Wednesday August 20, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

636
Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-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.
1391
Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order.
The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.
Japan’s public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
World War II: 168 captured allied airmen, including Phil Lamason, accused by the Gestapo of being “terror fliers”, arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp.
Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
Peru becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
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 ?

Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian writer (d. 1909)
Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian writer (d. 1970)
Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer (d. 1985)
Nobby Wirkowski, American and Canadian football player and coach
Isaac Hayes, American singer, songwriter, and actor (d. 2008)
Alan Lee, English conceptual artist
Joan Allen, American actress
Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
Dong-Wook Song, South Korean tennis player
Billy Gardell, American actor and comedian

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