October 20th, 1671

Born on October 20th, 1671

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 20th?

October 20th, 2011

First Libyan Civil War: Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed Libyan leader, was captured by rebel forces during the Battle of Sirte, and was killed shortly thereafter.

October 20th, 1977

Three members of the American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd died when their chartered plane crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi.

October 20th, 1969

Experimental results from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center were published showing that protons were composed of smaller particles, the first evidence of quarks.

October 20th, 1936

British woman Mabel Freer was refused entry to Australia after failing a dictation test given in Italian, leading to a debate over Australia's immigration policy.

October 20th, 1740

Under the terms of the Pragmatic Sanction, Maria Theresa (pictured) ascended the Habsburg throne.

October 20th, 1986

Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashed on approach to Kurumoch Airport in Samara, Russia (then Kuybyshev 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: Attorney General Elliot Richardson and his deputy William Ruckelshaus resigned after refusing to obey President 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, 2024

Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka were sworn in as president and vice president of Indonesia, becoming the oldest and the youngest person to assume respective offices.

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.

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

Same year
Born in 1671

57

John Law

Scottish economist and banker (1671-1729)

*April 21st, 1671, Edinburgh †March 21st, 1729, Venice

41

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

English politician and Earl (1671-1713)

*February 26th, 1671, London †February 4th, 1713, Naples

85

Erdmann Neumeister

German theologian and hymnwriter

*May 12th, 1671, Uichteritz †August 18th, 1756, Hamburg

60

Bartholomæus Deichman

Bishop

*February 5th, 1671, Copenhagen †April 16th, 1731, Christiania

75

Teodorico Pedrini

Italian Vincentian and missionary to China

*June 30th, 1671, Fermo †December 10th, 1746, Beijing

70

Francisca Josefa de la Concepción

Colombian nun and writer

*October 6th, 1671, Tunja †November 30th, 1741, Tunja

55

Hannah Callowhill Penn

Second wife of Pennsylvania founder William Penn (1671-1726)

*February 11th, 1671, Bristol †December 20th, 1726, London

66

Gian Gastone de' Medici

Last Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671-1737)

*April 24th, 1671, Florence †July 9th, 1737, Florence

59

Gelasius Hieber

German historian, mathematician, theologian and priest

*September 22nd, 1671, Dinkelsbühl †February 12th, 1731, Munich

65

Abraham Patras

Dutch colonial governor

*May 22nd, 1671, Grenoble †May 3rd, 1737, Batavia

46

Johann Burchard Freystein

German hymnwriter

*April 18th, 1671, Weißenfels †April 1st, 1718, Dresden

68

Adalbert von Falkenstein

German priest

*January 17th, 1671, Freiburg im Breisgau †September 27th, 1739, Timișoara

75

Franz Conrad Romanus

German politician (1671-1746)

*March 7th, 1671, Leipzig †May 14th, 1746, Königstein Fortress

75

Gabriel de Gabrieli

Swiss architect

*December 18th, 1671, Roveredo †March 21st, 1747, Eichstätt

55

Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Queen of Poland

*December 19th, 1671, Bayreuth †September 4th, 1727, Pretzsch (Elbe)

70

Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf

Sinzend, Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von (1671-1742)

*December 26th, 1671, Vienna †February 8th, 1742, Vienna

51

Joseph Clemens of Bavaria

Duke, Roman Catholic archbishop (1671-1723)

*December 5th, 1671, Munich †November 12th, 1723, Bonn

86

Colley Cibber

British poet laureate (1671–1757)

*November 6th, 1671, London †December 11th, 1757, London

59

John Wentworth

Lieutenant Governor for the Province of New Hampshire

*January 16th, 1671, Portsmouth †December 12th, 1730

79

Michele Rocca

Italian painter (1671-1752)

*January 1st, 1671, Parma †November 30th, 1750, Venice

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1671 is a normal year and no leap year.

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