August 20th (2009) was a Thursday. 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.
August 20th Famous Deaths for 2009
» Larry Knechtel, American keyboard player and bass player (Bread (band) named Bread and The Wrecking Crew (music) known as The Wrecking Crew) (b. 1940)
» Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator (b. 1932)
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)