August 20
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1991
Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.
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In India, Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) is included in the scheduled languages' list and made one of the official languages of the Indian Government.
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The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
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U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
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A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.
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Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai.
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China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
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Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.
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First Air Flight 6560 crashes 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Resolute Bay runway, killing 12 of the 15 aboard.
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Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day.
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Fifty-four people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates himself at a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, Turkey.
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Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech virtually for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
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2003Prince Gabriel of Belgium
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1998Lieke Klaver, Dutch track and field athlete
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1997Kaho Minagawa, Japanese rhythmic gymnast
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1997Daniel Vladař, Czech ice hockey player
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1996Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player
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1995Liana Liberato, American actress
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1994Mitchell Trubisky, American football player
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1992Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress
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1992Alex Newell, American actor and singer
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1992Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer
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1992Callum Skinner, Scottish track cyclist
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1991Jyrki Jokipakka, Finnish hockey player
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