October 20th, 1488

Born on October 20th, 1488

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 195,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 406 days, exactly on June 7th, 2025, people who were born on October 20th, 1488 will be 196,000 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

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

69

Jerry Orbach

American actor and singer (1935-2004)

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

Same year
Born in 1488

56

Johannes Magnus

Roman Catholic archbishop

*March 19th, 1488, Linköping Cathedral Congregation †March 22nd, 1544, Rome

50

Ferdinand Columbus

Spanish bibliophile and cosmographer, the second son of Christopher Columbus (1488-1539)

*August 15th, 1488, Córdoba †July 12th, 1539, Seville

64

Sebastian Münster

German cartographer, cosmographer, and Hebrew scholar

*January 20th, 1488, Nieder-Ingelheim †May 26th, 1552, Basel

35

Ulrich von Hutten

German scholar, poet and reformer (1488-1523)

*April 21st, 1488, Steckelberg Castle †August 29th, 1523, Ufenau

61

Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria

Duke of Calabria

*December 17th, 1488, Andria †October 26th, 1550, Valencia

52

Helius Eobanus Hessus

16th-century German poet

*January 6th, 1488, Halgehausen †October 4th, 1540, Marburg

79

Marius Nizolius

Italian academic

*March 5th, 1488, Brescello †June 5th, 1567, Sabbioneta

69

Juan Álvarez de Toledo

Catholic cardinal

*July 15th, 1488, Toledo †September 15th, 1557, Rome

71

Pedro Pacheco de Villena

Catholic cardinal

*June 29th, 1488, La Puebla de Montalbán †March 5th, 1560, Rome

60

Johann Briesmann

German theologian

*December 31st, 1488, Cottbus †October 1st, 1549, Königsberg

72

Caspar Aquila

German religious reformer

*August 16th, 1488, Augsburg †November 22nd, 1560, Saalfeld

56

Jungjong of Joseon

11th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history

*March 5th, 1488, Changdeokgung †November 15th, 1544, Changgyeonggung

78

Girolamo della Robbia

Italian sculptor (1488–1566)

*March 9th, 1488, Florence †August 4th, 1566, Paris

16

Sidonie of Bavaria

Eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich

*May 1st, 1488, Munich †March 29th, 1505, Munich

63

George de Hohenlohe-Waldenbourg

(1488-1551)

*January 17th, 1488, Neuenstein †March 16th, 1551, Waldenburg

43

Georg, Truchsess von Waldburg

German military leader

*January 25th, 1488, Bad Waldsee †May 29th, 1531, Bad Waldsee

55

Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

German noble

*January 1st, 1488, Ratzeburg †August 1st, 1543, Ratzeburg

49

John III of the Palatinate

48th Archbishop of Regensburg

*May 7th, 1488, Heidelberg †February 3rd, 1538

51

Jodock III of Rosenberg

Bohemian nobleman (1488-1539)

*June 30th, 1488, Český Krumlov †October 15th, 1539

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Leap year

Yes: 1488 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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