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Historical Events In August - 20

Friday, 29 March 2024

1975  Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126 on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  On August - 20 viking 1 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On August - 20 phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  On this day in history ivan Jirko, composer, dies at 51  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1980  Reinhold Messner of Italy is first to solo ascent Mt Everest on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1980  UN Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jersualem is its capital on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1980  On this day in history otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  Mexican Treasury Secretary Jesus Silva Herzog tells foreign bankers that Mexico cannot repay her $60 billion foreign debt, the first Third World country to default on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu), dies of bone cancer at 53 on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  On August - 20 kerwin Duinmeijer, Antillean boy, murdered by racist at 15  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  On August - 20 israel ships 96 TOWs to Iran on behalf of the US  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  On August - 20 harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1986  On this day in history mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1986  Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76 on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  The Canadian federal government slaps a total ban on smoking in public service offices, starting Jan. 1, 1988. Smoking by government employees at all public service counters ends immediately, well maybe not quite?? on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On this day in history in the Nepal-India border region a 6.6 quake killed 721, 6,553 injured and 64,470 buildings damaged in eastern Nepal  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  In Ethiopia a 6.3 earthquake killed 2, injured 2 and damage and rockslides caused in the Galafi-Yoboki area on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  On this day in history betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev, cosmonaut, dies at 59 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  On this day in history bernard Delfgaauw, philosopher (Johnson murderer!), dies at 80  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  Aleksander Petrovic, film Director, dies at 65 on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1995  Hugo Pratt, graphic artist, dies at 68 on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1996  On this day in history george Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1997  On August - 20 hudson Bay Railway, owned by Omnitrax of Denver, Colorado, takes over operation of former CN lines to Flin Flon, Lyn Lake and Churchill.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2011  On this day in history arab Spring and the Libyan civil war: In the Battle of Tripoli, Libyan rebels take control the nation's capital, effectively overthrowing the government of Muammar Gaddafi.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2012  On August - 20 20 people are killed in a riot in Caracas, Venezuela  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2013  9 Islamist militants are killed by Russian police in North Caucasus on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Measles cases reach record high in Europe with 41,000 infected first six months of 2018 with 37 deaths according to WHO on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Pope Francis releases letter to all Catholics condemning sexual abuse atrocities and clerical cover-ups "We showed no care for the little ones; we abandoned them" on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 20

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1526  On this day in history birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  On August - 20 birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1666  On August - 20 birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 20

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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