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August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 133 days remaining.
Events
- forces led by Khalid Bin Walid take control of Syria and Palestine away from the Byzantine Empire , marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia .
- invades Thrace and drives the Byzantines out.
- 1391 - Konrad IV Von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order .
- 1794 - Battle Of Fallen Timbers - American troops force a confederacy of Shawnee , Mingo , Delaware , Wyandot , Miami , Ottawa , Chippewa , and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat.
- , suffers its only death when Sergeant Charles Floyd dies, apparently from acute Appendicitis .
- 1833 - Nat Turner leads his Revolt against the Southern plantation owners of Southampton County, Virginia
- 1882 - Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky 's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow .
- 1900 - Japan's primary school law is amended to provide for four years of mandatory schooling.
- forces occupy Brussels .
- 1920 - The first commercial Radio station, 8MK (WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan .
- 1926 - Japan's Public Broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
- 1938 - Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam--a record that still stands.
- 1940 - Exiled Russia n revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded in Mexico City by an assassin's ice axe. He will die the next day.
- 1944 - The Battle Of Romania begins with a major Soviet offensive.
- 1955 - In Morocco , a force of Berber s from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria , raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
- 1960 - Senegal breaks from the Mali federation, declaring independence.
- 1968 - 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 Tank s invade Czechoslovakia to end the " Prague Spring " of political liberalization.
- launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars .
- launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
- to oversee the PLO withdrawal from Lebanon .
- 1986 - In Edmond, Oklahoma , US Postal employee Patrick Henry Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits Suicide .
- 1988 - Peru becomes a member of the Berne Convention Copyright Treaty .
- 1989 - In Beverly Hills, California , Lyle And Erik Menendez shoot and kill their wealthy parents.
- 's parliament building protesting the Coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev . Estonia reclaimed its independence and seceded from the Soviet Union . Estonia had been occupied by the Soviets for more than 50 years.
- 1993 - After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway , the Oslo Peace Accords were signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the next month.
- 1994 - Circus elephant trainer Allen Campbell is crushed to death in Honolulu, Hawaii, by the performing elephant " Tyke ".
- 1997 - Souhane Massacre in Algeria ; over 60 people killed, 15 kidnapped.
- 1998 - The Supreme Court Of Canada states Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
- 1998 - launches Cruise Missile attacks against alleged Al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania . The Al-Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory in Khartoum is destroyed in the attack.
- 2004 - Elbegdorj Tsakhia , the peaceful democratic revolution leader of Mongolia , became the Prime Minister of Mongolia for the second time.
Births
- 1517 - Antoine Perrenot De Granvelle , French church leader (d. 1586 )
- 1561 - Jacopo Peri , Italian composer (d. 1633 )
- 1601 - Pierre De Fermat , French mathematician (d. 1665 )
- 1625 - Thomas Corneille , French dramatist (d. 1709 )
- 1632 - Louis Bourdaloue , French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704 )
- 1710 - Thomas Simpson , British mathematician (d. 1761 )
- 1719 - Christian Mayer , Czech astronomer (d. 1783 )
- 1719 - Charles-François De Broglie, Marquis De Ruffec , French soldier and diplomat (d. 1791 )
- 1779 - Jöns Jakob Berzelius , Swedish chemist (d. 1848 )
- 1833 - Benjamin Harrison , 23rd President Of The United States (d. 1901 )
- 1847 - Boleslaw Prus , Polish writer (d. 1912 )
- 1860 - Raymond Poincaré , French statesman (d. 1934 )
- 1881 - Edgar Guest , English poet (d. 1959 )
- 1897 - Tarjei Vesaas , Norwegian writer (d. 1970 )
- 1890 - H. P. Lovecraft , American writer (d. 1937 )
