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

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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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, months, and day ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1308
Pope Clement V pardons Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, absolving him of charges of heresy.
Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered by an angry mob in The Hague.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow.
The National Football League, (NFL), is founded in the United States.
Japan’s public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
In Mexico City exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramon Mercader. He dies the next day.
Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Naktong River and assault the city of Taegu.
In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.

Who were born on ?

1561
Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (d. 1633)
Dino Campana, Italian poet (d. 1932)
Paul Tillich, German-American theologian (d. 1965)
Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (d. 1973)
Al Lopez, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
El Fary, Spanish singer and actor (d. 2007)
Terri Poch, American yogini and professional wrestler
John D. Carmack, American computer game programmer
Szabolcs Sáfár, Hungarian footballer
Liana Liberato, American actress

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