Funny Birthday Facts About August 20, 1940
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What day were you born on August 20, 1940?
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Countdown to Your 85th Birthday
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What day was August 20, 2025?
This year will increase your age. You will celebrate your 85th birthday on Wednesday. Get ready, maybe you will get gifts and surprises from your family or friends. It will be a very pleasant day that you will remember for the rest of your life. You can also prepare to make a festive party on your birthday, celebrating in a beautiful place with family and friends will certainly be a pleasant memory.
FYI: You are more than 30,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 20
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
30,977 Days
4,068 Weeks
1,017 Months
84 Years
Your Age in Seconds, Minutes and Hours
Your Upcoming Birthdays for The Next 10 Years
We have calculated and figured out your birthday for the next 10 years. Prepare yourself to welcome your upcoming birthdays with your family and close friends. You will get many gifts from people who love and care about you. There are 434 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 86 years old. There have been 30977 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 10326 days, which is equivalent to 28.29 years. You spent 33.68% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thursday | 86 Years Old |
| 2027 | Friday | 87 Years Old |
| 2028 | Sunday | 88 Years Old |
| 2029 | Monday | 89 Years Old |
| 2030 | Tuesday | 90 Years Old |
| 2031 | Wednesday | 91 Years Old |
| 2032 | Friday | 92 Years Old |
| 2033 | Saturday | 93 Years Old |
| 2034 | Sunday | 94 Years Old |
| 2035 | Monday | 95 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 20, 1940?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 20
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Famous People Born on August 20
When you were born, there were many famous people in history who were born on the same day as you but in different years. The following are famous people in history who commemorate birthdays on August 20
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1896 | Gostha Pal, Indian footballer (d. 1976) |
| 1897 | Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (d. 1970) |
| 1898 | Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian, journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1973) |
| 1901 | Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) |
| 1905 | Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (d. 1964) |
| 1905 | Jean Gebser, German linguist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1973) |
| 1905 | Mikio Naruse, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1969) |
| 1906 | Vidrik Rootare, Estonian chess player (d. 1981) |
| 1908 | Al López, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005) |
| 1909 | Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (d. 1978) |
Famous People Died on August 20
Did you know that on August 20
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1384 | Geert Groote, Dutch preacher, founded the Brethren of the Common Life (b. 1340) |
| 1386 | Bo Jonsson, royal marshal of Sweden |
| 1471 | Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (b. 1413) |
| 1528 | Georg von Frundsberg, German knight and landowner (b. 1473) |
| 1572 | Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish navigator and politician, 1st Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1502) |
| 1580 | Jerónimo Osório, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1506) |
| 1611 | Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1548) |
| 1639 | Martin Opitz, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1597) |
| 1648 | Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1583) |
| 1651 | Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman (b. 1612) |
Historical Events on August 20
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 20
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1672 | Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are lynched by a mob in The Hague. |
| 1707 | The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida. |
| 1710 | War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa. |
| 1775 | The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona. |
| 1794 | Northwest Indian War: United States troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. |
| 1852 | Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives. |
| 1858 | Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory. |
| 1864 | Bakumatsu: Kinmon incident: The Chōshū Domain attempts to expel the Satsuma and Aizu Domains from Japan's imperial court. |
| 1866 | President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over. |
| 1882 | Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia. |
Popular Baby Name on August 20, 1940
In 1940, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, James is the most used. A total of 62,476 baby boys were named James in 1940. The rest were named Robert, John, William and Richard. While the popular baby girl name in 1940 was Mary. There were 56,208 baby girls named Mary that year. While the rest were named Barbara, Patricia, Judith and Betty. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
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