October 20th, 1486

Born on October 20th, 1486

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 196,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 682 days, exactly on March 3rd, 2026, people who were born on October 20th, 1486 will be 197,000 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?

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

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

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

49

Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai

Renaissance humanist, grandson of Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai

*October 20th, 1475, Florence †April 3rd, 1525, Rome

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

82

James Chadwick

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

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

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56

Johann Eck

1486 1543 German theologian

*November 13th, 1486, Egg an der Günz †February 13th, 1543, Ingolstadt

15

Arthur, Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester and Duke of Cornwall

*September 19th, 1486, Winchester †April 2nd, 1502, Ludlow Castle

48

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

German polymath, physician, legal scholar and soldier (1486–1535)

*September 14th, 1486, Cologne †February 18th, 1535, Grenoble

79

Sigismund von Herberstein

Carniolan diplomat, writer and historian

*August 23rd, 1486, Vipava †March 28th, 1566, Vienna

84

Jacopo Sansovino

Italian artist, 1486-1570

*July 2nd, 1486, Florence †November 27th, 1570, Venice

66

Carlo III, Duke of Savoy

Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553

*October 10th, 1486, Chazey-sur-Ain †August 17th, 1553, Vercelli

47

Pieter Gillis

Flemish philosopher (1486-1533)

*July 28th, 1486, Antwerp †November 6th, 1533, Antwerp

52

Philip III, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg

Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg

*December 9th, 1486, Schloss Waldeck †June 20th, 1539, Bad Arolsen

54

Francysk Skaryna

Publisher of the first Belarusian book, Czech typographer, translator, writer, humanist and entrepreneur

*March 6th, 1486, Polotsk †January 1st, 1541, Prague

43

George of the Palatinate

German nobleman; Bishop of Speyer (1486-1529)

*February 10th, 1486, Heidelberg †September 27th, 1529, Kislau Castle

70

Martin Agricola

German composer and music theorist

*January 6th, 1486, Świebodzin †June 10th, 1556, Magdeburg

26

Imperia Cognati

Italian courtesan

*August 3rd, 1486, Rome †August 15th, 1512, Chianciano Terme

60

Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg

Duke of Mecklenburg, then Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

*July 25th, 1486, Wismar †January 7th, 1547, Schwerin

71

Vincenzo degli Azani

Italian Renaissance painter (d. 1557)

*January 1st, 1486, Pavia †July 16th, 1557, Palermo

56

Marco Cardisco

Italian painter (1486-1542)

*January 1st, 1486, Tiriolo †January 1st, 1542, Naples

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1486 is a normal year and no leap year.

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