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Čo sa stalo 20. augusta?

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Silent Sam 2018 Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was toppled by protestors.
Spanair Flight 5022 2008 Spanair Flight 5022 crashed just after take-off from Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 154 people.
Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory 1998 The Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory (pictured) in Sudan was destroyed by a missile attack launched by the United States in retaliation for the August 7 U.S. embassy bombings.
Dredging 1989 After colliding with the dredger Bowbelle on the River Thames in London, the pleasure boat Marchioness sank in thirty seconds, killing 51 people.
O-Bahn Busway 1989 The final stage of the O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide, South Australia, was finished, completing at the time the world's longest and fastest guided busway, with buses (example pictured) travelling 12 km (7.5 mi) at speeds of up to 100 km/h (62 mph).
The Troubles 1988 The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a bus carrying British Army soldiers in Northern Ireland, killing eight of them and wounding twenty-eight.
Yellowstone fires of 1988 1988 More than 150,000 acres (610 km2) were burned on the worst day of the largest wildfire in the recorded history of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.
Korean War 1950 Korean War: United Nations forces repelled an attempt by North Korea to capture the city of Taegu.

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Náš zoznam pre 20. augusta obsahuje 62 udalostí z rokov 14 až 2020.

Medzi najznámejšie patria: Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was toppled by protestors (2018); Spanair Flight 5022 crashed just after take-off from Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 154 people (2008); The Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory (pictured) in Sudan was destroyed by a missile attack launched by the United States in retaliation for the August 7 U.S. embassy bombings (1998).

Narodili sa 20. augusta: Prince Gabriel of Belgium; Lieke Klaver; Kaho Minagawa; Daniel Vladař.

Udalosti 20. augusta

  1. 2000 – 2099
  2. 2020

    Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech virtually for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

  3. 2016

    Fifty-four people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates himself at a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, Turkey.

  4. 2014

    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.

  5. 2012

    A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.

  6. 2011

    First Air Flight 6560 crashes 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Resolute Bay runway, killing 12 of the 15 aboard.

  7. 2008

    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.

  8. 2007

    China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.

  9. 2006

    Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai.

  10. 2002

    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.

  11. 1900 – 1999
  12. 1998

    The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.

  13. 1998

    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.

  14. 1997

    Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.

  15. 1995

    The Firozabad rail disaster kills 358 people in Firozabad, India.

  16. 1992

    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.

  17. 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.

  18. 1991

    Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood.

  19. 1989

    The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.

  20. 1988

    "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park.

  21. 1988

    Iran–Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.

  22. 1988

    The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.

Narodení 20. augusta

  1. 2000 – 2099
  2. 2003

    Prince Gabriel of Belgium

  3. 1900 – 1999
  4. 1998

    Lieke Klaver, Dutch track and field athlete

  5. 1997

    Kaho Minagawa, Japanese rhythmic gymnast

  6. 1997

    Daniel Vladař, Czech ice hockey player

  7. 1996

    Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player

  8. 1995

    Liana Liberato, American actress

  9. 1994

    Mitchell Trubisky, American football player

  10. 1993

    Tonisha Rock-Yaw, Barbadian netball player

  11. 1992

    Carolina Horta, Brazilian beach volleyball player

  12. 1992

    Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress

  13. 1992

    Alex Newell, American actor and singer

  14. 1992

    Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer

  15. 1992

    Callum Skinner, Scottish track cyclist

  16. 1991

    Marko Djokovic, Serbian tennis player

  17. 1991

    Jyrki Jokipakka, Finnish hockey player

  18. 1991

    Cory Joseph, Canadian basketball player

  19. 1990

    Macauley Chrisantus, Nigerian footballer

  20. 1990

    Culoe De Song, South African music producer and DJ

  21. 1990

    Leigh Griffiths, Scottish footballer

  22. 1990

    Bradley Klahn, American tennis player

Zomrelí 20. augusta

  1. 2000 – 2099
  2. 2024

    Al Attles, American basketball player and coach (born 1936)

  3. 2022

    Darya Dugina, Russian journalist (born 1992)

