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Historical events & facts — August 20
What happened on August 20?
On August 20, 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 2 probe, which in the following years flew past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, making it the only spacecraft in history to visit all four outer planets. In 2018 it crossed the boundary of the solar system and continues transmitting data from interstellar space.
On August 20, 1000, Pope Sylvester II crowned Stephen I as the first King of Hungary, officially founding the kingdom and binding the country to the Western Christian world. Stephen, later canonised as a saint, transformed the ancient Magyar territory into a European feudal state, and his crown became the symbol of the Hungarian nation for a thousand years.
On August 20, 1991, Estonia declared the restoration of its independence as the coup against Gorbachev in Moscow was collapsing. Along with Latvia and Lithuania, Estonia had been illegally occupied by the Soviet Union since 1940. Its independence was internationally recognised within days, and in 2004 it joined both NATO and the European Union.
Notable birthdays — August 20
Famous people born on August 20
Bolesław Prus
Aleksander Głowacki, better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus, was a Polish journalist, novelist, a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy, and a distinctive voice in world literature.
José Wilker
José Wilker Almeida was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. He gained fame in telenovelas such as Roque Santeiro (1985), but became internationally known for his role as Vadinho, the husband who returns from the dead to tempt Sônia Braga's character in the film Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976).
Ray Wise
Raymond Herbert Wise is an American actor best known for his role as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks and its prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992).
Sally Yates
Sally Quillian Yates is an American lawyer. From 2010 to 2015, she was United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. In 2015, she was appointed United States Deputy Attorney General by President Barack Obama.
Fred Durst
William Frederick Durst is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and filmmaker, best known as the frontman and lyricist of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, formed in 1994, with whom he has released six studio albums.
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