- 1901 - Salvatore Quasimodo , Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968 )
- 1905 - Jean Gebser , German-born author, linguist, and poet (d. 1973 )
- 1905 - Jack Teagarden , American musician (d. 1964 )
- 1908 - Al Lopez , baseball player and manager (d. 2005 )
- 1910 - Eero Saarinen , Finnish architect (d. 1961 )
- 1913 - Roger Wolcott Sperry , American neurobiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1994 )
- 1918 - Jacqueline Susann , American novelist (d. 1974 )
- 1923 - Jim Reeves , American singer (d. 1964 )
- 1931 - Don King , American boxing promoter
- 1932 - Anthony Ainley , British actor (d. 2004 )
- 1932 - Vasily Aksyonov , Russian novelist
- 1934 - Armi Kuusela , Finnish beauty queen
- 1935 - Ron Paul , American politician
- 1936 - Hideki Shirakawa , Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 - Andrei Konchalovsky , Russian film director
- 1939 - Fernando Poe Jr. , Filipino actor and presidential candidate
- 1940 - Rubén Hinojosa , American politician
- 1941 - Slobodan Milošević , President Of Serbia (d. 2006 )
- 1941 - Robin Oakley , British journalist
- 1942 - Isaac Hayes , American singer, songwriter, and actor
- 1943 - Sylvester McCoy , Scottish actor
- 1944 - Rajiv Gandhi , Prime Minister Of India (d. 1991 )
- 1946 - Connie Chung , American journalist
- 1946 - N.R. Narayana Murthy , Indian businessman
- 1948 - Robert Plant , English singer ( Led Zeppelin )
- 1949 - Phil Lynott , Irish musician (d. 1986 )
- 1951 - Greg Bear , American author
- 1952 - John Hiatt , American musician
- 1954 - Al Roker , American television broadcaster
- 1955 - Agnes Chan , Hong Kong singer and writer
- 1956 - Joan Allen , American actress
- 1961 - Greg Egan , Australian author
- 1962 - Sophie Aldred , English actress
- 1962 - James Marsters , American actor
- 1965 - KRS-One , American rapper
- 1966 - Dimebag Darrell , American guitarist ( Pantera and Damageplan ) (d. 2004 )
- 1968 - Yuri Shiratori , Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1970 - John Carmack , American computer game programmer
- 1970 - Fred Durst , American singer ( Limp Bizkit )
- 1973 - Todd Helton , baseball player
- 1974 - Maxim Vengerov , Russian violinist
- 1979 - Cory Sullivan , baseball player
- 1984 - Mirai Moriyama , Japanese actor
- 1986 - Robert Clark , Canadian actor
Deaths
- 984 - Pope John XIV
- 1384 - Geert Groote , Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life (b. 1340 )
- 1572 - Miguel López De Legazpi , Spanish conquistador (b. 1502 )
- 1580 - Jeronymo Osorio , Portuguese historian (b. 1506 )
- 1611 - Tomás Luis De Victoria , Spanish composer (b. 1548 )
- 1639 - Martin Opitz Von Boberfeld , German poet (b. 1597 )
- 1643 - Anne Hutchinson , English Puritan preacher (b. 1591 )
- 1648 - Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert Of Cherbury , English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (b. 1583 )
- 1672 - Johan De Witt , Dutch politican (b. 1625 )
- 1672 - Cornelis De Witt , Dutch politician (b. 1623 )
- 1680 - William Bedloe , English informer (b. 1650 )
- 1701 - Charles Sedley , English playwright (b. 1639 )
- 1707 - Nicolas Gigault , French organist and composer (b. 1627 )
- 1773 - Enrique Florez , Spanish historian (b. 1701 )
- 1811 - Louis Antoine De Bougainville , French explorer (b. 1729 )
- 1823 - Pope Pius VII (b. 1740 )
- 1825 - William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock , Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753 )
- 1887 - Jules Laforgue , French poet (b. 1860 )
- 1904 - René Waldeck-Rousseau , French statesman (b. 1846 )
- 1912 - William Booth , English founder of the Salvation Army (b. 1829 )
- 1914 - Pope Pius X (b. 1835 )
- 1915 - Paul Ehrlich , German scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1854 )
- 1917 - Adolf Von Baeyer , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835 )
- 1961 - Percy Williams Bridgman , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882 )
- 1971 - Rashid Minhas , Pakistani Air Force pilot (b. 1951 )
- 1986 - Milton Acorn , Canadian poet (b. 1923 )
- 1998 - Raquel Rastenni , Danish singer (b. 1915 )
- 2001 - Sir Fred Hoyle , English astronomer and science fiction writer (b. 1915 )
- 2005 - Thomas Herrion , American football player (heart disease) (b. 1981 )
- 2005 - Krzysztof Raczkowski , Polish drummer (b. 1970 )
Holidays and observances
External links
August 19 - August 21 - July 20 - September 20 -- Listing Of All Days
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