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This is a list of selected August 20 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
1776 - Bernardo O'Higgins, (pictured) South American revolutionary (d. 1842); 1779 - Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (d. 1848); 1833 - Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (d.
1969 – On the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, attended by approximately 150,000 people over three days, Bob Dylan appeared in his first gig in three years. 2019 – A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta , Norway, killing all six people on board.
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The cost of repairs, initially estimated at $250,000, was revised downward after 300 different claims were filed, and the U.S. Navy agreed to pay the costs on August 28. [20] Born: Elliott Smith, American singer and songwriter (d. 2003); in Omaha, Nebraska; Jonathan Aibel, American film screenwriter; in Demarest, New Jersey
Billy and Tiffany Turner were both born on leap days in the 1980s. The Akron couple got married on leap day in 2016. Their son was born in a leap year – 2020 – but missed leap day by a few weeks.
In 2019, it had 20 million unique visitors each month. The same year, journalist Taylor Lorenz of The Atlantic described a Famous Birthdays page as a "status symbol" or "badge of honor" for internet personalities, noting its teenage and Generation Z demographic [7] and Lorenz for The New York Times calling it a "a milestone in any influencer's ...
When old age begins has shifted to be later in life over time, according to a new study. ... were anywhere from 40 to 100 years old. At age 65, those born in 1911 said, on average, that old age ...