About the day » Tuesday August 20, 1991Calender converter

• Misha Kruiswijk († 2005)
• Francis Limbeek van, Nijmegen, Gld, Nederland († 1991)

• Aaltje Koster (87)
• Cecilia Johanna Kamp (64), Haarlem
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis van Laerhoven (79), Diemen, Nederland
• Adriana (Aris) Veerman (84), Volendam (Edam)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis van Laerhoven- (79), Diemen, Nederland
• Albertje Weggen (81), Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Cornelis Schelling (77), zuid beijerland
• Cors Jacobus Bomas (69), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus Antonius Knippels (79), Elshout (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Aal Schilder (82)

• 1990 » Culoe De Song, South African music producer and DJ
• 1990 » Fabien Jarsalé, French footballer
• 1990 » Leigh Griffiths, Scottish footballer
• 1990 » Macauley Chrisantus, Nigerian footballer
• 1990 » Venelin Filipov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1991 » Arseny Logashov, Russian footballer
• 1991 » Jyrki Jokipakka, Finnish hockey player
• 1991 » Luke O'Neill, English footballer
• 1991 » Mario Tičinović, Croatian footballer
• 1991 » Marko Djokovic, Serbian tennis player

• 1982 » Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Donald O. Hebb, Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken, German admiral (b. 1897)
• 1986 » Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian-Polish basketball player and coach (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (b. 1912)
• 1995 » Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
• 1996 » Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
• 1997 » Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1922)
• 1997 » Norris Bradbury, American soldier, physicist, and academic (b. 1909)

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
• January 17 » Crown prince Harald V of Norway becomes King Harald V, following the death of his father, King Olav V.
• April 2 » Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
• June 3 » Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
• August 25 » The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).
• September 21 » Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union.
• October 14 » Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The temperature on August 20, 1991 was between 10.3 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.