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This is a list of selected August 20 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

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Blurb Reason
Ghost Festival ( Chinese calendar, 2013); refimprove
1940 – In the midst of the Battle of Britain, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech thanking the Royal Air Force, declaring, " Never was so much owed by so many to so few." refimprove section
1944World War II: The Gestapo transported 168 Allied airmen, who had been classified as spies and criminals so as not to warrant prisoner of war treatment, to Buchenwald concentration camp. page numbers needed
1977NASA's Voyager 2 lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, on a mission to explore the outer planets of the Solar System. unreferenced section
1993 Oslo Accords Moved to September 13
1998 – The Supreme Court of Canada delivered its decision in Reference Re Secession of Quebec, ruling that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval. refimprove
George Tucker |b|1775| TFA for 2020
H. P. Lovecraft |b|1890| Synthesis, Primary sources, 2x more citations needed section

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Notes

August 20: Islamic New Year (2020, 1442  AH); Day of Restoration of Independence in Estonia ( 1991); Saint Stephen's Day / State Foundation Day in Hungary

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by PFHLai ( talk | contribs) at 23:55, 19 August 2020 (+ ''' Leona Helmsley'''<!--American businesswoman--> |d|2007| to queue). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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This is a list of selected August 20 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Images

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Blurb Reason
Ghost Festival ( Chinese calendar, 2013); refimprove
1940 – In the midst of the Battle of Britain, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech thanking the Royal Air Force, declaring, " Never was so much owed by so many to so few." refimprove section
1944World War II: The Gestapo transported 168 Allied airmen, who had been classified as spies and criminals so as not to warrant prisoner of war treatment, to Buchenwald concentration camp. page numbers needed
1977NASA's Voyager 2 lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, on a mission to explore the outer planets of the Solar System. unreferenced section
1993 Oslo Accords Moved to September 13
1998 – The Supreme Court of Canada delivered its decision in Reference Re Secession of Quebec, ruling that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval. refimprove
George Tucker |b|1775| TFA for 2020
H. P. Lovecraft |b|1890| Synthesis, Primary sources, 2x more citations needed section

Eligible

Notes

August 20: Islamic New Year (2020, 1442  AH); Day of Restoration of Independence in Estonia ( 1991); Saint Stephen's Day / State Foundation Day in Hungary

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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