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August 20
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August 20 Zodiac Sign
Leo (July 23 – August 22)
Element: Fire
charismaticgenerouswarm-heartedcreativedetermined
Birthstone
Peridot
Birth Flower
Gladiolus
Season
Summer
Numerology 1
A number of leadership, independence, and fresh starts.
August 20: This Day in History
- 1940— Leon Trotsky was fatally wounded by a Stalinist assassin with an ice axe at his home in Mexico City.
- 1968— Soviet-led Warsaw Pact forces invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the Prague Spring reform movement.
- 1977— NASA launched the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which is now in interstellar space.
- 1998— The United States launched cruise missile strikes against al-Qaeda targets in Afghanistan and Sudan.
Famous Birthdays on August 20
- Benjamin Harrison (1833) — 23rd president of the United States
- H.P. Lovecraft (1890) — horror fiction writer known for the Cthulhu Mythos
- Isaac Hayes (1942) — musician and Academy Award winner for the Theme from Shaft
- Robert Plant (1948) — lead singer of Led Zeppelin
- Amy Adams (1974) — actress and six-time Academy Award nominee
Did You Know? August 20 Fun Facts
- Voyager 2, launched on August 20, 1977, is still transmitting data from beyond our solar system.
- Robert Plant's powerful vocals are credited as a defining influence on rock music.
- H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos has influenced countless horror writers, films, and games.
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