October 20th, 1815

Born on October 20th, 1815

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 76,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 838 days, exactly on August 14th, 2026, people who were born on October 20th, 1815 will be 77,000 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

92

John Dewey

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

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

30

Báb

Founder of the religion Bábism, for the Bahai Predecessor of Bahāʾullāh

*October 20th, 1819, Shiraz †July 9th, 1850, Tabriz

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

82

James Chadwick

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

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

85

Dolores Hart

American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress

*October 20th, 1938, Chicago

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

37

Arthur Rimbaud

French poet (1854–1891)

*October 20th, 1854, Charleville (Ardennes) †November 10th, 1891, Marseille

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Born in 1815

83

Otto von Bismarck

German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)

*April 1st, 1815, Schönhausen †July 30th, 1898, Friedrichsruh

36

Ada Lovelace

English mathematician (1815–1852)

*December 10th, 1815, London †November 27th, 1852, Marylebone

49

George Boole

English mathematician, philosopher and logician (1815–1864)

*November 2nd, 1815, Lincoln †December 8th, 1864, Ballintemple

64

Bernhard Ernst von Bülow

Danish and German politician (1815-1879)

*August 2nd, 1815, Cismar †October 20th, 1879, Frankfurt

80

Jules Moinaux

French writer, comedian, playwright, chronicler and librettist

*October 24th, 1815, Tours †December 4th, 1895, Saint-Mandé

81

Antonio Machado Núñez

Spanish anthropologist (1815-1896)

*March 30th, 1815, Cádiz †July 2nd, 1896, Madrid

71

Johann Jakob Bachofen

Swiss jurist and philologist (1815–1887)

*December 22nd, 1815, Basel †November 25th, 1887, Basel

49

William Sanderson McCormick

American businessman

*November 2nd, 1815, Rockbridge County †September 27th, 1865, Jacksonville

72

Eugène Labiche

French dramatist (1815–1888)

*May 5th, 1815, Paris †January 23rd, 1888, Paris

69

Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux

French painter

*April 3rd, 1815, Paris †November 8th, 1884, Paris

89

Adolph von Menzel

German artist (1815-1905)

*December 8th, 1815, Wrocław †February 9th, 1905, Berlin

67

Anthony Trollope

English novelist of the Victorian period (1815-1882)

*April 24th, 1815, London †December 6th, 1882, London

58

Georg August Pritzel

German botanist (1815-1874)

*September 2nd, 1815, Siedlisko, Nowa Sól County †June 14th, 1874, Kiel

63

Julia Margaret Cameron

British photographer (1815–1879)

*June 11th, 1815, Kolkata †January 26th, 1879, Kalutara

79

Jean Macé

French teacher, journalist and politician

*August 22nd, 1815, former 3rd arrondissement of Paris †December 13th, 1894, Monthiers

72

John Bosco

Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator, writer

*August 16th, 1815, Castelnuovo Don Bosco †January 31st, 1888, Turin

63

Thomas Couture

French painter (1815-1879)

*December 21st, 1815, Senlis †March 29th, 1879, Villiers-le-Bel

96

James Curtis Hepburn

American Christian missionary to Japan known for the Hepburn writing system (1815-1911)

*March 13th, 1815, Milton †September 21st, 1911, East Orange

81

Karl Weierstraß

German mathematician (1815-1897)

*October 31st, 1815, Ostenfelde †February 19th, 1897, Berlin

55

Mykhailo Verbytskyi

Ukrainian composer, priest, and music pedagogue

*March 4th, 1815, Jawornik Ruski †December 7th, 1870, Młyny, Podkarpackie Voivodeship

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1815 is a normal year and no leap year.

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