How to read this date in British English: 20th April, 1987?
I knew one way is "the twentieth of April, nineteen eighty-seven", any other read method?And in American English, it reads "April the Twentieth, nineteen eighty-seven".
My another question is if people usually use "the" before twentieth in oral English(both American and England)?

Question

How to read this date in British English: 20th April, 1987?
I knew one way is "the twentieth of April, nineteen eighty-seven", any other read method?And  in American English, it reads "April the Twentieth, nineteen eighty-seven". 
My another question is if people usually use "the" before twentieth in oral English(both American and England)?

Answer

That is how we would say it here in England.

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