October 20th, 1239

Born on October 20th, 1239

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 286,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 428 days, exactly on July 31st, 2025, people who were born on October 20th, 1239 will be 287,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 20th?

October 20th, 1986

Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashed on approach to Kurumoch Airport in Samara (then Kuibyshev in the Soviet Union), killing 70 people on board.

October 20th, 1984

The Spanish trawler Sonia sank in British waters after a five-hour chase by the Irish Naval Service patrol vessel Aisling, during which almost 600 shots were fired.

October 20th, 1973

Watergate scandal: Both Attorney General Elliot Richardson and his deputy William Ruckelshaus resigned rather than obey Richard Nixon's order to have Archibald Cox fired.

October 20th, 1967

Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed an unidentified subject, which they claimed was Bigfoot, at Six Rivers National Forest in California.

October 20th, 1951

African-American college football player Johnny Bright was the victim of an on-field assault, eventually leading to changes in NCAA football rules that mandated the use of more protective helmets with face guards.

October 20th, 1944

World War II: Fulfilling a promise he made two years previously, General Douglas MacArthur landed on Leyte to begin the recapture of the Philippines.

October 20th, 1939

Pope Pius XII (pictured) published his first encyclical, Summi Pontificatus, which critiqued ideologies such as racism, cultural superiority and totalitarianism.

October 20th, 1981

Two police officers and a Brink's armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground in Nanuet, New York.

October 20th, 1977

A plane carrying the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in woodland in Mississippi, United States. Six people, including three band members, are killed.

October 20th, 1973

The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.

October 20th, 1962

China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.

October 20th, 1961

The Soviet Navy performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.

October 20th, 1952

The Governor of Kenya Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.

October 20th, 1951

The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs during a football game between the Drake Bulldogs and Oklahoma A&M Aggies.

October 20th, 1948

A KLM Lockheed L-049 Constellation crashes on approach to Glasgow Prestwick Airport, killing 40.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 20th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 20th?

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

34

Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

91

Fayard Nicholas

Choreographer, dancer, actor

*October 20th, 1914, Mobile †January 24th, 2006, Los Angeles

31

Liis Lemsalu

Estonian singer

*October 20th, 1992, Pärnu

29

Andries Malan

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1994, Bellville

41

Aki Akao

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1982, Hita

59

Kamala Harris

Vice president of the United States since 2021

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

33

Andrew Watt

American record producer and songwriter

*October 20th, 1990, New York City

37

Raymond Tam

Australian badminton player

*October 20th, 1986, Hong Kong

21

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

44

John Krasinski

American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

*October 20th, 1979, Newton

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

92

John Dewey

American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)

*October 20th, 1859, Burlington †June 1st, 1952, New York City

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

85

Dolores Hart

American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress

*October 20th, 1938, Chicago

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

69

Jerry Orbach

American actor and singer (1935-2004)

*October 20th, 1935, New York City †December 28th, 2004, New York City

82

James Chadwick

English physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in 1932

*October 20th, 1891, Bollington †July 24th, 1974, Cambridge

74

George Harris

British comedian

*October 20th, 1949, Grenada

93

Arlene Francis

American actress and television host (1907–2001)

*October 20th, 1907, Boston †May 31st, 2001, San Francisco

84

Jomo Kenyatta

First Prime Minister (1963 to 1964) and President (1964 to 1978) of self-governing Kenya

*October 20th, 1893, Gatundu †August 22nd, 1978, Mombasa

77

Lucien Van Impe

Cyclist

*October 20th, 1946, Erpe-Mere

67

Danny Boyle

English filmmaker

*October 20th, 1956, Radcliffe

73

Bela Lugosi

Hungarian-American actor (1882–1956)

*October 20th, 1882, Lugoj †August 16th, 1956, Los Angeles

37

Arthur Rimbaud

French poet (1854–1891)

*October 20th, 1854, Charleville (Ardennes) †November 10th, 1891, Marseille

52

Dannii Minogue

Australian singer and actress

*October 20th, 1971, Melbourne

66

Tom Petty

American musician

*October 20th, 1950, Gainesville †October 2nd, 2017, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

72

Claudio Ranieri

Italian footballer and manager

*October 20th, 1951, Rome

61

Win Braun

German painter (1955-2017)

*October 20th, 1955, Breinig †February 17th, 2017, Stolberg

90

Werner Maihofer

German legal scholar and politician

*October 20th, 1918, Constance †October 6th, 2009, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

81

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

German biologist (1995 Nobel Prize)

*October 20th, 1942, Magdeburg

62

Ian Rush

Welsh association football player and manager

*October 20th, 1961, St Asaph

72

Kathy Kirby

British singer (1938–2011)

*October 20th, 1938, Ilford †May 19th, 2011, London

65

Louis Giscard d'Estaing

French politician

*October 20th, 1958, 15th arrondissement of Paris

88

Stanisław Leszczyński

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania

*October 20th, 1677, Lviv †February 23rd, 1766, Lunéville

81

Art Buchwald

Journalist, humorist, United States Marine (1925–2007)

*October 20th, 1925, Mount Vernon †January 17th, 2007, Washington, D.C.

71

Aelbert Cuyp

Dutch landscape painter (1620-1691)

*October 20th, 1620, Dordrecht †November 15th, 1691, Dordrecht

31

Mattia De Sciglio

Italian association football player

*October 20th, 1992, Milan

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on October 20th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1239 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
October 1239