
April 20
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 20. From 1900 until now.
April 20 is under the sign of Taurus.
Famous birthdays on this day include Miranda Kerr (1983), Carmen Electra (1972) and Jessica Lange (1949).
Several movies were released around April 20 over the years, such as Citizen Kane in 1941 directed by Orson Welles and Yojimbo in 1961 directed by Akira Kurosawa.
But much more happened on April 20 over the years: find out below
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released around April 20 over the years?
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Historical Events
Which were the important events of April 20?
Holidays
Events
- 2019 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): In Kabul, seven are killed after suicide bombers and gunmen attack the communications ministry. (BBC)
- 2018 Syrian Civil War: ISIL agrees to hand over control of Yarmouk Camp in southern Damascus to the Syrian Army in return for safe passage to ISIL-held territory in the Syrian Desert, bringing the predominantly Palestinian refugee district under government control for the first time since 2012. (The Washington Post)
- 2017 One policeman has been killed and another has been critically injured after a man opened fire at police officers at the Champs-Élysées in central Paris. The gunman was killed while attempting to escape, and a bystander has been injured. ISIL claims responsibility for the attack although the claim is doubted. The President of France Francois Hollande says that all leads indicate that the attack was of a "terrorist nature". (ABC News America via Yahoo!) (BBC), (The New York Times) (Le Parisien)
- 2016 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): April 2016 Kabul attack: The death toll from yesterday's Taliban attack on the National Directorate of Security in Kabul rises to 64, with 347 others wounded, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. (Reuters)
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Famous Birthday
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Famous Deaths
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of April 20 over the years?
Top #1 songs in the USA
- 2017 Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
- 2016 Rihanna Featuring Drake - Work
- 2015 Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk!
- 2014 Pharrell Williams - Happy
- 2013 Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man
- 2012 Fun. - We Are Young
- 2011 Katy Perry - E.T.
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2010
Rihanna - Rude Boy
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2009
The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
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2008
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
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Top #1 Rock songs
- 2017 Imagine Dragons - Believer
- 2016 twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
- 2015 WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance
- 2014 Bastille - Pompeii
- 2013 Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
- 2012 Gotye Featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know
- 2011 Foo Fighters - Rope
- 2010 Stone Temple Pilots - Between The Lines
Books
Which were the most popular books released around April 20 over the years?
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