Tuesday August 20, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

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 French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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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)

1672
Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered by an angry mob in The Hague.
1775
The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
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.
1920
The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.
1926
Japan’s public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
1944
World War II: 168 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 offensive.
1986
In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
1998
The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government’s approval.
1998
U.S. embassy bombings: the United States 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.

Who were born on August 20?

1885
Dino Campana, Italian poet (d. 1932)
1897
Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian writer (d. 1970)
1908
Al Lopez, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1939
Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor and politician (d. 2004)
1941
Dave Brock, British musician and founder of Hawkwind
1946
Connie Chung, American journalist
1956
Alvin Greenidge, West Indian cricketer
1962
Sophie Aldred, English actress
1965
KRS-One, American rapper
1982
Joshua Kennedy, Australian footballer

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