The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone. Date: August 20, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
Iran–Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war. Date: August 20, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
"Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park Date: August 20, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed. Date: August 20, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood. Date: August 20, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day…
Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev. Date: August 20, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
In India, Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) was included in the scheduled languages' list and made one of the official languages of the Indian Government. Date: August 20, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Firozabad rail disaster kills 358 people in Firozabad, India. Date: August 20, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)
Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped. Date: August 20, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Date: August 20, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events…