, Honduran footballer
- 1977 – Paolo Bianco, Italian footballer
- 1977 – Wayne Brown, English footballer
- 1977 – Felipe Contepomi, Argentine rugby player, coach, and physician
- 1977 – Manuel Contepomi, Argentine rugby player
- 1977 – Shockmain Davis, American football player
- 1977 – Stéphane Gillet, Luxembourgian footballer
- 1977 – Aaron Hamill, Australian footballer and coach
- 1977 – Ívar Ingimarsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1977 – James Ormond, English cricketer
- 1977 – Josh Pearce, American baseball player
- 1977 – Aaron Taylor, American baseball player
- 1978 – Alberto Martín, Spanish tennis player
- 1978 – Emir Mkademi, Tunisian footballer
- 1978 – Chris Schroder, American baseball player
- 1979 – Sarah Borwell, English tennis player
- 1979 – Jamie Cullum, English singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1979 – Cory Sullivan, American baseball player
- 1981 – Ben Barnes, English actor[30]
- 1981 – Brett Finch, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
- 1981 – Artur Kotenko, Estonian footballer
- 1981 – Bernard Mendy, French footballer
- 1981 – Craig Ochs, American football player
- 1981 – Byron Saxton, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster
- Cléber Luis Alberti, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 – Aleksandr Amisulashvili, Georgian footballer
- 1982 – Monty Dumond, South African rugby player
- 1982 – Youssouf Hersi, Ethiopian footballer
- 1982 – Joshua Kennedy, Australian footballer
- 1982 – Mijaín López, Cuban wrestler
- 1982 – Meghan Ory, Canadian actress[30]
- 1982 – Richard Petiot, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 – Barney Rogers, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1982 – Enyelbert Soto, Venezuelan-Japanese baseball player
- 1983 – Hamza Abdullah, American football player
- 1983 – Paulo André Cren Benini, Brazilian footballer
- 1983 – Andrew Garfield, American-English actor[30]
- 1983 – Héctor Landazuri, Colombian footballer
- 1983 – Mladen Pelaić, Croatian footballer
- 1983 – Brian Schaefering, American football player
- 1983 – Yuri Zhirkov, Russian footballer
- Aílton José Almeida, Brazilian footballer
- 1984 – Pavel Eismann, Czech footballer
- 1984 – Laura Georges, French footballer
- 1984 – Jamie Hoffmann, American baseball player
- 1984 – Ingrid Lukas, Estonian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1985 – Brant Daugherty, American actor[30]
- 1985 – Glen Buttriss, Australian rugby league player
- 1985 – Blake DeWitt, American baseball player
- 1985 – Thomas Domingo, French rugby player
- 1985 – Matt Hague, American baseball player
- 1985 – Jack King, English footballer
- 1985 – Álvaro Negredo, Spanish footballer
- 1985 – Willie Ripia, New Zealand rugby player
- 1985 – Joe Vitale, American ice hockey player
- 1985 – Stephen Ward, Irish footballer
- 1985 – Mark Washington, American football player
- 1986 – Andrew Surman, South African-English footballer
- 1986 – Steven Zalewski, American ice hockey player
- 1987 – Stefan Aigner, German footballer
- 1987 – Gunther, Austrian wrestler[33]
- 1987 – Manny Jacinto, Canadian actor[20]
- 1987 – Vedran Janjetović, Croatian-Australian footballer
- 1987 – Sido Jombati, Portuguese footballer
- 1987 – Egon Kaur, Estonian race car driver
- 1988 – Jerryd Bayless, American basketball player
- 1988 – Sarah R, Lotfi, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1988 – José Zamora, Spanish footballer
- 1989 – Kirko Bangz, American rapper and producer
- 1989 – Nebil Gahwagi, Hungarian footballer
- 1989 – Silas Kiplagat, Kenyan runner
- 1989 – Slavcho Shokolarov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1989 – Judd Trump, English snooker player
- 1989 – Dean Winnard, English footballer
- 1990 – Macauley Chrisantus, Nigerian footballer
- 1990 – Culoe De Song, South African music producer and DJ
- 1990 – Venelin Filipov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1990 – Leigh Griffiths, Scottish footballer
- 1990 – Fabien Jarsalé, French footballer
- 1990 – Bradley Klahn, American tennis player
- 1990 – Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer[34]
- 1991 – Marko Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
- 1991 – Jyrki Jokipakka, Finnish hockey player
- 1991 – Cory Joseph, Canadian basketball player[35]
- 1992 – Matt Eisenhuth, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 – Carolina Horta, Brazilian beach volleyball player[36]
- 1992 – Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress[30]
- 1992 – Alex Newell, American actor and singer[20]
- 1992 – Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer[37]
- 1992 – Callum Skinner, Scottish track cyclist[38]
- 1993 – Tonisha Rock-Yaw, Barbadian netball player[39]
- 1994 – Mitchell Trubisky, American football player[40]
- 1995 – Liana Liberato, American actress[20]
- 1996 – Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player[41]
- 1997 – Daniel Vladař, Czech ice hockey player[42]
- 1998 – Lieke Klaver, Dutch athlete[43]
- 2003 – Prince Gabriel of Belgium[44]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, Roman son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (b. 12 BC)
- 535 – Mochta, Irish missionary and saint
- 651 – Oswine of Deira
- 768 – Eadberht of Northumbria
- Byzantineadmiral
- 984 – Pope John XIV
- 1153 – Bernard of Clairvaux, French theologian and saint (b. 1090)
- 1158 – Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (b. 1100), Earl of Orkney and Saint
- 1297 – William Fraser, bishop and Guardian of Scotland
- 1348 – Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1319)
- 1384 – Geert Groote, Dutch preacher, founded the Brethren of the Common Life (b. 1340)
- 1386 – Bo Jonsson, royal marshal of Sweden
- 1471 – Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (b. 1413)
- 1528 – Georg von Frundsberg, German knight and landowner (b. 1473)
- 1572 – Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish navigator and politician, 1st Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1502)
- 1580 – Jerónimo Osório, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1506)
1601–1900
- 1611 – Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1548)
- 1639 – Martin Opitz, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1597)
- 1648 – Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1583)
- 1651 – Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman (b. 1612)
- 1672 – Cornelis de Witt, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1623)
