On this day: 20 August

Selected events and births on 20 August, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1892 – Celtic Park, the largest football stadium in Scotland and home of Celtic F.C., opened. Read more: Celtic Park List of football stadiums in Scotland Celtic F.C.
• 1909 – Pluto was photographed for the first time at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, U.S., 21 years before it was officially discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. Read more: Pluto Yerkes Observatory Williams Bay, Wisconsin
• 1920 – The American Professional Football Conference, a predecessor of the National Football League, was established in Canton, Ohio. Read more: National Football League Canton, Ohio
• 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). Read more: O-Bahn Busway Adelaide Guided bus
• 2018 – Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was toppled by protestors. Read more: Silent Sam Confederate monuments and memorials University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Born on this day

• 1936 – Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Hideki Shirakawa Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 1946 – Mufaddal Saifuddin, 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Fatimid Caliphate Read more: Mufaddal Saifuddin Da'i al-Mutlaq Fatimid Caliphate
• 1946 – Laurent Fabius, French politician, 158th Prime Minister of France Read more: Laurent Fabius Prime Minister of France
• 1946 – N. R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys Read more: N. R. Narayana Murthy Infosys
• 1964 – Azarias Ruberwa, Congolese lawyer and politician, Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Read more: Azarias Ruberwa Vice-presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 1966 – Enrico Letta, Italian lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Italy Read more: Enrico Letta Prime Minister of Italy
• 1995 – Liana Liberato, American actress Read more: Liana Liberato
• 1996 – Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player Read more: Bunty Afoa
• 1997 – Kaho Minagawa, Japanese rhythmic gymnast Read more: Kaho Minagawa
• 1997 – Daniel Vladař, Czech ice hockey player Read more: Daniel Vladař
• 1998 – Lieke Klaver, Dutch track and field athlete Read more: Lieke Klaver
• 2003 – Prince Gabriel of Belgium Read more: Prince Gabriel of Belgium

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