Birthday facts

Born on August 20.

Everyone born on August 20 is a Leo — ruled by the Sun, generous, and would like that noted. The stone is peridot, the flower gladiolus, and the day is shared with H. P. Lovecraft and Andrew Garfield.

Sun sign

Leo ♌︎

the Lion · ruled by the Sun · generous, and would like that noted

Birthstone

Peridot

August

Birth flower

Gladiolus

& poppy

Your book

Born on August 20? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Leo, July 23 to August 22.

The Lion, ruled by the Sun itself, and the books do not pretend otherwise: this is the sign of the centre of the room. A fire sign, credited with warmth, generosity and a need to be seen that its people would call a gift for being seen. The tradition gives Leo courage and a big heart and a weakness for applause, and notes that it tends to earn the applause, which is the annoying part.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on August 20.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1890

H. P. Lovecraft

American novelist and short story writer

1983

Andrew Garfield

American-English actor

1974

Amy Adams

American actress

1948

Robert Plant

English singer-songwriter

1944

Rajiv Gandhi

6th Prime Minister of India

1992

Demi Lovato

American singer-songwriter and actress

1979

Jamie Cullum

English singer-songwriter and pianist

1958

David O. Russell

American director and screenwriter

On this day

What August 20 has seen.

1710War of the Spanish Succession: A Spanish Bourbon army commanded by the Marquis de Bay was soundly defeated by a multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg.

1920The American Professional Football Association, a predecessor of the National Football League, was founded.

1988Fires in the United States' Yellowstone National Park ravaged more than 150,000 acres (610 km<sup>2</sup>) on the single worst day of the conflagration.

1989The final stage of the 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).

2018Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was toppled by protestors.

The calendar

When August 20 falls.

A Thursday in 2026, a Friday in 2027, a Sunday in 2028, a Monday in 2029, and a Tuesday in 2030.