- 1672 – Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (b. 1625)
- 1680 – William Bedloe, English spy (b. 1650)
- 1701 – Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician (b. 1639)
- 1707 – Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
- 1773 – Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (b. 1701)
- 1785 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714)
- 1823 – Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
- Governor of Newfoundland(b. 1753)
- 1835 – Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (b. 1775)
- 1854 – Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801)
- 1859 – Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)[45]
- 1882 – James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
- 1887 – Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
- 1893 – Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
- 1897 – Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
1901–present
- 1912 – William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
- 1914 – Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
- 1915 – Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
- 1917 – Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
- 1919 – Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
- 1930 – Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
- 1936 – Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
- 1939 – Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
- 1942 – István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)
- 1943 – William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (b. 1858)
- 1949 – Ragnhild Kaarbø, Norwegian painter (b. 1889)[46]
- 1951 – İzzettin Çalışlar, Turkish general (b. 1882)
- 1961 – Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
- 1963 – Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
- 1965 – Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
- 1971 – Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)
- 1976 – Vera Lutz, British economist (b. 1912)[47]
- 1979 – Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1922)
- 1980 – Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
- Irish Republican Hunger Striker[48]
- 1982 – Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (b. 1929)
- 1985 – Donald O. Hebb, Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1904)
- 1985 – Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken, German admiral (b. 1897)
- 1986 – Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1923)
- 1987 – Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach (b. 1909)
- 1993 – Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (b. 1912)
- 1995 – Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
- 1996 – Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
- 1997 – Norris Bradbury, American soldier, physicist, and academic (b. 1909)
- 1997 – Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1922)
- Prime Minister of South Vietnam (b. 1914)[49]
- 2001 – Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (b. 1915)
- 2001 – Kim Stanley, American actress (b. 1925)
- 2005 – Thomas Herrion, American football player (b. 1981)
- 2005 – Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer and songwriter (b. 1970)
- 2006 – Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1977)
- 2006 – Joe Rosenthal, American photographer and journalist (b. 1911)
- 2006 – S. Sivamaharajah, Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician (b. 1938)
- 2007 – Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (b. 1920)[50]
- 2008 – Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
- 2008 – Hua Guofeng, Chinese politician, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1921)
- 2008 – Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
- 2008 – Gene Upshaw, American football player (b. 1945)
- 2009 – Larry Knechtel, American keyboardist and bass player (b. 1940)
- 2009 – Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator (b. 1932)
- 2010 – Đặng Phong, Vietnamese economist and historian (b. 1937)
- 2011 – Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian and academic (b. 1919)
- 2012 – Phyllis Diller, American actress and comedian (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Daryl Hine, Canadian-American poet and academic (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1916)
- 2012 – Len Quested, English footballer and manager (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (b. 1967)
- 2012 – Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1955)
- 2013 – Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Narendra Dabholkar, Indian author and activist (b. 1945)
- 2013 – Don Hassler, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (b. 1918)
- 2013 – John W. Morris, American general (b. 1921)
- 2013 – Ted Post, American director and screenwriter (b. 1918)
- 2014 – Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (b. 1983)
- 2014 – Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (b. 1934)
- 2014 – Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (b. 1946)
- 2014 – B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (b. 1918)
- 2014 – Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1924)
- 2014 – Sava Stojkov, Serbian painter and educator (b. 1925)
- 2014 – Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (b. 1927)
- 2015 – Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (b. 1922)
- 2015 – Paul Kibblewhite, New Zealand chemist and engineer (b. 1941)
- 2015 – Frank Wilkes, Australian soldier and politician (b. 1922)
- 2017 – Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)
- 2018 – Uri Avnery, Israeli writer, politician and peace activist (b. 1923)[51]
- 2018 – Jennifer Ramírez Rivero, Venezuelan model (b. 1978)[52]
- 2021 – Igor Vovkovinskiy, Ukrainian-American law student and actor, American tallest person (b. 1982)[53]
- 2022 – Darya Dugina, Russian journalist (b. 1992)
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Feast of Asmá’ (Baháʼí Faith, only if Baháʼí Naw-Rúzfalls on March 21)
- Indian Akshay Urja Day (India)
- Independence Restoration Day (Estonia), re-declaration of the independence of Estonia from the Soviet Union in 1991.
- Revolution of the King and the People (Morocco)
- Saint Stephen's Day (Hungary)
- World Mosquito Day
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to August 20.
- "On This Day". BBC.
- The New York Times: On This Day
- "Historical Events on August 20". OnThisDay.com.