August 20th (2012) was a Monday. It's the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 133 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 20th August, 2012
» A 2012 Caracas prison riot called prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.
August 20th Famous Deaths for 2012
» Phyllis Diller, American actress (b. 1917)
» Virginia Dwyer, American actress (b. 1919)
» Daryl Hine, Canadian-American poet and academic (b. 1936)
» Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1916)
» Len Quested, English footballer and manager (b. 1925)
» Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (b. 1967)
» Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1955)
August 20th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints or Feast Day:
» Bernard of Clairvaux
» Oswine of Deira
» Philibert of Jumièges
» William Booth or William and Catherine Booth
» August 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Indian Akshay Urja Day called Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas (India)
» List of national independence days e.g Restoration of Independence Day, re-declaration of the independence of Estonia from the Soviet Union in 1991.
» Public holidays in Morocco named Revolution of the King and People (Morocco)