October 20th, 1891

Born on October 20th, 1891

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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

Born on October 20th, 1891

82

James Chadwick

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

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

Same year
Born in 1891

68

Hans Albers

German actor (1891-1960)

*September 22nd, 1891, Hamburg †July 24th, 1960, Berg

54

Walter Model

German field marshal

*January 24th, 1891, Genthin †April 21st, 1945, Ratingen

54

Anton Dostler

German general

*May 10th, 1891, Munich †December 1st, 1945, Aversa

65

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956)

*April 14th, 1891, Bhim Janmabhoomi †December 6th, 1956, Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial

53

Erich Marcks

German general (1891–1944)

*June 6th, 1891, Schöneberg †June 12th, 1944, Saint-Lô

65

Kurt von Tippelskirch

German World War II general

*October 9th, 1891, Charlottenburg †May 10th, 1957, Lüneburg

61

Fritz Schellong

German internist and university professor (1891-1953)

*September 10th, 1891, Königsberg †January 18th, 1953, Münster

69

Zora Neale Hurston

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891-1960)

*January 7th, 1891, Notasulga †January 28th, 1960, Fort Pierce

52

Erwin Rommel

German field marshal (1891-1944)

*November 15th, 1891, Heidenheim an der Brenz †October 14th, 1944, Herrlingen

78

Nelly Sachs

Jewish German poet and playwright

*December 10th, 1891, Schöneberg †May 12th, 1970, Stockholm

88

Pietro Nenni

Italian politician (1891–1980)

*February 9th, 1891, Faenza †January 1st, 1980, Rome

89

Karl Dönitz

German Navy Officer, Admiral and supreme commander of the German Navy, head of state and Chief German Wehrmacht Military and convicted Nazi war criminal (1891-1980)

*September 16th, 1891, Grünau †December 22nd, 1980, Aumühle

82

Frank Mills

American actor (1891-1973)

*January 26th, 1891, Kalamazoo †August 18th, 1973, Los Angeles

83

Lajos Zilahy

Hungarian novelist and playwright (1891–1974)

*March 27th, 1891, Salonta †December 1st, 1974, Novi Sad

84

Ruth Plumly Thompson

American writer

*July 27th, 1891, Philadelphia †April 6th, 1976, Malvern

75

Bernhard Zondek

German-Israeli endocrinologist

*July 29th, 1891, Poznań †November 8th, 1966, New York City

88

Henry Miller

American novelist (1891–1980)

*December 26th, 1891, Yorkville †June 7th, 1980, Pacific Palisades

81

James Bell

American actor (1891-1973)

*December 1st, 1891, Suffolk †October 26th, 1973, Kents Store

57

Lester Allen

American actor (1891-1949)

*November 17th, 1891, Utica †November 6th, 1949, Hollywood

74

Maurice Yvain

French composer

*February 12th, 1891, 2nd arrondissement of Paris †July 27th, 1965, Suresnes

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1891 is a normal year and no leap year.

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