October 20th, 1614

Born on October 20th, 1614

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 149,000 days old!

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... 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

71

Aelbert Cuyp

Dutch landscape painter (1620-1691)

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

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

92

John Dewey

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

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

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

90

Christopher Wren

English architect (1632–1723)

*October 20th, 1632, East Knoyle †March 8th, 1723, London

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

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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72

Henry More

English philosopher (1614–1687)

*October 12th, 1614, Grantham †September 1st, 1687, Cambridge

58

John Wilkins

Secretary of the Royal Society and Bishop of Chester

*February 14th, 1614, Fawsley †November 19th, 1672, London

59

Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg (1614-1674)

*December 16th, 1614, Stuttgart †July 2nd, 1674, Stuttgart

48

Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria

Austrian archduke (1614-1662)

*January 5th, 1614, Wiener Neustadt †November 20th, 1662, Vienna

59

Helena Fourment

Second wife of Peter Paul Rubens (1614-1673)

*April 11th, 1614, Antwerp †July 15th, 1673, Brussels metropolitan area

50

Henry II of Lorraine, Duke of Guise

Duke of Guise

*April 4th, 1614, Paris †June 2nd, 1664, Paris

67

Jahanara Begum

Padshah Begum and Mughal Princess (1614-1681)

*April 2nd, 1614, Agra †September 16th, 1681, Delhi

46

Martino Martini

Italian Jesuit missionary, cartographer and historian (1614-1661)

*September 20th, 1614, Trento †June 6th, 1661, Hangzhou

85

Sigmund von Erlach

Swiss politician (1614-1699)

*October 3rd, 1614, Bern †December 7th, 1699

52

Sebastián Martínez

Spanish baroque painter (c.1615-1667)

*November 30th, 1614, Jaén †October 13th, 1667, Madrid

65

Balthasar Mentzer

German theologian

*May 11th, 1614, Giessen †July 28th, 1679, Giessen

49

Élisabeth de Bourbon

French duchess

*August 16th, 1614, Paris †May 19th, 1664, Paris

66

William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford

English Royalist and Catholic martyr

*November 30th, 1614, City of Westminster †December 29th, 1680, Tower Hill

65

Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

Administrator of the archbishopric of Magdeburg (1614-1680)

*August 13th, 1614, Dresden †June 4th, 1680, Halle (Saale)

58

Franciscus Sylvius

Physician and chemist of Leyden, Netherlands

*March 15th, 1614, Hanau †November 19th, 1672, Leiden

56

Emilie of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst

Regent of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1614-1670)

*June 15th, 1614, Delmenhorst †December 4th, 1670, Rudolstadt

64

Timotheus Ritzsch

German printer

*January 24th, 1614, Leipzig †February 1st, 1678, Leipzig

71

Juan Carreño de Miranda

Spanish artist (1614-1685)

*March 25th, 1614, Avilés †October 3rd, 1685, Madrid

74

Balthasar Cellarius

German theologian (1614-1689)

*October 10th, 1614, Rottleben †September 15th, 1689, Helmstedt

76

Hieronymus van Beverningh

Dutch diplomat and politician (1614-1690)

*April 25th, 1614, Gouda †October 30th, 1690, Warmond

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1614 is a normal year and no leap year.

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