October 20th, 1790

Born on October 20th, 1790

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on October 20th, 1790

83

Patrick Matthew

British scientist

*October 20th, 1790, Scone †June 8th, 1874, Errol

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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

92

John Dewey

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

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

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

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

21

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

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

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

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

44

Pauline Bonaparte

French princess

*October 20th, 1780, Ajaccio †June 9th, 1825, Florence

69

Jerry Orbach

American actor and singer (1935-2004)

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

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Born in 1790

71

John Tyler

President of the United States from 1841 to 1845

*March 29th, 1790, Greenway Plantation †January 18th, 1862, Richmond

78

Alphonse de Lamartine

French author, poet and statesman (1790–1869)

*October 21st, 1790, Mâcon †February 28th, 1869, Paris

41

Jean-François Champollion

French classical scholar (1790-1832)

*December 23rd, 1790, Figeac †March 4th, 1832, Paris

77

August Ferdinand Möbius

German mathematician and astronomer

*November 17th, 1790, Schulpforte †September 26th, 1868, Leipzig

91

John Blackwall

British entomologist (1790–1881)

*January 20th, 1790, Manchester †May 11th, 1881, Llanrwst

74

Leopold I of Belgium

German prince who became the first King of the Belgians (1790–1865)

*December 16th, 1790, Coburg †December 10th, 1865, Laeken - Laken

76

George Everest

Welsh surveyor and geographer

*July 4th, 1790, Crickhowell †December 1st, 1866, Westminster

55

Mathias Stinnes

German businessperson

*March 4th, 1790, Mülheim an der Ruhr †April 16th, 1845, Mülheim an der Ruhr

81

William Charles Wentworth

Australian poet, explorer, journalist and politician (1790-1872)

*August 13th, 1790, Norfolk Island †March 20th, 1872, Dorset

73

Ludwig Emil Grimm

German artist (1790-1863)

*March 14th, 1790, Hanau †April 4th, 1863, Kassel

84

Carl (von) Jacobi

German politician (1790-1875)

*June 24th, 1790, Celle †June 4th, 1875, Hanover

61

Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden

Grand Duke of Baden

*August 29th, 1790, Karlsruhe †April 24th, 1852, Karlsruhe

73

William Henry Hunt

English watercolour painter (1790-1864)

*March 28th, 1790, London †February 10th, 1864, London

45

Giuseppe Marco Fieschi

French draper

*December 13th, 1790, Murato †February 19th, 1836, Paris

69

John Austin

Legal philosopher; (1790-1859)

*March 3rd, 1790, Creeting St Mary †December 1st, 1859, Weybridge

69

George Rockingham Gilmer

American politician (1790-1859)

*April 11th, 1790, Lexington †November 16th, 1859, Lexington

78

Jean René Constant Quoy

French naval surgeon, zoologist and anatomist (1790-1869)

*November 10th, 1790, Maillé †July 4th, 1869, Rochefort

57

Chester Ashley

American politician (1790-1848)

*June 1st, 1790, Amherst †April 29th, 1848, Washington, D.C.

68

Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons

British Royal Navy admiral (1790-1858)

*November 21st, 1790, Christchurch †November 23rd, 1858, Arundel Castle

77

Jacob Jacobsen Dampe

Danish politician (1790-1867)

*January 10th, 1790, Copenhagen †December 22nd, 1867, Copenhagen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1790 is a normal year and no leap year.

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