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| August 20th, 2007 (August 20 2007) | Death | Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (born in 1920) | |
| August 20th, 2007 (August 20 2007) | Death | Larry Hartsell, American martial artist, bodyguard, trainer, student of Bruce Lee and Dan Inosanto (born in 1942) | Bruce Lee Quotes |
| August 20th, 1997 (August 20 1997) | Event | Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people killed, 15 kidnapped. | |
| August 20th, 1997 (August 20 1997) | Death | Norris Bradbury, American physicist (born in 1909) | |
| August 20th, 1997 (August 20 1997) | Death | Leon Dion, French-Canadian political scientist (born in 1922) | |
| August 20th, 1987 (August 20 1987) | Birth | Catalina Ponor, Romanian gymnast | |
| August 20th, 1977 (August 20 1977) | Event | Voyager Program: The United States launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft. | |
| August 20th, 1977 (August 20 1977) | Birth | Felipe Contepomi, Argentine rugby player | |
| August 20th, 1977 (August 20 1977) | Birth | Manuel Contepomi, Argentine rugby player | |
| August 20th, 1977 (August 20 1977) | Birth | Ivar Ingimarsson, Icelandic footballer | |
| August 20th, 1977 (August 20 1977) | Birth | Mayra Veronica, Cuban model and actress | |
| August 20th, 1967 (August 20 1967) | Birth | Andy Benes, baseball player | |
| August 20th, 1967 (August 20 1967) | Birth | Colin Cunningham, American actor | |
| August 20th, 1967 (August 20 1967) | Birth | Terri Poch, American yogini and former professional wrestler | |
| August 20th, 1957 (August 20 1957) | Birth | Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player | |
| August 20th, 1947 (August 20 1947) | Birth | Alan Lee, English conceptual artist | |
| August 20th, 1937 (August 20 1937) | Birth | Andrei Konchalovsky, Russian film director | |
| August 20th, 1937 (August 20 1937) | Birth | El Fary, Spanish singer and actor (died in 2007) | |
| August 20th, 1937 (August 20 1937) | Birth | Jim Bowen, English comedian | |
| August 20th, 1927 (August 20 1927) | Birth | Geriatric1927, English video blogger | |
| August 20th, 1927 (August 20 1927) | Birth | Yootha Joyce, English actress (died in 1980) | |
| August 20th, 1917 (August 20 1917) | Death | Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1835) | |
| August 20th, 1897 (August 20 1897) | Birth | Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian writer (died in 1970) | |
| August 20th, 1887 (August 20 1887) | Death | Jules Laforgue, French poet (born in 1860) | |
| August 20th, 1847 (August 20 1847) | Birth | Boleslaw Prus, Polish writer (died in 1912) | |
| August 20th, 1707 (August 20 1707) | Death | Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (born in 1627) | |
| August 20th, 1517 (August 20 1517) | Birth | Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French church leader (died in 1586) | |
| August 20th, 0917 (August 20 0917) | Event | Battle of Anchialus: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria invades Thrace and drives the Byzantines out. | |