  4. 2021

    Igor Vovkovinskiy, Ukrainian-American law student and actor, American tallest person (born 1982)

  5. 2020

    Chi Chi DeVayne, American Drag Queen (born 1985)

  6. 2018

    Uri Avnery, Israeli writer, politician and peace activist (born 1923)

  7. 2018

    Jennifer Ramírez Rivero, Venezuelan model (born 1978)

  8. 2017

    Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (born 1926)

  9. 2015

    Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (born 1922)

  10. 2015

    Paul Kibblewhite, New Zealand chemist and engineer (born 1941)

  11. 2014

    Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (born 1983)

  12. 2014

    Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (born 1934)

  13. 2014

    Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (born 1946)

  14. 2014

    B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (born 1918)

  15. 2014

    Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (born 1924)

  16. 2014

    Sava Stojkov, Serbian painter and educator (born 1925)

  17. 2014

    Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (born 1927)

  18. 2013

    Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (born 1936)

  19. 2013

    Narendra Dabholkar, Indian author and activist (born 1945)

  20. 2013

    Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (born 1925)

  21. 2013

    Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (born 1918)

Sviatky a výročia

  1. Christian feast day: Amadour

  2. Christian feast day: Bernard of Clairvaux

  3. Christian feast day: Blessed Georg Häfner

  4. Christian feast day: Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai

  5. Christian feast day: Maria De Mattias

  6. Christian feast day: Oswine of Deira

  7. Christian feast day: Philibert of Jumièges

  8. Christian feast day: Samuel (prophet)

  9. Christian feast day: William and Catherine Booth (Church of England)

  10. Christian feast day: August 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

  11. Feast of Asmá’ (Baháʼí Faith, only if Baháʼí Naw-Rúz falls on March 21)

  12. Indian Akshay Urja Day (India)

  13. Independence Restoration Day (Estonia), re-declaration of the independence of Estonia from the Soviet Union in 1991.

  14. Meitei Language Day, also known as Manipuri Language Day, the day on which Meitei (Manipuri) was included in the scheduled languages' list and made one of the official languages of India.

  15. Revolution of the King and the People (Morocco)

  16. Saint Stephen's Day (Hungary)

  17. World Mosquito Day

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Zdroj: Wikipedia, „Výročia dňa“.

Otázky o dni 20. augusta

1. Čo sa stalo 20. augusta?
  • 2018 – Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was toppled by protestors.
  • 2008 – Spanair Flight 5022 crashed just after take-off from Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 154 people.
  • 1998 – The Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory (pictured) in Sudan was destroyed by a missile attack launched by the United States in retaliation for the August 7 U.S. embassy bombings.
  • 1989 – After colliding with the dredger Bowbelle on the River Thames in London, the pleasure boat Marchioness sank in thirty seconds, killing 51 people.
  • 1989 – The final stage of the O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide, South Australia, was finished, completing at the time the world's longest and fastest guided busway, with buses (example pictured) travelling 12 km (7.5 mi) at speeds of up to 100 km/h (62 mph).
2. Kto sa narodil 20. augusta?
  • 2003 – Prince Gabriel of Belgium
  • 1998 – Lieke Klaver, Dutch track and field athlete
  • 1997 – Kaho Minagawa, Japanese rhythmic gymnast
  • 1997 – Daniel Vladař, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1996 – Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player
3. Kto zomrel 20. augusta?
  • 2024 – Al Attles, American basketball player and coach (born 1936)
  • 2022 – Darya Dugina, Russian journalist (born 1992)
  • 2021 – Igor Vovkovinskiy, Ukrainian-American law student and actor, American tallest person (born 1982)
  • 2020 – Chi Chi DeVayne, American Drag Queen (born 1985)
  • 2018 – Uri Avnery, Israeli writer, politician and peace activist (born 1923)
4. Čo sa oslavuje 20. augusta?
  • Christian feast day: Amadour
  • Christian feast day: Bernard of Clairvaux
  • Christian feast day: Blessed Georg Häfner
  • Christian feast day: Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai
  • Christian feast day: Maria De Mattias
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