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| August 20th, 2005 (August 20 2005) | Death | Thomas Herrion, American football player (born in 1981) | |
| August 20th, 2005 (August 20 2005) | Death | Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer (born in 1970) | |
| August 20th, 1975 (August 20 1975) | Event | Viking Program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars. | |
| August 20th, 1975 (August 20 1975) | Birth | Marcus Mastin, American author | |
| August 20th, 1975 (August 20 1975) | Birth | Andy Strachan, Australian musician (The Living End) | |
| August 20th, 1965 (August 20 1965) | Birth | KRS-One, American rapper | |
| August 20th, 1965 (August 20 1965) | Death | Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Civil Rights Martyr (born in 1939) | |
| August 20th, 1955 (August 20 1955) | Event | In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals. | |
| August 20th, 1955 (August 20 1955) | Birth | Agnes Chan, Hong Kong singer and writer | |
| August 20th, 1915 (August 20 1915) | Death | Paul Ehrlich, German scientist, Nobel laureate (born in 1854) | |
| August 20th, 1905 (August 20 1905) | Birth | Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (died in 1973) | |
| August 20th, 1905 (August 20 1905) | Birth | Jack Teagarden, American musician (died in 1964) | |
| August 20th, 1845 (August 20 1845) | Birth | St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic Saint (died in 1916) | |
| August 20th, 1825 (August 20 1825) | Death | William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Governor of Newfoundland (born in 1753) | |
| August 20th, 1625 (August 20 1625) | Birth | Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (died in 1709) | |
| August 20th, 0535 (August 20 0535) | Death | Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick | |
