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August 20: Day of the Week
August 20, 2024 is the 233rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 133 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
August 20 Historical Event(s)
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.
1391
Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order.
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.
1910
The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the Big Blowup or the Big Burn) occurred in northeast Washington, northern Idaho (the panhandle), and western Montana, burning approximately 3 e6acre.
1938
Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam – a record that still stands.
1940
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
In Mexico City exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramon Mercader. He dies the next day.
1944
World War II: the Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet offensive.
1998
The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government’s approval.
Who were born on August 20?
1885
Dino Campana, Italian poet (d. 1932)
1924
George Zuverink, American baseball player
1942
Isaac Hayes, American singer, songwriter, and actor (d. 2008)
1949
Norman Featherstone, South African cricketer
1953
Gerry Bertier, American wheelchair Olympian (d. 1981)
1957
Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
1958
John Stehr, American journalist
1961
Joe Pasquale, English comedian
1977
Ivar Ingimarsson, Icelandic footballer
1980
Corey Carrier, American actor
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters TBEOINH? Check your answers here: Word search TBEOINH. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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